United States History Student Edition

Reviewing the Historian’s Toolkit 07

Checking For Understanding Answer the questions to see if you understood the Historian’s Toolkit content.

CRITICAL THINKING 12. Synthesizing Why does a historian study continuity? 13. Comparing and Contrasting What is the same and different about the work of archaeologists and paleontologists? 14. Making Inferences Why do you think it would be challenging to study prehistory? 15. Evaluating If you wanted to know what it was like to live through a war in which the United States was involved in the 1800s, would you read a primary source or a secondary source? Explain. 16. Synthesizing Why is it important to consider frame of reference when reading sources? 17. Identifying Central Issues Give two examples of how economics can influence history. 18. Explaining Why is it important for citizens to be well informed and to vote? 19. Synthesizing Why do you think there are different kinds of map projections? 20. Explaining If you wanted to compare the price of grain in the American colonies from 1700 to 1770, what type of visual would you use, and why?

IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN 1. Identify each of these terms as they relate to the Historian’s Toolkit: A. continuity B. chronology C. bias F. category G. scarcity H. hemisphere I. projection REVIEWING KEY FACTS 2. Explaining Why do we study history? 3. Summarizing What do “B.C.E.” and “C.E.” mean? How are the years counted? 4. Contrasting How is a primary source mainly different from a secondary source? 5. Identifying How can you identify bias in a source? 6. Explaining What is a cause-and-effect relationship? 7. Explaining Why is it helpful to categorize information? 8. Identifying What is economics? 9. Identifying What are the Five Themes of Geography? 10. Identifying What are the Six Essential Elements of Geography? 11. Explaining What are lines of longitude and latitude, and what is their purpose? D. evidence E. plagiarize

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• SS.8.E.1.1 • SS.8.G.1.2

• SS.8.A.1.1 • SS.8.A.1.2 • SS.8.A.1.4 • SS.8.A.1.5 • SS.8.CG.2.2

• ELA.K12.EE.2.1 • ELA.K12.EE.3.1

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