Daily Geo Test: Week of 11/29

Map Test: South and Central America.: http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/Samerica.html

Questions:

1) The Murray River flows into what ocean on Australia’s southern coast?
2) The ruins of Persepolis, an ancient ceremonial capital of Persia, are located in which present-day country?
3) What Scandinavian country that has a short border with Russia decided in December 2003 to allow oil and gas exploration in the Barents Sea?
4) The Sonoran Desert extends from Mexico into the California and which other state – Nevada or Arizona?
5) Germany’s invasion of what European country marked the beginning of WW II?
6) In October 2003, 74 children from Benin were rescued from slavery in granite quarries and returned home. These quarries were located near Lagos in what African country?
7) Monument Valley’s dry landscape is located in Arizona and which other state - Mississippi or Utah?
8) The Danube river, the 2nd longest river in Europe, flows into which body of water?
9) If one wanted to see the hot-air balloon festival in Albuquerque, you would travel to which state?
10) Which of the following countries does not have one of the Romance languages as its official language - Albania, Italy, or Spain?
11) The Rio Grande de Santiago runs through Lake Chapala, the largest natural lake in which country – Brazil, Mexico, of U.S.?
12) Which country has more time zones, Brazil or Peru?
13) Which of the North American Great Lakes has the largest surface area?
14) Which city has a harbor that is an important port on the East Coast - Charleston, Orlando, Spokane?
15) An archipelago is a group of what physical features found in a body of water?

American Government: Segregation

Your job is to locate, save, and analyze a variety of primary sources related to segregation and life in the U.S. South from around the years 1896 - 1954. These are what you must find:

* Political cartoons depicting life for blacks
* Newspaper article
* Journal entry
* Audio recording
* An actual law (state or federal) dealing with this issue
* Interview
* Lyrics to a song
* 5 Photos

Save all your materials on the American Government folder on the Student Project Drive

Some places to help you get started:


http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

http://www.blackpast.org/?q=african-american-history-primary-documents


http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/subtitles.cfm?TitleID=37

http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/segregated-america.html

http://www.gilderlehrman.org/

Daily Geo and Map Test - Week of 11/17

Map Test: United States Capitals: http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/CapitalUnitedStates.html

1) Which country is landlocked? Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
2) Which African country was known as the Gold Coast?
3) Which Colorado city was the capital from 1862-1867 and is the home of the National Earthquake Information Center? Golden, Boulder, Telluride, Aspen
4) Which country does not border the Gulf of Aqaba? Israel, Sryia, Saudi Arabia
5) Which Caribbean entity is an independent country? St. Lucia, Puerto Rico, Montserrat
6) Long, narrow fields that resemble stair steps on steep hillsides are commonly known by what name – dikes, furrows, terraces?
7) Lisbon is an important port in what country?
8) Canary wharf is located on what European river that rises in the Cotswold Hills?
9) What is the name for a graph that shows the rate of water flow in a river at a certain location during a period of time?
10) The Queen Elizabeth Islands are part of which Canadian Territory - Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Labrador?
11) Cuba is well known for exporting what TWO agricultural products?
12) Fast becoming the most populous city in the world, what city is the most populous in North America?
13) What native religion of Haiti works charms, invokes curses, and uses rituals to call forth spirits?
14) Most African countries received their independence during what decade of the 20th century?
15) Tikal National Park in Guatemala contains the remains of an ancient city representing what ancient Indian Civilization?

Daily Geo and Map 11/10

Map: http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/NorthAmerica/North%20America%20Water.html

1) To visit Virginia City, which became a boomtown after silver was discovered at the Comstock Lode in the mid-1800s, you would travel to which state—Vermont or Nevada?
2) Which country, bordered by France, Belgium, and Germany, depends on foreign workers for at least 30 percent of its work force?
3) The only present-day state capital on the Hudson River was settled in the early 1600s. Name this city.
4) Which Brazilian city has a metropolitan population of more than 18 million people?
5) What city on the Pearl River Delta was the first Chinese port regularly visited by European traders?
6) Sapporo, located in the Hokkaido prefecture, is one of the most rapidly growing urban centers in which country?
7) Death Valley, one of the hottest and driest places in the United States, is just east of which mountains?
Adirondack Mountains Allegheny Mountains Sierra Nevada
8) Which peninsula borders the Mediterranean Sea?
Iberian Peninsula Indochina Peninsula Kola Peninsula
9) Sobo-Katamuki National Park is located on the southernmost of Japan’s major islands. Name this island.
Hokkaido Honshu Kyushu
10) Which causes more hurricane-related deaths?
Lightning Storm-surge flooding
11) A city on the Yangtze River northwest of Shanghai was China’s capital when the Communists took control of the country in 1949. Name this city.
Guilin Nanjing Norway
12) The Ozark Plateau covers the southwest corner of which state- Missouri or Wisconsin?
13) Haifa, located at the foot of Mount Carmel, is a port on the Mediterranean Sea in which Asian country?
14) In 1952, military officers in a North African country led a revolt to end almost 70 years of British political influence. Name this country.
15) In 1911 a revolution that began in the present-day city of Wuhan overthrew the imperialist government of what country?
China Mongolia Thailand

Daily Geo - Week of 11/1/10

Map: http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/Canada/Canada.html


1) Which state is known as the Sooner State because some people arrived before, or sooner than, the land was officially opened for settlement—Oklahoma or Tennessee?
2) In the 17th and 18th centuries, the present-day United States and Canada were settled by immigrants primarily from which continent?
3) The Erie Canal was constructed in the early 1800s to connect the Great Lakes with what river?
4) Pilgrims on their way to the two holiest Islamic cities are important to the tourism economy in the region of Hejaz in which country?
5) During the 1970s, the Khmer Rouge forced almost the entire population out of Phnom Penh in which present-day country?
6) To visit Harlem, a part of Manhattan that developed as a cultural center for African American music and literature in the early 1900s, you would travel to which state—California or New York?
7) According to the 2000 census, nearly 30 percent of foreign-born residents of the United States are from which country?
8) On which continent do most people speak either Portuguese or Spanish?
9) Italy’s occupation of the capital of Eritrea in the early 20th century influenced the architecture of many of its buildings. Name this capital city.
10) Conflict between the Bhote and the Nepalese ethnic groups has caused large refugee movements away from the smallest country in the Himalaya. Name this country.
11) The Appalachian Trail extends more than 2,000 miles from Maine to which state—Georgia or Colorado?
12) Thousands of rural migrants arrive in Morocco’s largest city each year to look for work. Name this city.
13) Enslaved persons from Africa influenced the religion, food, and music of the region around Salvador in which South American country?
14) What present-day state capital city also served as the capital of Deseret, a territory organized by Mormon settlers in 1849?
15) What country lost about half its population between 1865 and 1870 in a disastrous war with Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay?