Thursday, April 23, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Questions to Answer about Middle East
Name: ______________________ Israel and Palestine: The Roots of Conflict
Who is involved in this conflict?
What region is at the heart of the conflict? Describe the claim that both groups have on this region.
What is Israel? When was it founded and by whom?
What is the Zionist Movement?
Describe the role of the United States in the establishment of Israel, a Jewish state?
How did the Holocaust affect the formation of a Jewish homeland?
What is the PLO? Whom does it represent?
What do Israel’s Arab neighbors think about them?
What was the intifada? Who was involved? What caused it?
What effect did WW II have on the conflict?
What caused the rise of militant Islam? What is Hamas?
What official position did these people have? What country did each represent? What are they most famous for?
Yasser Arafat:
Menachem Begin:
Anwar Sadat:
Jimmy Carter:
Yitzhak Rabin:
Bill Clinton:
Simon Peres:
Benjamin Netanyahu:
Ehud Barak:
Ariel Sharon:
Who is involved in this conflict?
What region is at the heart of the conflict? Describe the claim that both groups have on this region.
What is Israel? When was it founded and by whom?
What is the Zionist Movement?
Describe the role of the United States in the establishment of Israel, a Jewish state?
How did the Holocaust affect the formation of a Jewish homeland?
What is the PLO? Whom does it represent?
What do Israel’s Arab neighbors think about them?
What was the intifada? Who was involved? What caused it?
What effect did WW II have on the conflict?
What caused the rise of militant Islam? What is Hamas?
What official position did these people have? What country did each represent? What are they most famous for?
Yasser Arafat:
Menachem Begin:
Anwar Sadat:
Jimmy Carter:
Yitzhak Rabin:
Bill Clinton:
Simon Peres:
Benjamin Netanyahu:
Ehud Barak:
Ariel Sharon:
Middle East Research Sites
• The Road from Oslo (see “Parallel Realities”)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/oslo/
• BBC News: In Depth: Israel and the Palestinians (see “Voices from the Conflict”)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2001/israel_and_the_palestinians/
• CNN: Mideast: Land of Conflict (see articles under “Issues”)
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/mideast/
• Washington Post: War and Peace in the Middle East (see “Life in Wartime” photo essay)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/issues/mideastpeace/
• Online NewsHour: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (see “Newsmakers: Two Views of the Conflict”and “Coping with Conflict”)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/conflict/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/oslo/
• BBC News: In Depth: Israel and the Palestinians (see “Voices from the Conflict”)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2001/israel_and_the_palestinians/
• CNN: Mideast: Land of Conflict (see articles under “Issues”)
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/mideast/
• Washington Post: War and Peace in the Middle East (see “Life in Wartime” photo essay)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/issues/mideastpeace/
• Online NewsHour: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (see “Newsmakers: Two Views of the Conflict”and “Coping with Conflict”)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/conflict/
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Daily Geo and Map Questions 4/21 - 4/24
http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/CapitalUnitedStates.html
1) Which state is not a leading producer of coal – New Hampshire, W. Virginia, Wyoming?
2) Many of Russia’s industrial centers have developed on the banks of this river that flows into the Caspian Sea. Name it.
3) The Jaffna Peninsula, a region inhabited by Tamils, forms the northern tip of what island country off the coast of India?
4) Cinco de Mayo is a holiday celebrated by immigrants from which country?
5) Cliff Dwellings constructed by the Anasazi can be found in Mesa Verde park, which is located in which state?
6) Coral reefs are found off the coast of which state – Connecticut or Florida?
7) Geothermal activity caused by diverging tectonic plates creates steaming hot springs in Thingvellir National Park. This national park is in what island country – Iceland, Japan, Madagascar?
8) The Delaware River separates New Jersey from which other state – Pennsylvania or Massachusetts?
9) Sareks National Park is in one of the most remote parts of which country that borders the Gulf of Bothnia – Estonia, Finland, Sweden.
10) Before the rise of cotton, African slaves were used to in the Americas to farm indigo, rice, sugarcane, and what other plantation crop – pineapples, tea, tobacco?
11) Most people of what continent speak either Portuguese or Spanish?
12) France’s largest overseas department borders the Atlantic Ocean. Name the department. (French Guiana, Gabon, Haiti).
13) Which country has four official languages, including Romansh, which is based on Ancient Latin – Canada, Switzerland, Italy?
14) Which country is not predominantly Muslim – Egypt, Indonesia, South Africa?
15) The Guadalupe River flows past New Braunfels and Victoria in which U.S. state?
1) Which state is not a leading producer of coal – New Hampshire, W. Virginia, Wyoming?
2) Many of Russia’s industrial centers have developed on the banks of this river that flows into the Caspian Sea. Name it.
3) The Jaffna Peninsula, a region inhabited by Tamils, forms the northern tip of what island country off the coast of India?
4) Cinco de Mayo is a holiday celebrated by immigrants from which country?
5) Cliff Dwellings constructed by the Anasazi can be found in Mesa Verde park, which is located in which state?
6) Coral reefs are found off the coast of which state – Connecticut or Florida?
7) Geothermal activity caused by diverging tectonic plates creates steaming hot springs in Thingvellir National Park. This national park is in what island country – Iceland, Japan, Madagascar?
8) The Delaware River separates New Jersey from which other state – Pennsylvania or Massachusetts?
9) Sareks National Park is in one of the most remote parts of which country that borders the Gulf of Bothnia – Estonia, Finland, Sweden.
10) Before the rise of cotton, African slaves were used to in the Americas to farm indigo, rice, sugarcane, and what other plantation crop – pineapples, tea, tobacco?
11) Most people of what continent speak either Portuguese or Spanish?
12) France’s largest overseas department borders the Atlantic Ocean. Name the department. (French Guiana, Gabon, Haiti).
13) Which country has four official languages, including Romansh, which is based on Ancient Latin – Canada, Switzerland, Italy?
14) Which country is not predominantly Muslim – Egypt, Indonesia, South Africa?
15) The Guadalupe River flows past New Braunfels and Victoria in which U.S. state?
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Daily Geo and Map Quiz 4/14 - 4/17
50 States: http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/unitedstates.html
1) What is the term for the prevailing winds occurring between 30 and 60 degrees north latitude that helped carry European explorers from the Americas back to Europe?
2) Oranjestad is the chief port of what island off the coast of Venezuela?
3) Uzbek is a Turkic language spoken primarily in the countries of which continent?
4) Andorra is located in what mountain system?
5) Name the only national capital city on the island of New Guinea.
6) The river that forms part of Mauritania’s southern border shares its name with what bordering country - Algeria, Mali, Senegal?
7) Which islands, located about ½ way between North America and Asia, served as a U.S. naval station near the site of a famous WW II battle?
8) Which country does not use a peso as its method of currency – Mexico, Italy, of Philippines?
9) Which state has a longer border with Mexico – Texas or New Mexico?
10) What is the name for the part of the map that explains the meaning of symbols used on the map – scale, index, legend?
11) The Adriatic Sea borders the eastern coast of which European country?
12) Which state is farther from the Mississippi – Indiana or West Virginia?
13) Some of the oldest sagas, stories based on history and legend, were written in the 13th century in what island country in the North Atlantic?
14) To see the U.S.S. Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor, you would travel to what U.S. state?
15) To visit the Forbidden City in Beijing or to walk the Great Wall, you would travel to what country?
1) What is the term for the prevailing winds occurring between 30 and 60 degrees north latitude that helped carry European explorers from the Americas back to Europe?
2) Oranjestad is the chief port of what island off the coast of Venezuela?
3) Uzbek is a Turkic language spoken primarily in the countries of which continent?
4) Andorra is located in what mountain system?
5) Name the only national capital city on the island of New Guinea.
6) The river that forms part of Mauritania’s southern border shares its name with what bordering country - Algeria, Mali, Senegal?
7) Which islands, located about ½ way between North America and Asia, served as a U.S. naval station near the site of a famous WW II battle?
8) Which country does not use a peso as its method of currency – Mexico, Italy, of Philippines?
9) Which state has a longer border with Mexico – Texas or New Mexico?
10) What is the name for the part of the map that explains the meaning of symbols used on the map – scale, index, legend?
11) The Adriatic Sea borders the eastern coast of which European country?
12) Which state is farther from the Mississippi – Indiana or West Virginia?
13) Some of the oldest sagas, stories based on history and legend, were written in the 13th century in what island country in the North Atlantic?
14) To see the U.S.S. Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor, you would travel to what U.S. state?
15) To visit the Forbidden City in Beijing or to walk the Great Wall, you would travel to what country?
Monday, April 6, 2009
Map Quiz and Daily Geo Questions Week 11 4/6 - 4/9
Caribbean Map Quiz http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/Caribbean.html
Daily Geo Questions
1) Which of the following is not a country in Eastern Europe - Albania, Mauritania, Romania?
2) In February 2004, scientists began a tiger census in which country bordering India? Bangladesh
3) Which state has a mountain range along its coast – Massachusetts or Oregon?
4) Which state does not have a coastline – Georgia, Kentucky, or New York?
5) Loam, a kind of soil valued by farmers, is a mixture of sand, silt, and what other material?
6) Pineapples and which other crop are Hawaii’s chief plantation crop – Bananas, Rice, or Sugarcane?
7) Luanda is a major port in which African country?
8) Although Sierra Leone’s language has Portuguese origins, what is its official language?
9) What country, where Toros coleados is practiced, borders Guyana?
10) The hajj is- the pilgrimage made by followers of what religion that began in the Middle East?
11) What two Caribbean countries were the last two Spanish colonies in the Americas?
12) What country was the center for the Dutch East India and West India Companies?
13) Which TWO tectonic plates meet to form the San Andreas fault?
14) Yellowstone National Park touches what other national park?
15) The second largest desert in the world lies to the east of the Sahara Desert. Name it.
Daily Geo Questions
1) Which of the following is not a country in Eastern Europe - Albania, Mauritania, Romania?
2) In February 2004, scientists began a tiger census in which country bordering India? Bangladesh
3) Which state has a mountain range along its coast – Massachusetts or Oregon?
4) Which state does not have a coastline – Georgia, Kentucky, or New York?
5) Loam, a kind of soil valued by farmers, is a mixture of sand, silt, and what other material?
6) Pineapples and which other crop are Hawaii’s chief plantation crop – Bananas, Rice, or Sugarcane?
7) Luanda is a major port in which African country?
8) Although Sierra Leone’s language has Portuguese origins, what is its official language?
9) What country, where Toros coleados is practiced, borders Guyana?
10) The hajj is- the pilgrimage made by followers of what religion that began in the Middle East?
11) What two Caribbean countries were the last two Spanish colonies in the Americas?
12) What country was the center for the Dutch East India and West India Companies?
13) Which TWO tectonic plates meet to form the San Andreas fault?
14) Yellowstone National Park touches what other national park?
15) The second largest desert in the world lies to the east of the Sahara Desert. Name it.
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