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SPRING FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE
2011-2012
GRADE 7
| Tuesday, May 8th | Spanish | During class |
| Tuesday, May 15th | Science | 1st/2nd periods |
| Tuesday May 22nd | English | 2nd/3rd periods |
| Thursday May 24th | Social Studies | 3rd/4th periods |
| Tuesday May 29th
| Math | 1st/2nd periods |
GRADE 8
| Thursday May 10th | Spanish | During class |
| Wednesday, May 16th | Science | 3rd/4th periods |
| Monday May 21st | Theo | 1st/2nd |
| Tuesday May 22nd | Social Studies | 6th/7th periods |
| Thursday May 24th | English | 6th/7th periods |
| Wednesday, May 30th | Math | 3rd/4th periods |
My 8th Grade Homeroom!
GEOGRAPHY: GRADE 6 
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6-34, in their "old school" photo when nobody smiled ;)
Ch. 23 CHINA & Its Neighbors
1. Where 90 percent of Chinas people live? Why?
2. What is important about Northern Chinas landscape?
3. Why has the Yellow River been called Chinas Sorrow?
4. Describe how Chinas economy is changing. Include the role of the Chinese government.
5. What do the Chinese mean by one country, two systems?
6. What is the most important food staple, or crop, in Asia?
7. What is the most common ethnic group in China? What percentage of Chinese belong to this group?
8. For many centuries, until the early 1900s, how was China ruled?
9. Compare the teachings of Confucius and Laozi.
10. What two groups and their leaders fought for control of china following World War II?
11. Why were thousands of Chinese killed or wounded while protesting in Beijings Tiananmen Square in 1989?
12. Why did many people flee to Taiwan from China in 1949?
13 Why cant Taiwan declare its independence from China?
14. Why is Mongolia known as The Land of the Blue Sky?
15. Why do you think Communist leaders discouraged religious worship in Mongolia?
16. How does Mongolias landscape prevent much farming?
17. Name three Chinese inventions.
WORLD HISTORY: GRADE 7 
7-35 JT
7-35 PB
Ch. 32, Sec. 2 American Revolution & Ch. 34 The Americas
Ch. 32, Sec. 2: The American Revolution
1. Why was the Stamp Act considered a direct tax?
2. Why did the British begin to tax the American colonies?
3. Why was the Stamp Act repealed?
4. What was the purpose of the Townshend Acts? How did they affect the power of the colonial legislatures?
5. What event in 1770 led to bad feelings between the American colonists and the British government?
6. In 1773, why did some colonists dress as Native Americans and dump boxes of tea into Boston Harbor?
7. How did the British respond to the destruction of the tea?
8. In 1774, what did the colonists do about the Coercive Acts?
9. Why did fighting break out at Lexington, Massachusetts? What began because of this fighting?
10. What was decided by the American colonies on July 4, 1776?
11. Name and explain two of the most important principles of American government expressed in our Constitution.
Ch 34 The Americas
Sec 1: The United States
12. What kind of government developed in the newly formed United States?
13. What is the difference between a federal government and a state government?
13. How and why did the U.S. expand its boundaries during the 1800s?
14. Why were the Native Americans unable to stop the movement of the settlers?
15. What do you call the idea that many Americans believed in in the 1800s that said the U.S. should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?
16. Name four parts of the country that the U.S. acquired in the 1880s and explain how they were acquired.
17. Why did the southern states of the U.S. secede in 1860 & 1861?
18. What were two results of the American Civil War of 1861-1865?
19. What fueled the European-ruled colonies of Latin America to move towards independence?
20. What affect did Pierre Toussaint-L'Ouverture have on the country of Haiti?
21. What was unusual about Brazil's independence?
22. Why is Simon Bolivar known as "The Liberator"?
23. Why were so many newly independent Latin American countries ruled by caudillos?
SEMESTER II FINAL EXAM: World History
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Ch. 13, Sec. 1 & Ch. 14 Roman Republic
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Ch. 15 Roman Empire
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Ch. 29 The Reformation
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Ch. 30 The Age of Discovery
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Ch. 32, S. 2 & Ch. 34 The American Revolution & the United States
US HISTORY: GRADE 8 
Ch. 26: WORLD WAR II
1. How did Adolf Hitler gain power in pre-war Germany?
2. How did economics play a role in Hitlers ability to gain power?
3. What effect did the Treaty of Versailles have on Hitler?
4. What was the Nazi Party?
5. What is the Sudetenland and what role did it play in British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlains relationship with Hitler and Germany?
6. Why did the Japanese invade Manchuria? How did the U.S. and the League of Nations view this invasion?
7. What diplomatic actions did the US take to prevent Japan from taking over nations in Asia?
7. What is significant about September 1, 1939?
8. What European countries did Hitler invade by 1940?
9. How did the US react to the war in Europe? Describe two policies that US followed early in the war.
10. What is significant about the December 7, 1941?
11. Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?
13. List two ways the US financed the war effort.
14. How did wartime industrial production help the American economy recover from the Great Depression?
15. Why did many Americans move to industrialized cities during the war?
16. How were Nisei treated during World War II?
17. What was the main goal of American aircraft when bombing of German cities?
18. List three battles that were major turning points of World War II.
19. What is significant about June 6, 1944?
20. Write a paragraph using the following words: Holocaust, concentration camp, Auschwitz, genocide.
21. Why was V-E Day so significant?
22. What was a kamikaze designed to do?
23. What strategy was used to push the Japanese back in the Pacific, all the way to Japan? Describe the strategy.
24. Why did famous scientist Albert Einstein write a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt?
25. If you had been president, would you have ordered the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
SEMESTER II FINAL EXAM: US HISTORY
Mr. Seeberg was a "Guardian" on an Honor Flight that flew out of Milwaukee on Saturday, April 16, 2011. I was a Guardian, or escort, for a World War II Veteran who received a free, round-trip visit to Washington, D.C. and the war memorials. It was an honor for me to give just a tiny bit back to the veteran, it's the least I can do.
Check out the Honor Flight Milwaukee website here:
Mr. Seeberg & Mr. Garrett on a trip to Washington, D.C. for the Honor Flight.
