semester 1 final exam review 6 th social studies
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1. Why are many of Europeans major cities located along rivers and sea coasts?
They offer access to trade routes for travel and trade.
2. Why did the people of Chernobyl, Ukraine abandon the city in
1986?The nuclear power plant exploded and radiation levels were unsafe
3. What are the major environmental concerns in the United Kingdom
and Germany?
United Kingdom: Air quality
Germany: Acid rain
4. Why does Great Britain have a strong navy and a large fleet
of trading ships?
Because of its geographic location
15. How is a parliamentary democracy different than a presidential democracy?
The head of the government is a member of the legislature
16. Describe the parliamentary system of the United Kingdom.
In a parliamentary system, the prime minister is not directly chosen by the voters.
17. What type of government do the United Kingdom, Russia, and Germany have?
United Kingdom: Parliamentary Democracy
Germany: Federal System
Russia: Federation
18. What is the main purpose of the European Union?
Strengthen the economic, political, and defense ties of member nations
19. What are the benefits of using the Euro?
Many countries will be able to trade without exchanging the currency
People are able to travel freely between the countries in the Eu
Higher standard of livingTraining for jobs
20. What are the three basic economic questions?
–What to produce?–How it will be produced?–For whom to produce?
21. Define market economy.
An economic system that allows business owners to compete in the market with little to no government interference.
22. Define mixed economy.
An economic system that has features of traditional, command, and market systems.
23. Define traditional economy.
An economic system in which social roles and culture determine how goods are made, sold, and bought.
24. Define command economy.
–An economic system in which the government decides what goods will be produced, how they will be produce, and how they will be distributed
26. What is a tariff?
–A fee (tax) placed on imported or exported goods by a country’s government in order to limit trade.
27. What are trade barriers?
A geographic (or government created) feature that prevents or slows trade.
28. Define GDP.
–The total value of the goods and services produced in a country in a given period of time (usually a year)
29. Define natural resources.
–Raw materials used to make goods. Examples include land, water, forests, minerals, soil, and climate.
30. Define Human resources.
–Workers needed with the appropriate knowledge, skills, and experience to make goods or provide services
31. Define capital resources.
–Machines, factories, and supplies needed to produce goods and services
32. Define entrepreneurship.
–The people who bring natural resources, labor resources, and capital resources together to produce goods and services
36. Who helped Portugal take the lead in exploration and provide money for students to study navigation?
–Prince Henry the Navigator
37. Why did the Europeans explore?
–To find a sea route to the spices of Asia –To find gold, silver, and precious stones –To expand their knowledge of the world –To control a larger empire –To expand Christianity –GOLD, GOD, AND GLORY
39. What 4 things contributed to the outbreak of WWI?
–Imperialism, Militarism, Nationalism, Alliances
41. What were the effects of the Russian Revolutions?
–Stopped Russia’s participation in the war–Czar was overthrown–Russia became the Soviet Union
42. What were the stipulations to the Treaty of Versailles?
–Required Germany to take full responsibility for the war–They had to give up overseas
colonies–Make their armed forces
smaller–Pay reparations for the war.
46. What is the Berlin Wall?
–A wall built by the communist to make it hard for anyone to escape from communist East Berlin to democratic West Berlin
47. What is the Iron Curtain?
–Iron Curtain came to symbolize the dividing line that separated Western Europe and Eastern Europe.
48. What is the holocaust?
–Where the Nazi’s removed millions from their homes and sent them to prison camps. 6 million people were killed.
50. What is a major cause of the Cold War?
–Both had nuclear weapons.–Neither trusted each other.–Great tension existed between the
two.–People feared that this tension
would one day result in nuclear war.