First Semester Recap: Part I
Sources:
1. Define the following terms; primary source and secondary source.
2. Provide two examples of a primary source, and a secondary source.
3. What are two advantages, and two disadvantages of using a primary source?
4. What are two advantages, and two disadvantages of using a secondary source?
Rights and Responsibilities:
Big Idea:
1. The power of representative governments rests with the people, so citizen participation is the
basis of effective government.
2. Rights come with responsibilities.
3. Listening to different points of view can lead to better decision making
Terms:
1. Citizen – a person who legally belongs to a country and has full rights and protections of
that country
2. Bill of Rights – first ten amendments, or changes, to the U.S. Constitution that protects
individuals’ rights
3. Rights – rules or principles guaranteed to a group of people
4. Responsibilities – a thing that one is required to do as a part of a job, role, or legal
obligation
5. Political parties – a group of people with common beliefs that are involved with the
government
4. What are our rights and responsibilities as citizens?
5.
What are my rights as a citizen? In the classroom?
6. Why are different viewpoints important to a representative democracy?
7. What is the political cartoon trying to say?
Geography of Texas
Big Idea:
1. Texas has several distinct geographic regions.
2. People modify and adapt to the regions in which they live.
3. American Indians adapted to and modified their physical environment to meet their wants and
needs.
Texas is divided into four geography regions; Coastal Plains, Great Plains, North Central Plains,
Mountain and Basin. Use the textbook to locate and provide a short description of each region.
Coastal Plains:
Great Plains:
North Central Plains:
Mountain and Basin:
Label the four regions on the map below:
4. Find examples of how humans have modified the environment in each of the four regions of
Texas.
a. Coastal Plains
b. North Central Plains
c. Great Plains
d. Mountain and Basin
5. What conclusion can you draw from the rainfall map above?
6. What are positive and negative consequences of the modifications (humans cutting down trees,
build homes)?
7. What conclusion can you draw from this population map of Texas (above)?
Native Americans
8. Explain how, and why the first humans migrated to the Americas.
9. Define the terms; nomad, and hunter-gather.
10. Describe the life of a hunter-gather.
11. Explain where each of the following Native America tribal groups lived, and how they adapted to
or were impacted by their environment. (How did the Native Americans use the environment to
survive?)
a. Southeastern:
b. Gulf Coast:
c. Puebloan:
d. Plains:
12. Which geographic group could represented in the image above?
13. Which geographic group would have lived in shelters pictured above?
14. How is this shelter an example of how the Native Americans adapted to their environment?