BELLRINGERS
GRADE 7 SOCIAL STUDIES
TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM
Prepared by Paulette Cefalu-Walkwitz


GEOGRAPHY

1.  Explain how physical features and climate affected migration through 1877.

2.  Explain how physical features and climate affected settlement patterns and land use in the U.S. through 1877. 

3.  How did the location of the Ohio River Valley affect  the American Revolution and Civil War?

4.  How did the location of the landforms and rivers affect  the Lewis and Clark expeditions?

5.   How did the location of the Missssippi River affect  the Battle of New Orleans?

6.  Identify some political patterns of rural/urban migration.

7.  Identify some cultural patterns of rural/urban migration.

8.  Identify some economic motives for migration.

9.   Identify some positive and negative consequences of urbal development in the U.S.

10.  Identify some racial, ethnic, and religious groups that settled in the U.S.

11.  Identify some political reasons for immigration.

12.  Identify some cultural reasons for immigration.

13.  Identify some economic reasons for immigration.

14.  Why was there economic interdependence of Great Britain and the American colonies?

15.  What was the effect of the following  on political boundaries?
               a.  Missouri Compromise
               b.  Louisiana Purchase
               c.  Gadsden Purchase
               d.  Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

CIVICS

1.     What are the major purposes of government?

2.      Define "federalism."

3.      What are the characteristics of a monarchy?

4.      What are the characteristics of a direct democracy?

5.      What are the characteristics of a republic?

6.       What are the characteristics of oligarchy?

7.       What are the characteristics of autocracy?

8.       What are the characteristics  of  totalitarian dictatorship?

9.       Define "presidential veto."

10.     Define "judicial review."

11.     Define "congressional override."

12.     Define "impeachment."

13.     Define the powers of the federal government according to the U.S. Constitution.

14.     Define the powers shared by the federal government and the state governments.

15.     Define the powers of the three branches of government.

16.     Identify the key positions within each branch of government.

17.     What are the qualifications for the elected officials at the national level?  What are the terms of office? 

18.     What are the responsibilities of the elected officials at the national level?  What are the terms of office?

19.     What are the limits of power for elected officials at the national level?

20.     How does a bill become law at the federal level?

21.     What problems did the  U.S. face after the American Revolution that led to the writing of the Constitution?

22.     How are the Articles of Federation and the U.S. Constitution alike?

23.     How are the Articles of  Federation and the U.S. Constitution different?

24.    Who were the leaders of the Federalists?

25.     Who were the leaders of the Anti-Federalists?

26.     Which ancient governments influenced the American democracy and culture?

27.     What were the major ideas of the Mayflower Compact?

28.     What were the major ideas of the Declaration of Independence?

29.     What are the principles of government embodied in the U.S. Constitution?

30.     Define some methods of making changes in a democratic society.

31.     Explain the party system in the American political system.

32.     Identify the political divisions of the world.

33.     Identify some of the processes and strategies nations use to interact.

34.     Identify ways U.S. foreign policy is formed and carried out.

35.      Identify types of foreign policy issues.

36.     What are the qualifications and requirements for U.S. citizenship.



HISTORY

1.    What were the causes of the American Revolutionary War?

2.    What were the consequences of the American Revoluttionary War?

3.    What strategies were used by the Patriots, Loyalists, and British during the American Revolution?

4.    Who were the key figures in the American Rebolution?

5.    How did the American Revolution affect politics?

6.    How did the American Revolution affect society?

7.    How did the  American   Revolution affect  the economy?

8.   What are the guarantees of the Bill of Rights?

9,.   How did the Monroe Doctrine influence U.S. relations?

10.  What was the effect of the westward movement of the U.S. on relations with American Indians?

11.  Explain the concept of Manifest Destiny.

12.  What were the causes and consequences of the Texas War for Independence?

13.  What were the causes and consequences of the Mexican-American War?

14.  What was the influence of Jacksonian democracy on the U.S. political system?

15.  Identify some major technological developments related to land, water, and transportation.

16.  Compare the ways of life in northern and southern states.

17.  What were the caues for new waves of immigration prior to the Civil War?

18.  What was the importance of the ideas and reform leaders of the Second Great Awakening?

19.  What were the fundamental beliefs of abolitionists?

20.  Who were the leaders of the major antelbellum reform movements?

21.  What were the effects of the major antebellum reform movements?

22.  What were the advantages and disadvantages of the North and the South at the outbreak of the Civil War. 

23.  What were the economic, social, and cultural differences of the North and the South at the outbreak of the Civil War?