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=Your World History Textbook= =Name= =Per= Start on the very first page of your textbook! These questions all start there- see after the # of the question? The roman numerals are the page #!

1.p. iv Describe some of the qualifications of the senior consultants to this book.

2. What are some of the topics and countries they specialize in?

3. p.Viii Index: What are the titles of the 8 units of this book? 1 . 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

4. viii- xvi In looking through this index, which three pictures interest you? Read the captions and describe them. a. b. c.

5. xxx-What are the World History Themes that reoccur with every unit? a. e. b. f. c. g. d. h.

6. Which two of these themes most interests you and why? a. b.

7. xxxxiv bottom chart a. What does BC mean? b. What does AD mean? c. What is BCE? d. What does CE mean? e. How many years is a decade? f. How many years is a century? g.How many years is a millennium?

8. Xxxv How to Read a Map a.What does the locator globe on the top left of a map show you? b.What does the title tell you? c.Look at the faint blue latitude lines and read what the box about the Philippines says (pink). Approximately what latitude line does Tokyo rest on?

9. Xxxvi How Do We Know? Read the paragraphs at the top! What question does history try to answer? What kinds of research do historians use to find out what happened? (second paragraph and scan reading under subtitles. Hint- there are tons of these see my examples:
 * artifacts that are dug up (stomach contents!)
 * DNA evidence and genetic coding



10.Atlas section A2 What five countries border Colombia in South America A4 What do the various colors on this map represent? A12 What countries border France? A13 What is the name of the country to the east of Ukraine? A16 What countries border Mali? A 24 What countries and regions of Europe and the Middle East did the Roman Empire control? (for current country names go back to p. A12, A16) A28-A29 What was the area of the United States before 1783? A36-A37 Look at the dates of these two maps. Read the legends! Which countries controlled most of Africa in the 19th century?

11. P.8/ timeline (across top) a. What are the dates of the Australopithicus skulls/skeletons that have been found in eastern Africa? b. What is the only region Homo habilus skulls/skeletons have been found? c. Where have Homo erectus skulls/skeletons been found? d. What is interesting about the Cro-magnons?

12. p.9 Empire State Building Visual Chart. Read the intro of this box carefully! a. What is the date of the oldest rock formations on earth? b. When does the first single-cell life appear? c. What part of the building do the first dinosaurs appear?

13. p.15 Read about the Neolithis Ice Man! Just because it’s amazing what a melting glacier will reveal!

14. Back of the book- Purple section (R19) a. What kind of documents are all these? b. Flip through this purple section. What are two interesting documents?

15. What page # of the back of the book is the English glossary in? What is the color of this section? What is an “absolute monarch” mean?

16. What would you use the Index of the book for?