Daily Geo and Map 1/5/10 - 1/9/10

Map Quiz: North Africa - http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/NorthernAfrica.html

1) In which cardinal direction would one travel to get to Panama from Cuba?
2) What French city on the Sarthe River is known for its 24 hour-long car race?
3) What theatre in downtown Washington D.C. was the site of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination?
4) Of which area are mosquitoes in greater number – tropical rain forest or tundra?
5) What is the official language of Pakistan?
6) What point occupies the southernmost point of Africa?
7) Dinosaur fossils from North America came from what geologic time scale period?
8) What dam was built in 1936 to span the Colorado River?
9) Kit Carson and John Fremont discovered what lake in 1844 which lies between Nevada and California?
10) What is the sacred month on the Islamic calendar which involves fasting from sunup to sundown?
11) The region called Kashmir lies in what Asian country?
12) What famous English prison was the home for Anne Boleyn?
13) Canada consists of ten provinces. What is the smallest?
14) English is the 2nd most spoken language in the world. What is the 1st?
15) What former Soviet republic now controls the warm water ports on the Black Sea?

Daily Geo and Map Quiz 12/14-12/18

Map Quiz: Middle Eastern Mountain Ranges - http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/middleeast/middleeastmountains.html

1) Chennai, the city in eastern India formerly known as Madras, is a port on which large bay?
Bay of Bengal Gwatar Bay Sonmiani Bay
2) Liverpool, historically an important city in England, is a port on which sea that separates England from Ireland?
Celtic Sea Irish Sea North Sea
3) What country’s agricultural region is located near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
4) Which country is not crossed by the Arctic Circle- Canada, Finland or Poland?
5) The temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri is on the west bank of which African river?
Niger Nile Orange
6) Re and Osiris were among the gods of an ancient civilization that developed along a river that flows north into the Mediterranean Sea. Name this river.
7) Dubrovnik is considered one of the most scenic cities along the Dalmatian coast of what country?
8) Place these lakes in order according to their surface area, from largest to smallest: Lake Titicaca, Lake Huron, Lake Baikal.
9) The westernmost part of the Jura Mountains is located in which country?
10) To fly directly from Brazil to Angola, you would travel in which general direction- east or north?
11) The Tatar Strait separates Sakhalin Island from the mainland of which country?
12) In the southwestern United States, a Spanish word is commonly used for a streambed that is usually dry except after heavy rains. What is the term for this kind of intermittent stream?
13) Houston, the country’s second largest port, is located in which state- Texas or Florida?
14) Place these countries in order according to length of their coastlines, from longest to shortest: Guyana, Colombia, Chile.
15) Tropical rain forests are found on every continent except Antarctica and which other continent?

Constitution Review Site

http://www.swic.edu/adultbasiced/constitution/

Daily Geo and Map Test - 12/7 - 12/10

Middle East Map Quiz: http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/MidEast.html


1) What city on the Delaware River is Pennsylvania’s largest?
2) What Nazi concentration camp in Poland was equipped with gas chambers?
3) What is the 2nd largest city and the principal southern port of France?
4) What American President signed the Panama Canal Treaty in 1977?
5) What present day country was the home of the ancient civilization of the Phoenicians?
6) Though today it is a part Michigan Avenue, what was the first settlement of Chicago?
7) What desert of northwestern Mexico is part of the southwestern United States and Arizona.
8) Russians and Bulgarians use what Alphabet?
9) On what island was the colony of New Amsterdam founded?
10) What name is given to tropical rainforest vegetation of evergreens and heavy vines located in the Amazon Basin?
11) What feature does a contour map show?
12) Byzantium and Constantinople are what modern-day Turkish city?
13) Which country of Europe lies on the Jutland Peninsula?
14) What world famous gambling casino lies in Monaco?
15) Which continent has no timberline?

Bill of Rights Game

http://www.texaslre.org/BOR/billofrights.html

Website Links for Pompeii Research

www.pompeiisites.org


Pictures of Pompeii:

Special Thanks to John Murnane for finding this site: http://www.m-dash.com/pompeii/index.htm

http://www.jhauser.us/pictures/history/Romans/Pompeii/

http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/italy_except_rome_and_sicily/pompeii/thumbnails_contents.html

http://pompeii.virginia.edu/

http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~jjd5t/cww/1997/report2.html

Culture Shock Project - 9th Grade Geo

Objective: To understand, and hopefully appreciate, the many unique differences between cultures that exist.

Your Job: You are responsible for researching and presenting unique (what many would call strange) aspects of different cultures.

From the list below, choose 5 topics to explore. For each topic, you will try to find a different culture to represent it. You will present your research in both written and visual form.

For each topic include:

- a 7-10 sentence paragraph explaining the strange custom.
- a 7-10 sentence paragraph describing the people that practice this custom.
- a map of where these people live
- and at least one picture to visually show the cultural practice.


The List:

Gender roles
Religion
Food
Worship
Clothing
Architecture
Traveling
Body
Dance
Art
Literature
Beliefs
Entertainment
Living conditions
Concepts of beauty
Concepts of wealth
Concepts of God

The Links

Below you will find some links that should help you get started with your project. They are just, that, a start.

http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rog3=BM&rop3=107734

http://www.go2peru.com/cix_witch_market.htm
http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Bizarre_World
http://bizarre-blog.travelchannel.com/read/south-africa-diving-into-culture
http://travel.discovery.com/tv/bizarre-foods/bizarre-foods.html.
http://trifter.com/practical-travel/world-cuisine/extremely-controversial-bizarre-and-unusual-delicacies-around-the-world/
http://www.bukisa.com/articles/26013_bizarre-culture-of-primitive-tribes-from-around-the-world