Seventh grade social studies

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Here is a list of social studies skills students learn in seventh grade! To start practicing, just click on any link.

A. Physical Geography

1
Oceans and continents

B. The Americas: society and environment

1
Region profile: South America

C. The Americas: geography

1
Identify and select countries of Northern and Central America

2
Name countries of Northern and Central America

3
Identify and select countries of the Caribbean

4
Name countries of the Caribbean

5
Identify and select countries of South America

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Name countries of South America

D. Europe: society and environment

1
Region profile: Europe

E. Europe: geography

1
Identify and select countries of Europe: region 1

2
Name countries of Europe: region 1

3
Identify and select countries of Europe: region 2

4
Name countries of Europe: region 2

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Identify and select countries of Europe: region 3

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Name countries of Europe: region 3

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Identify and select countries of Europe: region 4

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Name countries of Europe: region 4

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Identify and select countries of Europe: region 5

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Name countries of Europe: region 5

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Identify countries of Europe: review

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Select countries of Europe: review

13
Name countries of Europe: review

F. Africa: society and environment

1
Region profile: West and Central Africa

G. Africa: geography

1
Identify and select countries of Africa: region 1

2
Name countries of Africa: region 1

3
Identify and select countries of Africa: region 2

4
Name countries of Africa: region 2

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Identify and select countries of Africa: region 3

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Name countries of Africa: region 3

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Identify and select countries of Africa: region 4

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Name countries of Africa: region 4

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Identify and select countries of Africa: region 5

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Name countries of Africa: region 5

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Identify countries of Africa: review

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Select countries of Africa: review

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Name countries of Africa: review

H. The Middle East: society and environment

1
Region profile: the Middle East

I. Asia: society and environment

1
Region profile: East Asia

2
Country profile: China

J. Asia: geography

1
Identify and select countries of Asia: region 1

2
Name countries of Asia: region 1

3
Identify and select countries of Asia: region 2

4
Name countries of Asia: region 2

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Identify and select countries of Asia: region 3

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Name countries of Asia: region 3

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Identify and select countries of Asia: region 4

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Name countries of Asia: region 4

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Identify and select countries of Asia: region 5

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Name countries of Asia: region 5

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Identify and select countries of Asia: region 6

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Name countries of Asia: region 6

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Identify countries of Asia: review

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Select countries of Asia: review

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Name countries of Asia: review

