Transcript Literacy Rate & the Standard of Living in Australia

CRCT Review
6th Grade Social Studies
Latin America
1. Where was the Aztec civilization
located? Who was their leader?
2. Where was the Incan empire located? Who
was their leader?
3. What was traded during the
Columbian Exchange?
4. What did Hernan Cortes do?
5. What did Francisco Pizarro do?
6. What was the Triangular Trade? Who did the
Europeans get to work on the sugar
plantations and mines in Latin America after
the natives died?
7. Who is Miguel Hidalgo? Country?
8. Who is Toussaint L’Ouverture? Country?
9. Who is Simon Bolivar? Countries?
10. Who is Fidel Castro and how did he
change Cuban history?
11. What was the Cuban Embargo?
12. Who are the Zapatistas?
13. What is NAFTA and how does it affect
Mexico, US, and Canada?
14. What is happening to the Amazon
Rainforest?
15. What is the primary religion practiced
and the primary language spoken in
Latin America?
16. Which two countries had the greatest
impact on the religion of Latin
America?
Canada
17. What two European countries
colonized Canada?
18. How did Canada become independent
from Great Britain?
19. What does Quebec hope to preserve
by becoming independent from the rest
of Canada?
20. What are Canada’s two official
languages?
21. Where does most of Canada’s
population live?
22. Why are most of Canada’s factories
located along the St. Lawrence River
and the Great Lakes?
Europe
23. Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
What is he known for?
24. Name at least 3 countries that were
originally colonized by Great Britain?
25. Which countries were involved in
World War I?
26. The Treaty of Versailles ended World
War I. What did the treaty force
Germany to do?
27. How did World War I affect
Germany’s economy?
28. What is Nazism?
29. Who were the Axis Powers in World
War II?
30. Who were the Allied Powers in World
War II?
31. What caused World War II to take
place?
32. What was the Holocaust?
33. Who was Vladimir Lenin?
34. What was the Russian Revolution?
35. Who was Czar Nicholas II?
36. After World War II, which 2 nations
engaged in the Cold War?
37. What happened to Berlin after World
War II?
38. After the Soviet Union collapsed, what
happened to East and West Germany?
39. What is the European Union?
40. What are the three major religions in
Europe?
41. What are some causes of acid rain in
Germany?
42. What happened at Chernobyl,
Ukraine?
Australia
43. Who were the Aborigines? How did
they pass their Dreamtime legends
down through generations?
44. Why did the British originally colonize
Australia?
45. Where do most Australians live? Why?
Government
46. What is an autocracy?
47. What is an oligarchy?
48. What is a democracy?
49. What is a unitary system of
government?
50. What is a confederation?
51. What is a federal system?
52. How is the leader chosen in a
parliamentary democracy?
53. How is the leader chosen in a
presidential democracy?
54. Australia is considered to have a
federal system, what does this mean?
55. Brazil and Mexico both have
presidential democracies. How do they
determine their leaders?
Economics
56. What are the different economic
systems? Describe each.
57. In Germany, Russia, and the United
Kingdom, the government regulates
some industries but most business
decisions are made by individuals.
What type of economy do these
countries have?
58. What are the 3 economic questions
that every country must answer?
59. What are the 3 economic trade
barriers? Describe each.
60. Cuba has a command economy and
Brazil has a mixed economy. How do
these two economies differ?
61. What are the 4 factors of economic
growth? Give an example of each.
62. What is Gross Domestic Product
(GDP)?
63. If a country does not have many
natural resources, what will their GDP
be like?
64. If countries want to trade
internationally, what must they first do
with their currency?
65. If a country has a high literacy rate,
what will the country’s standard of
living be like?
66. What is the goal of NAFTA?