World Map & Geography
Civilizations and Empires
Belief Systems and Cultures
Trade, Change, and Global Connections
Bonus 9th Grade Regents Questions
100

Name 5 Continents

Accepted Responses: Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Antartica, Australia (Oceania)

100

What kind of government did the U.S. create after the Revolution?

Constitutional Federal Republic 

100

Which regions was slavery most practiced?

The Deep South

100

During industrialization in the U.S., what changed about where people lived

Rural->Urban shift

100

What is a “belief system"

A set of ideas, values, or religious beliefs that guide how people live.

200

Provide me with ALL main Allied Powers

United States, USSR, United Kingdom, China, and France 

200

Give one reason people in another country might start a revolution against their government.

Systemic Oppression, Poverty, Lack of Food, Economic Imbalance

200

Name one other kind of social inequality/discrimination  that might exist in a different society

Gender, Economic, Class, Age 

200

Why did many immigrants come to the U.S. during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Economic Hardship, religious persecution, political instability
200

Name one classical civilization

Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Gupta India, Han China.

300

Name TWO TERRITORIES acquired during the Westward Expansion

Louisiana and Mexico

300

Name the First THREE amendments 

First Amendment: Freedom of (religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition)

Second Amendment: Right to bear arms

Third Amendment: Quartering of soldiers

300

Define 'Social hierarchy'

a structured ranking of individuals or groups within a society based on factors like power, wealth, status, and privilege.

300

Name one positive and one negative effect of industrialization.

Positive: Economic Growth, jobs

Negative: Pollution

300

Besides goods, what else can spread along trade routes?

Ideas, religions, languages, and diseases.

400

Give one reason an empire in world history might also want to expand its territory.

Economy, Growth, Resources

400

Name ONE goal of the civil rights movement 

to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the United States

400

What were the Jim Crow laws

A series of anti black laws that prompted SEGREGATION between black and white individuals
400

Cities like New York became very diverse because people came from many countries. How did that affect culture in the city?

It increased diversity, languages, skills, etc.

400

Why do empires eventually decline or fall?

Reasons can include invasions, internal rebellions, weak rulers, economic problems, or overexpansion.