Middle Years Book of Social Studies Tests

BASIC/NOT BORING SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS

MIDDLE YEARS BOOK OF SOCIAL STUDIES TESTS

Series Concept & Development by Imogene Forte & Marjorie Frank

Illustrations by Kathleen Bullock TABLE OF CONTENTS

Inside the Middle Years Book of Social Studies Tests ...... 7

How to Use the Middle Years Book of Social Studies Tests ...... 8

WORLD UNDERSTANDINGS ...... 10–29 World Understandings Skills Checklists ...... 10 Test # 1 Cultural Concepts & Relationships ...... 12 Test # 2 World Cultures ...... 18 Test # 3 Economics ...... 24

WORLD GEOGRAPHY ...... 30–55 World Geography Skills Checklists ...... 30 Test # 1 Geographical Features ...... 33 Test # 2 World Regions ...... 38 Test # 3 Important Places & Spaces ...... 42 Test # 4 Australian Geography ...... 48 Test # 5 Human Geography ...... 52

MAP SKILLS ...... 56–71 Map Skills Checklists ...... 56 Test # 1 Map Tools & Resources ...... 58 Test # 2 Directions, Distances & Locations ...... 62 Test # 3 Finding Information on Maps ...... 66

WORLD HISTORY ...... 71–105 World History Skills Checklists ...... 71 Test # 1 Major Eras & Events ...... 74 Test # 2 People, Places & Organisations ...... 81 Test # 3 Ancient World History ...... 87 Test # 4 Medieval & Modern History ...... 93 Test # 5 Modern History Since 1900 ...... 99

v Middle Years Book of Social Studies Tests © 2008 Hawker Brownlow Education, INA4196 AUSTRALIAN HISTORY ...... 106–116 Australian History Skills Checklists ...... 105 Test # 1 Major Events ...... 106 Test # 2 People, Places & Organisations ...... 111

KEEPING TRACK OF SKILLS ...... 117 Student Progress Record ...... 118 Class Progress Record (World Understandings, World Geography) ...... 119 Class Progress Records (Map Skills, World History) ...... 120 Class Progress Record (Australian History) ...... 121

ANSWER KEYS ...... 122 World Understandings Answer Keys ...... 123 World Geography Answer Keys ...... 125 Map Skills Answer Keys ...... 127 World History Answer Keys ...... 129 Australian History Answer Keys ...... 131

Locate these regions according to their latitude and longitude placement on Earth.

Write the letter code for each region next to the correct latitude-longitude description. (The latitude-longitude locations given here are approximate locations for the region.)

______18. 25° N - 35° S latitude and 20° W - 50° E longitude

______19. 90° N - 25° N latitude and 30° E - 170° E longitude

______20. 80° N - 35° N latitude and 10° W - 30° E longitude

______21. 20° N - 35° S latitude and 110° W - 180° W longitude

______22. 80° N - 35° N latitude and 10° E - 170° W longitude

______23. 10° N - 60° S latitude and 80° W - 35° W longitude

______24. 50° N - 45° S latitude and 60° E - 180° E longitude

______25. 45° N - 15° N latitude and 15° W - 65° E longitude

______26. 30° N - 10° N latitude and 120° W - 60° W longitude

27. Which statement is not true of the Pacific Region? a. Most of the area is subject to earthquakes and tremors. b. Heavy rainfall is a feature of the climate in most of the region. c. Most of the countries are ruled by monarchies.

28. Which statement is not true of the Middle East-North Africa region? a. The religions of Judaism and Islam are about equal in the number of followers. b. The region has large reserves of petroleum. c. The region is the scene of division and strife between Arabs and Israelis

29. Which statement is true of the Sub-Saharan African Region? a. Until recently, many of the nations were held as colonies by European nations. b. The decolonisation of the region has occurred without bloodshed. c. The nations are enjoying a fast rate of industrialisation.

30. Which statements are true of both New Zealand and Australia? a. Both are the homelands of the Maori people. b. Both are part of the Commonwealth of Nations. c. The people are a mixture of many different cultural backgrounds.

31. Which statements are true of the Middle American and South American regions? a. Coffee, bananas and sugarcane are major exports. b. The population is a blend of Indian, European and African people. c. All of the nations today are governed by democratic systems.

11. Which of these people have some connection to the Cold War period in Australia? Robert Menzies John Curtin Harold Holt Edmund Barton Herbert Vere Evatt Vincent Lingiari

12. Which of these people have some connection 13. Which of these people have some connection to the Aboriginal Land Rights Movement? with the movement for Federation? Vincent Lingiari Henry Parkes Gough Whitlam John Hope Malcolm Fraser Edmund Barton Truganini Robert Menzies Matthew Flinders Ben Chifley Eddie Mabo Alfred Deakin

14. Which of these people have some connection 15. Which of these people have some connection to the European exploration of Australia? to the World War II period? Ludwig Leichhardt John Curtin John Monash Chris Watson Billy Hughes Robert Menzies Robert O’Hara Burke Winston Churchill John Forrest John Howard Charles Sturt David Helfgott

16. The outlaws in the early years of European settlement of Australia were known as a. swagmen. b. bushrangers. c. unionists. d. Irish.

17. When the Liberal Party of Australia and the National Party join together, they are usually called the a. Labor Party. b. government. c. coalition. d. opposition.

Write the name of the state or location, or number the map, to match each item below.

_____ 18. First Federal Parliament _____ 25. Planned city designed by William Light _____ 19. Bombed in World War II _____ 26. Political centre of the Swan River _____ 20. Opera House Colony of free settlers _____ 21. Federation Square _____ 27. Established in 1803 as a penal colony, now a state capital _____ 22. Voted to secede from the Commonwealth and become a new _____ 28. During World War II, this city was the country called “Auralia” South West Pacific Headquarters for General Douglas MacArthur _____ 23. Became Australia’s capital city as a compromise between Sydney and _____ 29. This territory was once part of South Melbourne Australia _____ 24. Site of the first British colony in _____ 30. The gold rush, starting in 1851, Australia transformed this state _____ 31. Dirk Hartog visited this state in 1616