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| Preparation for the state of Virginian SOL ("Standards of Learning") History test
| | '''Home page for state of Virginian SOL ("Standards of Learning") History test preparation''' |
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| Released tests can be found here: | | <u>Released tests can be found here</u>: |
| * [https://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/released_tests/index.shtml] | | * [https://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/released_tests/index.shtml Virginia SOL Released tests] |
| Virginia Standards of Learning | | <u>Virginia Standards of Learning</u>: |
| * [https://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/index.shtml | | *[https://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/index.shtml Virginia History & Social Studies Standards of Learning (all)] |
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| | * [https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.doe.virginia.gov%2Ftesting%2Fsol%2Fstandards_docs%2Fhistory_socialscience%2F2015%2Fstsd-2015-hss-va-ushistory.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK History and Social Science Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools – March 2015] |
| == Maps & Timelines ==
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| === Regions of North America ===
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| |[[File:NativeAmericanRegions map 1.jpg|thumb|'''Major Regions of North America'''|alt=|none]]
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| |'''BIG IDEAS'''
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| * Native American tribes and language groups were divided into these basic geographic regions
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| |[[File:NorthAmerica-sel-regions LCPS VA-Edu..jpg|none|thumb|Major regions of North America from the Virginia Dept. of Education SOL framework document]]
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| *'''A) Coastal Plain'''
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| ** East Coast, location of the original 13 American colonies
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| *'''B) Appalachian Mountains'''
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| ** border between the 13 colonies and the French-Indian lands to the west of the Appalachians
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| *'''C) Canadian Shield'''
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| ** distinct climate and geographic area north of Great Lakes and New England
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| *'''D) Interior Lowlands'''
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| ** fertile lowlands along the Mississippi River
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| *'''E) Great Plains'''
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| ** low, flat grasslands between the Mississippi Lowlands and the Rocky Mountains
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| *'''F) Rocky Mountains'''
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| ** great mountain range that served as barrier between the middle and western parts of the continent
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| *'''G) Basin and Range'''
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| ** isolated region that was not directly connected by rivers to other regions and that was between the Rocky Mountains and the Coastal Ranges (mountains)
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| *'''H) Coastal Ranges''' | |
| ** Mountain range along the west coast that feeds water into the fertile valleys and lands along the coast
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| |[[File:North American cultural areas.png|Cultural areas of North America at time of European contact|alt=|border|none|thumb]]
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| |[[File:Atlantic Coastal Plain.svg|thumb|The Atlantic coastal plain |alt=|border|none]]
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| |'''ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN'''
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| * lowland coast region along Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
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| * the 13 American colonies were settled in the Coastal Plain from modern Georgia to Massachusetts
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| ** note that Massachusetts is part of the Appalachian region, but it was settled along with the '''Coastal Plain'''
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| * the western barrier to the Coastal Plain is the eastern slope of the Appalachian Mountains
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| |[[File:AppalachianLocatorMap2.png|thumb|AppalachianLocatorMap2|alt=|border|none]][[File:Appalachian region of United States.png|thumb|'''Appalachian region of United States'''|alt=|none]]
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| |'''APPALACHIAN REGION'''
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| * Appalachian Mountains =
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| ** mountain range that extends along the western border of the Coastal Plain from Georgia to New England
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| ** includes sub-regions
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| *** the Piedmont, Low Plateaus and Mountains
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| * the Appalachian Mountains served as a barrier between
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| ** early American colonies (to the east of the Appalachians along the Coastal Plain)
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| ** and French and Indian lands (to the west of the Appalachians)
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| * all rivers from the eastern slope flow towards the Atlantic Ocean
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| * all rivers from the western slope flow towards the Mississippi River
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| * after Britain defeated France in the 1854-63 French-Indian War, the entire Appalachian region (and all lands up to the Mississippi River) became British
