Transcript SOL Map Review - Staunton City Schools

Monday, May 13
SOL Test on Wednesday-Lab B
1. Map Review
2. Finish practice test
3. Finish SOL Packet
•From who did this country
fight for its independence
in the 1960s?
•France
•What is the name of the
country?
•Algeria
• What country is
this?
• Israel
• What two groups
are in conflict in
this country
today?
• Arab Muslims and
Jews
• What group was killed in
large numbers here by the
Ottomans during World War
I?
• Armenians
• What term is used to
describe that act?
• genocide
• What took place at the point marked by
the arrow in 1914 that had a major
impact on world history?
• Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
• What did that event lead to?
• Beginning of World War I
• What country’s aggressive actions in these
two areas led to concern for world peace in
that time period?
• Germany
• What are the two countries that are shaded?
• Austria and Czechoslovakia
• Who was the leader of German at the time?
• Adolf Hitler
• What Native
American empire was
located at the letter
A?
• Aztecs
• Which European
explorer defeated
them?
• Cortes
• What is the name of
that country today?
• Mexico
• What is the name of this geographic area?
• Balkan Peninsula
• What city is marked
by the letter A?
• Berlin, Germany
• What happened
there in 1961?
• The Berlin Wall
was built
• What was its
purpose?
• Keep people from
communist East
Germany from
escaping to the
west
• Who was
responsible for
liberating countries
in the shaded area
from a European
empire in the
1820s?
• Simon Bolivar
• From what empire
were they
liberated?
• Spain
• In area D, what was the name of the situation where
nationalist Chinese began attacking Europeans to drive
them out in the 1800s?
• Boxer Rebellion
• What organization was formed in area A in the 1800s to
fight for independence?
• Indian Nationalist Party
• From what country did they want independence?
• Great Britain
• Which of the world
religions in dominant
in the shaded region?
• Buddhism
• Who was responsible
for spreading
Buddhism into that
area?
• Missionaries of Asoka
• Who was the leader
who carried out a
genocide against the
educated, affluent,
business leaders, and
former government
officials in this country
in the 1970s?
• Pol Pot
• What was the name
of his group?
• The Khmer Rouge
• Which explorer was responsible
for the French claims that are
shown on the map?
• Jacques Cartier
• What military alliance is
shown on the map?
• Central powers
• What are their names?
• Germany, AustriaHungary, and Ottoman
Empire
• What happened to them?
• They were defeated in
World War I
• Which religion
dominates both areas
indicated on the map?
• Christianity
• What specific type of
Christianity dominates
the yellow region?
• Roman Catholic
• What European
empire was
responsible for
spreading Roman
Catholicism in this
area?
• Spain
• What leader who
allied himself with
communism took
control of the circled
country in the 1950s?
• Fidel Castro
• What situation
occurred here in 1962
that brought the world
close to nuclear war?
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• What was the name of
the invasion that took
place here on June 6,
1944?
• D-day
• What happened in that
invasion?
• Allies invaded Germanoccupied France at
Normandy
• Why was it important?
• Allies established a 2nd
Front that helped them
to defeat Germany in
World War II
• Why did the United States fight a war at C from 1950
to 1953?
• To stop communism from spreading into South Korea
• Who helped the North Koreans in their fight against
the US in that war?
• China
• What happened at D in 1949?
• Mao Zedong’s communist forces took over the
government
• Who did Mao defeat in that war?
• Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)
• What European
country attacked the
shaded country in
1935?
• Italy
• Who was the leader
of Italy at the time?
• Benito Mussolini
• What is the name of
the country?
• Ethiopia
• How did other
European nations
respond?
• There was no
significant response
• At what diplomatic
meeting was this map of
Europe created?
• Congress of Vienna
• What was their goal in
creating the map like
this?
• Maintain a “balance of
power” in Europe to
prevent major wars
• Of what group were the shaded nations a part in
1914?
• The Allies
• What are their names?
• Great Britain, France, and Russia
• What diplomatic agreement created this map of
Europe?
• Treaty of Versailles
• What type of political
system dominated the
shaded countries in
the 1930s?
• Fascism
• What are the two
countries?
• Germany and Italy
• What dynasty ruled
these two areas in the
late 1500s?
• Habsburg Family
• To what religion was
that family dedicated?
• Roman Catholicism
• In the country marked
with A, who led a
slave revolt in the
early 1800s?
• Toussaint L’ouverture
• Against which country
were they revolting?
• France
• What political party
came to power in the
shaded area in the
1930s?
• Nazis (National
Socialists)
• Who was the leader
of that party?
• Adolf Hitler
• What Native America
empire was located at
letter A in the 1500s?
• Incans
• Who defeated them?
• Spanish explorer
Francisco Pizarro
• Who led a violent
revolution against the
British to achieve
independence for
letter B?
• Kenyetta
• What is the name of
the country?
• Kenya
• What did Winston
Churchill call this line
that seemed to divide
Europe during the
Cold War?
• The “iron curtain”
• What kind of
countries existed to
the east of the line?
• Communist
• Who occupied the country marked with
the letter A in 1945?
• The United States
• Who was put in charge of turning that
country into a democracy?
• Douglas MacArthur
• Prior to the arrival of
Europeans, which
Native American
empire was located in
the region marked by
letter A?
• Mayans
• What two important religious cities are shown by
the arrow on the map?
• Mecca and Medina
• To what religion are these cities important?
• Islam
• What religion dominates the green shaded area in
the modern age?
• Islam
• What empire controlled the
shaded region in the 1500s?
• Mughals
• What religion was that
empire?
• Islam
• What type of
government took over
the shaded country in
the 1920s?
• Fascist
• Who was the leader
of it?
• Benito Mussolini
• What was his goal for
his country?
• “restore the glory of
the Roman empire”
• What military
alliance from the
Cold War is shown
by the shaded
areas on the map?
• North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
• NATO’s purpose
was to guard
against aggression
from who?
• The Soviet Union
• In the 1500s, the shaded regions were controlled by which
empire?
• Ottomans
• What religion were they?
• Islam
• What were their two main trade goods?
• Coffee and ceramics
• What event is
depicted by the
shaded regions on
the map?
• The Protestant
Reformation
• What happened in the
country marked the
letter A in 1994?
• Genocide
• What is the country?
• Rwanda
• What happened in the
area marked by letter
A in the late 1990s?
• Genocide
• Who was responsible
for it?
• Serbia
• What empire was
located in the shaded
region in the 1500s?
• Songhai
• What trade route did
they use to trade with
Europe?
• Trans-Saharan
• What is the name of
the country, marked
by the letter A, that
became independent
when India achieved
its independence?
• Sri Lanka
• What was its former
name?
• Ceylon
• What man-made
waterway is depicted
on the map by A?
• The Suez Canal
• Which European
empire took control of it
in the 1800s because it
gave them easier
access to their Asian
Empire?
• Great Britain
• Who fled to letter C in 1949 after losing the Chinese
Civil War?
• Chiang Kai-Shek
• What is the name of the country
• Taiwan
• What happened to the
shaded areas in the
late 1800s?
• They became unified
• What are the two
countries?
• Germany and Italy
• Which explorer’s route
is shown on the map?
• Vasco da Gama
• For which country did he
sail?
• Portugal
• What was the
significance of his
discovery?
• It opened up a sea route
for trade with the East
• What European imperial power
lost control of the shaded
region in the 1950s?
• France
• What leader took over the
north and began to install
communism there?
• Ho Chi Minh
• Why did the US fight a war in
the shaded area?
• Stop the spread of
communism?
• What was the ultimate result?
• The north overran the south
and turned the whole country
into a communist state
• What Cold War
military alliance is
shown by the shaded
region on the map?
• The Warsaw Pact
• Which country was in
control of the Warsaw
Pact?
• The Soviet Union
• Against what alliance
was the Warsaw Pact
set up?
• NATO
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Which religion is dominant in letter A?
Christianity
Which religion is dominant in letter B?
Islam