Document-Based Questions - Debra J. Housel, M.S. Ed. 2008

Document-Based Questions - Debra J. Housel, M.S. Ed. 2008

Introduction

True Survival Stories

Determined to Go Home

Doomed Pioneers: The Donner Party

Shipwrecked in Antarctica

Against All Odds

“Houston, We’ve Had a Problem”

Head Downhill and Follow the Water

Adrift in the Pacific Ocean

Incredible Disasters

Chicago: Gone in a Puff of Smoke

The Great White Hurricane

The Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy

The Flu Pandemic of 1918

The World’s Worst Tornado

The Great Alaskan Earthquake of 1964

Great Adventures

The Journey that Proved Earth Was Round

Wild Ride Down the Colorado River

The Klondike Gold Rush

The Race to the South Pole

A Risky Sea Journey

Conquering Mount Everest

Around the World in 71 Days

Amazing Discoveries

Anesthesia

Genes

Vitamins

Antibiotics

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Qin’s Terracotta Army

Interesting Places

Egypt: One Nation on Two Continents

Liberia, Named for Freedom

Mexico, Land of Corn

The Netherlands: Land of Windmills, Bicycles, and Tulips

North Korea

Nunavut, Land of the Inuit

Answer Key