Milestones Review-7th Grade Social Studies

In Israel, citizens elect members of the legislature, and the legislature chooses the head of government. What type of government does Israel have?

• autocracy
• monarchy
• presidential democracy
• parliamentary democracy

What is the difference between a religious group and an ethnic group?

• People in a religious group speak the same language.
• People in a religious group share a common belief system.
• People in a religious group live in the same country.
• People in a religious group follow the same political leaders.

Israel has a literacy rate of 97%. Afghanistan has a literacy rate of 28%. Which statement is MOST LIKELY true?

• Israel has a larger population.
• Israel has fewer manufacturing centers.
• Israel has a higher standard of living.
• Israel has a lower gross domestic product.

Which environmental problem has been caused by deforestation in Africa?

• lack of clean air
• lack of fertile soil
• lack of fresh water
• lack of warm weather

After the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, European powers partitioned Southwest Asia (Middle East) What has been a result of the artificial boundaries they created?

• regional peace
• regional wealth
• regional conflict
• regional pollution

Turkey's building a dam on the Euphrates to protect and ensure their water supply had what effect on neighboring country of Iraq?

• led to an increase in oil export
• decreased available shipping routes from the Persian Gulf
• decreased the amount of travel on the respective waterways
• led to the unequal distribution of water

Which explains why the population of the Sahara is low?

• Limited access to water
• Limited access to oil
• Too much oil
• Too much water

The religions of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity all have which characteristic in common?

• poplytheism
• monotheism
• ethnic groups 
• same holy book

"Reservoirs are becoming sewers, filled with trash and smelly water. Local officials refuse to shut down polluting factories, fearful that unemployment will rise. Edicts from Beijing on controlling industrial waste go unheeded."
The issues mentioned in the passage are primarily related to which problem?

• Pollution of the Yangtze River
• Air pollution in Beijing
• Overpopulation in China
• Deforestation in Hong Kong

"As China stands at the brink of a new millennium, entrepreneurship has been recognized as an integral element of economic advancement. Foreign businessmen have created a new pool of capital resources for Chinese talent that previously had few monetary options beyond their family and friends."
According to this passage, what is the role of entrepreneurship in China in the future?

• use the new capital resources to develop new products and ideas
• slow the production of capital resources
• reduce the need for money in the Chinese economy
• increase the reliance on family and friends