Read two newspaper articles about unrest and violence in two of these Africa countries: Tunisia, Libya, or Egypt.
Eash summary should be 7-10 sentences.
Go to http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn to research.
Include the website address on your typed summaries.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Daily Geo and Map - 2/15/11
Map: All of Africa. You better study. This one is tougher than all of Europe: http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/africa.html
(You need to answer 5 of the 10 questions below)
1) What water supply systems were architectural masterpieces constructed by Roman engineers?
2) What is the process of crossbreeding in plants to produce desired traits?
3) What Indian feast involved giving away property or destroying it?
4) What sect of Buddhism favors meditation rather than scripture to attain enlightenment?
5) Much of Botswana is covered by what southern African desert?
6) Which Indians built the first cliff dwellings in the 1200s near present day Navajo, New Mexico?
7) What is Spain’s longest river?
8) In what year did the United States take its first census?
9) In the Islamic religion, what name is given to the head of a Mosque?
10) An industrial center on the Dnieper river, what is the capital of the Ukraine
(You need to answer 5 of the 10 questions below)
1) What water supply systems were architectural masterpieces constructed by Roman engineers?
2) What is the process of crossbreeding in plants to produce desired traits?
3) What Indian feast involved giving away property or destroying it?
4) What sect of Buddhism favors meditation rather than scripture to attain enlightenment?
5) Much of Botswana is covered by what southern African desert?
6) Which Indians built the first cliff dwellings in the 1200s near present day Navajo, New Mexico?
7) What is Spain’s longest river?
8) In what year did the United States take its first census?
9) In the Islamic religion, what name is given to the head of a Mosque?
10) An industrial center on the Dnieper river, what is the capital of the Ukraine
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Western European Wedding Traditions
Go to this site: http://www.worldweddingtraditions.com/locations/west_europe_traditions.html
For each of the countries listed on this page, write down one of their interesting wedding traditions. List the country and the tradition.
For each of the countries listed on this page, write down one of their interesting wedding traditions. List the country and the tradition.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Daily Geo and Map - 2/1/11
Map: European Rivers - http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/Europe/Europe%20Rivers.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?
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?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
