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Their study guide is due tomorrow, most have finished already. If you didn't finish illustrating your event, you must also complete that also.
The test is Friday short answer and matching will be the format.
Monday we will begin culture and economics in Latin America.
We are having a test on Friday, yes I have been moving at quite a clip, but we have a lot to cover. I gave them the study guide today and it is due on Thursday, so that we may go over it.
We are preparing note cards in class and practicing by splitting the class into teams and seeing which, by friday, know the terms best. The team that wins will get a piece of candy or cookies. This should reinforce the terms, which is my ultimate goal.
There is know homework today.
I have assigned a test over Central america, the Caribbean and South america's freedom fighters and the independence movement , this will be given next Friday 2/29. they will get a study guide on Monday.
I am happy that the majority of our students are getting healthy again.
It is already Wednesday! The students have homework tonight, but some may have completed in class. They are to define the words on pg. 53 of their workbook or pg. 203 in their text.
We are learning about the independence of Latin America.
I gave back their tests, which have been posted, I was pleased with most of the grades.
No homework.
the students took their test am I am overall pleased with the grades, so far. I will have them posted by Monday. Enjoy your long weekend!
I have not blogged because other than the study- guide ,that I put on the blog ,there has been no other homework. I did want to remind everyone that the test is tomorrow. those students who have informed me they won't be here tomorrow are taking the test tody.
Progress reports need to be brought back signed, they went out yesterday.
Have a Happy Valentines day!
I gave the students a study guide for Friday's test. I will attach it just in case it didn't make it home. the students need to complete it by Thursday so we may go over it.
Several students have mentioned they won't be here Friday, so they need to take the test on Thursday and have their study guide ready early as well so I can address any questions.
Study guide for 02/15/08 test
Have this completed by Thursday so that we may go over it. If it’s not completed, you’ll have to leave the room while I go over the answers.
Know these definitions inside and out if you don’t know them off the top of your head look at your definitions and write them again.
Hernan Cortes, Tributaries, Hieroglyphs, Tropical Zone, Montezuma II, Deforestation, El Nino, Macchu Picchu, Francisco Pizzaro, Columbian exchange, chinampas, quipu.
Questions:
Aztecs:
1. What modern day city was Tenochtitlan
2. What type of god did the Aztecs worship?
3. What did the Aztecs build to honor that god?
4. Briefly explain the calendar the Aztec used.
5. As the 52 year cycle came to an end, what would the Aztecs do to please the gods?
6. What did Cortes try to gain from the Aztecs?
7. What did he want for his king?
8. Who did Montezuma believe Cortes to be?
9. Why was Cortes able to conquer the Aztecs so easily?
10. In what year did Tenochtitlan
The Maya:
1. In what modern day region did the Maya once live?
2. What major achievements were the Maya credited with inventing?
3. Give me an achievement that they shared with the Aztecs.
4. What type of land clearing did the Maya use and for what purpose?
5. What happened to the Maya?
The Incas:
1. How large was the Incan empire?
2. What was the name of their capital?
3. What modern day country did the Incas live in?
4. What was the name given to their sun god?
5. Did the Incas believe ion more than one god?
6. What type of animal did they use to help them with hard labor?
7. Who was the ruler from 1408-1468.
8. This ruler had a son, what was his name and what happened to him?
9. What was a quipu ?
10 .How did the Incas communicate with each other in such a widespread area?
11. What did they build to aid them in this communication?
12. How were the Incas able to grow crops in the mountains?
13. What is the name of the ancient city, whose remains exist today, high in the Peruvian mountains?
14. How was this city built?
Quiz tomorrow over the landforms of South America, for those of you who need the list here they are: The Pacific and Atlantic oceans, Atacama desert, Patagonia ,The Pampas, The parana river, the Paraguay river , tierra del Fuego ( tip of the foot),Cape horn, the Amazon river, the Amazon basin, Mt. Acongagua,the Panama canal, Lake Maracaibo, Lake Titicaca, The Andes mountains and the Strait of Magellan.
Short classes , so I took the opportunity to discuss the primaries. We avoided personal opinions and delt with the facts. These are interesting times and I thought it a valuable discussion. We also began a periodical over the Incan empire.
No h.w. accept for study for Friday's quiz.
There is no homework.
Keep studying for the quiz.
