Follow the clues to review all of the events of
the past year in 7th Grade Social Studies using
your SOL Journal. REMEMBER…without it, you
won’t be able to unlock all of the mysteries,
events, people, and terms of the past year from
your memory banks.
Scavenger Hunt #1
1. Using page 7…
…What did Booker T. Washington believe?
…What did W.E.B. DuBois believe?
2. Using page 97…
…What was the Civil Rights Movement?
3. Using page 18…
…Where did European & Asian immigrants arrive in America?
4. Using page 31…
…List the 3 Negative Effects of Industrialization.
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5. …Using page 9…
…The _____________________ is known as a “Treeless Wasteland.”
6. Using page 98…
Which Supreme Court case legalized “Separate but equal?”
7. Using page 3…
…What 3 cities are located in the Pacific Region?
…What region are the cities of Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and New
Orleans located in?
8. Using page 44…
What are the 3 advantages of the Panama Canal?
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9. Using page 48…
…Identify MAIN
10.
Using page 100…
…NOW stands for _____________________________________________
Scavenger Hunt #2
11.
Using page 22…
…List the 5 Captains of Industry.
12.
Using page 74…
…Identify the following dates:
 September 1, 1939 =
 June 6, 1944 =
 May 8, 1945 =
13.
Using page 57…
…Define:
 Flappers =
 Bootleggers =
 Speakeasies =
14.
Using page 62…
…What is the difference between Jacob Lawrence and Georgia
O’Keefe?
15.
…Using page 75…
…What event lead to America’s involvement in World War II?
16.
Using page 99…
…Rosa Parks arrest in 1955 lead to what Civil Rights Movement
event?
17.
Using page 2…
…Define non-contiguous.
…What are the non-contiguous states?
18.
Using page 12…
What did the Homestead Act provide?
19.
Using page 55…
…What is the “war guilt” clause?
20.
Using page 30…
…What was the solution to the problem of crime?
Scavenger Hunt #3
21.
Using the map on page 69…
…What 5 states were the most severely affected by the Dust Bowl?
22.
Using page 20…
…What did the following people create?
 Thomas Edison =
 Alexander Graham Bell =
 Jane Addams =
23.
Using page 60…
…What are the results of electrification?
24.
Using page 78…
…Define:
 Aryan Supremacy =
 Anti-Semitism =
25.
…Using the map on page 38…
…What territory is represented by the $ symbol?
…Who did the US buy this territory from?
…What is the nickname of this purchase?
26.
Using page 22…
…What are the 3 Big Businesses?
27.
Using page 6…
…Define:
 Freedman’s Bureau =
 Civil Rights Act of 1866 =
28.
Using page 87…
…What is the Baby Boom?
29.
Using page 98…
…What was the Voting Rights of 1965?
30.
Using page 68…
…What is the purpose of Social Security?
Scavenger Hunt #4
31.
Using page 2…
…The state that you live in is located in which region?
32.
Using page 10…
…Name the location where the Transcontinental Railroad was
completed.
33.
Using page 32…
…Explain the purpose of the Zimmerman Telegram.
34.
Using page 37…
…List the 3 reasons why America expanded.
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35.
…Using page 102…
…Greater access to heating and air-conditioning has led to …
36.
Using page 37…
…Which territory was annexed by due to the sugar industry?
37.
Using page 73…
…When did Germany invade Poland?
38.
Using page 103…
…List the leader of the following fields:
 Architecture =
 Physics =
 Franchising =
39.
Using page 14…
…Why did exodusters move west?
40.
Using page 57…
…What was the 1920s known as? (hint:there are 2 nicknames)
Scavenger Hunt #5
41.
Using page 3…
…List the 2 cities in each of the following states:
 Pennsylvania =
 California =
42.
Using page 99…
…What was the name of the Supreme Court case that made separate
but equal ILLEGAL?
43.
Using page 55…
…Who never joined the League of Nations?
44.
Using page 19…
…List the 4 Specialized Industries and their locations.
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45.
…Using page 101…
…Globalization is ______________________________________________.
46.
Using page 80…
…List the names that June 6, 1944 is referred to as.
47.
Using page 26…
…Who invented the Model T car and the assembly line?
…Which product provided faster transportation over long
distances?
48.
Using page 83…
…Identify the following dates:
 August 6, 1945 =
 August 9, 1945 =
 August 15, 1945 =
49.
Using page 103…
…What types of telecommunications has the satellite led to?
50.
Using page 91…
…What country was partitioned?
Scavenger Hunt #6
51.
Using page 9…
…List the 4 physical/climatic features of the Great Plains.
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52.
Using page 89…
…The Cold War __________________________________________________.
53.
Using page 76…
…Explain Albert Einstein’s role in the Manhattan Project.
54.
Using page 57…
…Explain the Harlem Renaissance.
55.
…Using page 40…
…What happened on February 15, 1898?
56.
Using page 39…
…Yellow Journalism is __________________________________________.
57.
Using page 93…
…What is the name of the event/crisis that lead Richard Nixon to
resign from the presidency?
58.
Using page 93…
…List the 2 Cold War events that dealt with Cuba.
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59.
Using page 90…
…What did the 38th Parallel determine?
60.
Using page 11…
…_______________________________ gained citizenship in 1924.
Scavenger Hunt #7
61.
Using page 92…
…Who was apart of the Warsaw Pact?
62.
Using page 94…
…In what city and country was the Berlin Wall built?
63.
Using page 7…
…What happened when Reconstruction ended?
…What ended Reconstruction?
64.
Using page 29…
…What 6 areas did the Progressive Movement target?
65.
…Using page 32…
…What did Reformers believe alcohol was to blame for?
66.
Using page 92…
…What event caused the Space Race to begin?
67.
Using page 94…
…Complete:
 Mr. Gorbachev ______________________________________.
68.
Using page 11…
…List 3 ways that that Native American population was reduced.
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69.
Using page 61…
…What are the transportation related industries that the
automobile created?
70.
Using page 66…
…Who was known for the “fireside chats?”