Seventh grade social studies

IXL offers hundreds of seventh grade social studies skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

IXL offers hundreds of seventh grade social studies skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

A. Read maps

  1. 1
    Identify lines of latitude and longitude
  2. 2
    Use lines of latitude and longitude

B. Physical geography

  1. 1
    Oceans and continents

C. The Americas: society and environment

  1. 1
    Region profile: South America
  2. 2
    Country profile: Brazil

E. Europe: society and environment

  1. 1
    Region profile: Europe

G. Africa: society and environment

  1. 1
    Region profile: West and Central Africa

I. The Middle East: society and environment

  1. 1
    Region profile: the Middle East

J. Asia: society and environment

  1. 1
    Region profile: East Asia
  2. 2
    Country profile: China
  3. 3
    Country profile: Japan

L. Oceania: geography

  1. 1
    Identify and select countries of Oceania
  2. 2
    Name countries of Oceania

M. Prehistory

  1. 1
    The Neolithic Period

N. Ancient Mesopotamia

  1. 1
    Early Mesopotamia
  2. 2
    Mesopotamian empires

O. Ancient Egypt and Kush

  1. 1
    Ancient Egypt: the Old Kingdom
  2. 2
    Ancient Egyptian religion
  3. 3
    The kingdoms of Kush

P. Early China

  1. 1
    Ancient China
  2. 2
    Early Chinese thought
  3. 3
    The Qin Empire
  4. 4
    The Han Dynasty
  5. 5
    Science and technology in early China
  6. 6
    The teachings of Confucius

Q. Ancient South Asia

  1. 1
    The Indus Civilization
  2. 2
    The Mauryan Empire
  3. 3
    The Gupta Empire

R. Comparing ancient river civilizations

  1. 1
    Compare ancient river civilizations: geography and society
  2. 2
    Compare ancient river civilizations: achievements and legacy

S. The Silk Road

  1. 1
    The ancient Silk Road: geography and transportation
  2. 2
    The ancient Silk Road: goods and ideas
  3. 3
    The medieval Silk Road

T. World religions

  1. 1
    Origins of Judaism
  2. 2
    Origins of Christianity
  3. 3
    Origins of Islam
  4. 4
    Origins of Hinduism
  5. 5
    Origins of Buddhism

W. Islamic empires

  1. 1
    Early Islamic conquests
  2. 2
    Early Islamic caliphates

X. African empires

  1. 1
    The Ghana Empire
  2. 2
    Origins and development of the Mali Empire
  3. 3
    The Songhai Empire

Y. Medieval Asia

  1. 1
    The Mongol Empire
  2. 2
    Medieval Japan

Z. Medieval Europe

  1. 1
    Feudal Europe
  2. 2
    The Crusades
  3. 3
    The Middle Ages after 1100

BB. Native peoples of Mesoamerica and South America

  1. 1
    Foundations of Maya civilization
  2. 2
    Foundations of Inca civilization
  3. 3
    Foundations of Aztec civilization

CC. Native peoples of North America

  1. 1
    Pre-contact Native peoples: introduction
  2. 2
    Native peoples of the Southwest

FF. The Constitution

  1. 1
    The Constitution: structure and principles
  2. 2
    The Constitution: amendments
  3. 3
    The Constitution: interpretation
  4. 4
    The Bill of Rights

GG. The legal system

  1. 1
    Laws and courts

HH. Citizenship

  1. 1
    Citizenship and the naturalization process
  2. 2
    Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship
  3. 3
    The U.S. naturalization test

II. Basic economic principles

  1. 1
    What is economics?
  2. 2
    Costs and benefits
  3. 3
    Opportunity cost
  4. 4
    Trade and specialization
  5. 5
    What is a market?

KK. Financial literacy

  1. 1
    Banks
  2. 2
    Methods of payment

OO. The Jacksonian period

  1. 1
    Jacksonian Democracy
  2. 2
    Tariff, nullification, and bank war
  3. 3
    Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears

RR. Reconstruction

  1. 1
    Radical Reconstruction
  2. 2
    The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow

SS. The Gilded Age

  1. 1
    Industrialization in the Gilded Age
  2. 2
    Cities in the Gilded Age

TT. World War I

  1. 1
    World War I: the road to war
  2. 2
    World War I: the Great War

UU. Evaluating sources

  1. 1
    Identify primary and secondary sources
  2. 2
    Identify facts and opinions

VV. Chronology and causation

  1. 1
    Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE