4G History Study Guide (Ch. 17 Terms)

4^th Grade History

STUDY GUIDE – CHAPTER 17

Terms to know

1. Alliance – a promise between two or more countries to fight together against their enemy in time of war
2. Allies – the United States was part of this power during World Was II, against Germany
3. Axis Powers – the countries that sided with Germany
4. Lusitania
•  English passenger vessel sunk by German U-boats
• this angered Americans, but America did not enter the war at this time

1. Nationalism – a sense of loyalty to one’s own country
2. Neutral nations – the countries that did not form an alliance during WWI
3. Roaring 20’s – name for the 1920’s b/c all was going well during those years
4. U-boats
• used by the Germans during World War I to destroy England’s ships carrying food and supplies
• called submarines today
5. Veteran’s Day – celebrated as a day to honor all who have fought for our country in war
6. V-E Day – when Germany surrendered to the Allies
7. World War I – from 1914 to 1918                         
8. Zimmerman Note
• promised land in the United States to Mexico
• a letter asking Mexico to enter the War on Germany’s side
9. United Nations – an organization set up after World War II to help nations settle their problems

Places

1. Great Britian – one of the only countries in Europe not occupied by Nazis
2. United States – known as "the great arsenal of democracy"
3. Hiroshima and Nagasaki – the bombing there caused the surrender of Japan
4. Pearl Harbor – bombing there caused the United States to enter World War II
5. Poland – when Hitler attacked there, World War II began
6. Berlin – German city which was divided by the "Wall of Shame" after World War II

Country	Leader	Government	Axis / Allies
Russia	Stalin	Communism	Axis
Italy	Mussolini	Fascism	Axis
Germany	Hitler	Nazism	Axis
Japan	Tojo	Militarism	Axis
U. S.	Roosevelt	Democracy	Allies

People

1. Calvin Coolidge – first President to give the inaugural address over the radio
2. Archduke Ferdinand – was shot by an angry youth which caused the start of World War I
3. Hitler – Nazi leader who broke his alliance with the Soviet Union and attacked them
4. Lenin – the cruel dictator who built the Communist empire called the Soviet Union
5. Franklin D. Roosevelt – President of the United States during World War II
6. Woodrow Wilson – President of the United States during World War I  he said, "The world must be made safe for democracy

Prepositional Phrases Quia Practice

Prepositional Phrase Quiz

Find the prepositional phrases in the sentences. Write them in the boxes. There may be one or two prepositional phrases in a sentence. If there are two phrases in a sentence separate them by a slash /. There are several different quizzes. The quiz may different each time you take it.

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4G History Study Guide (Ch. 15-16 Terms)

4th Grade Study Guide – Chapters 15 & 16

People

1. Sir Henry Bessemer – developed a method of turning iron ore into steel
2. Andrew Carnegie – made millions of dollars in the steel industry
3. William Gorgas – helped rid Cuba and Panama of disease carrying mosquitoes
4. Billy Sunday – baseball player who preached the gospel
5. Charles Finney – a lawyer who became a great revival preacher
6. Dwight L. Moody – a shoe salesman who became a famous evangelist and founder of the Moody Bible Institute
7. Adoniram Judson – one of the first missionaries to India, known as the "Father of American Missions"
8. Thomas Alva Edison – invented the phonograph
9. Robert Fulton – invented the first successful steamboat
10. Orville Wright – flew the first successful airplane (for twelve seconds)
11. Garrett Morgan – a traffic signal with colored lights
12. Jan Matzeliger – invented a shoe-lacing machine
13. Samuel Morse – invented the telegraph                                                                                             
14. Alexander Graham Bell – invented the telephone              
15. Henry Ford – invented the Model T car 
16. Robert Goddard – launched the first successful liquid fueled rocket

Places

1. Canada – separates the United States from Alaska
2. Panama Canal:
• allows ships to cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean without sailing around the tip of South America
• France was the first country to attempt to build the Panama Canal
3. Philippine Islands – where Admiral Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet during the Spanish-American War
4. United States – won the Spanish-American War
5. Russian America – Alaska was once called this
6. Gold – Alaska was considered worthless to most Americans until gold was discovered in 1896
7. Territory
• owned and controlled by the United States but has not reached the status of statehood
• does not elect its own officials or vote for the President

 Map work – know the locations of states and capitals on a map

4G History Study Guide (Ch. 13-14 Terms)

4^th Grade History Study Guide – Chapters 13 & 14

Battles

Fort Sumter

• the first battle of the Civil War
•  it was over a fort located on a manmade island of rock
• it was there that the first shots of the Civil War were fired

Merrimac / Monitor

• a battle between Confederate and Union ironclads in which neither    side was able to gain a victory
• the Union ironclad was named the Monitor
• the Confederate ironclad was the Merrimac

Vicksburg – the battle which won control of the Mississippi River for the Union

Gettysburg

• 1.             a great cemetery now stands where this battle took place
• 2.             caused many casualties (deaths) on both sides
• 3.             where President Lincoln gave the famous Gettysburg Address
• 4.             turning point of the Civil War

Appomattox – where General Lee surrendered to General Grant

Facts to know

Slavery existed in the South. Large plantations were present in the South.