K. Oceania: geography

1
Identify and select countries of Oceania

2
Name countries of Oceania

L. Prehistory

1
The Neolithic Period

M. Ancient Mesopotamia

1
Early Mesopotamia

2
Mesopotamian empires

N. Ancient Egypt and Kush

1
Ancient Egypt: the Old Kingdom

2
Ancient Egyptian religion

3
The kingdoms of Kush

O. Early China

1
Ancient China

2
Early Chinese thought

3
The Qin Empire

4
The Han Dynasty

5
Science and technology in early China

6
The teachings of Confucius

P. Ancient South Asia

1
The Indus Civilization

2
The Mauryan Empire

3
The Gupta Empire

Q. Comparing ancient river civilizations

1
Compare ancient river civilizations: geography and society

2
Compare ancient river civilizations: achievements and legacy

R. The Silk Road

1
The ancient Silk Road: geography and transportation

2
The ancient Silk Road: goods and ideas

3
The medieval Silk Road

S. World religions

1
Origins of Judaism

2
Origins of Christianity

3
Origins of Islam

4
Origins of Hinduism

5
Origins of Buddhism

T. Greece

1
Classical Athens: geography and society

2
Classical Athens: government and culture

3
Comparing Athens and Sparta: part I

4
Comparing Athens and Sparta: part II

5
Alexander the Great

U. Rome and the Byzantine Empire

1
The beginnings of Rome

2
Early Roman society and politics

3
Roman government: monarchy to republic

4
The Roman Republic: part I

5
The Roman Republic: part II

6
Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic

7
Pax Romana

8
The fall of the Western Roman Empire

9
The Byzantine Empire

V. Islamic empires

1
Early Islamic conquests

2
Early Islamic caliphates

W. African empires

1
The Ghana Empire

2
Origins and development of the Mali Empire

3
The Songhai Empire

X. Medieval Asia

1
The Mongol Empire

2
Medieval Japan

Y. Medieval Europe

1
Feudal Europe

2
The Crusades

3
The Middle Ages after 1100

Z. Early Modern Europe

1
Renaissance origins

2
Italian Renaissance: achievements in literature and art

3
The Reformation

4
The Enlightenment: origins and natural rights

5
The Enlightenment: influences on government

AA. Early Americas

1
Foundations of Maya civilization

2
Foundations of Inca civilization

3
Foundations of Aztec civilization

BB. Age of Exploration

1
The Age of Exploration: origins

2
Portuguese and Spanish expeditions: part I

3
Portuguese and Spanish expeditions: part II

4
French and English expeditions: part I

5
French and English expeditions: part II

6
The Columbian Exchange

CC. Government

1
Purposes of government

2
The Legislative Branch

3
The Executive Branch

4
The Judicial Branch

5
Checks and balances

6
State and local government

7
International organizations

DD. The Constitution

1
The Constitution: structure and principles

2
The Constitution: amendments

3
The Constitution: interpretation

4
The Bill of Rights

EE. The legal system

1
Laws and courts

FF. Citizenship

1
Citizenship and the naturalization process

2
Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship

GG. Basic economic principles

1
What is economics?

2
Costs and benefits

3
Opportunity cost

4
Trade and specialization

5
What is a market?

HH. Banking and finance

1
Banks

II. Supply and demand

1
Understand quantity supplied and quantity demanded

2
Understand overall supply and demand

3
Create and use supply and demand curves

4
Identify shortage and surplus

5
Identify shortage and surplus with graphs

6
Identify shortage and surplus with data

JJ. Colonial America

1
Life as a colonist

2
Identify the Thirteen Colonies

3
Select the Thirteen Colonies

4
Name the Thirteen Colonies

5
New England Colonies: founding and government

6
New England Colonies: economy and interactions with Native Americans

7
Middle Colonies: founding and government

8
Middle Colonies: economy and society

9
Southern Colonies: founding and government

10
Southern Colonies: economy and slavery

KK. The American Revolution

1
Causes of the American Revolution: the French and Indian War

2
Causes of the American Revolution: politics and society

3
Causes of the American Revolution: introduction to mercantilism and the Navigation Acts

4
Causes of the American Revolution: new taxes and colonial response

5
The Revolutionary War: preparing for war

6
The Revolutionary War: struggle for independence

7
The Revolutionary War: turning the tide of war

8
The Revolutionary War: conclusion and aftermath

9
Source analysis: the Boston Massacre

10
Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence

LL. The Early Republic

1
The Articles of Confederation

2
The Constitutional Convention

3
Washington's presidency: part I

4
Washington's presidency: part II

5
The first party system: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

6
The Marshall Court

7
The Louisiana Purchase

MM. The Jacksonian period

1
Jacksonian Democracy

2
Tariff, nullification, and bank war

3
Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears

NN. The Antebellum period

1
Industrial and Transportation Revolutions

2
Comparing the North and the South

3
Antebellum reform movements

4
Antebellum immigration

5
Slavery in the South

6
The abolitionists

7
Texas independence and annexation

8
The U.S.-Mexican War

9
Causes of the Civil War: Missouri Compromise to Bleeding Kansas

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Causes of the Civil War: Dred Scott to secession

OO. The Civil War

1
The Civil War: the beginning of the war

2
The Civil War: Bull Run to the Emancipation Proclamation

3
The Civil War: Gettysburg to the election of 1864

4
The Civil War: the conclusion of the war

5
Source analysis: the Gettysburg Address

PP. Reconstruction

1
Radical Reconstruction

2
The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow

QQ. The Gilded Age

1
Industrialization in the Gilded Age

RR. Social studies skills

1
Identify primary and secondary sources

2
Identify facts and opinions

3
Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE