MN Studies Name _________________________________________ Hour______

Unit 1: Geography & Minnesota’s Past Vocabulary Set 1

A. Title D. Orientation G. Date

B. Author E. Legend H. Scale C. Source F. Geography

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate vocabulary term from the list above. Then Circle 3 clues that will help you remember the definition of each vocabulary word. (Do not circle the entire sentence.) 1. The _______________________ of a map in an important map tool that tells us the subject

and what the map shows us about that region.

2. Look for the ______________________ on a map to know when the map was made and if it

is current and reliable.

3. Understanding the_______________________ of Minnesota helps us identify the location of

important places and study the places and people who live here.

4. Identifying the _________________________ of a map tells us who made the map and helps

us know if it is reliable.

5. The map’s ________________________ is a key that helps us identify the meaning of the

symbols and colors used on the map.

6. The _________________________ on the map show the relative size and helps us measure

the distance between two locations.

7. The compass rose gives us the _____________________ of the map and helps us identify

which direction is north.

8. The _____________________ of the map tells us what book, website, historical document, or

magazine the map came from.

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Name ______________________________ Hour ________

Use your vocabulary knowledge to identify and label each “part” of TODALSS on the map provided. Minnesota Metropolitan Council

Minnesota Historical Society Copyright 2014

Northern Lights Revised 2nd Edition

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MN Studies Name _________________________________________ Hour______

Unit 1: Geography & Minnesota’s Past Vocabulary Set 2 – Chapter 1

A. Shared History D. Economics F. Civics B. Primary Source E. Secondary Source G. Perspective

C. Social Studies

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate vocabulary term from the list above. Then Circle 3 clues that will help you remember the definition of each vocabulary word. (Do not circle the entire sentence.) 1. In a _______________________ class, students learn about human society by studying a

region’s history, geography, civics, and economics.

2. The people of Minnesota have a ________________________ of past events and stories

that are common to those of us who call this state home.

3. Learning about _______________________ in Minnesota will help us discover how people

make and use goods and money and the ways people earn a living in our state.

4. A journal is an example of a ___________________________ that gives us evidence of

firsthand information from people who actually lived in the past.

5. Understanding _______________________ helps us understand the government and how

people are involved in choosing leaders, passing laws and making decisions for Minnesota.

6. Our Northern Lights textbook is a _________________________ that gives accounts of

events after the fact by people who were not there at the time of the particular event.

7. Each person offers a unique _________________________ shaped by their individual

experiences that tells us how they view and understand the world.

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Use your knowledge of vocabulary to identify which resources are primary sources and which are

secondary sources.

8. Photograph

A. Primary Source B. Secondary Source

9. Textbook

A. Primary Source B. Secondary Source

10. Biography

100% Justin Bieber by Evie Parker

A. Primary Source B. Secondary Source

11. Contract or Treaty

A. Primary Source

B. Secondary Source

12. Postcard or Letter

A. Primary Source B. Secondary Source

13. Encyclopedia (book or website)

A. Primary Source B. Secondary Source

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MN Studies Name _________________________________________ Hour______

Unit 1: Geography & Minnesota’s Past Vocabulary Set 3 – Chapter 2

A. Petroglyphs D. Archaeologist G. Elder B. Oral History E. Artifact H. Hypothesis

C. Burial Mounds F. Glaciers

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate vocabulary term from the list above. Then Circle 3 clues that will help you remember the definition of each vocabulary word. (Do not circle the entire sentence.) 1. Heavy ice sheets called _______________________ once covered what is now Minnesota

and carved out lakes as they melted over centuries.

2. Jeffers _________________________ contain ancient rock carvings made by people 7,000

years ago displaying symbols like elk, bison, and people.

3. We can learn from the American Indian ______________________ who are respected within

their community for their age, knowledge and wisdom.

4. Scientists called ___________________________ help us understand Minnesota’s history by

examining evidence of human life such as tools and objects people left behind.

5. The native people share their ___________________________ over the centuries as a

purposeful way to retell stories and remember events from the past.

6. Grand Mound is evidence of ___________________________ where people began to bury

their dead sometime between 200 BCE and 1,300 CE.

7. Archaeologists study _________________________ and objects made and used by people

as evidence to understand how people lived in the past.

8. Scientists and archaeologists can make assumptions and form a ______________________

based on careful observations to test their ideas.

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Choose three of the vocabulary words and draw a picture to show its meaning. Write the vocabulary word next to the number. DO NOT WRITE A DEFINITION! Draw three boxes such as these on your scan sheet and do your drawings on the scan sheet.

1. 2. 3.

SAMPLE – DRAW SIMILAR BOXES ON YOUR SCAN SHEET. REMEMBER TO DRAW THE WORD AND WRITE THE WORD ABOVE YOUR PICTURE.