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Name ___________________________ Date: ___________________

Course: US History/Ms. Brown Homeroom:

7th Grade US History Standard # – Do Now – Day #

Aims: SWBAT demonstrate mastery of objectives from units 1, 2 and 3

DO NOW Directions: Answer the following questions in complete and historically accurate sentences. You must attempt each question, there should be absolutely no blank spaces. Be sure to provide examples and evidence to support your answers.

1. “The Occupy Wall Street movement is gaining momentum as they begin to take a strong stance on the issues of this current election.”

Type of social scientist: __________________________

How do you know?

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2. What was the significance of the Bering Land Bridge?

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3. The earliest explorer began to explore in order to

a. meet new people b. prove that they could trade with Asia c. find a more economical route to Asia d. discover the Americas

• CHALLENGE: (Must attempt if done early): Based on the passage, what did Columbus plan to do with the Native Americans once they landed? (NEXT PAGE)


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“Too many of the slaves died in captivity. And so Columbus, desperate to pay back dividends to those who had invested, had to make good his promise to fill the ships with gold. In the province of Cicao on Haiti, where he and his men imagined huge gold fields to exist, they ordered all persons fourteen years or older to collect a certain quantity of gold every three months. When they brought it, they were given copper tokens to hang around their necks. Indians found without a copper token had their hands cut off and bled to death.”

4. Based on the passage, what did Columbus plan to do with the Native Americans once they landed?

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Name ___________________________ Date: ___________________ Homeroom: __________________ Daily Debrief Dear Scholars, Today we will continue reviewing for our FINAL CUMULATIVE EXAM that will be taking place THIS FRIDAY!!! You all know your stuff, but a little extra preparation can go a long way from turning a 70% into an 80%, an 80% to a 90% so on and so forth. Remember our seventh grade goal is to have an average of at least 87% mastery! T1 the seventh graders earner 77% percent mastery (passing); T2 the seventh grade earned 82% mastery. Today we will be reviewing units 1, 2, and 3. These units included topics such as the social scientists, the First Americans, Native American Diversity, and the very beginning of the American Revolution.

I. Social Scientists

Directions: Read the description of the event below. Then read the three quotes that follow it. Write if it is being said by an economist, political scientist, archeologist, or anthropologist. Be sure to underline any big ideas as you read! On the morning of September 11, Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania, after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights.

1. “In such a difficult time for New York and the United States, the mayor and president have the opportunity to gain the public’s approval as the elections approach.”


How do you know:

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2. “This is event is not only tragic, but it will have serious effects on the airlines. People are

not going to fly and the airline business will be in trouble.”

Type of social scientist: __________________________ How do you know:

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3. “In hundreds of years, a story will be found in the ruins of the current site of the attacks known as Ground Zero.”


How do you know:

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II. First Americans

1. For a long time, scientists have believed that humans first entered the continent about 14,000 years ago across the ______________________________ in Alaska from Siberia at the end of the last ice age when enough ice had melted to allow passage but before the area was flooded.

2. Does the original route the First Americans took into the Americas still exist? Why or why not?

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III. Native American Diversity


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1. In what area did the Iroquois live?

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2. What inference can you draw about the environment in which the Native Americans

lived?

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Directions: Read the text and write down two examples of how geography influenced

culture

The Iroquois made most of their clothing from deerskin. The women wore skirts, vests, and

moccasins. They decorated their clothes with porcupine quills, shell beads, and dyed hair. The

women also made necklaces of shell beads and animal teeth. The women in the northern

areas wore leggings and breechcloths. In the winter they wore rabbit fur capes or shawls tied

over the left shoulder. The Iroquois men wore deerskin breechcloths during the hot summer. In

the cold weather they wore leather leggings and tunics. The men wore moccasins made of

leather or cornhusks

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IV. European Exploration

1. Which of the following was not a goal of early European explorers?

a) Glory

b) Government

c) God

d) Gold


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2. The earliest explorer began to explore in order to

a) meet new people

b) prove that they could trade with Asia

c) find a more economical route to Asia

d) discover the Americas

3. Early European explorers searched for a northwest passage in order to

a) prove the world was round

b) begin trade with North America

c) explore the Great Lakes

d) find an improved trade route to Asia

V. Christopher Columbus

Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island's beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore, carrying swords, speaking oddly, the Arawaks ran to greet them, brought them food, water, gifts. 1. Who did the Arawaks believe Columbus and his men to be when they first arrived in the

Americas?

