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Mid – Term Review 11-12 Wilson Social Studies Tallulah Falls

Mid – Term Review 11-12 Wilson Social Studies Tallulah Falls. All countries & physical features can be practiced using the files on my web page. The following review is content only! Good luck! . 5 Themes of Social Studies. History, Culture, Government, Economics, & Geography.

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Mid – Term Review 11-12 Wilson Social Studies Tallulah Falls

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  1. Mid – Term Review 11-12 Wilson Social Studies Tallulah Falls

  2. All countries & physical features can be practiced using the files on my web page. The following review is content only! Good luck! 

  3. 5 Themes of Social Studies History, Culture, Government, Economics, & Geography

  4. 5 Themes of Geography Movement, Region, Location, Human-Environment Interaction, Place

  5. Democracy type w/ president Presidential Democracy

  6. Democracy type w/ power in the cabinet. Usually has prime minister. Parliamentary Democracy

  7. Government where power is given to the people through free elections. Democracy

  8. Government ruled by a few elite. Oligarchy

  9. Government where ONE person has complete authority. Autocracy

  10. Government where one central authority has the power. Unitary/Unitarian

  11. Government where power is divided between ONE central and several regional authorities. Federation

  12. Voluntary association of countries that unite for a common purpose. Confederation

  13. Economic type where government has control. Command

  14. Economic type where supply and demand determines prices of goods. Market

  15. Economic system that has qualities from both market and command. Most countries have this. Mixed

  16. What are the Middle East’s major, burning issues? Water pollution, unequal distribution of water & oil, water rights, & transportation

  17. Ethnic group that descends from Arabian Peninsula. United by Arabic language and Islam. Arabs

  18. Large middle eastern ethnic group that desire their own country. They speak Kurdish. Kurds

  19. Ethnic group from Iran & mostly Shi’ite Muslim. Persian

  20. 3 Monotheistic Religions in Chronological Order Judaism, Christianity, & Islam

  21. Founders of Judaism, Christianity, & Islam Abraham, Jesus Christ, & Muhammad

  22. Gods of Judaism, Christianity, & Islam Yahweh, Trinity (Father, Son, & Holy Spirit), & Allah

  23. Holy Books of Judaism, Christianity, & Islam Torah, Bible, & Koran

  24. Abraham’s two sons and the ethnic groups & religions they became Isaac – Jews – Judaism Ishmael – Arabs - Islam

  25. Essential beliefs of Islam 5 Pillars – 1. One God 2. Pray 5x / day 3. Giving 4. Fasting 5. Hajj to Mecca

  26. 2 main branches of Islam Sunni – 90% Shi’ite - 10%

  27. The Ottoman Empire was an __________ Empire Islamic

  28. Ruler of the Muslim Community until 1924 Caliph

  29. Ruler of the Ottoman Empire Sultan

  30. Greatest sultan of all time. The Ottoman Empire was at its peak during his reign. Suleiman I

  31. The Ottomans captured this capital city of the Byzantine Empire in 1453 Constantinople

  32. This man stopped Muslim forces from advancing further into France in the Battle of Tours (732 CE). Charles Martel

  33. After this major WORLD event, the Ottoman Empire collapsed and was partitioned by European nations. WWI

  34. These two European nations gained control of the majority of the Ottoman Empire France & Britain

  35. This treaty officially abolished the Ottoman Empire Treaty of Sevres

  36. Israel gained its independence in the year ______. 1948

  37. After these two WORLD events, thousands of Jews returned home WWI & WWII

  38. 4 Wars fought between Israel and Arab nations. Arab-Israeli Wars

  39. War fought immediately after Israel became independent. War of Independence - 1948

  40. Arab-Israeli War of 1973. Surprise attack on Israel’s holiest day of the year. Yom Kippur War

  41. Main effect of Yom Kippur War Political. Arab nations placed embargo on oil in the U.S.

  42. The Egyptian president & Arab hero who came on the scene in the Suez War Nasser

  43. PLO stands for what and who is the most famous leader of this group? Palestinian Liberation Organization - Arafat

  44. 1993 – Peace talks between Israeli leaders & PLO Oslo Accords

  45. Term given to describe the push for a Jewish homeland Zionism

  46. Gulf War I (1990-1991) began because who attacked who and for what? Iraq attacked Kuwait for allegedly stealing oil on the border.

  47. Gulf War I was the first war you could follow on the ____________ each night. Television

  48. The U.S. was an ally of Kuwait in Gulf War I. What type of attacks did the U.S. use primarily in Iraq? Air Strikes

  49. Who was the evil dictator of Iraq in Gulf War I? Saddam Hussein

  50. The U.S. involvement in Gulf War II was called Operation Desert Storm

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