South Forsyth Middle School
7 Grade Social Studies Curriculum Map
th
Chapter
Unit 1:
Building
Blocks
Unit 2: Africa
GPS
SS7G
SS7CG
SS7E
SS7H
SS7H1-3
SS7G1-4
SS7CG1
SS7E1-4
Unit 3:
Southwest
Asia
SS7H4-6
SS7G5-8
SS7CG2
SS7E5-7
Topic
- Map Skills
- 5 World Religions
-Cultural Difference
-Economic Systems
-Political Systems
-Empires
-Independence
-Post Independence
-Physical and Human
Characteristics
-Governments
-Culture
-Economic Growth
-Three Major
Religions
-Ottoman Empire
-Major Developments
-Physical and Human
Characteristics
-Government
-Culture
-Economic Growth
Enduring
Understanding
Essential Questions
-Compare and contrast
different types of maps
-Identify various forms of
government
-Describe physical and
cultural characteristics of
people living in each region
-Compare economic systems
and how they are linked with
government
-Identify the characteristics of
the 5 major religions
-What are physical, political,
thematic and regional maps?
-What are the characteristics of
the various forms of
government?
-How do command, market
and mixed economic systems
differ?
-What are the characteristics of
the 5 major religions?
-What are cultural
characteristics of the people
living in certain regions of the
world?
-Explain how European
influence has impacted
African countries
-Explain the origins and
outcome of apartheid in S.
Africa
-Identify the physical features
and countries of Africa
-Trace the origins and impact
of the slave trade on Africans
-Describe the impact of civil
wars in Africa
-Analyze the effects AIDS,
starvation and civil wars have
had on the African people
-What European countries
colonized in Africa?
-What impact did European
settlers have on the native
people?
-What countries and physical
features are considered a part
of Africa?
-How did South Africa
overcome apartheid?
-How have civil wars impacted
the economic advancement and
culture in Africa?
-How did slavery affect the
development of African
countries?
-What are some of the major
problems AIDS, starvation and
civil war have had on the
African people?
-Describe the origins of the
three major religions that
originated in the Middle East
-Explain the impact the
Ottoman empire had on this
region
-Analyze conflicts and wars
over land and religion
-Explain the impact that oil
has had on this region
-Identify the structure of
various governments in the
Middle East
-Compare the major Middle
Eastern ethnic groups
including Arabs, Jews, Sunnis
and Shiites
-How did each religion begin
and develop in this area?
-What was the goal and the
impact the Ottoman empire
had on this region?
-How has warfare affected
Middle Eastern countries?
-Why is oil such an integral
part of economic development
in this region?
-How has government and its
leaders impacted the Middle
East?
-What are the characteristics of
each ethnic group in this
region?
Unit 4A:
Southern Asia
Unit 4B:
Eastern Asia;
China,
Koreas, Japan
SS7H7-9
SS7G9-12
SS7CG3
SS7E8-10
- Religions
-Major Developments
-Physical and Human
Characteristics
-Government
-Culture
-Economic Growth
SS7H7-9
SS7G9-12
SS7CG3
SS7E8-10
- Religions
-Major Developments
-Physical and Human
Characteristics
-Government
-Culture
-Economic Growth
-Trace the origins and spread
of Hinduism and Buddhism
-Locate physical features in
Southern Asia
-Explain the caste system and
its impact on India’s culture
including Gandhi’s role
-Describe the fall of British
control and the partition of
India
-Analyze the conflict between
Hindus and Muslims
regarding land and religion
-Describe environmental
problems Southern Asia is
facing
-What are the origins of
Buddhism and Hinduism and
how have they spread?
-Where are the major physical
and political characteristics of
this region?
-How has the caste system
affected the people in India?
-Why did the British relinquish
control of India? How and why
did India get divided?
-Why do Hindus and Muslims
fight in this region?
-What are some of the
environmental problems facing
the people in this region?
-Explain the importance of the
Silk Road
-Describe and locate major
physical features
-Identify the contributions of
China such as paper, tea and
gun powder
-Explain the major
developments in the 20th
century that have affected
Eastern Asia
-Analyze government policies
that have affected the people
of this region
-Trace the origin and spread
of Buddhism
-Describe how overpopulation,
flooding, and pollution is a
major concern in this area
-Why was the Silk Road
important to the Chinese?
-What are the physical and
political characteristics in this
region?
-What impact did Chinese
inventions have on the rest of
the world?
-What are the most important
events that have impacted
Chinese culture and its people?
-How has China’s one child law
impacted the population?
-Who was the founder of
Buddhism and how did it
spread to China?
-What environment problems
are a major concern in China
today?