Social Studies
(Geography and World Cultures) Final Exam
The test will have 50 multiple choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions. Below is the content that may appear on the final exam. The first review sheet goes out Friday (5/18), but this should pretty much tell you what to study! 🎓
Geography
· You should be able to identify all
the continents and oceans.
· You should be able to identify,
locate and use the elements of TODALSIGS on a map.
· You should be able to find a specific
location given latitude and longitude.
· You should be able to identify the
Equator, the Prime Meridian and each hemisphere.
· You should be able to figure out time
changes between Pacific, Mountain, Central and/or Eastern time zones.
· You should be able to identify the
following countries we have studied “in snap shot” this year: Canada, USA,
Mexico, Cuba, Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, England, Greece, Italy, Germany,
Spain, France, Russian Federation (Russia), Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Jordan,
Pakistan, India, Nepal, Madagascar, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, China, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South
Korea, Vietnam, Australia,
· You should be able to name the three
longest rivers and where they are.
· You should be able to explain why and
how physical features are often used as political boarders.
· You should be able to identify these
deserts: Sahara, Kalahari, Gobi, Arabian
· You should be able to identify these
mountain ranges: Andes, Rockies, Hindu Kush, Great Dividing Range, Himalayas,
Pyrenees, Ural.
· You should be able to identify any of
the landforms on pages 6&7 of your ISN.
Culture
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You should be able to identify the elements of
PERSIA and evaluate examples to determine which element(s) they represent.
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You should be able to identify types of and
examples of governments as given on pages 9 & 10 of your ISN.
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You should be able to analyze demographic
information to make inferences and generalizations about elements of PERSIA.
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You should be able to identify the major beliefs
of the world’s top 5 religions and analyze the effect they have had on cultural
regions.
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You should be able to explain or recognize the
general trend of development for human civilizations and name an exception.
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You should be able to demonstrate understanding
of the causes and consequences of the rise and fall of European colonization.
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You should be able to identify leaders of
non-violent revolutions and their methods/inspirations.
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You should be able to explain reasons why people
revolt against their governments and why there was a wave of Communist
revolutions in the first half of the 1900s.
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You should be able to show how our absolute need
for water has influenced human civilizations.
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You should understand the meaning of and be able
to give examples of the following terms: colonization, coup d’état, apartheid,
genocide, migration, desertification, deforestation, ecotourism, refugee, and
infrastructure.
