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U.S. HistoryStudy Guide Test 1

Topics Covered

  • U.S. Geography
  • 9/11 mini Unit
  • Pre Columbian Civilizations
  • Early Explorers
  • Immigration and Citizenship

Objectives (Topics covered in class) / What you need to know for the test
Vocabulary
(Complete vocabulary organizers for all of the following words) / 9/11: terrorism, infamy, memorialize, sacrifice, extremism, jihad/crusade, tolerance
Pre-Columbian civilization, civilization, native, silk road, explorer, conquest, genocide, old world, new world, explorers, navigation
Immigration, immigrant, asylum, visa, naturalization, deportation, green card, migrant, citizen
SWBAT identify the 50 modern U.S. states and their capitals. / See list
SWBAT use various historical and political U.S. maps as examples that demonstrate skills of geographic literacy
/ How does analyzing maps show change and continuity?
Making observations and inferences using 10 different historical maps of North America.
SWBAT to analyze the events of 9/11/2001 in terms of historical impact,
heroes and service, and ways people remember and memorialize the day each
year.
9/11
Historical Impact:



Heroes and Service:

Memorialize and Tribute
  • Freedom Tower architecture


  • Ways to pay tribute
/ Historical Impact:
  • Background on U.S. foreign policy since WWII
Israel: _WWII treaty gave refuge to Jewish population in M.E. country (ancestral homeland)
Middle East Involvement: U.S. acts as World’s police, military and economic involvement
Twin Towers: _symbolic of American economic wealth, power and values.
  • Background on religious extremism/fundamentalists.
_People who worship their religion as law
Terrorist group: _Al Quada_
Leader: _Osama Bin Laden_
Warnings: 1993 bombing_
Motivation for attack: religious extremists aka terrorists feel that American values / freedoms are against the world their God wants for them
  • Days of Infamy:
Infamy: _known for something bad_
Pearl Harbor: _Japaneseattack on U.S. naval base in Hawaii that
Result: entered US into WWII_
9/11: _largest attack on U.S. soil since
Result:_War on Terror, invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, cultural changes.
  • Timeline of Events
(2) planes depart from Boston
(2( planes depart from Washington
Flight (__) is hijacked and crashes into the northtower)
_25 _ minutes later the flight crashes into the south. (Twin Towers)
In Washington D.C, another hijacked plane crashes into the Pentagon. The fourth is reclaimed by passengers but crashes in a field in Pennsylvania
Over 3000 civilians died .
Cultural Changes: _Patriotism, intolerance toward Muslim Americans
New Safety measures: _travel security, dept of Homeland Security
Heroes and Service:
First Responders: _firefighters, police, ambulance that were first to respond to the WTC site.
Armed Forces:______
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Memorialize:
Freedom Tower: ______
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Architectural tribute: ______
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Other ways we commemorate: ______
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Refection: ______
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SWBAT to identify Pre-Columbian discoveries of America in theory and with historical evidence.

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  • What is the Land Bridge theory?
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  • Basics of Native American culture:
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Pre Columbian populations/ tribes:
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Concept of land ownership: ______
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Religious beliefs: ______
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Nomadic lifestyle: ______
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  • Who were the Vikings? ______
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  • What evidence do we have of their early American colonization? ______
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SWBAT to describe the legacy of Columbus as a complex duality (hero or villain) using historiography and primary resources.
/ Why does Columbus get the fame for discovering America? ______
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Columbian Exchange: ______
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How has historiography distorted Columbus’ legacy? ______
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Hero (Positives): ______
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Villian (Negatives):______
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SWBAT Explain why trade routes to Asia had been closed in the 15th century and trace the voyages of at least four of the explorers listed below.

/ Complete Graphic organizer on European Explorers.
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
B. John and Sebastian Cabot
C. Jacques Cartier
D. Samuel de Champlain
E. Christopher Columbus
F. Henry Hudson
G. Ferdinand Magellan
H. Juan Ponce de Leon
I. Amerigo Vespucci
J. Vasco da Gama
Explain the early relationship of the settlers to the indigenous peoples, or Indians, in North America, including conflicts between them (e.g., the Pequot and King Philip’s Wars in New England)
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  • What did early explorers seek in the New World? How did they obtain it?
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  • How were early settlers able to subjugate native populations?
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Jared Diamond’s theory of ______,
______, and ______.
  • How did early settlers view indigenous people? ______
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SWBAT to describe how the United States is a nation of immigrants and the process in which an immigrant becomes a citizen


How is the United States a nation of immigrants? ______
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  • Describe what a green card does
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  • Describe what a Visa does
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  • Identify who a natural born could be
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  • Describe what asylum is
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  • What deportation is
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  • List three ways a person can become a citizen
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  • List (5) requirements a person must fulfill for be qualified for naturalization
  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______
  4. ______
  5. ______
  • Explain one way a person could speed up the naturalization process
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Explain (2) ways that someone could be considered an illegal or undocumented immigrant.