7th Grade End of Year Review

Geography

100

Name the continents

North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia/Oceania

200

Name the oceans

Atlantic, Pacific, Southern, Arctic, Indian

300

What are the types of maps?

Physical, Political, Special Purpose/Thematic

400

What degree of longitude is the prime meridian on?

0 degrees

500

Name three human features of geography

Human Made Features (Buildings)

Language

Religion

Political Systems

Economic Activities

Population Distribution

Globalization

100

True or False: Art is one of the major traits of culture

True

200

Define globalization

The spread of products, jobs, and information through trade and technology

300

Name three advantages of globalization

New foods to try, Experience other cultures, More jobs, Travel is fast and cheap, Improve lives of people in developing countries - pull out of extreme poverty, Technology improves, More product options, Kids can go to school, Remittances can be sent home

400

Name three disadvantages of globalization

Spread of disease, Workers in developing countries are exploited, Products are cheaply made, U.S. manufacturers lose out on business, Loss of cultural identity, Countries left out of globalization suffer greatly, Hazardous work conditions, Children have to work so they lose out on schooling, Lack of sustainability, Workers in developed countries lose out on employment opportunities, Sweatshops, No child labor laws, No minimum wage laws

500

Name all 6 major traits of culture

Art, Beliefs, Customs, Dress, Food, Language

Rome

100

This system of engineering brought fresh water for drinking, bathing, and irrigation to the Ancient Romans

Aqueducts

200

True or False: In the fourth table of Roman law it was determined that parents had the right to sell their children into slavery

True

300

The Roman Empire began under which ruler

Caesar Augustus (Octavian)

400

What were the names of the tow brothers who were behind the founding/creation of Rome?

Romulus and Remus

500

Family life in Rome was ruled by this Roman phrase

Paterfamilias (the father ruled over the family)

Industrial Revolution/WWII

100

The Industrial Revolution was when the world experienced a shift from a blank society to a blank society

Agrarian (Farming) to Industrial (Factories) or Things made mostly by hand to things made by machine 

200

What floor did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire start on?

8th

300

How many deaths is the radium from dial painting estimated to have contributed to?

112

400

The name of the D-Day operation

Overlord

500

What were the name of the laws created in 1935 that were discriminatory towards Jewish Europeans?

Nuremberg Laws

Cold War & Ukraine/Russia

100

What year was NATO created?

1949

200

When did the USSR fall?

1991

300

This action provided military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey from the United States

Truman Doctrine

400

This was formed in 1955 in response to the formation of NATO by the USSR and their satellite countries

Warsaw Pact

500

The idea behind this "program" was to provide economic assistance to countries in Western Europe torn apart by war so that they would be inclined to support democracy

The Marshall Plan