Instructions: _∙ Identify Each Item. Give an Explanation or Description of of the Item

question 44

Essay

Instructions:
_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
_∙ item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-Oregon Trail

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Definitions:

Visual Mnemonics

Memory aids that use vivid imagery to link information for easier recall.

Allan Paivio

A psychologist best known for his dual-coding theory, which posits that visual and verbal information are processed and stored differently in the memory.

Identifies

Recognizes, determines, or establishes the identity or essential qualities of something.

Serial-Position Effect

The tendency to recall the first and last items in a list more easily than those in the middle.