Social Studies Study Guide For Chapter 3
1. Descendants of the first people to settle in the Americas are American Indians.
2. Latinos brought the skills to be a cowboy or a miner to the United States.
3. African Americans are the descendants of people who were brought to the Americas against their will.
4. Americans whose ancestors came from China, Japan, the Philippines, Korea, and India are known as Asian Americans.
5. A Latino is more likely to have ancestors in Cuba.
6. African Americans contributed gospel music and jazz to our culture.
7. The first Chinese immigrants came to the United State to find gold.
8. The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle in Manhattan Island.
9. The name of Manhattan comes from Mana-hatta, which is Lenape for “hilly island.”
The following answers pertain to the passage you will read during the test:
10. The passage is about the European Americans.
11. According to the passage, the colonists wanted from the king of England the right to govern themselves.
12. Most likely a historian wrote most of this passage.
13. The word revolution has many meanings. The meaning that best fits the way the word is used in the passage is the overthrow of government.