RAS- 7th Grade Social Studies Skills Review Pt. 2

What is historical causation?

• A connection between events in which the first event caused the events that follow

• The act of identifying relationships between two or more events in history

• A statement meant to convince others that their perspective is the best one

• A source of evidence that can be depended on to be consistently accurate

Which statement is the most likely conclusion you can draw from the cause-and-effect relationship shown in the diagram?

Cause- The Transcontinental Railroad is completed in 1869.

Effect- The population in America cities grow.

• The Transcontinental Railroad made it harder for more American settlers to move west.

• Most American settlers considered the Transcontinental Railroad a failure.

• Most American settlers refused to travel on the Transcontinental Railroad.

• The Transcontinental Railroad made it easier for more American settlers to move west.

The Industrial Revolution was a time of great change for Great Britain, and women benefited the most from these changes. Children were also able to find work in the new factories that sprang up in cities. And though children were often not paid well and forced to work long hours in dangerous conditions, the benefits far outweighed the problems. Poor men also had more opportunities and were able to make more money than before the Industrial Revolution. This new earning power allowed them to better contribute and helped grow the nation's economy.

Which sentence best evaluates the credibility of this historical argument?

• The historical argument is credible because it includes a strong claim and evidence from a credible source.

• The historical argument is not credible because it does not support the claim with evidence from a credible source.

• The historical argument is credible because it makes the correct claim that women benefited from the Industrial Revolution.

• The historical argument is not credible because it does not make a claim about women during the Industrial Revolution.

The trade routes that were controlled by the kingdoms of Ghana and Mali, and the empire of Songhai, were known as the

• trans-Saharan trade network.

• Silk Road trade network.

• Indian Ocean trade network.

• East Asian trade network.

Societies developed mediums of exchange in order to:

• stop trade with foreign countries.

• help people trade more easily.

• create a barter system of trade.

• stop trading with paper money.

Which statement best completes the diagram?

Cause ?

Effect- The countries are likely to engage in trade

• Two countries constantly fight over their territory.

• Two countries refuse to participate in cultural diffusion.

• Two countries make more goods than their people can use.

• Two countries develop economies based on barte

Cultural diffusion takes place at the same time as trade because:

• traders usually do not travel far to sell their goods.

• trade routes are controlled by very powerful kingdoms.

• traders are not usually interested in religion or culture.

• trade causes people to meet others from different cultures.