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"They... brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things, which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks' bells. They willingly traded everything they owned.... They were well-built, with good bodies and handsome features.... They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance... They would make fine servants.... With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want."

2. What did Columbus plan to do with the Native Americans once they landed?

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VI. The Columbian Exchange

Use the chart below to answer the questions 1-4.

1) What were two products that were transported from the Americas?

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2) What was one negative effect of this exchange?

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3) A conclusion best supported by this illustration is that the Columbian Exchange

a) Increased the isolation between Europe and the Americas b) Ended the slave trade in the Eastern Hemisphere c) Led to the spread of disease to the natives of the Americas d) Resulted in a decrease in trade between North America and Europe

CHALLENGE (and MANDATORY!)

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question below

“And [even] before the Spaniards had risen against us, a pestilence first came prevalent: the

smallpox. It spread over the people as great destruction. Some it quite covered [with pustules]

on all parts – their faces, their heads, their breasts, etc. There was great havoc. Very many

died of it. They could not walk; they only lay in their resting paces and beds. And if they


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stirred much did they cry out. Great was its destruction, Covered, mantled, with pustules, very

many people died from them.”

1. What is being described in the passage above? (be specific)

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2. Why did this ailment not affect the Europeans?

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VII. The Conquistadors

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question below

The Indians are the most sincere, they do not possess any wickedness or deceitfulness at

all…Into this herd of sheep…there came some Spaniards who behaved like wild beasts. And

Spaniards have behaved in no other way during the last forty years for they are still acting

like savage beasts, killing terrorizing, torturing and destroying the native people, doing all this

with the strangest and most varied new methods of cruelty, never seen or heard of before, and

to such a degree that this island of Hispanola, once so populous (over three million, has now a

population of barely two hundred people.-excerpt from A Brief Encounter of the Devastation of

the Indies, by Bartolome de las Casas

1. How does de las Casas describe the Native Americans?

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2. What opinion does de las Casas have of the Europeans?

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VIII. Indentured Servants

1. What is an indentured servant?

2. What did an indentured servant promise in their contract? What did the indentured servant

receive in return?

1) Which person did not come to the New World by choice? a) Explorer b) Indentured servant c) Conquistador d) Slave

2) Which of the following was a goal of indentured servants?

a) Economic prosperity b) Religious freedom c) Set-up a fur trade d) Start a new colony

White indentured servants came from all over England. Men, women, and sometimes children signed a contract with a master to serve a term of 4 to 7 years. In exchange for their service, the indentured servants received their passage paid from England, as well as food, clothing, and shelter once they arrived in the colonies. During the time of his indenture, however, the servant was considered his master’s personal property and his contract could be inherited or sold.


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IX. The Mayflower Compact

The Mayflower Compact

The Separatists (who we sometimes call the Pilgrims) came to the New Worlds for religious freedom. Before they landed their ship, they sat down and wrote the Mayflower Compact. This was an agreement between the colonists to work together and follow the rules that the majority created. Settlers consented to follow the rules and regulations of the government for the sake of survival. The government, in return, would derive its power from the consent (permission) of the governed.

Think: What was the agreement made between the colonists? Why do you think that they made this agreement before arriving on land?

