Integrated Social Science Outline for Final Exam
PHASE 5
Note: The final is not cumulative. The following units will be on the exam. Your best bet is to review all
the chapters in the book (especially vocabulary terms & your outlines), handouts, power point notes (you
can go back to blog and get all resources that were put online throughout the year), class discussion notes,
look back at your old tests and quizzes (time will be provided in class), and study with someone who you
feel knows the material well. The exam will be all Scantron; similar to your midterm. The major
difference is that this exam will have maps and specific people related to each region. You will need to
know political, (states & capitals) and physical geography. Bring a pencil!
I.
Latin America (Unit 3 in text, notes, handouts, readings)
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Chapters 8, 9, 10
Physical and Political geography- relative location of states & physical features
climate and vegetation – vertical zonation
Rainforest & deforestation; Amazon reversal theory
Natural resources – wealth of the Amazon; cattle lands, mineral & hydro resources, oil
Population trends – urbanization, overpopulation; population rim & central Mexico
History, Culture, and Government of Latin America
1. Ancient Civilizations Aztec, Maya and Inca
2. Colonization & Triangle Trade – Revolutions/Independence
3. 20th Century & US involvement – Cuba & PR, Panama Canal, NAFTA,
4. Culture – religion, language, everyday life (native & effect of colonization)
H. Current Issues: Puerto Rico – independence movement; Venezuela – Chavez and Leftist
Movement; Cuba – Castro & the Embargo; Colombia – FARC and drugs; Mexico – Drug
Wars
II.
Europe ( Unit 4 in text, handouts & notes)
A. Mostly text based - Chapters 11, 12, (13.1 – EU)
B. Physical and Political geography – relative location of states & physical features
C. Climate & natural resources – chapter 11
D. Population trends, Cultures, Governments, & Economies of Europe (chapters 12.1 & 12.3)
E. Overview of the history of Europe - chapter 12.2
F. 20th Century conflicts – WWI & II, Cold War, Balkan War (Bosnia & Kosovo) Class notes
G. Evolution of the European Union, Eurozone, PIGS & Euro crisis – notes & handouts
III.
Russia & former Soviet Republics (Unit 5 in text, notes, handouts, readings)
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Chapters 14, 15, (16.2 Chernobyl)
Political and Physical Geography – relative location of states & physical features
Climate and natural resources
Physical geography’s impact on history, expansionism
History – Kievan Russia, Mongol occupation, Czarist Russia, Bolshevik revolution, Soviet
Union, post Cold War FSR
E. Governments – change from monarchy to Communist state to “democracy”
1. Questionable democracy under Putin
2. Russia’s reemergence as a super power – Putin & oil; South Ossetia & Ukraine
3. Political control – election of Medvedev; Putin reelected
F. Economies – changes over the years
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Middle East & North Africa (Unit 6 in text, notes, readings, handouts)
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Feudalism under the czars
NEP/ pseudo communism under Lenin
Hard core communism under Stalin
Liberalized communism/intro capitalism under Gorbachev
Capitalism under Putin
Text- Chapter 17, 18, & specified parts of 19
Physical and Political Geography – relative location of states & physical features
Ethnic and religious variations in the region; ethnic/religious conflicts
Three major religions – Christianity, Islam, Judaism
Ancient Civilizations, Persian Empire, Colonialism, Independence
Saddam’s invasions 1980 & 1990; US Invasion of Iraq 2003
Afghanistan/Taliban/ US War in Afghanistan
Iran Hostage Crisis; Iran Nuclear Ambition
Arab/Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Economics- poor countries vs. wealthy countries; OPEC membership; Agriculture
Government – monarchies, military rule, Turkey’s secularism; Arab Spring & its effects;
Syrian Civil War
Sub Saharan Africa (Unit 7 in text, notes, readings, handouts)
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Text – Chapter 20 only
Physical and Political Geography – relative location of states & physical features
Physical environment – landforms, water, climate
Desertification of the Sahel
Be able to identify the following people/groups of people:
Saddam Hussein, Karzai, Rouhani, Taliban, Hamas, Hezbollah, al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, mujahedeen,
al- Nusra, Free Syrian Army, Assad, Mubarrak, Morsi, Kaddafi, Abbas, Netanyahu, Sadat, Arafat, Rabin,
NATO, Warsaw Pact, Milosevic, Putin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Lenin, Bolsheviks,
Marx, Castro, Chavez, Maduro, Bolivar, L’Ouverture, de San Martin, Marti, Cortez, Pizzaro, FARC