1st Semester Social STudies Review

Israel was est 1948 to create a home for the Jews after the Holocaust. What movement was behind this?

• Zionist Movement

• ISIS

• Black Lives Matter

• Palestian vote

Which Middle Eastern country's citizens has the highest level of personal freedoms between Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Iran?

• Turkey

• Iraq

• Iran

• Israel

In which country, did Mohandas Gandhi lead the independence movement?

• China

• North Korea

• South Korea

• India

What was Mao Zedong's failed plan to advance China economically and technologically?

• The China Advance

• The Tiananmen Square Massacre

• The Great Leap Forward

• Cultural Revolution

A 1989 event in China, in which a group of Chinese students gathered in a public area to protest the communist government of China, and the army used force to endthe protest injuring and killing many.

• The CHina Advance

• The Great Cultural Revolution

• The Tiananmen Square Massacre

• The Great Leap Forward

What is one of the most sacred rivers in India?

• Ganges River

• Nile River

• Yellow River

• Yangze River

The Mongols are an East-Central Asian group who originated in Mongolia and China with a common heritage, lifestyle, and language. The Mongols are best described as a(an) __________________ group?

• Ethnic Group

• Religious Group

• Political Group

• Support Group

A major cause of air pollution in India is the use of fuels, such as coal, for cooking and heating. Which of the following best describes an effect of air pollution in this region?

• Air quality has improved over the years due to air pollution

• There are over 500,000 deaths each year due to air

  pollution.

• Indians move from rural areas to urban areas in search

  of better air quality.

• Air pollution has had NO effect on India.

An economic system which is based on customs handed

down from generation to generation

is referred to as a(an) ________________economy.

• Depressed

• Mixed

• Market

• Traditional

Which of the countries below can best be described as

having a near-command economy in which citizens have very little freedom

to engage in entrepreneurship?

• China

• North Korea

• South Korea

• Japan