Unit 4 Test ReviewThe Modern Western Hemisphere 6th Grade Social Studies
VocabularyReview – Part 1
Directions: It may be considered old fashioned, but it always helped me learn a meaning by writing a sentence for it. You may want to try it.
1. Communication isthe imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs.
2. An economy is a system in which people produce, sell and buy things.
3. Environmental Conservation is the careful utilization of natural resources in order to prevent depletion ofthe air, water, minerals, and organisms on the earth.
4. Globalization is the understanding the role of your community and country in the world today, including economy, politics and social issues.
5.The Industrial Revolution is the change from making goods by hand to making them by machine.
6.The Twentieth Century was known as the Information Age.
7. Infrastructure is the basic systems of a society such as roads, bridges, sewers and electricity.
8. Progress isthe continual development of new ideas and new technologies for the benefit of the individual and society.
9. Technology is a way of putting scientific knowledge to practical use solving problems for people.
10. Transportation isconveyingof people, livestock and goods from place to place.
Short Answer Review
11. Technology and progress has made life better. However, various forms of technology also have negative effects on people. Read through the examples below. On the space provided afterwards, select two examples (or two of you own) and explain whether the good outweighs the unplanned bad results of the technology involved.
A car is a great source of individual transportation. However, it is the source of air pollution, congestion, traffic, and accidents.
Short Answer Review (continued)
We have various energy sources, like electricity and nuclear power. Both provide energy for our homes, schools and businesses, which we need. However, both pollute the air, water and at time, the ground. Nuclear accidents are deadly and dangerous.
A cell phone is handy as a personal source of communication. However, because of it, there seems to be a loss of conversation (as people would rather text). Texting has caused many people to forget the right way to spell and write. Texting while driving causes traffic accidents. People record other people and send photos and videos across the internet, causing a lack of privacy.
The Internet is an endless source of entertainment and information, which can be considered a good thing. However, it is the source of cyber bullying, loss of privacy and inaccurate information as well. Respond to: select two examples (or two of you own) and explain whether the good outweighs the unplanned bad results of the technology involved.
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12. The Industrial Revolution had manyeffects on how andwhere people live:
-Both the air and water quality were effected by factory pollution
-People lived in crowded, busy neighborhoods and apartments
-Local streets were crowded with traffic
-Children as young as 12 worked in the factories
-Accidents from unsafe working conditions
-Disease spread in the crowded living quarters
Vocabulary Review – Part 2
Directions: Review the first page’s vocabulary, a few times if needed. Then, quiz yourself.
1. ______is the basic systems of a society such as roads, bridges, sewers and electricity.
2. ______isconveyingof people, livestock and goods from place to place.
3. ______is a way of putting scientific knowledge to practical use solving problems for people.
4. ______isthe continual development of new ideas and new technologies for the benefit of the individual and society.
5.The Twentieth Century was known as the ______.
6.______isthe imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs.
7. ______is the understanding the role of your community and country in the world today, including economy, politics and social issues.
8. ______is the careful utilization of natural resources in order to prevent depletion ofthe air, water, minerals, and organisms on the earth.
9. An______is a system in which people produce, sell and buy things.
10 The______is the change from making goods by hand to making them by machine.
Word Bank
Communication economy Environmental Conservation
Globalization Industrial Revolution Information Age
InfrastructureProgressTechnologyTransportation
Timeline Review
1. How long after the first phone call was made was a patent for a cell phone acquired?
2. What do you think IBM meant when it was founded by Herman Hollerth (1898)?
3. What year was the first iPhone created?
4. Place the following events in order from most recent to earliest example of digital progress
A. IBM foundedB. Apple establishedC. the first telephone
D. the iPhoneE. The first programmer F. television introduced
Vocabulary Review – Part 3
Directions: No word bank. It’s time to review! Can you do it?
1. The Twentieth Century was known as the ______.______
2. The______is the change from making goods by hand to making them by machine.
3. ______isthe imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs.
4. ______is the basic systems of a society such as roads, bridges, sewers and electricity.
5.______isthe continual development of new ideas and new technologies for the benefit of the individual and society.
6.______is a way of putting scientific knowledge to practical use solving problems for people.
7. ______is the understanding the role of your community and country in the world today, including economy, politics and social issues.
8. ______is the careful utilization of natural resources in order to prevent depletion ofthe air, water, minerals, and organisms on the earth.
9. An______is a system in which people produce, sell and buy things.
10 ______isconveyingof people, livestock and goods from place to place.
RASC EssayReview- Read the following documents and answer the question below.
Document 1 Universal Declaration of Human RightsArticle 1 — All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
Article 3 — Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Article 4 — No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 5 — No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 9 — No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
Article 13 — 1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.
2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
Article 14 — Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
Article 18 — Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
Article 19 — Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression.
Document 2:
From a diary, name withheld, newspaperreporter from Latin America whose stories spoke the truth of his government
“I spend days in this prison cell with little light and no ventilation.as part of my confinement. I am chained to the post of my cot. The cot is bolted to the floor. This does not allow me to stand up fully. I can barely sit on the toilet without leaning towards my cot. The water in my sink is rusty. I cannot brush my teeth or wash. My food is slop and I smell badly. Often, I am awakened at night for questioning in another facility. I travel blindfolded, by being thrown on the floor of the truck. When I arrive at a new prison, I am thrown in a small cell, still blindfolded with my hands tied behind my back…”
After reading this account, did the Latin American government follow the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights? Explain with 3 examples why you would agree or disagree.