NAME: ______________________ DATE: ___________
UNITED STATES HISTORY MID-TERM ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE
Using the rear of your textbook, please define the vocabulary words.
1. Census: __________________________________________
2. Democracy: ______________________________________
3. Republic: _________________________________________
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4. Constitution: ______________________________________
5. Citizen: ___________________________________________
6. Consumer: ________________________________________
7. Region: _________________________________________
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8. Geography: _______________________________________
9. Agriculture: _______________________________________
10. Irrigation: _______________________________________
11. Climate: _________________________________________
12. Fossil Fuel: ______________________________________
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13. Renewable Resource: _____________________________
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14. Glacier: _________________________________________
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15. Migrate: ________________________________________
16. Theory: _________________________________________
17. Artifact: ________________________________________
18. Drought: ________________________________________
19. Surplus: _________________________________________
20. Specialize: ______________________________________
21. Travois: _________________________________________
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22. Pueblo: _________________________________________
23. Potlatch: ________________________________________
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24. Totem Pole: ______________________________________
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25. Shaman: ________________________________________
II. Use your textbook or the chapter notes to answer the questions. Page numbers are in parentheses ( ).
26. Why is the Pledge of Allegiance important? (11)
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27. Why are fossil fuels so important? (35)
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28. What is a renewable resource? (36)
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29. Name two (2) renewable resources. (36)
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30. Why do we divide America into regions? (25)
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31. What did the Aztec people create when they ran out of room to farm? (68)
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32. Who were the first people to develop the kayak? (64)
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33. Why were the wooly mammoth and other large animals important to early peoples? (56)
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34. According to the United States Constitution, who actually runs the government? (17)
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35. How were the Maya able to develop such a highly accurate calendar? (67)
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36. What did the animals provide to the people of the Eastern Woodlands? (78)
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37. What role did men and women have in the Iroquois League? (77)
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38. How did the Anasazi become successful farmers in the desert? (62)
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39. In what area were the Maya extremely successful? (67
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40. Why did the Mound Builders build mounds? (61)
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41. How did people get food during the Ice Age? (56)
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42. According to the Aztec gods, what did their people need to see before they could settle down? (68)
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43. What is a potlatch? (95)
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44. What was a shaman’s main role in Kwakiutl society? (96)
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45. What was the purpose of the Hopi snake dance? (90)
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46. Why did the Hopi build their homes on top of mesas? (89)
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47. Which Iroquois custom is still practiced today? (80)
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48. What three things did the buffalo provide to the people of the Great Plains? (83)
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49. How do we know that horses were important to the Cheyenne? (84)
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50. Name three ways the horse affected the lifestyle of the Cheyenne. (84)
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51. Provide two theories scientists think might explain how early people migrated from Asia to North America. (55)
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52. Name the five original members of the Iroquois League. (77)
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53. Name the three tribes of Mound Builders. (61)
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54. What was a main difference between the Navajo, the Apache, and the Pueblo? (89)
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55. Why did U.S. leaders think that E Pluribus Unam was a good motto for America? (7)
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