7th Grade Social Studies Diagnostic Review Sheet

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What is archaeology?

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The study of artifacts and key people.

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How do historians learn about the past?

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They study artifacts, fossils, and other items left behind by the past.

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What is the difference between a primary and secondary source?

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Primary is a document from the period (a diary, a newspaper). Secondary is a document written after the event (textbook etc.).

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How did the first people arrive in America?

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The first people crossed over the Bering Land Bridge, they followed their food and resources to survive.

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Why are the Aztecs, Maya, and Inca considered advanced civilizations?

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They are advanced because they invented zero, had advanced roads, and structures like terrace farming.

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How did geography impact the development of Native American societies?

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Native Americans followed their food and natural resources; they settled in different areas of the country and used their resources to survive. They were able to adapt to their environment. They often settled near water, when possible.

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Why did European nations start voyages of exploration in the late 1400s?

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They were searching for Gold, God, and Glory.

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Who were the conquistadors?

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These were a group of Spaniards to conquer the native Americans, Pizzaro, Cortez.

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Why were small groups of conquistadors able to defeat powerful empires in the Americas?

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They brought guns, weapons, and diseases. In doing so the Native Americans were susceptible to death and destruction. The explorers wanted to use the weapons to conquer the natives and force them to work.

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What was the impact of the Columbian Exchange?

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The exchange of goods and services such as horses, coffee, corn, bananas, and eventual slavery.