Social Studies 2Nd Benchmark

Social Studies 2nd Benchmark

Study Guide

1. Define: Standard of Living

Capital Goods

Human Capital

Production

Economic Growth

Trade Barriers

Embargo

Tariff

Natural Resources

Products (Goods and Services)

Spice Trade

2. Why is it important that countries trade with other countries?

3. Know the following explorers, and what they did:

Christopher Columbus

Prince Henry the Navigator

Samuel de Champlain

Vasco da Gama

Ferdinand Magellan

Henry Hudson—He is an English Explorer from the 1500’s who was looking for routes to Asia

4. What were the main reasons for exploration?

5. What were the MAIN causes of war?

6. What started and ended WWI? 7. What started and ended WWII?

8. Which major industry led to the majority of all explorations?

9. In the late 1700’s, which European empire was the most powerful?

10. What was the Treaty of Versailles, and what did it require of Germany?

11. What was the Russian Revolution?

12. What kind of government did Russia have under Czar Nicholas II?

13. Who were the Bolsheviks, and who were they led by?

14. Why did the United States choose not to participate in the League of Nations?

15. What happened in Chernobyl?

16. Explain the Rise of Nazism in Germany.

17. What was the Cold War?

18. Why were the US and the USSR referred to as superpowers?

19. Explain the Holocaust.

20. Where and what were the environmental issues in Europe?

21. How do governments distribute power?

22. How do governments determine citizen participation?

23. Why was the European Union important to Europe’s economy?

24. Discuss the major religions in Europe.

Label the following countries and physical features in Europe: Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, Iberian Peninsula, Scandinavian Peninsula, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, & Portugal