Social Studies Ch 6 Study Guide

We will complete & correct this page in class tomorrow, but here are the study guide questions if you'd like to start studying today!

Vocabulary words: technology, entrepreneur, industry, port, invention, heritage, private property

What kind of map shows where people live?

What is the Big Four?

Which business was important in San Jose before World War 2?

What do Domingo Ghirardelli and Levi Strauss have in common?

Who lived in the Santa Clara Valley before the Spanish?

What did many Chinese railroad workers do after the finished working on the transcontinental railroad?

What are the terms past, present, future, century, decade, and generation related to?

Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. What improvements were made to the city of San Jose in the 1860s? 
2. How has industry changed in California since the 1850s?  

The Melting Race Questions

1. Describe how your ice cube changed. Include the shape, color, size, and texture of the solid AND liquid in the description.
2. Describe the method you used to melt your ice cube.
3. Did anything surprise you as you melted the ice cube?
4. Ask your neighbors how long it took them to melt their ice cube and how they melted it. Why do you think one of the cubes melted faster than the other one?


REMEMBER: Any experiment revisions for a higher score must be completed and turned in to Mrs. Quijada no later than 8:00 AM Friday, May 4.

Social Studies Ch 5 Study Guide

We will complete & correct the follow pages in class tomorrow, but I thought some of you might want to get a sneak peak at how you should help your child guide their studying for our social studies test on Friday. Happy Studying!

Social Studies Ch 5 Lesson 2 California's Early Communities Quiz Questions

1. A _______________________ is a new community.

2.  A person who lives in a settlement is a ______________________.

3. A ______________________ is the path or direction a person takes to get somewhere.

4. A _______________ was a small religious community with a church, a few workshops, and rooms in which people lived.

5. A ____________________ was a fort built to protect missions from enemy attacks.

6. A ____________________ is a village.

7.  What were the 3 kinds of communities that the Spanish built to help keep control of the land it had claimed in California?

8. How many missions did the Spanish build in California? Where were they located?

9. How far was it from one mission to the next? 

10. What sort of negative affect did the Spanish and their missions have on the California Indians?  

11. How many presidios did the Spanish build? _______________________

12. Where was the first mission built? _________________________

13. Where was the first presidio built? _________________________

14. Where was the first pueblo built? _________________________

Moon Calendar

Due: 2/27/12 (but Miss Farmer will be checking it weekly) Name:____________________  #:______

Moon Calendar

January 23 – February 25

Directions: Look at the moon each night and draw what it looks like in the box for that date. Don’t forget to color the lit part of the moon yellow.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31	1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25