跟著美國課本學英文閱讀.2

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Social Studies • History and Geography

Unit 01 ………………………………… 7
History and Culture
Clues from the Past

Unit 02 ………………………………… 11
The American Government
Three Important American Documents

Unit 03 ………………………………… 15
The Election System of the United States
The American Presidential Election System

Unit 04 ………………………………… 19
The American Civil War
The Civil War

Unit 05 ………………………………… 23
Post-Civil War
Reconstruction

Unit 06 ………………………………… 27
The Nation Grows
Industrialization and Urbanization

Unit 07 ………………………………… 31
War and Revolution
The Age of Imperialism

Unit 08 ………………………………… 35
World War II
World War II
Wrap-Up Test 1 ……………………… 39
Chapter 2 Science

Unit 09 ………………………………… 43
Living Things and Their Environments
Interactions among Living Things

Unit 10 ………………………………… 47
How Do Ecosystems Change?
Biomes and Ecological Succession

Unit 11 ………………………………… 51
Earth’s Surface
Earth’s Changing Crust

Unit 12 ………………………………… 55
Earth’s Atmosphere
What Makes Up the Atmosphere?

Unit 13 ………………………………… 59
The Properties and Structure of Matter
Atoms, Elements, and Compounds

Unit 14 ………………………………… 63
Matter and How It Changes
Mixtures and Solutions

Unit 15 ………………………………… 67
The Human Body
The Stages of Growth in the Human Body
Wrap-Up Test 2 ……………………… 71
Chapter 3 Mathematics • Language•Visual Arts • Music

Unit 16 ………………………………… 75
Computation
The Order of Operations and Inverse Operations

Unit 17 ………………………………… 79
Probability and Statistics
Ratios, Percents, and Probabilities

Unit 18 ………………………………… 83
Stories, Myths, and Legends
Echo and Narcissus

Unit 19 ………………………………… 87
Learning about Language
Common Mistakes in English

Unit 20 ………………………………… 91
The Renaissance
The Rebirth of the Arts

Unit 21 ………………………………… 95
Musical Instructions
Italian for Composers
Wrap-Up Test 3 ……………………… 99
• School Textbook 101
• Answers and Translations 145
• Word List 162

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