http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/world/continentsandislands.html
1) What monument built by Napoleon is the entombment of he Unknown Soldier of France?
2) Name three of the four countries in Europe whose names end in “y”.
3) English is only the second most spoken language in the world. What is the first?
4) What famous English prison was the home of Anne Boleyn and Sir Walter Raleigh.
5) At almost 900 feet in elevation, in what state is the “Devil’s Tower” found?
6) Canada consists of ten provinces. What is the smallest?
7) Mt. Hood can be send from what major city in Oregon?
8) The Niger River flows into what body of water?
9) What former Soviet republic now controls the warm water ports on the Black Sea?
10) What South African won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984?
11) What is the second largest city and the principal southern port of France?
12) What city is the center of the automobile industry in Italy?
13) Name the rift valley that stretches from the Middle East to East Africa?
14) What chief port of South China lies off the Hsi River?
15) What American President signed the Panama Canal Peace Treaty in 1977?
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
10th Grade Project - 1950s Presentation Topics
Topic Choices:
Teller and the hydrogen bomb
Oppenheimer and resistance to "Super"
Guatemala and the CIA
Iran and the CIA
French war in Indo-China
Hell's Angels and the growth of motorcycle gangs
Korean War
Occupation of Japan
Development of shopping malls
Bill Levitt, Levittown and suburbia
Interstate Highway System
Domestic testing of atomic weapons and impact
Birth of fast food industry
Improvements in agricultural yields
Emmett Till
1950s Trinidad
1950s teenage fashions
Detroit and auto production
Development of the U2 spy plane
Development of SAC
Public School Integration (Brown v. Board of Education 1954)
Macarthur and Korean conflict
GI Bill
Strength of American heavy industry
World military (general)
Early NASA space program
Joe McCarthy and red-baiting
Hillary's ascent of Everest
Atomimc-powered naval vessels
Mao Zedong and "Great Leap Forward"
Castro topples regime in Cuba
10th Mountain Division and the creation of Colorado ski resorts
Nike
Roots of Rock and Roll
Birth control pill
Teller and the hydrogen bomb
Oppenheimer and resistance to "Super"
Guatemala and the CIA
Iran and the CIA
French war in Indo-China
Hell's Angels and the growth of motorcycle gangs
Korean War
Occupation of Japan
Development of shopping malls
Bill Levitt, Levittown and suburbia
Interstate Highway System
Domestic testing of atomic weapons and impact
Birth of fast food industry
Improvements in agricultural yields
Emmett Till
1950s Trinidad
1950s teenage fashions
Detroit and auto production
Development of the U2 spy plane
Development of SAC
Public School Integration (Brown v. Board of Education 1954)
Macarthur and Korean conflict
GI Bill
Strength of American heavy industry
World military (general)
Early NASA space program
Joe McCarthy and red-baiting
Hillary's ascent of Everest
Atomimc-powered naval vessels
Mao Zedong and "Great Leap Forward"
Castro topples regime in Cuba
10th Mountain Division and the creation of Colorado ski resorts
Nike
Roots of Rock and Roll
Birth control pill
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Daily Geo and Map - Week of 5/10/11
Map - Australia: http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/Australia/Australia.html
Daily Geo Questions:
1) Vicksburg, Mississippi borders the Mississippi River and what state – Arkansas or Louisiana?
2) What cave system is the world’s longest?
3) Great Falls and Helena lie on or near what major river?
4) Little Havana is found in what American city?
5) What was the site of the first permanent settlement in California in 1769?
6) What city of the French Riviera is known for its annual film festival?
7) What is Ireland’s longest river?
8) What cold ocean current sweeps the north Atlantic coast of Canada and the United States?
9) What forest was the scene of the 1940 German offensive to break the Maginot Line?
10) Name the mountain range that extends more than 1,000 miles from Kazakhstan’s northern border to the Arctic Ocean?
11) Which state has a humid subtropical climate-South Carolina or South Dakota?
12) To visit Ernest Hemingway’s home in Havana, one would travel to what country?
13) Name the country that is bordered by the Mediterranean, Black, and Aegean seas?
14) Which of the following is not a country in Eastern Europe – Albania, Mauritania, Romania?
15) Berbers and what other Muslim people make up most of the population in Algeria, Morocco, and Libya?
Daily Geo Questions:
1) Vicksburg, Mississippi borders the Mississippi River and what state – Arkansas or Louisiana?
2) What cave system is the world’s longest?
3) Great Falls and Helena lie on or near what major river?
4) Little Havana is found in what American city?
5) What was the site of the first permanent settlement in California in 1769?
6) What city of the French Riviera is known for its annual film festival?
7) What is Ireland’s longest river?
8) What cold ocean current sweeps the north Atlantic coast of Canada and the United States?
9) What forest was the scene of the 1940 German offensive to break the Maginot Line?
10) Name the mountain range that extends more than 1,000 miles from Kazakhstan’s northern border to the Arctic Ocean?
11) Which state has a humid subtropical climate-South Carolina or South Dakota?
12) To visit Ernest Hemingway’s home in Havana, one would travel to what country?
13) Name the country that is bordered by the Mediterranean, Black, and Aegean seas?
14) Which of the following is not a country in Eastern Europe – Albania, Mauritania, Romania?
15) Berbers and what other Muslim people make up most of the population in Algeria, Morocco, and Libya?
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Daily Geo - Week of 5/3/11
Map: Asia Mountains - http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/Asia/AsiaMountains.html
Daily Geo
1) Many Irish immigrated to the United States in the mid-1800s due to the failure of what crop?
2) To learn about the history of the Crow Indians, which state would you travel to?
3) Which technology uses satellites to determine coordinates of a specific location on the earth’s surface?
4) Most of Turkey’s land area is located on which continent?
5) Which place would be more dangerous during a flash flood – a mesa or an arroyo?
6) Which African city was established at the head of the Nile River Delta more than 1000 years ago – Asmara, Cairo, Tripoli?
7) What country lost about half its population between 1865 and 1870 in a disastrous war with Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina?
8) The largest country in Central Asia lies between the Caspian Sea and China. Name the country.
9) The Mariana Trench is the deepest point in which ocean?
10) Which river forms much of Oklahoma’s border with Texas?
11) What word is used to describe the side of a mountain that faces the prevailing winds?
12) The source of the Rio Grande is located in the southwest corner of what state?
13) The Canary Islands are closer to which continent – Africa or Asia?
14) The Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet in Pittsburgh to form what other river?
15) Which country has Lake Eyre as its lowest point and Mount Kosciuszko as its highest point?
Daily Geo
1) Many Irish immigrated to the United States in the mid-1800s due to the failure of what crop?
2) To learn about the history of the Crow Indians, which state would you travel to?
3) Which technology uses satellites to determine coordinates of a specific location on the earth’s surface?
4) Most of Turkey’s land area is located on which continent?
5) Which place would be more dangerous during a flash flood – a mesa or an arroyo?
6) Which African city was established at the head of the Nile River Delta more than 1000 years ago – Asmara, Cairo, Tripoli?
7) What country lost about half its population between 1865 and 1870 in a disastrous war with Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina?
8) The largest country in Central Asia lies between the Caspian Sea and China. Name the country.
9) The Mariana Trench is the deepest point in which ocean?
10) Which river forms much of Oklahoma’s border with Texas?
11) What word is used to describe the side of a mountain that faces the prevailing winds?
12) The source of the Rio Grande is located in the southwest corner of what state?
13) The Canary Islands are closer to which continent – Africa or Asia?
14) The Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet in Pittsburgh to form what other river?
15) Which country has Lake Eyre as its lowest point and Mount Kosciuszko as its highest point?
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Daily Geo and Map - Week of 4/26/11
Map: Middle East Mountain Ranges: http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/middleeast/middleeastmountains.html
1) A region of Guyana west of the Essequibo River is also claimed by which bordering country?
2) What term is used for the imaginary line on Earth that marks the boundary where one day ends and the next begins?
3) China and which Southeast Asian country border the Gulf of Tonkin?
4) Mines near Bogota make this South American country one of the world’s leading producers of emeralds.
5) Which state is known as the cornhusker state?
6) Name the largest city on the island of Taiwan.
7) The Inland Sea borders three of the four major islands that make up which country in Asia?
8) The Cayman Islands are a dependency of which European country?
9) Saginaw bay lies off the coast of which state?
10) The Seine River is to France as the Orinioco River is to what?
11) Which country in Europe is famous for its fjords – Norway, Spain, Switzerland?
12) Sinhala is the principal language of which island country off the coast of South Asia?
13) The Gulf of Oman is to the Arabian Sea as the Gulf of Tonkin is to what?
14) Ruins of centuries-old pueblos can be found in which state – Minnesota or New Mexico?
15) Which large country bordering the Coral and Arafura Seas has a population more than 85 % urban?
1) A region of Guyana west of the Essequibo River is also claimed by which bordering country?
2) What term is used for the imaginary line on Earth that marks the boundary where one day ends and the next begins?
3) China and which Southeast Asian country border the Gulf of Tonkin?
4) Mines near Bogota make this South American country one of the world’s leading producers of emeralds.
5) Which state is known as the cornhusker state?
6) Name the largest city on the island of Taiwan.
7) The Inland Sea borders three of the four major islands that make up which country in Asia?
8) The Cayman Islands are a dependency of which European country?
9) Saginaw bay lies off the coast of which state?
10) The Seine River is to France as the Orinioco River is to what?
11) Which country in Europe is famous for its fjords – Norway, Spain, Switzerland?
12) Sinhala is the principal language of which island country off the coast of South Asia?
13) The Gulf of Oman is to the Arabian Sea as the Gulf of Tonkin is to what?
