Sixth Grade Social Studies MERIT Second Nine Weeks Benchmark Study Guide. *This is only a study guide. The test will include map skills, charts, etc.

Transcription

1 Name Sixth Grade Social Studies MERIT Second Nine Weeks Benchmark Study Guide *This is only a study guide. The test will include map skills, charts, etc.* 1. What are the three economic questions all economic systems must answer? What to produce? How to produce? For whom to produce? 2. Describe a traditional economy: Hunting/Gathering, make only what they need, based on beliefs and past generations 3. Do any countries in modern Europe have a traditional economy? No 4. What do the economic systems of and the United Kingdom have in common? Market secure 5. How is Russia different that the previous two countries? Market yet closer to Command than the others 6. Which country had to fuse two different economic types after reunification? 7. If a country invests in human capital, it is spending money on: Education, training, health care 8. What is a mixed economic system? A combination of citizen decisions (market) and government regulations (command) 9. Why is it beneficial for countries in Europe to have a common currency?

2 The countries are small in size, yet large in population 10. What is the currency? Money 11. The term barter is a synonym for Trade. 12. What happened in Chernobyl that affected a majority of eastern Europe? Nuclear power plant explosion in Chernobyl, Ukraine 13. What are the reasons for the Age of Exploration? God, Gold, Glory 14. Who was Prince Henry the Navigator? He developed a school for explorers and financed multiple trips to the West Coast of Africa 15. What is militarism? Countries developing large navies and armies a cause of WWI 16. What are alliances? A system of agreements to help one another a cause of WWI has also caused other wars 17. What is imperialism? Countries creating empires, gaining land/territory 18. What is nationalism? An extreme form of patriotism; leaders wanting their country to be the best no matter the costs 19. How did these four things lead to WWI?

3 Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism After the assignation of Ferdinand, these topics caused friction between the countries 20. The assignation of Franz Ferdinand was the starting point of WWI. 21. The end of WWI was followed by the Treaty of Versailles 22. Which country was punished by the treaty? 23. What is the League of Nations? The group of countries developed by US President Truman, was not joined by the USA 24. What are reparations? Payments for war damages paid by to winners of WWI 25. What three things were required to do by the Treaty of Versailles? Limited military, pay reparations, lost territory 26. What caused Europe to go into an economic depression following WWI? The devastation of WWI 27. Who was the czar of Russia before/during the Russian Revolution? Czar Nicholas II 28. What does abdicated mean? To give up power 29. Which party took over after the czar abdicated the throne? Bolsheviks

4 30. This man was the leader of the party: Lenin 31. Which group was blamed by Hitler for WWI and the economic depression? Jews 32. Hitler was elected chancellor but quickly became a dictator. 33. What is fascism? A government system similar to communism; believes that the government should be in control 34. List the countries that were included in these groups: Axis Powers Italy Japan Allied Powers United States USSR Soviet Union * Changed sides France Great Britain 35. Which country did attack causing Britain and France to declare war? Poland 36. What was the Holocaust? Genocide of Jews, plus millions of other groups 37. Which country was divided after WWII? 38. Which country did not want to allow their section of to reunite with the others? Soviet Union

5 39. What is a superpower country? A strong country, lots of people, strong military 40. What was the Cold War? War between democracy and communism 41. What is the Iron Curtain? Who used that term? A metaphorical term that split communist and democracy split Europe; Churchill 42. What is reunification? Bringing something back together refers to 43. When did the Soviet republics begin declaring independence? When did Russia become known as the Soviet Union? After the Russian Revolution 45. When did the Soviet Union become known as Russia again? After the end of the Cold War Second Nine Weeks Advanced Constructed Response 1. How did the Treaty of Versailles and world-wide depression impact Europe in the years between WWI and WWII? 2. How did the Russian Revolution change Russia? 3. What factors, including the contribution of Prince Henry the Navigator, influenced European nations to begin overseas exploration? *Pick two