Unit 1 Social Studies Study Guide

Social Studies Chapter 1 Study Guide

Test will be on TUESDAY (10/28/2014)


Know the following definitions:

- Ice Age

- glacier

- civilization

- irrigation

- empire

- slavery



Be able to answer the following questions:

1. What was Beringia?

2. In what ways did farming and trade lead to the start of civilizations?

3. How did Pachakuti expand the Inca Empire?

4. Analyze how the Aztec and the Inca built their powerful empires.

5. How did farming allow people to specialize in different jobs?

6.What led to the end of the Inca empire?

7. How did the agriculture techniques of the Inca contribute to the growth of the empire?