MOD 1: Story of Human Rights
What does UDHR stand for?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
What is biodiversity?
What was Jim Crow?
Segregation laws, racism, a racist character
What is the definition of a natural disaster?
Must be caused by nature and is destructive.
What is a common falsehood (lie) told about Christopher Columbus?
-Discovered America OR -Was a hero (was a murderer and slaver)
What are three human rights guaranteed in the UDHR?
Safety, shelter, food, water, privacy, vote, free speech + many more
Why are rainforrests so important to the Earth?
Contains MOST biodiversity on earth; provides medicines, wood, water; provides oxygen/removes carbon, also home to many indigenous cultures.
What was the Great Migration?
Millions of African Americans moved out of the South to the North, Midwest and West.
What is the most common natural disaster?
Floods.
What is the capital of Puerto Rico?
San Juan
What an example of a simile.
Examples uses: like/as
What is the canopy?
The top layer of the rainforest.
What were the two main causes of the great migration?
Jim Crow and Sharecropping
What is the deadliest natural disaster?
Pandemic.
What is the name for the original indigenous people of Puerto Rico?
The Tainos.
Write an example of a metaphor.
Why is the canopy so important to the rainforest?
It's where MOST of the biodiversity and life is.
What were two factors that made Jackie Robinson successful?
Answers may vary.
What is the most important aspect of surviving a natural disaster?
Having a plan.
Who is one Puerto Rican hero we learned about this year? What did they do?
Answers vary.
Write an example of an idiom.
A saying that doesn't make sense or share qualities: It's raining cats and dogs.
Why was Meg Lowman studying the canopy?
Little known previously about it until new technology made canopy exploration possible.
What were two factors that made Jim Abbott successful?
ANSWERS VARY.
What is an example of a natural disaster exposing social inequalities?
Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, LA.
What two countries have controlled and colonized Puerto Rico for the last 600 years?
Spain + The US