Landforms and Bodies of Water
Jury Vocabulary
Global Geography
Writing Rubric
Getting Along Together
100
One of seven large bodies of land on the globe
What is a continent?
100
Group of 12 ordinary citizen who judge innocence or guilt, or who wins in a civil trial
What is a jury?
100
Imaginary lines that go around the globe horizontally, like a belt
What is degree of latitude?
100
This trait is how well you express your personality in writing
What is voice?
100
Being honest and standing up for yourself without being mean
What is being assertive?
200
A body of water surrounded by all sides by land
What is a lake?
200
Decides on the law and the punishment of person convicted of a crime
What is a judge
200
Imaginary lines that go around the globe vertically, through the north and south poles
What are meridians of longitude?
200
This trait is how well you vary the length of your sentences and begin them with different words and phrases
What is sentence fluency?
200
"I feel this way when you do that thing; I want you to do something else instead" is an example of one
What is an "I" statement?
300
A body of land surrounded by water on all sides except one
What is a peninsula
300
Person who brings a complaint in a civil case
What is a plaintiff
300
Longitude line that goes through Greenwich England at 0 degrees
What is the Prime Meridian?
300
This trait is how well you spell, punctuate, and capitalize
What is conventions?
300
Something that gets in the way of solving a problem
What is a roadblock?
400
A short, thin stretch of water in between two larger bodies of water - The Detroit River is one
What is a strait
400
Person who defends against a complaint in a civil case or against a criminal charge
What is a defendant?
400
Imaginary line that goes around the middle of the globe, passes through Africa and South America
What is the equator?
400
Trait my paper is strong in if it flows well when read aloud
What is sentence fluency?
400
A way to relax and keep problems from getting worse
What is a cool down strategy?
500
Body of land that is surrounded by water on all sides, smaller than a continent
What is an island?
500
Lawyers can object to this if a witness is asked by the opposing lawyer to make a guess
What is speculation?
500
Units that longitude and latitude are measured in, equal to about 69 miles
What are degrees?
500
Trait that measures whether your the variety of words you use in your paper
What is word choice?
500
Asking open-ended questions and summarizing what the other person says are 2 parts of this
What is active listening?
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