1. 8 th Grade Bell Work 8-15-11 What is the difference between commercial and subsistence economies? 8-16-11 Who were the first people to migrate to the Americas? During which period did they migrate? How did they migrate? Why did they migrate? 8-17-11 Go through your notes from yesterday. List one thing you think is important about each of the 5 tribes we studied. 8-18-11 What challenges did the Anasazi have to overcome in order to survive? 8-19-11 What shared beliefs did Natives from the 4 regions (cultural areas) discussed share?

2. 8 th Grade Bell Work 8-22-11 What was the Iroquois League? What was one benefit of the league? 8-23-11 What things did the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai have in common? 8-24-11 Who was the first person to get to North America? (No, I have not taught you this yet, so quit complaining about it and take a guess!) 8-25-11 Who was Leif Eriksson? What were the motivations that led the Portuguese to begin exploring? 8-26-11 What is a joint-stock company? How do Roman and Greek governments compare to the government of the U.S. today?

3. 8 th Grade Bell Work 8-29-11 What did Bartolomeu Dias do for Portugal? What did Vasco de Gama do for Portugal? 8-30-11 The exchange of goods and ideas between Eastern and Western hemispheres was known as what? What were some positive things consequences? What was a negative consequence? 8-31-11 None 9-1-11 Who was Bartolome de las Casas? Why is he important to the history of New Spain?

4. 8 th Grade Bell Work 9-12-11 What was the name of the trip across the Atlantic that the slaves were forced to endure. What continent did the most slaves end up on? 9-13-11 What was the first permanent English settlement? What is the difference in a primary and secondary source? 9-14-11 What was the state of Jamestown before John Smith took over? What rule did John Smith implement? What two crops did the Powhatan Indians introduce to the colonists of Jamestown? 9-16-11 What were the three reasons colonist of Jamestown picked a peninsula as the location for the settlement?

5. 8 th Grade Bell Work 9-19-11 What role did Pocahontas play in the history of Jamestown? 9-20-11 Which European explorer was the first to set foot in Tennessee? Who was the first Spanish explorer to step foot on present day U.S. while exploring Florida? 9-21-11 9-22-11 Using PG 39, second to the last paragraph, what was the first reason why Europeans looked for an all water route to Asia? Not just the spices…… 9-23-11 What started Bacon’s rebellion?

6. 8 th Grade Bell Work 9-26-11 What is the difference in a royal and proprietary colony? What was the first form of government in the colonies? Was it more like a democracy or monarchy? 9-27-11 What were the 4 colonies in the South? Which colony would you have wanted to live in? Why? 9-28-11 What is the difference between the Puritans and the Pilgrims (Separationist)? 9-29-11 How did the colonies in the North differ from colonies in the South? 9-30-11 Who was William Bradford? Who was Roger Williams?

7. 8 th Grade Bell Work 10-10-11 Looking at PG 29 of your notebook, What was King Phillips war? Did it work? How did the colonies in the North differ from colonies in the South? (I know we did this one already, it is review.) 10-11-11 What four colonies made up the Middle Colonies? How were the Middle Colonies in terms of religious tolerance? Why do you think this was? 10-12-11 How did the English get New York? Why was Pennsylvania started? For what group? 10-13-11 How did slavery differ in the New England colonies, Southern colonies, and Middle colonies? Your notes on Quakers listed 2 things they believed in. What were they? 10-14-11 What crop did John Rolfe introduce to England that made the colonies money? What is the difference between a cash crop and staple crop?

8. 8 th Grade Bell Work 10-17-11 Answer the two questions on PG 89. 10-18-11 Map zones on PG 91. 10-19-11 ½ day. 10-20-11 What was the Great Awakening? What was the Enlightenment? 10-21-11 How did the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment affect the colonist’s feelings in America?

9. 8 th Grade Bell Work 10-24-11 Who as the French and Indian war between? Who were the Native allies of each side? 10-25-11 None 10-26-11 What happened at the Battle of Fort Necessity? What was the Albany Plan of Union? Was it successful? 10-27-11 Who dominated the early portion of the French and Indian war? List three reasons why this country was able to dominate the war.

10. 8 th Grade Bell Work 10-31-11 Who dominated the early portion of the French and Indian war? List three reasons why this country was able to dominate the war. 11-1-11 What two changes did Prime Minister Pitt make for England during the French/Indian War? How did General Wolfe win the battle of Quebec? 11-2-11 What treaty ended to French and Indian War? What lands did Britain get for winning the war? 11-3-11 What was the cause of Pontiac’s rebellion? What was the effect of Pontiac’s rebellion?

11. 8 th Grade Bell Work 11-7-11 NO BELL WORK TODAY! Your test begins at 11:50. It is 33 multiple choice questions and 12 fill in the blank questions. 11-8-11 What was the Stamp Act? Why were the colonists so upset that Britain used it? 11-9-11 How were the Townshend Acts different from the Stamp Acts? 11-10-11 What was the Boston Massacre? What event did the Tea Act lead to? 11-11-11 PG 107, 1-5. Just letters.

12. 8 th Grade Bell work 11-14-11 What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress? What happened at Lexington/Concord?