Land Forms
This land form is the largest on Earth
Continent
This is the line that divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere on a map.
Equator
The name Mesopotamia means...
The land between two rivers
This is the name of the most famous river that runs through Egypt.
The Nile
Successful settlements are usually built near?
A source of water
Who are the two social studies teachers in 6th grade?
X and Pidgeon
Who would you go to if you have a headache?
Ms. Nunziato
What program do we use for online learning?
Schoology
This is the world's longest river.
The Nile
Name one states that borders Delaware?
Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey (over the river)
This land form is surrounded by water on 3 sides.
Peninsula
This is the imaginary line that divides the Eastern Hemisphere from the Western Hemisphere on a map.
The Prime Meridian
People went from being nomads to farmers once they learned to do what?
Farm, grow crops
The Nile flows in which direction?
North
Which one of the 5 oceans is the newest? (named most recently - and may not appear on some older maps)
Southern Ocean
Who are the two English teachers in 6th grade?
Salvatore and Heckman
Who do you go to if you want to be part of the school play?
Answers vary (Baronio, Carlson)
Under what "section" do you find assignments on Schoology?
Materials
This is the river with the most "volume" flowing through it in the world
The Amazon
What is the capital of Delaware?
Dover
A stream or river that flows into (contributes) to a larger river.
Tributary
These are the lines that run from East to West on a map or globe.
Latitude Lines
A system that farmers use to water their crops using trenches and ditches
Irrigation
What is the name of the dam that was built on the Nile River?
The Aswan High Dam
According to Hammurabi, if a boy slapped his father, what would be his punishment?
The boy would have his hand cut off.
Who are the two math teachers in 6th grade?
Brinsfield and Hossler
who do you go to if you have a question about sports?
Mr. X
We asked you about how to fix the trash issue where?
Mount Everest
The Nile is located primarily in which country?
Egypt
Name a state that is shaped like a peninsula.
Answers will vary (Florida, New Jersey, Michigan, etc)
A group of islands
Archipelago
We measure Latitude and Longitude Lines in _______. (Think temperature)
Degrees
The king who created the first set of laws.
King Hammurabi
Define "Dynasty"
A series of rulers in the same family.
Name BOTH of the rivers that bordered Mesopotamia.
The Tigris and Euphrates
Who are the two science teachers in 6th grade?
Gibbons and Tomasetti
Who do you go to if you want to go to homework club?
Ms. Heckman or Brinsfield
Where is the world's most polluted river located? name the city, country or continent
Java, Indonesia, Asia
The longest river in the United States is?
The Mississippi
Name one of the two countries that border the United States (bonus if you get both -without getting it wrong)
Canada and Mexico
A large land form that rises high into the air but is flat on top.
Plateau
Antarctica exists in how many hemispheres? Name them!
3 - Eastern, Western and Southern
Considered the first form of written language, THIS uses wedge-shaped writing.
Cuneiform
Describe 2 things that the Aswan High Dam does for the people of Egypt.
Answers vary (controls flow of Nile, creates hydroelectric power, creates Lake Nasser)
What is the good, quality soil, left behind by floods, called?
Silt
Name a music teacher AND a gym (P.E.) teacher.
Answers will vary
Who do you go to if you want to check out a book?
Ms. Bott
What is the name of the city in India that was the subject of our Monsoon assignment this week?
Kolkata
What was the name of the world's most polluted river that we learned about online?
The Citarum River
There are 2 states that are not connected to any others, name BOTH of them.
Alaska and Hawaii