Monday, January 8, 2018

4TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES STUDY NOTES FOR MIDTERM

STUDY THE FOLLOWING ESSAY IDEAS AND VOCABULARY.  USE YOUR NOTES THAT WERE GIVEN IN CLASS TO STUDY ALSO.


Compare and contrast how Native Americans live today with how they lived in the past. How did they use natural resources?

Create a two-column chart label: Landform and Definition. Name the four (4) landforms of the Ice Age and give the definition of each under the definition column.

How were wigwams and longhouses alike and different? Write a 2 paragraphs explain each dwelling and draw a picture as an example for each type.

When did New York’s Native Americans’ begun to farm and build villages. Who were the two major tribes?


What are Lines on a map that measure distances north or south of the Equator called?

What is another name for lines of latitude?

Lines on a map that measure east and west of the prime meridian.

The practice of making one person work for another without pay or a chance to be free

What is land set aside for Native Americans by the U.S. government.

Latitude                Longitude             Global grid              equator

wampum        Parallels              Meridians                      Degrees 

agriculture            slavery       tolerance              tenant farmer

explorer              explorer        colony                Northwest Passage

patroon        ancestor         sachem     reservation                        

longhouse