Social Studies Review

Fill in the Blanks:

Council of Ministers, Senate, laws, president, departments, capital, Risaralda, judicial, Chamber, welfare, taxes, constitution, human rights, democracy, flag, economy, land

1. Colombia's government is a ______________________________ and a ______________________ state.
2. The __________________________ of Colombia is Bogota de Santa Fe.
3. Colombia is divided into 32 _____________________________________.
4. Pereira is the capital of the department _____________________________.
1. Colombia has three branches of government. The executive branch includes the ___________________ and vice-president.
5. The executive branch gets advice from the ______________________________.
6. The legislative branch makes _________________________________.
2. There are two parts of the legislative branch, the __________________ and the ___________________.
3. The ____________________________ branch is the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is a group of judges who make sure that laws are fair.
4. A document called a __________________________________ explains how Colombia's government works. It also protects human rights.
5. _____________________________ are things that every one should have, life a safe home, clean water, and an education.
6. To pay for things, like education, the government collects _______________________ on income, property, and purchases.
7. Governments choose a system of how the money and businesses will work in a country. This is called an ___________________________.
8. A country needs to have ______________________________ to exist because otherwise it would only be an idea.
9. A _________________________ is a symbol of a country. The colors represent the country.

Write the word that matches each definition below.
Example: 1. I'll give you a mango if you give me a banana
Answer 1. barter and trade economy
2. The place on the map that shows what things are, like capital cities
3. A religion that believes in more than one god
4. A religion that believes in only one god
5. What all of the first four civilizations were built near
6. The system of money a country uses, like Colombia's peso
7. Shows direction on a map
8. Shows distance on a map
9. A person who makes maps
10. A native Indian culture that was conquered by Hernan Cortes. It's capital city is where Mexico City is today.
11. When one person has all the power in the country
12. A country that has representatives, like Ancient Rome
13. People own businesses, and the government only bothers the businesses if something bad happens.
14. People vote directly on laws. This is what Ancient Greece had.
15. Knights or kings own huge farms and poor people work on the farms. The knights take care of the poor people. This is the type of economy they had in the Middle Ages.
16. No government or laws
17. A person who conquered lands controlled by other cultures, like Francisco Pizarro
18. A native Indian culture that was in Mexico before the Aztecs
19. King or queens rule. This is the type of government they had in the middle ages.
20. A native Indian culture that built Machu Pichu and controlled modern day Peru and most of the western part of South America.
21. A disease (or plague) that killed around half of the people in Europe during the middle ages
22. Cities and towns built in the Americas by Europeans who were trying to settle the land. An example would be Lima or Cartagena
23. A place where people live together and support themselves with agriculture. They share a common language and laws, and they try to develop new technology.
24. China and Cuba are examples of this system. The government controls all the money, businesses, and natural resources. Everyone is supposed to have the same amount of money.

Answer these questions:
1. What is an election and why do we have them?
2. Who can vote in Colombia?
3. How do countries, governments, laws, constitutions, and taxes help protect human rights?
4. Why do people use maps?
5. Draw a compass rose.
6. What were the first four ancient civilizations? Describe them.
7. What were the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
8. How do Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome impact the world today? (What did they do or create that we use?)
9. What happened after the Roman Empire collapsed?
10. Why did Europeans want to go to Asia?
11. Why did Columbus sail west from Europe?
12. Why did Europeans want to conquer the Americas?
13. Why were Europeans able to take control of the Americas?
14. Tell me about one explorer. What did he find? Where was he from?
15. Tell me about one colony. Where was it? Who lived there? Why was it created?

Make 2 timelines.

1. One should show the periods in history we learned about: The Middle Ages, The Colonies, The Age of Discovery, The First Four Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Greece, the conquistadors, and Ancient Rome. No years.

2. Make a time line of exploration. Include Marco Polo, the Vikings, Bartholomew Dias, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Sir Francis Drake, and Ferdinand Magellan on your time line. You do not need to include years.

Know Maps:
You need to know all the continents and oceans, the countries, oceans, and the Equator in South America, and all the countries in North and Central America. You also need to be able to use maps.

Study using these maps: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B3Gs8USRVEoYYzNmZDMzZTctOGFkYy00MWEwLWE4NTUtNTkwMzU0ODAzNzdm&hl=en&authkey=CNjnpIQK

You also need to know map skills. Here are maps to help you: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B3Gs8USRVEoYZjY1OWNmNmYtMGU3OS00NDUzLWE4ZmItOTI3NWRjNTE3NTE1&hl=en&authkey=CNPd3agB

You can also use these old blog posts:
http://hoyengradoquinto.blogspot.com/2010/09/grid-map-regular-map-draw-map.html
http://hoyengradoquinto.blogspot.com/2010/06/all-about-economic-systems.html
http://hoyengradoquinto.blogspot.com/2010/06/social-studies-final-study-guide.html

DO NOT FORGET YOUR SOCIAL STUDIES POWER POINT PRESENTATION OVER A COLONY!!!!