Geography of the World
What are the names of the oceans, and name at least one country that either borders or exists in it.
Pacific- United States, Japan, New Zealand
Arctic- Iceland, Greenland, Russia
Indian- India, Egypt, Australia
Atlantic- Brazil, England, Nigeria (Western African countries)
All graphs contain a ________.
Title
This "act" helped establish the 40-hour workweek, minimum wage, and imposed limits on child labor.
The Fair Labor and Standards Act of 1938
This text structure is typically used when making a list of the advantages and disadvantages of a noun; Similar to compare and contrast.
Pros and Cons
What is the name of the first English settlement in North America?
Bonus: What year was it established?
Jamestown, VA
This Ancient River Valley Civilization initiated the "trade" economy and artificial irrigation systems due to their lack of natural resources.
Mesopotamia River Valley
This graph is typically featured on the news reporting the trends in economic data (i.e. the Stock Market or sales).
Line Graph
What are the three branches of government?
Bonus: What are they responsible for?
Legislative- creates laws
Executive- enforces federal laws, sets national goals & policies
Judicial- determines &/or disputes whether laws are Constitutional
One of a number of things, or a part of something, taken to show the character of the whole.
Example
Railroads, Factories, and automobiles are examples of __________ during the 1850s-1900s.
Industrialization- rebuilding of the nation with technological advances.
What are the four main points on a compass?
North, South, East, West
This graph is typically has one line of variables that represents numbers and another line representing labels.
Bar Graph
Established routines and networks for selling and buying goods is also known as __________.
Markets
This text structure requires that you arrange things once after another in time; information arranged by time and logical order or reason.
Chronological Order
The Civil War included which two major groups?
Bonus: What issues were they divided on?
The Confederacy vs The Union;
slave labor, voter's rights, land ownership
Which continents are East (including NE & SE) of where Christopher Columbus landed with his three ships? Bonus: What are the names of the three ships?
South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica.
This graph only shows data of different values to represent the percentage of something.
Circle
This document became part of the US Constitution in 1791. It "guaranteed individuals certain basic protections as citizens", however did not apply to minorities until certain laws were passed (including women).
Bill of Rights- had 10 Amendments that included: free speech, right to bear arms, peaceably assemble, etc.
To go beyond a basic explanation...using supporting details to help increase the reader's knowledge about the key individual, event, or idea.
Elaborate
This lead to World War I & World War II as the US wanted to control other countries by occupying their land and resources.
Imperialism
This Ancient River Valley relied heavily on the caste system that improved their intellectual advances that are used today such as the burial process and documentation.
Egyptian River Valley
This graph always shows data grouped into equal ranges.
Histogram
The Declaration of Independence was established on what date?
Bonus: What type of government system were they denouncing (opposing)?
July 4th, 1776
Monarchy from Great Britain
"The U.S. initiated tariffs resulted in a recession in the economy" is an example of what writing structure?
Cause and Effect (aka: Reason and Result)
List major U.S events in chronological order, beginning with the Early Exploration to the Civil Rights Movement.
Early Exploration began with Christopher Columbus in 1492;
New World Exploration established various colonies in N. & S. Americas in the 1600s (beginning of widespread slave labor);
French & Indian War (1754-1763);
Declaration of Ind. (7/4/1776);
American Revolution (1776-1781);
Civil War (1861-1865);
Industrialization (1850s-1900s);
Imperialism (late 1800s-1940s);
The Great Depression (1929-1940s);
Cold War (1950s-1991);
Civil Rights Movement (began in 1950s; ongoing pursuits of unjust treatment of humans)