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Name: ________________________
Date:_______________________
Seminar: _____
First Semester Language Arts & Social Studies Final Review
Final Exam: Monday, December 16, 2013
(Please use your notebook and textbook to locate/review the following information to
complete this review. You will receive a grade for completing this review handout or
making study cards. Turn this review guide or study cards in the day of the final exam.)
I.
Be able to identify and understand examples of the elements common to all
cultures. Remember the acronym, “P.E.R.S.I.A.”
P:
E:
R:
S:
I:
A:
II.
Know the definitions of the following terms. Also, identify examples when
applicable.
A. culture:
B. cultural region
C. geography:
D. government:
E. economy:
F. cultural traits
G. cultural borrowing:
H.
literacy rate:
I.
immigrant:
J.
citizen:
K.
democracy:
L globalization
M. ethnicity
N.
history
III. Explain the concept of interdependence and how improvements in technology and
transportation have increased interdependence in the world.
IV.Explain the differences and examples of limited and unlimited government?
V.Understand the difference between democratic and autocratic decisions.
VI. Define the following types of government
A. Republic Democracy
B. Monarchy
C. Dictatorship
VII.
What are the three branches of government in the U.S. and what are their roles in
the political process?
VIII. From our Demographics of Latin America activity, recall generalizations (List)
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
IX. Review your “Mexico City Travel Guide” and know the following information about
the city.
A. Recall the groups of people who have inhabited Mexico City. Who were the
native people of the land?
B. What country colonized Mexico and how did they influence the culture?
C.What are some challenges/problems the people of Mexico City face?
D. What structures represent the main cultures of Mexico City in
Las Plaza de las Tres Culturas?
X. Know the purpose of the types of maps and be able to identify examples of each
type of map.
A.
Physical
B.
Political
C. Thematic
XI. Know the significant physical/geographic features of Latin America
(Identify the location and understand their importance to the region.)
A. Amazon River
B. Andes Mountains
C. Panama Canal
D. Rio Grande
XII.
XIII.
Language Arts
Draw and list the story/plot elements on a Freytag Pyramid/Narrative Arc
Be prepared to read a story and answer questions about the story. Understand
the difference between first person and third person point of view. Be ready
to identify and analyze literary devices, such as imagery, figurative language:
simile ,metaphor, personification, hyperbole, Sound Devices: alliteration,
onomatopoeia, rhyme, repetition.