Unit 5 Quiz - Political Geography & Development

There will be a quiz on Chapters 8 and 9 on  Monday 29th.
Terms you will need to know:
mujahideen
balance of power
landlocked states
Kuwait
HDI
Types of Jobs
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Persian Gulf War

Short Answer Question: Give an example of a landlocked country and the difficulties that they face.

Unit 4 Test - Wed. March 20th

30 question test - Multiple choice, matching and the Middle East Map. Know the following terms/concepts from chapters 6 and 7:
Brown v. the Board of Education, Middle Passage, ethnic cleansing, "Jim Crow" laws, centrifugal/centripetal forces, nationalism, the IRA (Irish Republican Army), Caste system, Nelson Mandela, state-not a state, racism, apartheid, triangular trade, Palestine, Ottoman Empire, blockbusting. white flight, ghetto, Taliban, ethnic groups in the United States.

St. Augustine using Comic Life

Using Comic Life in class, include the following using pictures and descriptions:

-Castillo de San Marcos
-Ponce de Leon in Florida/Fountain of Youth
-History of St. Augustine
-St. Augustine Lighthouse
-Henry Flagler
-Ft. Matanzas
-Timucua Native-Americans

Each picture should be accompanied by a detailed description. Example below:

FRQ-Population Pyramids and Demographic Transition Model

 Prepare for the FRQ by reading pp. 63-66 and gather info from the internet to support your answer.

Multimedia Religion Project

Each table will be assigned a religion as follows:

Table
A-Christianity

B-Daoism (Taoism)

C-Confucianism

D-Buddhism

E-Islam

F-Hinduism

G-Judaism
H-Baha'i

Describe the following for each religion.

1. Origin (founder, date, location)

2. Holy Places

3. How it spread

4. Major branches/sects/ denominations

5. Organization

6. Holy Days/Calender

7. Places of worship/ sacred places/architecture

8. Conflicts with government, other religions
9. Any other important information about the religion

Projects will be in Keynote or Powerpoint using pictures, maps, video.....

Venn Diagram on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Make a Venn Diagram using Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as the 3 circles.

 

Click here for a good website to compare Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Unit 2 Test - Population and Migration

The Unit test will be this Tuesday, Dec. 4th. Terms to know will be: Infant Mortality Rate, Push/Pull factors, pandemic, demography, the Demographic Transition Model, Population Pyramids, ecumene, Edward Jenner, Physiological Density, Thomas Malthus, One Child Policy, Agricultural Density, brain drain, immigration/emigration, intervening obstacle, sterilization, Quota Act of 1924.

And, the FRQ for this test will be on:
1. What is a Push Factor?
2. What is a Pull Factor?
3. Give a modern day example of each and support your answer.
4. Discuss the effect of ONE of the following U. S. policies on immigration.
-Quota Act (1921)
-Immigration Act of 1965