examprep

=Exam prep 2010=

This is a guide only. As a class we will go over each point to make sure that everyone is clear on what is expected.


 * The Industrial Revolution – Term 1**
 * 1) The definition of the Agricultural Revolution (what it was and when it occurred)
 * 2) The definition of the Industrial Revolution (what it was and when it occurred)
 * 3) Changes brought to European society by the Industrial Revolution (think SHEEPT)
 * 4) The conditions people lived and worked in
 * 5) The use of child labour during the industrial revolution and attempts to stop this practice.
 * 6) The legacy of the Industrial Revolution for today’s society. (Specific examples needed)


 * Climate Change – Term 1**
 * 1) The natural processes that shape the earth (atmospheric circulation [Hadley cells], ocean circulation [thermohaline circulation – the great ocean conveyor belt], the greenhouse effect) and how they work.
 * 2) How these natural processes might change with global warming
 * 3) How to use PQE
 * 4) Greenhouse gases – what are they
 * 5) The enhanced greenhouse effect – how it is different to the above.
 * 6) How human interaction with the environment influences climate change
 * 7) Possible impacts (at least six) that climate change could have on humans (weather, coastal areas, sea level rise, ecosystems and habitats, agriculture, human health)
 * 8) Possible solutions to global warming (individual/local level, national/regional level)


 * Indigenous Australia – Term 2**
 * 1) The difference between primary and secondary sources.
 * 2) The meaning of the term Terra Nullius and how it was used as a justification for the European settlement of Australia
 * 3) European views of Aboriginal life in Australia
 * 4) Arguments that support the claims that Australia was settled or invaded by Europeans and evidence that supports them.
 * 5) Population pyramids and how to read them.
 * 6) The impact of European settlement/invasion on the Aboriginal population (Psychological/Spiritual/Cultural/Social impacts)
 * 7) Aboriginal responses to European settlement/invasion
 * 8) The Stolen Generation
 * 9) The general contrast between indigenous and non-indigenous health statistics and living conditions in Australia and the reasons for this contrast.
 * 10) Historical reasons offered by the film Kanyini for the contemporary problems faced by Aboriginal Australians.
 * 11) Examples of efforts at reconciliation that have been attempted from 1960-now


 * People Power (Politics) – Term 4**
 * 1) Why do we need to be governed?
 * 2) Different forms of government and their advantages and disadvantages
 * 3) How Australian democracy developed over time. Changes that made it more/less fair.
 * 4) What is a referendum? Examples of past referenda and what they changed.
 * 5) The different levels of government (Federal, State and Local)
 * 6) The different responsibilities of each level of government. (eg. Federal – taxation, State – health, Local – road maintenance)
 * 7) The role of the Queen in Australia’s democracy
 * 8) The different Houses of Federal Parliament (House of Representatives, Senate) and the role of each.
 * 9) The different Houses of State Parliament (Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council) and the role of each.
 * 10) The method by which the Australian people chose the House of Representatives and the Senate
 * 11) What is a bill?
 * 12) Who fulfils each of the following Federal roles and what that role involves: Prime Minister, Opposition Leader, Governor-General
 * 13) How preferential voting works.
 * 14) What is a pressure group and what is its role in Australia’s democracy?
 * 15) Are pressure groups good for democracy? Why?