Five Themes of Geography-- Americas

It is time to consider the Five themes of geography for the American civilizations:
Consider making a new chart in your spiral like this:

Maya Aztec Inca

Location: Exact countries

Place: (describe what its like there; their cities/temples/type of vegetation, etc)

Region: (part of world-- Mesoamerica, etc)

Human-Env. Interaction (How does each culture interact with their environment)

Movement (what kinds of movement is there within each civ; what is moving (people/ideas, etc)

DUE: WED. APRIL 25

QUIZ: Thursday April 26th

Study for Quiz-- Ch. 9; 2

Study for your quiz tonight.

It will be 10 questions on Chapter 9, section 2.

Good Luck tomorrow!

Preview Ch. 9

1. Finish previewing Chapter 9 in your new textbook...remember this includes WRITING down what was interesting (min: 5 items), summarizing what the chapter is discussing in one paragraph or so. Put that in your spiral and bring it tomorrow.

2. COVER YOUR TEXTBOOK!

3. What NEW items have you learned in this preview that was not presented in the other textbook? Explain in paragraph format.

DUE: TOMORROW

Monday Night HW 3/19

Please go to the following link on the Mongolian Empire:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire

Write 5 questions about the Mongol Empire in your spirals

What surprises you about the Mongol Empire? Why?

Why do you think the Mongol Empire is only discussed for a few paragraphs in your textbook?

DUE: Tomorrow

For Quiz tomorrow

Please review information on Forest Kingdoms and Ethiopia for tomorrow's quiz.

They can be found on pages 48-49 (forest civs) and 52-54 (Ethiopia).

Study Guide-- Africa Exam

The study guide was given in class today.

Please see the notebook if you were not in class today.

No HW.

No HW, but some INFO

I will be dropping your first Africa quiz. However, you will retake it as a class tomorrow. I will give you about 5-10 minutes of study time, and then we will take it. Same subject matter, but not the same questions...