Claim
What is a claim?
The point an author is trying to convince you to believe
Collaborate
To work together
to distribute again but differently
redistribute
How many feet are in a yard?
3
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas.
Columbian Exchange
What is a main idea?
What is a graphic feature?
A diagram that visually represents something
broad in size, range, or degree
expansive
How many continents are there?
7
A Spanish conqueror of the Americas
Conquistador
What kind of writing presents evidence to support a claim?
Argumentative
What is the definition of the word automation as it is used in "The Automation Paradox"?
Technology that operates on its own without human support
refers to the most important, obvious or typical aspects of something
predominately
What is the biggest animal to ever live on our planet?
The blue whale
a formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony's geographic boundaries and specified how it would be governed
Charter
What is the central claim for automation paradox?
Computer automation will likely increase the number of jobs in certain fields rather than decreasing them.
How does the Automation Paradox and Heads Up Humans, COMPARE?
They both focus on how increases in the use of technology will affect workers in the future
crops, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit
cash crops
Which Disney character lives in a magical house and can see the future?
Bruno
the lawmaking body of England.
Parliament
What genre are we reading?
Argument
What is the difference between claim and evidence?
A claim is the writer's position or viewpoint; whereas evidence is the facts or proof.
to work together
collaborate
How many Earths can fit inside the Sun?
1.3 million
A system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa
Triangular Trade