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Exploring America

History, Literature, and Faith

Answer Key

Unit 1 ? The Study of History

Quiz 1. False, 2. True, 3. False, 4. False, 5. True, 6. True, 7. False, 8. True, 9. True, 10. False

Lesson 1 1. History is our story. 2. It helps us understand the present. 3. It helps us learn from the past. 4. God says it is important. 5. Various answers possible 6. Various answers possible 7. Various answers possible 8. We might be swayed by an appealing argument that is not based on fact.

Lesson 2 1. A person's view of the world, his or her understanding of the world in which he or she lives. 2. the recording of what happened; the interpretation of what happened. 3. How a person understands the impact of issues, such as: the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision on abortion, the enactment of child labor laws, the Protestant Reformation, the meaning of Columbus discovering America, or Communist control of Russia. 4. Various answers possible 5. Slaves did not celebrate freedom and independence on that day because they were not free.

Lesson 3 1. The participants in history are persons, and we have connections with those people. 2. One of these answers: knowing someone who fought in Vietnam, understanding the experience of people on the Mayflower, having a relative who fought in World War II. 3. That they are human also 4. Various answers possible 5. Engaging the emotions 6. To learn from and appreciate the past 7. To see how they are influenced by the past and to realize their connections with people form the past. The same is true for a nation. 8. Various answers possible

Lesson 4 1. Expansion; power and control; a mixture of good and bad; ethnocentricity; the fabric of history 2. They had a new start, a new hope, and were free from Old World traditions and expectations 3. The hope was for a better day in world history, more prosperity, and the expectation that America would influence the world 4. Various answers possible

5. Influences from Europe: language, literature, ethnic groups, others; distinctly American: aspects of language, absence of European social classes, different role of religion; other answers possible.

Lesson 5 1. The eye of faith understands that God is in control of the world. He appoints the places of peoples' habitations and causes the rise and fall of kings and nations. 2. Various answers possible 3. Rehoboam's rejection of the older counselors' advice, Shishak's invasion of Jerusalem, and the defeat of the Babylonians by Cyrus the Persian. 4. We do not have direct revelation from prophets or Scripture, but we have precedents and principles in Scripture and the faith that God is still in charge. 5. He saw that they were a religious people 6. He taught them that God was not an idol and that all people are answerable to Him. 7. People movements are in the plan of God. No; we are responsible for our sins. 8. In each situation, believers could hope for a better day and might see the trials as opportunities to grow in faith. 9. There are two schools of thought on this matter. We believe that God guides the process and the outcome but that we still have responsibility for our decisions and actions. 10. Various answers possible

Unit 2 ? Exploration and Settlement

Quiz Answers 1. False, 2. True, 3. False, 4. True, 5. True, 6. d, 7.

Rebirth, 8. Gutenberg, 9. Italian, 10. Amerigo Vespucci

Lesson 6 1. The Roman Catholic Church 2. Excommunication and heresy trials 3. Renaissance 4. It changed from acceptance to investigation, from self-sufficiency to reaching out 5. Johann Gutenberg 6. The Crusades 7. Prince Henry the Navigator 8. They wanted the spices and other luxuries from the East 9. Arab middlemen

10. The possibility of sailing west from Europe

Lesson 7 1. That they walked across the Bering Strait, either on ice or on a land bridge that no longer exists 2. In Central and South America 3. Push and pull 4. Push: war, famine, persecution; pull: desire for freedom, new land, or other resources 5. Mayans 6. Aztecs 7. Incas

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