Social Studies Chapter 5 Study Guide
What I need to study:
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Textbook pgs. 156-185
Chapter 5 textbook Review pgs. 186-187
Workbook pgs. 43-53
Chapter 5, Lessons 2, 3, and 4 Outlines (in super folder)
Lesson One (pgs. 156-159)
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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 demonstrated that changes in a
community can happen very fast.
A decade is 10 years.
Read a Time Line (pgs. 160-161)
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A timeline is a diagram that shows when and in what order events took
place.
Be prepared to read a timeline on test and answer questions about it.
Lesson Two (pgs. 162-167)
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George Stephenson was known as the “Father of the Railways” after
developing the train engine.
Inventors made changes to the community by coming up with new ideas
to improve the way people live and work.
The right to vote is called suffrage.
Lesson Three (pgs. 170-175)
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The telegraph and the telephone are similar because they both were
invented to speed up communication.
Henry Ford’s Model T cars changed transportation by making it possible
for more people to buy cars.
The tools that people use every day are called technology.
What are some inventions you can find in the home?
o Some examples could be light bulbs, radios, televisions, toasters,
vacuums, stoves, ovens, dishwashers, refrigerators, telephones, etc.
How have these inventions changed the way we live?
Read a Flow Chart (pgs. 176-177)
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A flowchart shows how to do something or how something works. It shows
the steps in order.
Be prepared to read a flowchart on test and answer questions about it.
Lesson Four (pgs. 178-185)
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A republic is a government in which citizens choose government leaders
who make decisions.
Modern is how we describe the times we live in today.
A civilization is a large group of people living in a well-organized way.
An empire is all the land and people under the control of a powerful
nation.
A democracy is a type of government in which citizens make the
decisions.
The Ancient Chinese civilization invented paper and printing.
The Ancient Roman civilization was the world’s first to have a republic.
*Our Chapter 5 test will be on Thursday, January 8th!*