Social Studies Test

Question 1

Propaganda

Answer 1

Information that intentionally gives one side of the story in order to influence public opinion

Question 2

Crime against Humanity

Answer 2

An act tat intentionally causes human suffering on a large scale

Question 3

Genocide

Answer 3

Deliberately killing a group of people based on something about their identity (race, religion, ethnicity, nationality)

Question 4

Terrorism

Answer 4

Using violence and threats against civilians to accomplish a political or religious goal

Question 5

Civil War

Answer 5

Armed conflict between groups in the same country

Question 6

War

Answer 6

Armed conflict between multiple countries

Question 7

Civilian

Answer 7

A citizen who is not part of the military

Question 8

Human Right

Answer 8

A right belonging to every person on earth

Question 9

Natural Resources

Answer 9

Materials that occur in nature without human creation(minerals,water,oil,etc.)

Question 10

Poverty

Answer 10

When a person lacks an acceptable amount of money

Question 11

Inequality

Answer 11

The unequal distribution of money, resources, and opportunities in a society.

Question 12

Refugee

Answer 12

Someone who has been forced to leave their country due to unsafe conditions

Question 13

Ethnicity

Answer 13

A large group of people who share a common culture, language, nationality, and traditions

Question 14

Discrimination

Answer 14

Unfair treatment based on a characteristic about a persons identity

Question 15

Similarities between war and civil war?

Answer 15

They both include armed violence

Question 16

Similarities between terrorism and genocide?

Answer 16

Innocent people die

Question 17

What are the 3 main causes of violent conflict?

Answer 17

Conflict over resources
Conflict over identity
Conflict over authority

Question 18

Resources that people fight over (ONLY 2 GIVEN ON CARD!)

Answer 18

Oil, Gold(minerals)

Question 19

What vocab term exists because of lack resources

Answer 19

Poverty and Inequality

Question 20

What vocab term exists because of an us vs. them attitude?

Answer 20

Discrimination

Question 21

What vocab term exists because people will obey bad authority figures

Answer 21

Obedience to authority

Question 22

3 effects of violent conflict

Answer 22

Death, Increased Poverty, Unstable Government

Question 23

What was the scramble for Africa

Answer 23

The colonization of Africa by European countries from the late 1800’s to early 1900’s

Question 24

3 reasons why the Europeans wanted to colonize Africa

Answer 24

More land, Weak population, Fertile land

Question 25

3 effects of the scramble for Africa

Answer 25

World war 1
Africans took on European culture
War and Genocide on African continent

Question 26

What were the 4 MAIN causes of World War 1

Answer 26

Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

Question 27

Countries that fought on the Allied Powers side during World War 1

Answer 27

Great Britain
France
Russia

Question 28

Countries that fought on the Central Powers side during World War 1

Answer 28

Germany
Austria-Hungary
Turkey

Question 29

1 effect that trench warfare had on World War 1 soldiers

Answer 29

High Death Rate

Question 30

1 reason why the treaty of Versailles helped cause world war 2

Answer 30

Germany was angered with the rest of the world

Question 31

2 important leaders during world war 2 and what country led

Answer 31

Adolf Hitler- Germany
Winston Churchill-United Kingdom

Question 32

Main countries that fought on the allied powers side during world war 2

Answer 32

Great Brittan
France
US
Soviet Union

Question 33

Main countries that fought on the axis powers side during world war 2

Answer 33

Germany
Italy
Japan

Question 34

1 reason why world war 2 led to the cold war

Answer 34

world war 2 peace treaty gave the soviet union the most land = lots of power

Question 35

where did the cold wat get its name

Answer 35

there was no heat in the battle

Question 36

The main source of conflict during the cold war was if ————– is good or bad

Answer 36

communism

Question 37

3 events that led up to the Rwandan genocide

Answer 37

Berlin Conference
Riots of 1959
Hutu’s president’s plane shot

Question 38

3 events that led up to the Rwandan genocide

Answer 38

Berlin Conference
Riots of 1959
Hutu’s president’s plane shot

Question 39

3 effects of the Rwandan genocide

Answer 39

Nearly one million people died
2 million people left Rwanda as refugees
75,000 children one or both parents