Week in Review 10/6 - 10/10

Vaqueros

100

The Spanish name given Mexican ranch hands

Vaqueros

200

The country where rodeo originated

Mexico

300

Give a summary of how the rodeo began.

Ranch hands moved from ranch to ranch and started competitions, this grew and led to larger competitions to what is now the modern-day rodeo.

400

What is the "Centaur Wish?"

To become one with your horse

500

Why did those in the rodeo call their first union the Cowboys' Turtle Association?

Took a long time to and finally "stuck their necks out."

Vocabulary

100

To end with

Culminate

200

The belief that men are superior to woman

Misogyny

300

To claim or join (as in land)

Annex

400

Mexican ranch hands moved from ranch to ranch, taking only what they could carry on their houses.  They where _______________.

Itinerant

500

Two words that mean stubborn

Fractious and Refractory

Buddhism

100

The country where Buddhism originated

India

200

The Number of Noble Truths

Four

300

The first Noble Truth recognizes that _______________ exists in the world.

Suffering

400

What is the "Middle Way?"

Living between two extremes of extreme wealth and extreme poverty

500

According to Buddhism the causes of suffering are d____________ and i_____________

Desire and Ignorance

What's the Function

100

Finding the total for a restaurant bill

Addition

200

Finding the difference

Subtraction

300

Separating a cake into equal slices for a group of friends

Division

400

Giving the same amount of candy to a large group

Multiplication

500

(Two-Functions)  A restaurant bill comes to 60 dollars for three people.  Each person pays an equal share and wants to give a $2.00 tip.  What two functions are needed to solve this?  How much does each person pay?

Multiplication and addition.

Each person pays $22.00

Mapping the Brain

100

The animals neuroscientist used to map the brain

Mice

200

What type of scientists study the brain an worked on the experiment to map the brain of mice

Neuroscientists

300

Prior to the study, scientists believed only the back of the brain (inputs visual information) is stimulated during the decision process.  What did the study show about brain activity during the decision making process.

All parts of the brain are stimulated at different points in the decision-making process, starting with visual input (back of the brain)

400

The key to our decisions is what we e_________ will happen

expect

500

How did the innovation of Neuropixels help neuroscientists map the brain of mice

Allowed neuroscientists to study brain activity and record electrical impulses 600,000 neurons at once.