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Grade 6 Social Studies 2019-2020 Social Studies Review Directions: Grade 6 1. Watch CNN 10 every day and complete the CNN 10 Template located on page 58.You complete a paper copy or do one digitally and turn it in via Google Classroom. 2. Read through the notes then complete the Student Review Activity for each Unit. You can also use information from the Techbook or look through the classroom handouts to help you complete this activity. You complete a paper copy or do one digitally and turn it in via Google 6 Classroom. 3. If you finish numbers 1 and 2, watch the Unit Review Videos on the Techbook and write a summary on each one. Social Studies Useful Links 2019-2020 Email: [email protected] Google Classroom Code: sc7ccth Techbook: (Email me if you forget the password) https://elmsscobbie6.weebly.com/ CNN 10: https://www.cnn.com/cnn10 Public Schools of Review Videos: (Email me if you forget North Carolina the password) https://elmsscobbie6.weebly.com/uni State Board of t-reviews.html Education Department of Public Instruction Raleigh, North Carolina 27699- 6314 Table of Content Essential Questions Unit 1: Geography (Pages 3-6) Unit 6: The Roman Republic and Empire (Pages 30-36) 1.1 What is geography and how can it help us to understand the world? 6.1 How did geography and trade routes impact the growth of Rome? 1.2 How can the five themes of geography be used to show the relationship 6.2 Was the Roman Republic democratic? between people and places? Why do geographers use a variety of maps to 6.3 How did Rome's transition from Republic to Empire impact its citizens? represent the world? 6.4 How did the spread of Roman culture influence life throughout the 1.3 How can geography be used to consider relationships between people Empire? and places? 6.5 Why did Rome decline and fall? Unit 2: The Rise of Civilizations (Pages 7-10) Unit 7: Ancient China and Japan (Pages 37-43) 2.1 How do we learn about prehistoric societies? 7.1 What were the greatest achievements of the Tang and Song dynasties? 2.2 How did early humans improve their lives? 7.2 How did Mongol conquest change relations between regional societies? 2.3 In what ways did the agricultural revolution change human life? 7.3 How did trade shape Chinese society during the Ming Dynasty? 2.4 Why do humans form civilizations? 7.4 What effects did power and social class have on Japanese feudal Unit 3: Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt (Pages 11-18) society? 3.1 How did geography impact life in Mesopotamia? Unit 8: African Empires (Pages 44-48) 3.2 How did religion and gender influence Mesopotamian society? 8.1 How did the geography of Africa affect its settlement patterns and 3.3 How did Mesopotamian technological and cultural innovations commerce? influence future civilizations? 8.2 How did trade influence the politics and culture of African Empires? 3.4 How did Egypt's location influence its development? 8.3 How did contact with other religions change life in Africa? 3.5 What effects did power and social class have on the lives of ancient Unit 9: The Middle Ages (Pages 49-55) Egyptians? How did power and social class impact life in Medieval Europe? 3.6 How did the innovations of ancient Egypt impact its neighbors and How did the Black Death spark social, political, and economic change future civilizations? throughout Europe? Unit 4: Ancient India (Pages 19-23) Unit 10: American Societies (Pages 56-57) 4.1 How did physical geography shape Indian civilization? 10.1 How did physical geography shape the early societies of North 4.2 What effects did power and social class have on the lives of the ancient America? Indian people? 10.2 How did the ancient societies in Latin America become so powerful? 4.3 How did religion influence Indian society? CNN 10 Template (58) Unit 5: Ancient Greece (Pages 24-29) Student Review Activity (59-70) 5.1 How did geography influence the development of Greek civilization? 5.2 To what extent were ancient Greek political systems democratic? 5.3 How has classical Greek culture affected our modern lives? 1.1 The World at Your Fingertips Notes Vocabulary Delta- An area where a river deposits soil into the ocean. River- A natural flow of water that runs through the land. Glacier- A large area of slow-moving ice. Valley- An area of low land between hills or mountains. Peninsula- An area of land that sticks out into a lake or ocean. Notes 1. In their work, geographers are guided by two basic questions: (1) Where are things located? And (2) Why are they there? 2. To find the answer, geographers use the five themes of geography to organize information. 