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What is buffalo
Native Americans in the Great Plains used this for homes, food, and clothing.
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What is the Southwest
The region of the United States where there is a dry, arid climate and desert-like conditions.
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What is Gold, Glory, and God
The three main motivators for exploration.
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What is read the directions
You should do this before beginning any assignment given to you in social studies.
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What is Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, and Summarize
The 5 letters in RACES stand for...
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What is animism
The belief that all natural objects have a soul and spirit.
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What is on the West Coast of the United States
Where are the Sierra Nevada Mountains located?
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Who is Christopher Columbus
His journey inspired other explorers to try to come to the Americas.
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The Sioux
Answer this question by following the directions
Directions: Say the incorrect answer Which Native American group was from the Eastern Woodlands? The Iroquois or the Sioux |
What is introducing the quote, choosing appropriate evidence, and saying where the answer was found in the text
The steps we need to take when citing evidence. (Hint: look at the RACES checklist)
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What is the Iroquois
The group of Native Americans that lived in present-day New York.
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What is water / bodies of water / water features
Many early civilizations built their villages near this type of physical feature. (Hint: In lesson 1, we named 6 of these throughout the United States)
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Who is Henry Hudson.
The explorer who was looking for a route to Asia through the Arctic Sea but had to turn around and ended up finding a river in present-day New York.
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The land bridge theory because...
OR The coastal migration theory because...
Which is more probable, the land bridge theory or the coastal migration theory? Explain your reasoning.
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It means we prove why/how the evidence that we chose supports our claim/answer.
When we get to the "E" in RACES, we are supposed to explain our evidence. What does this mean?
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What is the Eastern Woodlands, Pacific Northwest, Great Plains, and Southwest
The four groups of Native Americans we discussed. (Name the four regions of the United States)
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What is the Pacific Northwest
The region of the United States where there are mountains, lots of rain, and dense forests.
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What is the Columbian Exchange
The transfer of people, plants, animals, diseases, and knowledge between the "Old World" and the "New World"
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What is as well as, and, be/make sure to include, explain your reasoning, why
Name two "buzz" words to look for when answering a question to see if you need to add more to your answer.
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What is using personal pronouns (I, My, etc.), choosing a more appropriate quote, informal language, introducing the quote, saying where the quote was from
Read this sample:
I guess directions were important to explorers. "The instrument most often used to measure time was the hourglass." Name two things that should be fixed in this sample. |
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What is a Potlatch Ceremony
A ceremony had by the Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest where everybody brought a dish to share and wealth was evenly distributed.
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What is geographical/physical
Different cultures develop in different regions because each place has different ______________ features.
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What is because explorers didn't have the technology they needed to make it to America safely.
The reason exploration didn't begin until the 1400s/1500s
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What is 1. Read the entire question, 2. Underline all things the question is asking you, 3.Check off when you have answered that part to the question
The steps that Miss Coppola gave in the Answering Questions edPuzzle video that explain how to answer a question.
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What is using formal language, avoiding personal pronouns (I, My, Me, etc.), organization
The three writing rules that we should be mindful of in 7th grade.
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