14) Ruins of centuries-old pueblos can be found in which state – Minnesota or New Mexico?
15) Which large country bordering the Coral and Arafura Seas has a population more than 85 % urban?
Monday, April 18, 2011
Daily Geo and Map - Week of 4/18
Map - Same as last week: all of Asia - http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/asia3.html
1) Pearls are harvested in the Sulu Archipelago, a group of islands off the coast of which country?
2) Central America’s most populous country has more than 12 million people. It borders Mexico. Name it.
3) What country on the Mediterranean Sea endured over 10 years of civil war between two groups, Muslims and Christians?
4) Which U.S. site is the location of the United States depository for silver?
5) Since 1797, what commercial center on the Erie Canal has been the capital of New York?
6) Chapultepec Park, which was once the site for Aztec rulers, is in what capital city?
7) Oil production in the United Arab Emirates is centered on the country’s capital city. Name the city.
8) Which country, once under the control of Ghengis Khan, has an economy dependent on cashmere and wool?
9) Which country is bordered by the Netherlands and Denmark?
10) Which state is known as the Ocean state because of its 400 miles of coastline?
11) Which country does not have English as an official language – Bahamas, Costa Rica, Jamaica?
12) Which country’s government continues to struggle with flood abatement projects along the Po River.
13) Peanuts are the principal export of this African country that is almost completely surrounded by Senegal. Name it.
14) Most Sikhs live in an Indian state that shares its name with a region that was divided between India and Pakistan in 1947.
15) In 1980, the United States broke diplomatic relations with what country? -
1) Pearls are harvested in the Sulu Archipelago, a group of islands off the coast of which country?
2) Central America’s most populous country has more than 12 million people. It borders Mexico. Name it.
3) What country on the Mediterranean Sea endured over 10 years of civil war between two groups, Muslims and Christians?
4) Which U.S. site is the location of the United States depository for silver?
5) Since 1797, what commercial center on the Erie Canal has been the capital of New York?
6) Chapultepec Park, which was once the site for Aztec rulers, is in what capital city?
7) Oil production in the United Arab Emirates is centered on the country’s capital city. Name the city.
8) Which country, once under the control of Ghengis Khan, has an economy dependent on cashmere and wool?
9) Which country is bordered by the Netherlands and Denmark?
10) Which state is known as the Ocean state because of its 400 miles of coastline?
11) Which country does not have English as an official language – Bahamas, Costa Rica, Jamaica?
12) Which country’s government continues to struggle with flood abatement projects along the Po River.
13) Peanuts are the principal export of this African country that is almost completely surrounded by Senegal. Name it.
14) Most Sikhs live in an Indian state that shares its name with a region that was divided between India and Pakistan in 1947.
15) In 1980, the United States broke diplomatic relations with what country? -
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
American Government - Supreme Court Case Studies
Directions:
1.) Complete the worksheets completely. Responses of unduly abbreviated length will get little to no credit. In other words, fill up the space provided.
2.) Write your case study. Requirements:
* 1 page per case study
* Title of the case at top of page
* 1.5 line spacing, size 12 font, normal margins
* Content:
- Summarize the case
- Analyze the arguments (Are they strong or weak? Where do they fall apart? What makes them persuasive? etc.)
- Which side do you take? What is your argument? Explain your reasoning.
3.) Bibliography - turn in on a separate sheet of paper, titled Bibliography
- Each case study must be supported by two sources. One may be an encyclopedic source, such as Wikipediea, but the other should be a .Edu website - or some other site approved by me.
- Use this website to fill out your bibliography: http://citationmachine.net/ - Use MLA style.
Some useful websites:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/supreme_court/supreme_court.cfm
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
http://www.supremecourt.gov/
http://www.enotes.com/supreme-court-drama
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/home.html
http://www.streetlaw.org/en/landmark.aspx
http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/page.aspx?pid=469
1.) Complete the worksheets completely. Responses of unduly abbreviated length will get little to no credit. In other words, fill up the space provided.
2.) Write your case study. Requirements:
* 1 page per case study
* Title of the case at top of page
* 1.5 line spacing, size 12 font, normal margins
* Content:
- Summarize the case
- Analyze the arguments (Are they strong or weak? Where do they fall apart? What makes them persuasive? etc.)
- Which side do you take? What is your argument? Explain your reasoning.
3.) Bibliography - turn in on a separate sheet of paper, titled Bibliography
- Each case study must be supported by two sources. One may be an encyclopedic source, such as Wikipediea, but the other should be a .Edu website - or some other site approved by me.
- Use this website to fill out your bibliography: http://citationmachine.net/ - Use MLA style.
Some useful websites:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/supreme_court/supreme_court.cfm
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
http://www.supremecourt.gov/
http://www.enotes.com/supreme-court-drama
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/home.html
http://www.streetlaw.org/en/landmark.aspx
http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/page.aspx?pid=469
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