3. The Five Themes of Geography a. Movement b. Regions c. Human-Environment Interaction d. Location e. Place 4. Geographers can’t easily study the whole world at one time. So they break the world into regions. 5. North Carolina is a part of the region in the United States known as the South. Within North Carolina there are four physical regions: the Tidewater, the Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, and the Mountains. 6. North Carolina is divided into four geographic regions. The regions help to determine the way of life of North Carolinians. 7. The islands off the North Carolina coast form the beach for much of the Tidewater. 8. A large portion of the land in the Tidewater is wetland most of the year, meaning that the soil is soaked or flooded with water. 9. The richest soil in the state is to be found in many areas of the Coastal Plain. The region takes up about a third of the area of North Carolina. 10. North Carolina’s Piedmont region is a place almost anyone can recognize immediately, for it has an unforgettable feature— its red clay. 11. The line that divides the Piedmont from the Coastal Plain is called the fall line. 12. Farming has been as much a tradition in the Piedmont as the Coastal Plain. However, except for certain rich areas with unusually rich brown soils farming has always been a struggle in the Piedmont. 13. Travelers from the east see North Carolina’s mountains long before they cross into them. The Mountains region historically was never as populated or developed as the other regions of the state. 14. Social Studies is a way to learn about the world. It draws on information from five fields of learning—geography, history, economics, government, and culture. 15. Geography is the study of people, places, and the environment. 16. Landforms are the major physical features on Earth. 1.2 Many Regions, Many Cultures Notes Vocabulary Geography- The study of Earth's surfaces and the processes that shape it; the connections between people and their environment. Location- The position of anything on Earth's surface. Region- An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features. Mental Map- A map in a person's mind that contains his or her knowledge of an area or people. Physical Geography- A kind of geography that studies Earth's natural features such as climate, soil, plants, animals, landscape, and the locations of those things. Human Geography- A kind of geography that studies human population, its cultures and activities, and their effect on the physical world. Compass Rose- A map feature that usually shows the four cardinal directions. Globe- A round model of Earth that shows the continents and oceans in their true shapes. Legend- Tells the user about the symbols used on the map. Longitude- The series of imaginary lines that run north and south from one pole to the other. Latitude- The series of imaginary lines that circle Earth parallel to the Equator; used to measure distance north or south of the Equator. Scale- Tells the user the size of a map in relation to the size of the real world by giving the ratio between distances on the map and actual distances on the Earth. Notes 1. The Five Themes of Geography . Movement . Regions . Human-Environment Interaction . Location . Place 2. Location Absolute Location . A latitude and longitude (global location) or a street address (local location). Relative Location . Described by landmarks, time, direction, or distance. From one place to another. 3. MR. HELP! M – Movement R – Regions HE – Human Environment Interaction L – Location P – Place 4. Geographers try to understand not only where things are located but also why they are located there. To do this they use the Five Themes of Geography. 5. Geographers organize their work by focusing on places. 6. Historians focus on time periods. 7. Physical geography is one of the main branches of geography. It involves the study of Earth’s natural features, including water, landforms, vegetation, and climate. 8. An ecosystem consists of all the living and nonliving things in an area and how they relate to and depend on each other. 9. Human geography involves studying human activities as they relate to Earth. 10. Geographers analyze how people adapt to the environment to better cope with it. 11. Absolute location is the exact spot on Earth where something exists. 12. Relative location is the general position of where something is in relation to other things. 13. There are seven continents in the world: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Antarctica. 14. Most maps have basic map components that help you interpret the contents of the map: a legend, a scale, and a directional indicator.
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