Sunday, January 8, 2017

5TH SOCIAL STUDIES STUDY GUIDELINES FOR MOY EXAMS 2017

Review: 5th Social Studies  – MOY Exam Review – September to January
Review: You MUST read the chapters that were covered in from September to January 6th.

Weekly Vocabulary words for Unit 1, Unit II, and Unit III. (September – January)

Chapter 1 – Our Nation’s Geography

Contiguous
Region
Relation location
Continent
Population
Lines of latitude
Lines go longitude
Parallels

Chapter 2 – Native Americans
Lodge
Adobe
Wigwam
hogan
Sod
Tepee
Travois
Surplus
Igloo
Migration
Ancestor
Artifact
Maya
Inca
Aztec

Chapter 3 – Cultures Meet
Technology
Navigation
Expedition
Entrepreneur
Conquistador
Reconquista
Empire
Isthmus


Explorers:
Describe the aims, obstacles, and accomplishments of Spanish explorers.

Name and describe some of the navigational tools that helped sailors

Compass; astrolabe; chronometer; map

Amerigo Vespucci
Prince Henry of Portugal
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
Juan Ponce Deleon
Francisco Vasquez de Cornado
Hernando Cortes