Grade 7 Social Studies Unit 2

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Grade 7 Social Studies Unit 2 Test Review

• How to Use this Review
• Locate the relevant assignments or notes in your
  binder
• Complete each task/question in the review using
  your notes and textbook.
• Ask for help/support when you need it.
• Pay attention when we go over the review
  together.
• Know that this material will be on your test.

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Before you begin

• What is your learning style?
• What do you need to do when you study to really
  remember the ideas and information?

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Skill Using Timelines

• In Your Notes Timeline
• Draw a timeline of your life
• Mark off every 2 years.
• Draw an arrow showing the direction time is
  heading.
• Show 5 significant things that have happened in
  your life. Remember to include the year.

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Terms to Know Aboriginal, First Nations,
Metis, MiKmaq, Inuit

• Know what the 5 terms above mean.
• Use the 5 terms to complete the chart below.

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Daily Life of the MiKmaq

• From Your Notes Notes Daily Life of the
  MiKmaq People
• What does it mean that the MiKmaq were seasonal
  people?
• Why were the Mikmaq seasonal people?
• What did they rely on for survival?

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Daily Life of the MiKmaq

• From Your Notes Notes Daily Life of the
  MiKmaq People
• Write what you know about each topic below
• How they travelled.
• The role of men and women in their society.
• Their social life
• How they used animals.

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Skill ComparingAttitude Toward Nature
Ownership

• 1.

First Nations ATTITUDE TOWARD. European Settlers
Nature
Ownership
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Terms to Know Economy, Needs and Wants,
Production, Distribution, Economic Commodity

• In Your Notes Comparing the First Nations
  Inuit economy and the European Settlers Economy
  Comparing the Use of Economic Commodities
• Define each term
• Describe the economy of each group.
• The First Nations mainly used economic
  commodities for ___________________.
• The European Settlers mainly used economic
  commodities to ____________________.

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Skill Cause and EffectTerms to Know
Contact, Treaties

• In Your Notes The Impact of Contact
• Review your Impact of Contact sheet. Make sure
  it is complete.
• Create a timeline that shows how the First
  Nations lifestyle changed as a result of contact
  with Europeans. You do not need to include
  years.

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ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

1. Review the definition of economic empowerment on
   p.10.
2. What wealth did the MiKmaq have before first
   contact?
3. What wealth were the Europeans seeking in here
   in Nova Scotia and the rest of the Maritimes?
4. How was contact with the Europeans Economically
   Disempowering for the MiKmaq?

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What to Do Next Study your notes

• Go back to your learning style needs. Think
  about what you need to do to help you remember.
  This may include
• Rereading your notes
• Rewriting your notes
• Summarizing your notes
• Creating possible test questions
• Creating diagrams/illustrations about the
  concepts
• Reading your notes out loud
• Explaining the concepts to someone else