Social Studies Challenge!

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Social Studies Challenge!

• PD West Middle School
• 6th grade

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Europe
Geographic Understandings
Historical Understandings
Civics/Government Understandings
Economic Understandings
Hodgepodge
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Geographic Understandings100

• Which mountain range separates Europe from
• Russia?
• Alps
• Ural
• Balkans
• Pyrenees

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Geographic Understandings200

• Where did the nuclear disaster happen in April
• 1986?
• Belarus
• Ukraine
• Italy
• Russia

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Geographic Understandings 300

• What environmental issue is affecting Germanys
• black forests?
• Acid Rain
• Air Pollution
• Nuclear Disaster
• Water Pollution

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Geographic Understandings 400

• Stretching from southwestern France and
  southeastern England
• through Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and
  Poland and into
• western Russia is an important physical feature.
  This area has some of
• the best soils in Europe causing many Europeans
  to live there. What is
• this physical feature called?
• The English Channel
• The Great European Plain
• The Scandinavian Peninsula
• The Iberian Peninsula

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Historical Understandings100

• In 1914, fighting between two groups of countries
• broke out into
• World War II
• The Industrial Revolution
• The Cold War
• World War I

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Historical Understandings 200

• The Treaty of Versailles was the treaty that
  formally ended
• World War I. Which of these statements best
  explains what
• the treaty did?
• It placed the blame for the war on Austria-Hungry
• Great Britain could now keep all of its colonies
• Italy was forced to give up some of its
  territories
• It made Germany take full responsibility for the
  war.

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Historical Understandings 300

• What was the Holocaust?
• The persecution of Nazis after World War II
• During the Great War
• The rise to power of the Nazis in Germany
• The murder of millions of Jews and other
  persecuted groups by the Nazis

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Historical Understandings 400

• Which organization was originally formed as
• a protector from the communist states?
• European Atomic Energy
• Common Market
• European Union Community
• NATO

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Civics/Government Understanding100

• A government ruled by a king, queen,
• emperor or empress is called
• Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Unitary
• Federal

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Civics/Government Understanding 200

• The form of government is elected by the
• people and everyone is eligible to vote is
• Oligarchy
• Democratic
• Autocratic
• Unitary

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Civics/Government Understanding 300

• A government in which one person possesses
• unlimited power and the citizens have little if
  any
• role in the decision making process is called
• Democratic
• Oligarchy
• Autocracy
• Unitary

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Civics/Government Understanding 400

• A government in which a few people such as a
• dominant clan have power for corrupt and selfish
• purposes. The citizen has a very limited role.
• Democratic
• Oligarchy
• Autocracy
• Unitary

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Economic Understandings 100

• Which of the following is NOT a question
• that every economic system must answer?
• What to produce?
• How to produce?
• Why should we produce?
• For whom to produce?

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Economic Understandings 200

• Most European countries have which type of
• economic system?
• Pure market
• Pure command
• Traditional
• Mixed

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Economic Understandings 300

• Natural resources in Europe
• are one factor that can help contribute to a
  nations wealth.
• always show whether a country will be successful.
• are used wisely because of new environmental
  policies.
• consist mainly of tea, fruits, and oil.

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Economic Understandings 400

• How does Europes literacy rate affect its
• development?
• The literacy rate has little impact on
  development of a country.
• Well-developed countries tend to have lower
  literacy rates.
• Low literacy rates bring more tourism and boost
  overall development.
• The higher the literacy rate, the more developed
  a country tends to be.

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Hodgepodge 100

• The religions of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
  are what
• type of religion?
• Cults
• Theocratic
• Polytheistic
• Monotheistic

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Hodgepodge 200

• What is anti-Semitism?
• Any kind of racism
• Racism against minorities
• Racism against Jews
• Racism against Caucasians

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Hodgepodge 300

• What is the name of the currency in most
• European countries?
• Pesos
• Euro
• Lira
• Franc

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Hodgepodge 400

• What is the main purpose of the European Union?
• to make trading easier
• to switch to a single currency
• to have the same constitution
• to increase GDP

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