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Chapter 12 Assessment
Part A
1. Key Vocabulary
Write the letter of the correct definition next to each word.
___ Conservancy a. bring back to original condition
___ heritage b. the act of saving old places and spaces
___ historic preservation c. personal responsibility for taking care of something that is not one’s own
___ preserve d. a group or organization that works to protect valuable things
___ restore e. to protect something so that it stays in its original state
___ stewardship f. valuable, important traditions handed down from generation to generation
2. Thinking Like a Historian
List three reasons why people begin working to protect historic places or the environment.
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Chapter 12 Assessment
Part B
1. Look at the list of places below. Next to each place, write a reason telling why we should preserve it.
a. Frank Llyod Wright’s House, Taliesin______
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b. Villa Louis Historic Site in Prairie du Chien ______
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c. Capital Building in Madison______
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d. The Ice Age Trail ______
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2. What are some ways in which people have worked to save natural spaces, like Chequamegon National Forest and the prairies of Wisconsin?
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Creating My Own Book Cover: Chapter by Chapter
Choose one photo from each chapter of Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story. Find a Thinking Like a Historian question to go with each photo. Draw the symbol for that question in the box and write the question next to it.
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Chapter 3, Page ____ Brief description: ______
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Chapter 4, Page ____ Brief description: ______
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Chapter 5, Page ____ Brief description: ______
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Chapter 6, Page ____ Brief description: ______
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Chapter 7, Page ____ Brief description: ______
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Chapter 8, Page ____ Brief description: ______
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Chapter 9, Page ____ Brief description: ______
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Chapter 10, Page ____ Brief description: ______
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Chapter 11, Page ____ Brief description: ______
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Chapter 12, Page ____ Brief description: ______
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Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story Chapter 12 Assessment
Name ______Date ______
My Own Book Cover
Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story Chapter 12 Assessment