The Australia/Oceania test was given back to all classes except 6th period. They will get theirs tomorrow.
We are now studying personal finance. Ask your child what they can begin to do immediately to increase their skills in personal finance.
Students need to return the social studies books sent home in the fall.
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Here are the answers to the review questions for the test tomorrow. We will also do another quick review before the test.
Building Vocabulary P.33
A. Multiple Choice - 1.A 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.C
B. Matching - 1.B / 2.C /3.A / 4.D / 5.i / 6.E / 7.F / 8.H / 9.G
Making Inferences
1. a. The first inhabitants of Australia came from Southeast Asia at least 40,000 years ago.
b. Settlers from Southeast Asia arrived in Oceania about 33,000 years ago.
c. Polynesians migrated to New Zealand about 1,000 years ago.
2. a. Prance governs New Caledonia.
b. The U.S. controls Guam.
3. a. Today only 1% of Australia's population is of Aborigine descent.
b. In New Zealand, only about 14% of the population is of Maori descent.
4. a. Great Britain's monarch is their head of state.
b. Both belong to the Commonwealth of Nations.
Categorizing
1. Australia
2. Oceania
3. Australia, New Zealand
4. Oceania
5. Australia, New Zealand, Oceania
6. Australia
7. New Zealand
Evaluating
1. T
2. F; The Antarctic icecap holds about 70% of the world's fresh water.
3. T
4. F; Inland areas of Antarctica are colder than coastal areas.
5. F; Many ancient peoples suspected that a continent existed to the far south.
6. F; The exploration of Antarctica began in the early 1900's
7. F; Richard Byrd became the first person to fly over the South Pole in 1929.
8. T.
9. F; The mineral resources in Antarctica would be costly to mine.
10.F; Nations have claimed parts of Antarctica, but these claims have not been recognized.
Study Guide 230-231
1. 5 million square miles
2. from May through August
3. photographs taken from planes and later satellites
4. only for scientific research
5.4.5 degrees F.
See you tomorrow!
Tonight's homework is to complete reading Chapter 5, Section 3 and answer questions 1,3, and 4.
Students were given registration forms for next school year. Please fill these out and return by April 4th. Please fill these out even if you think you will be moving.
Thank you.
Ask the kids what they learned about Cuba today. No homework they can tell you what they learned from the video. We will read tha section from the text tomorrow.
Remember you have a test over chapter 7 on Monday. Use the Reading Study Guide to prepare for this test. Pay special attention to the sections on Mexico Gov. Today, War with US, and Growth of Business, and Tourism is Big Business for the essay questions. There are two essay questions.
Have a good weekend. To those of you who observe the holiday, have a Hoppy Easter!
Go to these links to find answers to today's questions.
Remember you are to practice these answers in your head. You can not write them down until you practice with your partner tomorrow.
Also the answers will be on tomorrows blog
Chapter 7.3 Mexico
“You must remember this”
1. Read the questions.
2. Read section, keeping questions in mind.
3. Think-Pair-Share to come up with the best answer to each question.
4. Write down the answers.
Questions
I. Dateline
1. Why might it be important for a country to control its own resources?
2. How might gaining control of oil industry boost Mexico
II. Section
1 Why did the ejido system fail to lift Mexican farmers out of poverty?
2. How did privatization change farming in Mexico
3. What steps did the Mexican government take to encourage industry in the mid-1900s?
4. What were the effects of government aid on business?
5. What is a maquiladora and what does it do?
6. What goal has NAFTA achieved?
7. What is Mexico
8. What is the role of PEMEX?
9. What are some tourist attractions in Mexico
10. How did the government and private businesses promote tourism in Cancun
Top o' the morning to ya!
Today students read a senario involving some of the trade concepts we learned last week.
Today students also began looking at Chapter 7 Section 3 using the "I Must Remember This" strategy. Their question sheet is page 17 in their notebook. Tonight they may look back over the questions, practice the answers or reread the section. They may not write answers yet.
We began studying economic systems on Friday. Ask your parents to play the game we made with you. See how fast you can match the characteristics with the title.
A few student did not pass in their Scrapbook projects. These must be turned in by Friday of this week. You will lose points for lateness but a lowered grade is better than no grade.
If you need to come in for help this week we will be here around 8:15.
This is also for any students who need to take a retest or make up a quiz that has been missed.
