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__7th Grade:__
Set #1: 8/20 Write 3 complete sentences about yourself. 8/21 Write 2 complete sentences on your first impression of this school year. 8/22 Where the the table of contents usually located? What is it used for? 8/23 What feature from your World Map has all three of the following: is a continent, is a country, and is an island? 8/26 Why do you think we need a government? 8/27 Citizens agree to what two things as members of a country. 8/28 What are the four functions of government? 8/29 What level of government is closest to the people? 8/30 What type of government keeps its power by force? GRADED

Set #2: 9/3 A democracy is a government controlled by whom? 9/4 American citizens who live in another country (abroad) are citizens of __.__ 9/5 List the 6 steps in the naturalization process 9/6 How many people are accepted as aliens each year? 9/9 What term is used to describe people who move permanently to a new country? 9/10 Study the political cartoon on page 9. Answer the blue questions. 9/11 Between 1830 and 1930 in U.S. population grew from 12 million to _. 9/12 If you were a member of the first governing body and had to create a document that would rule our country, where would you look for ideas? why? 9/13 define precedent GRADED

9/16 Who originally benefited from the Magna Carta? Why? 9/17 What is mercantilism? 9/18 What name did the colonists give to the Coercive Acts? Why? 9/19 Who wrote //Common Sense//? 9/20 When was the Declaration of Independence signed? 9/23 What is a detailed written plan for government? 9/24 Give the name of the first U.S. Constitution. 9/25 Who led an uprising that persuaded government officials to revise the Articles of Confederation? 9/26 How many states sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention? 9/27 Who was chosen to preside over the Constitutional Convention? GRADED

9/30 What was the secrecy rule? 10/1 Which plan that the delegates proposed would benefit the smaller states the most? 10/2 In the Three-Fifths Compromise delegates agreed that how many enslaved person would count as three free persons? 10/3 Those who opposed the Constitution were called what? 10/4 The opening section of the Constitution is known as the what? 10/7 List the powers of Congress under Article I. (pg 84) 10/8 What is a tax on people's earnings called? 10/9 Who as final authority to interpret the Constitution? 10/10 List the 5 principles that were the backbone of the Constitution. 10/11 The Bill of Rights protect our _ __. GRADED

__8th grade:__
Set #1: 8/20 Write 3 complete sentences about yourself. 8/21 Write 2 complete sentences on your first impression of this school year. 8/22 Where the the table of contents usually located? What is it used for? 8/23 What feature from your World Map has all three of the following: is a continent, is a country, and is an island? 8/26 List the 5 most important events in your life. 8/27 List evidence you have left behind so that we would know you were here today. 8/28 What do you consider to be the greatest human achievement? 8/29 List 3 ways the Paleolithic people adapted to their environment. 8/30 What did you observe in your "building a civilization" activity yesterday? GRADED

Set #2: 9/3 What revolutionary change took place during the Neolithic period? 9/4 No class volleyball game 9/5 Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth or pottery are called __.__ 9/6 In what 4 areas did the Sumerians make the greatest advances? 9/9 Who wrote a legal code that covered most of daily life? 9/10 WHat was the center of the Chaldean Empire? 9/11 Where did the Egyptian civilization begin? 9/12 What writing system did the Egyptians use? 9/13 What do we call a line of rules from one family? GRADED

9/16 What group was below pharaoh in Egyptian life? 9/17 What was the important manuscript written in ancient Egypt? 9/18 What was the main purpose of the pyramids? 9/19 List 3 things about the Middle Kingdom. 9/20 Who took over as pharaoh after Hatshepsut? 9/23 Why was Ramses so influential as a pharaoh? 9/24 What did Nubians adopt from Egypt? (pg 70) 9/25 What was the name of the first capital of Kush? 9/26 where did the Israelites build their kingdom? 9/27 What is the belief in only one God called? GRADED

9/30 Complete this statement: The ten commandments also helped develop a belief in the _. 10/1 What was the idea that the Phoenicians came up with that made writing simpler? 10/2 Why did the Israelites choose a king? 10/3 Who built the splendid stone temple in Jerusalem and what was its purpose? 10/4 IF you were forced to leave your home, what would you miss most and why? 10/7 What were the Jews outside of Judah known as? 10/8 Why did the Jews celebrate Hanukkah? 10/9 Name the courageous woman that Jewish mothers taught their daughters about. 10/10 Who was the ruler known for his cruelty and his changers to the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem? 10/11 What is a Peninsula?