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Chapter 1&2 Test
Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Shared History | The past events and stories that are common to everyone in a group |
| Social Studies | The study of human society including 4 main disciplines: History, Geography, Civics and Economics. |
| Historical Interpretation | When historians try to explain what the primary source's say about the past. |
| What are 4 Social Studies Disciplines | History, Geography, Civics and Economics |
| What does a Historian do | They study history and examine primary sources. |
| What are the differences between Primary and Secondary Sources | A Primary Source is an actual item that has survived from the past. A Secondary Source is an account created after the fact, often by someone who was not present during a particular event. |
| What are some examples of Primary and Secondary Sources | Primary: Letters, photos, tools, articles of clothing. Secondary: Drawings, dictionaries, articles |
| What shapes or forms a persons perspective | Education, beliefs, life experiences, culture, time period and the place where you live. |
| Petroglyph | A rock carving made by people. |
| Elder | An older member of a community who is respected for his/her knowledge and wisdom. |
| Archoleogists | A scientist who studies past human life and activities by examining physical evidence such as tools, fire pits and ruins from dwellings. |
| Perspective | The way a person sees and understands the world. |
| Oral History | The purposeful retelling of stories about the past events and legends of a group in order to teach about that groups culture. |
| Artifact | Any object made, used, or altered by humans. |
| Scientific Method | A process using experiments and careful observation to test ideas and theory's |
| Hypothesis | An assumption, educated guess or theory. |
| Repatriation | Returning something to its original place. |
| What is the importance of considering multiple perspectives when exploring history | Because everybody looks at things differently. |
| What are 2 main ways that people study the past | Artifacts and Elders |
| Describe how Minnesota's landscape has changed from 10,000BCE to today | Different types of animals. Glaciers melted and formed thousands of lakes. Different types of vegetation. Climate change. |
| Explain ways people adapted to life over time as the landscaped changed. | They had to adapt to the change in weather, cold to warm when mammoths became extinct they had to hunt smaller animals, such as turtles, elk and bison. |
| What evidence has been found in Minnesota to prove that people have been living here for at least 10,000 years | Burial mounds, human remains, atalatl's, food storage pits, copper tools and jewlery. |
| What are the 5 steps of the scientific method in sequential order | Ask a question, state a hypothesis, perform an experiment, record the findings, reach a conclusion. |
| What is the background of the burial mounds in Minnesota | Many mounds are 1500 to 2000 years old, created by Native Americans. They include Grand Mound near Rainy River near Northern Minnesota and a series of mounds preserved at Indian Mounds Park overlooking the Mississippi River in St. Paul |
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