GRADE 7 MIDTERM REVIEW FOR SOCIAL STUDIES
The following terms and questions should be reviewed for the exam.
Chapter 1
1. Astronauts: definition of- names of astronauts- what they accomplished
2. Relief maps and political maps
3. Mountain ranges
4. Latitude and longitude
5. Rivers- lakes- tributaries- Lake Michigan
6. Mass transit
7. Precipitation
8. Great American Desert
9. Atlas- cartographers
10. Table of Contents- captions- annotations- index- glossary- primary source.
Chapter 2
11. Prehistory- Ice Age- landbridge
12. Characteristic of Mongoloid Race
13. Extinct- definition
14. Nomads
15. George McJunkin- Folsom Man
16. Geologists- archeologists- artifacts
17. Carbon 14
18. Agriculture- definition of- When were Great American Indian civilizations developed?
19. Mayans- everything that pertains to them
20- Aztecs- everything that pertains to them
21. Incas- everything that pertains to them
22. Culture- environment
23. Iroquois Indians- everything that pertains to them
24. Technology
Chapter 3
25. Christopher Columbus
26. Colony
27. Explorers- Balboa, Cabral, De Leon, Magellan
28. Spain- The reason why the Spanish came to the New World
29. New World
30. Pizzaro, Cortez, DeSoto, Montezuma
31. Hacienda
32. Presidio
33. St. Augustine
34. Creoles
35. Vaquero
36. Horses- longhorn cattle
37. Why did the French come to America?
38. Cartier, deChamplain, Marquette and Joliet, La Salle
39. Netherlands- Henry Hudson, Peter Minuit
40. Sweden
41. Jean Baptiste du Sable
Chapter 4
42. Pocahontas
43. John Cabot- Sea Dogs
44. Spanish Armada
45. Roanoke
46. John Smith
47. Plantation
48. Cash crop- tobacco
49. Martin Frobisher
50. House of Burgesses
51. Mayflower Compact
52. Pilgrims or Separatists
53. Puritans
54. Massasoit, Squanto, Samoset
55. William Bradford
56. First College in America
57. Roger Williams- Rhode Island
58. Thomas Hooker- Connecticut- Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
59. William Penn- Pennsylvania
60. Maryland- Lord Baltimore- Toleration Act
61. North Carolina- squatters
62. Georgia- James Oglethorpe
63. Location of English colonies in North America
Essay questions for the Midterm Exam will be taken from the textbook. These questions have already been completed for HW. Review the following questions:
p. 19 Questions 2-3-4
p. 25 Questions 1&3
p. 39 Questions 1-2-3
p. 48 Questions 1&2
p. 58 Questions 1&3
p. 81 Questions 1-2-3
GRADE 7 MIDTERM REVIEW FOR SOCIAL STUDIES
The following terms and questions should be reviewed for the exam.
Chapter 1
1. Astronauts: definition of- names of astronauts- what they accomplished
2. Relief maps and political maps
3. Mountain ranges
4. Latitude and longitude
5. Rivers- lakes- tributaries- Lake Michigan
6. Mass transit
7. Precipitation
8. Great American Desert
9. Atlas- cartographers
10. Table of Contents- captions- annotations- index- glossary- primary source.
Chapter 2
11. Prehistory- Ice Age- landbridge
12. Characteristic of Mongoloid Race
13. Extinct- definition
14. Nomads
15. George McJunkin- Folsom Man
16. Geologists- archeologists- artifacts
17. Carbon 14
18. Agriculture- definition of- When were Great American Indian civilizations developed?
19. Mayans- everything that pertains to them
20- Aztecs- everything that pertains to them
21. Incas- everything that pertains to them
22. Culture- environment
23. Iroquois Indians- everything that pertains to them
24. Technology
Chapter 3
25. Christopher Columbus
26. Colony
27. Explorers- Balboa, Cabral, De Leon, Magellan
28. Spain- The reason why the Spanish came to the New World
29. New World
30. Pizzaro, Cortez, DeSoto, Montezuma
31. Hacienda
32. Presidio
33. St. Augustine
34. Creoles
35. Vaquero
36. Horses- longhorn cattle
37. Why did the French come to America?
38. Cartier, deChamplain, Marquette and Joliet, La Salle
39. Netherlands- Henry Hudson, Peter Minuit
40. Sweden
41. Jean Baptiste du Sable
Chapter 4
42. Pocahontas
43. John Cabot- Sea Dogs
44. Spanish Armada
45. Roanoke
46. John Smith
47. Plantation
48. Cash crop- tobacco
49. Martin Frobisher
50. House of Burgesses
51. Mayflower Compact
52. Pilgrims or Separatists
53. Puritans
54. Massasoit, Squanto, Samoset
55. William Bradford
56. First College in America
57. Roger Williams- Rhode Island
58. Thomas Hooker- Connecticut- Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
59. William Penn- Pennsylvania
60. Maryland- Lord Baltimore- Toleration Act
61. North Carolina- squatters
62. Georgia- James Oglethorpe
63. Location of English colonies in North America
Essay questions for the Midterm Exam will be taken from the textbook. These questions have already been completed for HW. Review the following questions:
p. 19 Questions 2-3-4
p. 25 Questions 1&3
p. 39 Questions 1-2-3
p. 48 Questions 1&2
p. 58 Questions 1&3
p. 81 Questions 1-2-3
