Grade 9 Final Exam Study Guide 2012-2013
Social Studies: History
Students please refer to all your study materials to prepare for your exams:
Test & Quizzes
Textbook
Notes
The exam will review material from the midterm on:
Unit on “Conflicts”
Unit on “Dictators”
Unit on “Human Rights”
Students should start revising by creating a study sheet for each topic covered. They should then review a little each
day during the break. Below are some questions for revision, which have been taken from test and quizzes. Students
are responsible for all the information covered.
International Relations 1918-1939:
Revise the test questions
Cold War:
Revise the test questions
Vietnam: Essay question
Why was the United States forced to withdraw from Vietnam?
Remember to reference the information from the book and essay:
Weapons, supplies, and resources
Tactics
Popular support
Confidence and motivation
Stalin/Hitler:
How did Stalin rise to power?
How did Stalin use terror, censorship, and propaganda to control the Soviet people?
How were worker’s lives affected by Stalin?
How did life change for women under Stalin?
What was life like for Soviet youth under Stalin?
What do the Nazi’s believe?
What are Hitler’s beliefs?
How does Hitler rise to power?
Why are the Germans unhappy with the treaty of Versailles?
What were the economic difficulties the German people were facing in after World War 2?
How did Hitler control Germany through terror, censorship and propaganda?
How did the Nazi’s affect the life of the workers?
How was the role of women affected under the Nazis?
How were the youth of Germany effected by the Nazis?
Human Rights:
What are Voting Rights?
What are Civil Right?
What is Apartheid?
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
How society changed over time, because of the contributions made the people mentioned in the textbook?