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1) The Mayflower Compact of 1620 is considered an important step in the development of democracy in America because it a) expressed the importance of self-government b) established freedom of religion c) created the first colonial judiciary d) granted all males the right to vote

X. The Proclamation of 1763 1. The main reason Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to

a. avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native American Indians b. make a profit by selling the land west of the Appalachian Mountains c. prevent American industrial development in the Ohio River valley d. allow Canada to control the Great Lakes region


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2. Many colonists were angered by the Proclamation of 1763 because it

a. Took too much land from Canada b. Gave Florida to the French c. Limited their freedom to move west d. Encouraged raids by Native American Indians

3. How did the Proclamation of 1763 limit the American colonists?

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XI. The Albany Plan of Union

1. Which document is closely associated with this cartoon drawn in 1754?

a. Mayflower Compact b. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut c. Albany Plan of Union d. Emancipation Proclamation

2. During the French and Indian War, the Albany Plan of Union voted in favor of

a. Cooperation between the colonies b. Freedom from England c. Ending the slave trade d. Equality between men and women


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3. Which statement best describes England’s reaction to the Albany Plan of Union? a. England supported the colonists in their attempt to unionize b. England encouraged colonies to elect their own assemblymen c. England approved the plan d. England discouraged the plan from becoming real

4. During the colonial era, the creation of colonial assemblies represented

a. Attempts to build a strong national government b. British efforts to strengthen their control over the colonies c. A step in the growth of representative democracy d. The sharing of power by the national and state governments

XII. Colonial Taxes

1) This law mandated that colonists give British soldiers food and shelter. a. Stamp Act b. Quartering Act c. Sugar Act d. Proclamation of 1763

2) What was the immediate purpose of the taxes and laws passed by the British government?

a) To increase trade between the colonies and Britain b) To increase control over the colonies c) To improve the relationship between the colonies and Britain d) To give the colonies more freedom and self-government

3) Many American colonists believed that British tax laws were unfair because a) colonists lacked representation in Parliament b) the British treasury had a surplus of funds c) Native American Indians were exempt from British tax laws d) taxes were higher in the colonies than in England


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Use the chart below to answer question 4

Which conclusion is best supported by the chart?

a) The Stamp Act led to widespread smuggling. b) Colonists raised revenue by imposing new taxes. c) British policies were opposed by many colonists. d) The colonists reacted to British laws in a nonviolent way.

XIII. The Boston Massacre 1. What is a Loyalist? Why are the synonyms for a Loyalist?

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2. What is a Patriot? What are the synonyms for a Patriot? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Examine the picture of the Boston Massacre below. How might a Patriot explain this event? How might a Loyalist explain it?


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Loyalist explanation: _______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ Patriot Explanation: _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ How is this picture an example of colonial propaganda? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________


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Name ___________________________ Date: ___________________ Homeroom: __________________

EXIT TICKET

_____/5 Mastered/Passing/Not Mastered

1. “Transportation costs rise as gasoline reaches a record high.” Type of Scientist: ____________________________

2. Too many of the slaves died in captivity. And so Columbus, desperate to pay back

dividends to those who had invested, had to make good his promise to fill the ships with gold. In the province of Cicao on Haiti, where he and his men imagined huge gold fields to exist, they ordered all persons fourteen years or older to collect a certain quantity of gold every three months. When they brought it, they were given copper tokens to hang around their necks. Indians found without a copper token had their hands cut off and bled to death. a. Furs c. gold b. Diamonds d. democracy

3. What was a primary effect of the Columbian Exchange?

a. Increased isolation between Europe and America b. Slave trade ended in Eastern Hemisphere c. Diseases spread to the natives of the Americas d. A decrease in trade between North America and Europe

4. The Mayflower Compact of 1620 is considered an important step in the development of democracy in America because it

a. expressed the importance of self-government b. established freedom of religion c. created the first colonial judiciary d. granted all males the right to vote

5. The main reason Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to

a. avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native American Indians b. make a profit by selling the land west of the Appalachian Mountains c. prevent American industrial development in the Ohio River valley d. allow Canada to control the Great Lakes region

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