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Final Exam Review

8th Grade US History Final Exam Review I. First Americans (beginnings - 1500) (pp. 13 – 33) 1. The very first immigrants to the Americas were Asian hunters. 2. Thousands of years ago, what did hunters cross between Siberia and Alaska? a land bridge 3. Early cultures were present in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans 4. Where did the early civilizations of the Olmec, Maya, Aztec and Inca develop? Mexico and Central and South America 5. The rulers of what country encouraged the conquistadors to explore the Americas? Spain II. European Explorations and Settlement (1400 - 1750) (pp. 46 – 58) 6. The Portuguese wanted to explore the world because they needed new trade routes. 7. Columbus sailed to the Americas under the flag of Spain (country). 8. Which sailors were the first to circumnavigate the world?  Ferdinand Magellan’s crew. 9. Which was an essential part of the economy of the Spanish and Portuguese colonies?  Slave labor 10. After the arrival of E
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Spring In-class Term Project

Project Topic *Pick a topic to study: Pre-Colombian America to the American Colonies Colonial Era The American Revolution The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution Manifest Destiny and the Westward Expansion The Civil War The Industrial Revolution The Spanish-American War World War I The Great Depression World War II The Korean War The Civil Rights Movement The Vietnam War *Project to do (choose one): PowerPoint presentation with at least 15 slides and voice-over 10-minute video documentary board game with rules, process, and troubleshooting guide about the topic website play (5 minutes) song ( 4 minutes) *Requirements Submit project on May 29, 2019 all projects must have a bibliography with at least 5 sources all projects must have a 1-page double-spaced summary all projects must be creative Period 1 Group (Partner) Topic Project Samantha and David World War II Website Anaiya and Shayanne
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The Social Reformers- Presentation Project

The Social Reformers of the 19th Century America Henry David Thoreau Harriet Tubman Ralph Waldo Emerson Margaret Fuller Nathaniel Hawthorne Edgar Allan Poe Emily Dickinson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Walt Whitman Charles Grandison Finney Henry Ward Beecher Dorothea Dix Horace Mann Sojourner Truth Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucy Stone Susan B. Anthony Frederick Douglas Harriet Beecher Stowe William L. Garrison John James Audubon Louisa May Alcott Presentation Requirements (for Class Period 3, 4, and 6) You must: choose a reformer from the worksheet yesterday use the attached template  add 1 image per slide, except for the resource page use the textbook, digital resources, and other materials for information (I highly recommend using Discovery Education from your Clever SSO account for written, video, etc. resources for your research!) make a list of resources (textbooks, websites, etc.) you use on the Resouce page Due Monday, April 8, 2019, for pre
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