SOCIAL STUDIES GRADE SEVEN

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SOCIAL STUDIESGRADE SEVEN AFRICA
Natural resources
Geography
Specialized economies vs. diversified economies
Africa
Government instability
Current Issues
Environmental Problems
Geographical features and their effect on people
of African countries
Cultural Conflict
Disease/health concerns
History
The Brochure Project
UN help to struggling African countries
Effects of imperialism, slave trade,
colonization, and independence on African
countries
Cultural traits of different African countries as
they compare to each other and our country
Debate responsibility of world to aid
Essential Understandings/Concepts CT.CK.1.3.7.
Evaluate the cultural contributions of a variety
of past and present civilizations. CT.CK.1.3.8.
Analyze how cultural differences sometimes
contributed to conflict among civilizations or
nations. CT.CK.1.4.9. Identify selected
countries and determine the advantages and
challenges created by their geography. CT.CK.1.4
.10. Examine geographic factors that help explain
historical events and contemporary
issues. CT.CK.1.6.14. Assess how
ideas/religions affected migration in different
regions (e.g. Crusades, South African trek,
founding of Israel). CT.CK.1.6.15. Evaluate the
positive and/or negative impacts of mass human
migrations on both people and a nation/
region. CT.CK.1.8.18. Analyze the factors that
led to the rise of different types of governments
worldwide. CT.CK.1.8.19. Analyze and critique
examples where governments in other nations have
changed through violent or peaceful
means. CT.CK.1.10.21. Analyze how resources or
lack of resources influenced a nation/regions
development (e.g. diversification vs. one-crop
economies). CT.CK.1.12.24. Identify economic
resources in the world and analyze their
relationship to international trade. CT.CK.1.12.
25. Analyze the impact of specialization on
production and trade. CT.CK.1.13.27. Analyze
the relationship among culture, government and
social systems in various countries.
Vocabulary Imperialism Colonization Ethnic/ethni
city Tribal Genocide Nile River Congo
River Rainforest Sahara Desert Sahel Rift
Valley Desertification Erosion Famine Malnutriti
on Developing Developed Specialized
economy Oral tradition Swahili Infant Mortality
Rate Apartheid Nelson Mandela Diversified
economy Slave trade Triangle trade Subsistence
farming Foreign aid United Nations Underdeveloped
economy Humanitarian Diversity