Factories were present in the North.

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.

• 1.             this machine removed the seed from the cotton plant much faster than by hand
• 2.             this machine helped supply a greater supply of cotton
• 3.             this machine made a big difference in picking cotton in the South

Transcontinental Railroad

• 1.             built by the Union Pacific Company and the Central Pacific Company
• 2.             brought the East closer to the West
• 3.             the two tracks met in Promontory Point, Utah

Two important results of the Civil War

• 1.             no state could leave the Union (the U.S.)
• 2.             there would be no more slavery in the United States

The Homestead Act promised 160 acres to anyone who would farm the land for five years.

The West was the only frontier remaining to be settled in the middle of the 1800’s

Important names and places

Confederate States of America – the name used by the Confederacy (South) during the Civil War

Rebels – the nickname for the Confederate soldiers

Richmond – the Confederate capital during the Civil War

Emancipation Proclamation – President Lincoln wrote this important statement in which he announced the freedom of the slaves

Jefferson Davis – President of the Confederate States

Ulysses S. Grant – the general who led the Union Army to victory

Yankees – the nickname for the Union soldiers

Robert E. Lee – the general who led the Confederate Army

Andrew Johnson – became president after Lincoln was assassinated

William T. Sherman – won fame as a Union general after capturing Atlanta

John Wilkes Booth – the man who murdered President Lincoln

Map work – study the states and capitals (10 are on the test)

Practice Skills & Review Links Online! :)

Ms. McElroy will add to this list soon. Please explore the links below and practice your skills!

Math Practice Links Online:

• Polygons: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/topic.cfm?TopicID=529
• Lines Lesson: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/math4/d/lines4l.cfm
• Lines Practice: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/math4/d/lines4p.cfm
• Points/ Rays: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/math4/d/pointray4l.cfm
• Angles Lesson: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/math4/d/angles4l.cfm
• Angles Practice: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/math4/d/angles4p.cfm
• Perimeter: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/topic.cfm?TopicID=531
• Perimeter 2: http://www.studyzone.org/mtestprep/topic5.cfm?TopicID=98
• Area: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills-4th-mathbuilders.htm
• Fractions & Decimals: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/topic.cfm?TopicID=519
• Charts & Graphs: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/topic.cfm?TopicID=484
• Decimal Number Lines: http://www.studyzone.org/mtestprep/math8/c/declinel.cfm
• Money/ Change: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/math4/d/money4l.cfm
• Comparing Numbers: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/topic.cfm?TopicID=524

 Language Practice Links Online:

• http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills-4th-langbuilders.htm
• Study Zone: 
• http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/e4topic.cfm?TopicID=35
• http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/e4topic.cfm?TopicID=36
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• History/ Social Studies Links Online:
• Transportation, Inventions, Technology: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ss4topic.cfm?TopicID=240 http://www.internet4classrooms.com/4thSocSt.htm

Bone Labeling Practice Link

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5G. History NB Key Terms Ch. 13

5th Grade History Notebook Key People, Events, & Terms

(Old World History book pgs. 119-204; Geography Facts 14)

1. John Cabot
2. Sir Francis Drake
3. Miles Coverdale
4. William Shakespeare
5. the Bible
6. Spanish Armada
7. Magna Carta
8. dry season
9. wet season
10. savanna
11. Great Britain
12. Greenland

(Old World History book pgs. 201-205)

1. Puritans
2. Separatists
3. Oliver Cromwell
4. King James I
5. Sir Isaac Newton
6. John Bunyan
7. Map  Locations:
• Belfast
• Cardiff
• Dublin
• Edinburgh
• London

(Old World History book Chapter 13 Overview)

1. Charles Darwin
2. Florence Nightingale
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Winston Churchill
5. Queen Victoria
6. What river is England's capital located on?
7. What is the country known for its many revivals in the 19th century?
8. What country is known as the "Emerald Isle"?
9. What is the name of the underwater channel that links Great Britain and France?