Below is a quick review guide for the upcoming unit test. This review guide is intended to provide an overview of general topics that may be on the test. However, all items below may not appear on your version of the test. At the same time, certain items on the test may not be directly mentioned the review guide. It is intended for review only, the class readings and materials also need to be consulted.
Introduction to History PowerPoint:
Be able to define Primary and Secondary sources, as well as understand the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Primary Sources- a fundamental or original document relating to a particular subject, experiment, time period or event. First hand record of an event.
Strengths: perspective, graphic and can tell us about the social and economic conditions
Weaknesses: bias, difficult to interpret and limited perspective
Secondary Sources- scholar’s description or analysis of a primary source
Strengths: easy to obtain, contain many perspectives from different sources, less bias
Weakness: do not give full experience, too much information
Be able to define Origin, Purpose, Value, and Limitation (OPVL) and apply them to a historic document.
Origin- who, what, when, where, context
Purpose- author’s intent
Value- answers the question, info provided
Limitations- what is does not address
Be able to define the 5 Themes of Geography (Location, Place, Region, Human/ Environmental Interaction, and Movement) apply them to colonial history.
Location- where a place is
Latitude and Longitude. It describes the location of a Spanish colony, San Miguel de Gualdape to the English colony of Jamestown which was further north of the Spanish colony.
Place- description of the region based on physical features
Natural and Manmade features. The rich and fertile soil in the south led to the increase in agriculture. The rocky soil and thick forests led to the development of shipping and commerce in the northern