STUDY GUIDE for HISTORY TEST: Test will be on Thursday, October 14. You will have two periods to do this test—during Literature and during History. This information is all we have been studying since school started, and encompasses a great deal of material. YOU REALLY WILL NEED TO STUDY!!! START NOW!
* You will have to be able to tell the name of activity that each letter stands for— short answer identification
* You will have to be able to match the letter with its meaning—matching
* You will have to apply the activity of culture to something we have studied about the Mayan Culture—reading a sentence or seeing a picture, and telling which SMERFCAPS best identifies that sentence or picture
Most historians agree that the following activities are found in most societies. They are listed in no certain order; however, remembering the “word” SMERFCAPS may help you remember these activities.
S = Sociology: the ways in which people group themselves together, for example in families, cities, states, nations, age groups, genders, interests, etc.
M = Military: how people defend themselves or make war on other people.
E = Economics: how people make a living and spend money
R = Religion: how people express their belief in a god or supreme being, and the values and morals which accompany those beliefs.
F = Foreign Relations: (also called Diplomacy) How people of one country get along with people of other countries.
C = Culture: how people entertain themselves, educate themselves, and express their feelings, beliefs, and knowledge through activities such as art, music, literature, dance, language, education, philosophy, and history.
A = Architecture: the kinds of buildings people live in, work in, play in, and do anything else in.
P = Politics: how people govern themselves.
S = Science: how people try to make their lives easier and more understandable through inventions and discoveries, including those in the field of technology.
II. MR. LIP—The Five Themes of Geography
* You will have to be able to tell the theme that each of the 5 letters stands for
* You will have to match each of the 5 Themes with its definition
* You will have to apply the 5 Themes to information you have learned about the geography of the
There are five main aspects of Geography which are important to study and remember, and we will ask MR. LIP to help us!
M: Migration—The movement of people on the earth
R: Region—An area of earth whose physical features make it different Be able to recognize the features of a rain forest
L: Location—Where something is (latitude, longitude, in relation to. . .) Exact Location is the latitude and longitude of that location Relative Location is what that location is near
I: Interaction—The relationship between humans & their environment
P: Place—The distinguishing characteristics of a people or area
III. Chronological Order and Timelines
* You will need to be able to take a list of at least 5 events that have been chosen from the book, The Captive, and put them in chronological order on a timeline. You will need to be able to define chronological order as a short answer definition. * You need to be able to read and interpret a timeline by comparing dates and using addition or subtraction to answer the questions.
IV. Primary Sources * You will be asked to look in our textbook and locate and analyze at least 2 primary sources about the Mayan culture from those pictures or text. * You will need to define what a primary source is and why they are important.
V. Maps and Map Skills * You need to be able to locate and label the following latitude and longitude lines on a world map: Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle Equator Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Prime Meridian
* You will need to be able to define latitude and longitude
* You will need to locate and correctly label the following: All 7 Continents: NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE, AFRICA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA,
All 5 Oceans, labeled and in the correct location:
* You will need to be able to locate and correctly label the 3 countries of NORTH AMERICA:
* You will need to be able to locate and correctly label the
