How We Got To Where We Are Today
Where does most of your school lunch originally come from?
Farms
Name 3 dangers explorers had to face when sailing to distant lands
Pirates, Native Populations, Starvation/Dehydration, Disease, Storms/Bad Weather
What is the first thing you should look for at the top of any map you pick up?
Title
Jefferson City
Missouri
Hartford
Connecticut
Name 5 types of people(jobs) that are needed to make Litchfield Middle School work
Teachers, Paras, Bus Drivers, Janitors, Cafeteria, & Office staff
What shape did most think planet Earth was before the Age of Exploration?
Flat
Helps you measure distance on map
Scale
Olympia & Salem
Washington & Oregon
Raleigh & Columbia
North & South Carolina
Name an invention that has a very different use today than when it was first invented
Gunpowder
1 Explorer: Wrote about Native Americans. North & South America are named after him.
Amerigo Vespucci
Helps you tell North, South, East, & West on a map
Compass Rose
State that is west of Baton Rouge
Texas
State that is south of Atlanta
Florida
Is your iPad free? Why or why not?
NO!!! Parents pay taxes -> Government Decision -> School Decision
2 Explorers: First European to actually reach North America. (1000) Vinland. & Discovered North America (1492) Launched Age of Exploration
Leif Erikson & Christopher Columbus
Box of information on map that tells you what different symbols mean
Legend/Key
State that is north of Phoenix
Utah
State that is south of Montpelier
Massachusetts
Why does the United States require every single citizen to go to K-12 school?
We need an educated and capable workforce who can make, create, teach, and communicate effectively.
3 Explorers: Circumnavigated the globe & One of the first merchants to trade between Europe & Asia & Conquered modern-day Mexico by defeating the Aztecs
Ferdinand Magellan, Marco Polo, Hernan Cortes
Name one profession(job) that reads topographic maps a lot
Hiking Guides, Park Rangers, Army Soldiers, Cartographers
If you drove directly south from Bismarck to Austin, what 6 states would you pass through?
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
If you drove from Madison to Harrisburg without crossing the Mackinac Bridge over Lake Michigan, which 5 states would you drive through?
Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania