HELP WITH SOCIAL STUDIES SGM STUDY PACKET – SGM – May 10, 2019
EUROPE:
Environmental Issues:
1. Chernobyl
2. Factories
3. Emissions
4. Air pollution, clouds
Culture:
1. monotheism
2. Torah, Islam
3. Slavic
4. Cyrillic
WWI
1. alliances, nationalism
2. Assassination
3. Great Britain, Austria-Hungary
4. Treaty of Versailles
5. Reparations
6. Great Depression
7. Nazi Party
8. Chancellor
9. —-
WWII and Holocaust
10. Poland, WWII
11. Aryans, Jews
12. The Holocaust
Cold War
13. Democratic
14. Communist
15. Iron Curtain
16. United States, superpowers
17, Cold War
18, arms race
19. —-
20. Berlin
Coral
Sea
PACIFIC
OCEAN
Ayers Rock
(Uluru) Great
Victoria Desert
AUSTRALIA
PHYSICAL MAP
INDIAN
OCEAN
AUSTRALIA
Location, Climate and Natural Resources
1. outback
2. Temperate
3. Minerals
4. Grains
5. Eastern
6. China
History
1. Captain James Cook, Aborigines
2. Penal colony
3. Navy
4. Americas
5. indigenous
CANBERRA—National Capital
Geography
1. climate
2. Warm to hot, cold
3. Growing season
4. Canadian Shield, mining
Environmental Issues
Acid Rain-
1. factories
2. Vehicle emissions
3. 50-75%
4. United States
5. Great Lakes
6. Canada
Extraction of Natural Resources in Canadian Shield
1. 1.5 million
2. Environment
3. Slag
Deforestation of Timber Resources/Timber Industry
1. Timber
2. Clear-cutting
3. Machinery
4. Habitats
5. Seedlings
Hudson
Bay
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic
Ocean
Pac
ific
Oce
an
Great Lakes
Canada
Physical
Map of Canada
Atlantic
Ocean
Canada History
1. independent
2. Language
3. English
4. Francophones
5. Separatists
6. Culture, foreign affairs
Culture
1. French, British
2. British
3. Indigenous
4. French
5. Roman Catholic
6. Protestantism
7. Quebecois
Chile
Cuba
Colombia
Brazil
Panama
Mexico
LATIN AMERICA
Political Map
Pacific
Ocean
Gulf of
Mexico
Caribbean
Sea
Andes
Mountains Atacama
Desert
Sierra Madre
Mountains
Panama
Canal
Amazon Rain Forest
LATIN AMERICA
Physical Map
Atlantic
Ocean
Latin America
Environmental Issues
1. air pollution, deforestation
2. Vehicle, Sierra Madre
3. Public transportation
4. Crops, cattle
5. Carbon dioxide, habitats
Location, Climate and Natural Resources
1. —-
2. Mexico City
3. United States
4. Fishing
5. Urban
6. Embargo, Communist
7. Largest
8. Mineral
9. Amazon Rainforest
10. —-
Culture/History
1. Conquistadors
2. Spanish and Portuguese
3. Columbia Exchange
4. Catholic
5. Africans
6. —-
7. Americas
8. Mulattoes
9. Communist
10. Bay of Pigs
11. —-
12. embargo
DISTRIBUTION OF POWER
A form of government in which a
central government operates all
levels of government in a country.
A form of government based
on a voluntary agreement un-
der which separate countries
A form of government in which
power is divided between the
central government and small
divisions, such a s states.
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
PRESIDENTIAL DEMOCRACY PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
The Citizens
The President The Legislature
The Citizens
The Prime Minister
The Legislature
elect
elect
Government-
United Kingdom has a
constitutional monarchy and
parliamentary democracy
system of government.
They have a Prime Minister as
Head of Government and the
Queen is Head of State.
Canada has a parliamentary
system of government.
They have a Prime Minister as
Head of Government and the
Queen is Head of State.
Australia has a parliamentary
system of government.
They have a Prime Minister as
Head of Government and the
Queen is Head of State.
Latin America = Most
countries are Federal
Republics and Democracies.
Some Presidential, some
Parliamentary.
Cuba is an autocracy.
Economic decisions Some government Driven by supply
are made by the and some market. and demand
government (ex. Most modern Consumer driven
Cuba, former Soviet Union) Free trade
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
1. What to produce? 2. How to produce? 3. For whom to produce?
3 Basic Economic Questions:
____________ ________________________
MARKET COMMAND MIXED
AUSTRALIA—
ECONOMICS:
Australia has a mixed but very
close to market economy and it
is one of the largest in the world.
LATIN AMERICA:
ECONOMICS:
NAFTA—__North American Free
Trade Agreement between
United States, Mexico and
Canada. It has benefitted
Mexico’s economy greatly, doubling
trade since 1992.
EUROPE- ECONOMICS—
European Union (EU) = major
economic force in the world.
Created in 1992 as an economic
and political partnership among
27 countries in Europe.
Germany—Major world leader in
machinery and technology.
Germany invests heavily in
capital goods__(goods that are
used in producing other goods,
rather than being bought by
consumers.
CANADA-
ECONOMICS:
Canada has a mixed economy
and it is one of the largest in the
world.
ECONOMICS
Entrepreneurs take risks in order to
organize productive resources in order
to make money.
Specialization - the act of concentrating
on a limited number of goods or
activities. It encourages trade between
countries.
Trade Barriers—Tariffs, quotas,
embargos
GDP– Gross Domestic Product = total
value of all the goods and services
produced in a country in one year.
Natural Resources are things that
come from nature, such as plants,
animals, soil. Helps a country’s
economy grow.
Capital Goods—tools used in the production of goods and services.
Human Capital—the value that humans bring to the marketplace; includes the education,
training, skills, and health care of the workers in a business or country.
The higher the literacy rate the higher the standard of living the higher the GDP
of a country of a country of a country
Traditional Economy = system that relies on customs, history, and traditions.
Tradition guides economic decisions. Often depend on agriculture, fishing,
hunting, gathering, or some combination of the above. They use barter
instead of money.
Vocabulary List # 1
https://www.studystack.com/flashcard-1948154
Vocabulary List #2
https://www.studystack.com/flashcard-2832142
Vocabulary List # 3
https://www.studystack.com/flashcard-2473350
CROSSWORD PUZZLE: Chapter 4
Across
1 Germanic Language
5 Torah
6 monotheism
9 Quran
10 Christianity
11 Slavic Language
12 New Testament
DOWN
2 Romance Language
3 Islam
4 Empire
7 Crusades
8 Judaism
CROSSWORD PUZZLE: Chapter 10
Across
6 Parliamentary
10 Federal
13 Monarchy
DOWN
1 Specialization
2 Trade surplus
3 Financial sector
4 Embargo
5 Tariff
7 NAFTA
8 Entrepreneur
9 GDP
11 Literacy
12 Quota