2nd Quarter Study Guide For Social Studies

Second Quarter Study Guide for Social Studies

*Please review the textbook About My Communities Unit 2 "Our Government" (pg. 41-96).

Lessons 1 (pg. 46-51)

Be able to:

-write a law that we have in Taiwan and explain why it is important

Key Vocabulary:

·        government

·        law

·        consequence

·        problem

·        solution

Lesson 2 (pg. 52-57)

Be able to:

-identify who is paid with taxes (ex: firefighters, post office workers) and who is not (shopkeepers, waiters)

Key Vocabulary:

·        mayor

·        judge

·        council

·        government service

·        court

·        tax

Lesson 3 (pg. 57-63)

Be able to:

-state the difference between someone being elected and someone being appointed

-explain majority rule

Key Vocabulary:

·        election

·        vote

·        appoint

·        majority rule

·        ballot

Lesson 4 (pg. 64-69)

Be able to:

-identify the border between two countries on a map

-identify a capital city on a map

Key Vocabulary:

·        governor

·        legislature

·        property

·        border

·        capital

Lesson 5 (pg. 70-73)

Be able to:

-state the hierarchy: mayor = a city's leader, governor = a state's leader, president = the country's leader

Key Vocabulary:

·        congress

·        supreme court

·        right

·        president

·        constitution

Lesson 6 (pg. 74-81)

Be able to:

-use a picture graph (pictograph)

Key Vocabulary:

·        patriotism

·        anthem

·        patriotic symbol

·        peace

·        picture graph (pictograph)

Lesson 7 (pg. 82-91)

Be able to:

-tell the difference between facts and opinions

Key Vocabulary:

·        justice

·        public service

·        fact

·        opinion

*Please review the unit “Me On A Map” in your social studies notebook.

Be able to:

-identify the seven continents and five oceans

-identify where the equator is on a map

-identify where the prime meridian is on a map

Key Vocabulary:

·        continent

·        Asia

·        North America

·        South America

·        Africa

·        Australia

·        Europe

·        Antarctica

·        ocean

·        the Pacific Ocean

·        the Atlantic Ocean

·        the Indian Ocean

·        the Arctic Ocean

·        the Southern Ocean

·        equator

prime meridian