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| ** however, the British King prohibited American colonists from occupying it
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| |INTERIOR LOWLANDS
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| |[[File:Satellite image illustrating the Great Plains.jpg|thumb|Satellite image illustrating the Great Plains|alt=Satellite image illustrating the Great Plains.jpg|border|none]][[File:Map of Great Plains.svg|thumb|'''Great Plains region'''|alt=|none]]
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| |'''GREAT PLAINS REGION'''
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| |[[File:RockyMountains-Range.svg|thumb|RockyMountains-Range|alt=RockyMountains-Range.svg|border|none]]
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| |'''ROCKY MOUNTAINS REGION'''
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| * high mountain range above and to the east of the Great Basin
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| ** the "'''Continental Divide'''" is in the Rocky Mountains, marking the point at which the land descends to the east or the west
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| * important rivers flow from origins in the Rocky Mountains
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| |[[File:Basin and Range Province Boundaries and Landmarks.svg|thumb|One of various geographical definitions of the Province]][[File:GB-Definition-Map.jpg|thumb|The hydrographic Great Basin (magenta outline), distinguished from the Great Basin Desert (black), and the Basin and Range Geological Province (teal).[3]|alt=|border|none]][[File:Great Basin map.gif|thumb|Great Basin map|alt=Great Basin map.gif|border|none]]
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| |'''BASIN AND RANGE'''
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| * the "Great Basin" = a geographic depression (low area) that was once under the sea
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| ** no rivers or water flow out of the Great Basin
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| * the VA & US SOL refers to the "Great Basin" as the "'''Basin'''"
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| * the '''Range''' includes mountains from which water flows into the Great Basin
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| ** the western border of the Range are the '''Sierra Nevada Mountains'''
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| |[[File:California Mountain Ranges.png|thumb|Northern and Southern Coast Ranges and other major mountain ranges of California]]
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| |'''PACIFIC COASTAL RANGE'''
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| * western slope of mountains that border the Great Basin and Rocky Mountains
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| * and that produce important rivers that flow into the Pacific Ocean
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| * water flow from the mountains allows for great agricultural production in the "central valley"
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| == Rivers of the U.S. ==
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| |'''BIG IDEAS'''
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| * thus they mark the major regions
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| === Indigenous peoples/ Native Americans === | | === Geography, Maps & Timelines === |
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| pre-1492 (pre-Columbian)
| | * [[Virginia & US History SOL map study: geography]] |
| | * [[US History simple timeline|Virginia & US History simple timeline]] |
| | * [[Virginia & US History SOL map study: Colonial to American Revolution]] |
| | * [[Virginia & US History SOL map study: US expansion 1789-1959]] |
| | * [[Virginia & US History SOL map study: US expansion 1789-1959 gallery]] |
| | * [[Virginia & US History SOL map study: 20th century wars]] |
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| |[[File:Nouvelle-France map-fr.svg|thumb|Map showing French possessions in North America just before the French-Indian War (1754)|alt=|border|none]]
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| |'''BIG IDEAS'''
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| * red = British colonies in red, including 13 American
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| * striped red = British territory in Canada ceded (surrendered) by France to Britain in 1713 | |
| * blue = French territory, called "New France" | |
| * orange = Spanish territory, which includes Florida and parts of modern Southwest US (an area that belonged to Mexico after Mexican independence from Spain) | |
| * the red (British) and blue (French) territories are separated by the Appalachian Mountains
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| |[[File:Map Thirteen Colonies 1775.svg|thumb|Map Thirteen Colonies 1775|alt=|none]]
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| |'''BIG IDEAS''' | |
| * after the French-Indian War (1754-1763), the lands that had belonged to Franch became British
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| ** Canada
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| ** all lands east of the Mississippi River
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| ** France gave control of Louisiana to Spain
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| *** = lands west of the Mississippi River
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| * English King George prohibited colonies from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
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| * he reserved that land for Native Americans ("Indian Territories")
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| == Wars: causes & effects ==
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| == Big Ideas ==
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| [[Category:US History]] | | [[Category:US History]] |
| | [[Category:Virginia SOL: Virginia & US History test]] |
| [[Category:Virginia SOL tests]] | | [[Category:Virginia SOL tests]] |