Name______Period______

Textbook Scavenger Hunt: Use your new social studies book to answer the questions.

What is the title of our book? ______

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Use Page A-1 for questions 1- 4

  1. These first few pages are called the Illustrated ______of American History.
  2. What kind of a map will you find on page A-4? ______
  3. On what page will you find Symbols of our Nation? ______
  4. Go to Symbols of our Nation – Use it to answer questions A-C.
  1. What are the 2 symbols on the page?______
  2. What is the translation of E. Pluribus Unum? ______
  3. What do the 13 arrows symbolize? ______

Page 606 : Reference Section:

  1. On what page do the Presidents of the United States start? ______
  2. On what page will you find information about The Fifty States?______
  1. What number president was Jimmy Carter? ______
  2. To what political party did John F. Kennedy belong? ______
  3. When was Barack Obama born? ______
  4. When did Ronald Reagan die? ______

Page 647-648

  1. What state was the 20th state in union? ______
  2. In what state is Milwaukee the largest city? ______
  3. What is the capital of Hawaii? ______
  4. The flag of what state has a palm tree and a moon? ______
  5. What animal is on California’s flag? ______

Page 649

  1. What starts on page 649? ______
  2. Page 666: This page is about information on how to do what? ______How old do you have to be to do this? ______
  3. Look at pages 667-676: Which of these things would you like to learn the most about? ______Why? ______
  4. Use the glossary to write the definition of citizen… ______
  5. Use the index to find out the pages where you will find information about the Renaissance… ______

Now, time for the “Meat” of our book…

  1. What unit starts on page 376? ______
  2. What chapters does it cover? ______
  3. If you want to explore the History Interactive Online, what web code will you use for this unit? ______
  4. What reading skill will you be working on in Chapter 11? ______
  5. Chapter 14 is called? ______
  6. Chapter 14 covers what years? ______
  7. Page 34-35: What were the causes and effects of European exploration of the Americas? ______
  8. Page 34-35 Use Timeline: What happened in the world in 1588? ______
  9. What are pages 582-583 about? ______
  10. Page 584: What is Section 2 titled? ______
  11. What is one of the objectives of this section? ______
  12. List 2 key terms from this section. ______
  13. Page 585; answer question A: ______
  14. Briefly describe what is happening in the picture on page 585? ______
  15. Pages 196: What are these two maps comparing? ______
  16. Historian’s Apprentice Toolkit starts on page HT1. What page do you go to learn how to Evaluate Internet Sources? ______
  17. Page HT 15 is explaining what kind of maps? ______
  18. Look over all the chapters on pages vii to xi. What 2 chapters are you the most interested in and why? ______
  19. What do you think will be the best thing about this book?