Vocabulary
Name a custom in your country.
Wearing traditional dress: ao dai
How do you figure out the meaning of an idiom?
Describe the mental image you formed to visualize the meaning of the idiom.
Kim (celebrate/celebrates) her birthday in June. (Choose correct verb form in present tense)
celebrates
My mother (fish) from the boat. Choose correct form in past tense.
fished
I (make) a beautiful wedding cake. Change to past tense (irregular)
made
Define desire.
Something you really want.
What does it mean to infer something?
Draw a conclusion.
Why does the boy ask the chief not to welcome the visitors?
He fears them because he thinks his dream was a warning that something bad will happen.
What happened to both the Spanish and Aztec cultures?
They both survived and blended to make a new one.
What did Columbus find instead of a trade route to Asia?
Americas
What is the antonym (opposite) of blend?
separate
What does the idiom mean...the Spanish eyed the city hungrily?
They desired the city.
How do you know the strangers treat the people badly?
They steal some men and parrots then at the end they steal their land and way of life.
What did many Aztecs die from and how did the disease come to the Aztecs?
Smallpox spread by the Spaniards.
How did the horse change the lives of the Plains Indians?
-Could move on to the Plains thus making hunting buffalo easier and safer.
What is the antonym (opposite) of defeat?
win or victory
What is personification?
he attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
Why does the boy forget about his dream for a while?
He is enjoying the visitors and gifts.
What events followed Cortez’s arrival at the Aztec capital?
Moctezuma traded gifts but then was kidnapped and the Spanish stole gold.
What does historical photographs show?
Show the real time and place being discussed.
The road looks like it goes on ..........
forever
What is the difference between a metaphor and an idiom?
An idiom is a group of words that together communicate a different meaning than what words mean by themselves. A metaphor is figurative language that compares two unlike things.
What warning might have told the people that the strangers were not friendly?
The strangers stuck flags in the land and kept touching the Taino's golden armbands and nose rings.
How were the blending of the Aztec and Spanish cultures good and bad?
The blending was good because new traditions were formed. It was bad because each culture lost some of its original identity.
How did the horses spread across the Plains?
When settlers left, some horses joined with wild herds.