6/4th

What did people notice when they studied world maps?

• The edges of some continents matched like puzzle pieces.

• There were plate tectonics on the map

• They saw conveyor-belt shapes in the oceans.

• They saw Pangaea.

In 1912, Alfred Wegener came up with a theory called ____.

• plate tectonics

• continental tectonics

• plate drift

• continental drift

What happened when Pangaea broke up?

• The continents floated apart.

• South America and Africa joined together

• An explorer found rocks in South America.

• Pangaea melted into Earth.

What does the "plate tectonics" theory explain?

• how conveyor belts work on Earth

• what kind of rocks were in South America

• how continents can move

• what the ocean floor looks like

Why do continents move?

• Continents lie beneath the moving tectonic plates.

• Continents lie on tectonic plates that float on hot, molten rock.

• Continents float on oceans.

• Continents float on conveyor belts

The New Jersey Plan said there should be ____.

• the same number of people from every senate

• an argument between the states

• more people working in the state governments

• a government located in New Jersey

The House of Representatives is like the ______.

• president's plan

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• argument between the states

What is an argument?

• a compromise

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• two people agreeing on the same thing

• a discussion by people who disagree

• an important plan

How did the two groups settle their argument?

• They agreed on the New Jersey Plan.

• They planned to have one department.

• They agreed on the Virginia Plan.

• They agreed our government should have two departments.

Why was "The Great Compromise" so important?

• It created the Senate and the House of Representatives.

• Smaller states had more power in the government.

• Larger states had more power in the government.

• People never argued again.