Speeches start tomorrow. Work hard!!
Remember try to make your speech 3 min. long

Schedule for setting up for Fair

4 - 6 after school on Tuesday or before school on Wednesday.

Remember: Sketches of your display boards are due tomorrow

Geography Questions 11 - 20 Test on Friday
11) Which river forms part of the border between Oklahoma and Texas?
Red River

12) Which river flows through Nashville, Tennessee? Cumberland

13) Camp David, the rural retreat where President Clinton mediated a peace conference for the Palestinians and Israelis in the summer of 2000, is in which state?
Maryland

14) The youngest mountains in the Rockies rise about a foot every 400 years. These peaks are in which mountain range?
Tetons

15) Which is the only state that reaches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes? New York

16) What is the name of the valley that lies between the ridges of the Allegheny and Blue Ridge Mountains? Shenandoah

17) The Susquehanna River flows into which large estuary? Chesapeake Bay

18) The city of Duluth is on the western edge of which lake? Lake Superior

19) What is the only mid-Atlantic state not bordered by the ocean? Pennsylvania

20) All of Louisiana's rivers ultimately flow into which body of water? Gulf of Mexico

Sucessful communication with your family and with others is simply speaking the truth in love.

Success requires persistence. If it is the right thing, never, never, give up.

Remember that your display board sketches are due on Wednesday.


Homework for Monday

Chapter 13 Lesson 1 Study Questions

1) Define Renaissance.
2) Where did Renaissance ideas first take hold?
3) Name the important events of trade in Italy.
4) What did merchants bring back other than goods?
5) Who were the government leaders of the city states?
6) What did the city states compete for?
7) What economic developments contributed to the rebirth of ideas in Italy?
8) What contributed to the rebirth of ideas in Italy?
9) What was the relationship between Greek and Roman culture and Renaissance thinking?
10) What Greek and Roman ideas do you recall that may have supported individualism in the Renaissance?
11) What are patrons?
12) Who was Leonardo da Vinci? List his accomplishments.
13) Who was Michelangelo? List his accomplishments.
14) How did art change during the Renaissance?
15) Who was Mona Lisa?
16) Who was the first to use movable type to print?
17) In 1455, what did Gutenberg print?
18) Who was the greatest writer of England's Golden Age?
19) How did the printing press affect the Renaissance?
20) What were some of the scientific contributions that Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton made?

Urgent message!!!!!

Don't forget your sketch of the display board/project is due on Wednesday, November 12

Work on your speeches!! Speeches will be presented to the class on Friday, November 14

The Social Studies Fair is on Wednesday, November 19
you may set up your project the night of the 18th or before school

Good Luck!!! Work hard!!!

DON'T WORRY ABOUT TITLES OR RECOGNITION. LET YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

Don't forget your geography test on Fridays.

United States Geography

1) Which river forms most of the border between the states of Washington and Oregon?
Columbia River

2) The Wright Brothers launched the world's first successful motor-powered airplane in 1903 on the sandy shore of which state? North Carolina

3) Coal mining is a major industry along what eastern mountain range? Appalachians

4) Which river forms the western border of New Jersey? Delaware River

5) The temperate rain forest of the Olympic Peninsula, which receives more than a hundred inches of rain a year, lies in which region of the United States? Northwest

6) Which state borders Yellowstone National Park on the north? Montana
7) Which U.S. national park, with the highest number of visitors per year, lies within Tennessee and North Carolina? Great Smoky Mountains

8) Acoma Pueblo, among the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the United States, is in what state? New Mexico

9) In the 1840's, a group of immigrants traveling west to California's Sacramento Valley met disaster crossing what is today Donner Pass, in which mountain range? Sierra Nevada

10) The easternmost point of land in the contiguous 48 states lies in which state? Maine

Geography Test on Friday on these ten questions
Test every Friday, each week we add ten questions


United States Geography

1) Which river forms most of the border between the states of Washington and Oregon?
Columbia River

2) The Wright Brothers launched the world's first successful motor-powered airplane in 1903 on the sandy shore of which state? North Carolina

3) Coal mining is a major industry along what eastern mountain range? Appalachians

4) Which river forms the western border of New Jersey? Delaware River

5) The temperate rain forest of the Olympic Peninsula, which receives more than a hundred inches of rain a year, lies in which region of the United States? Northwest

6) Which state borders Yellowstone National Park on the north? Montana
7) Which U.S. national park, with the highest number of visitors per year, lies within Tennessee and North Carolina? Great Smoky Mountains

8) Acoma Pueblo, among the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the United States, is in what state? New Mexico

9) In the 1840's, a group of immigrants traveling west to California's Sacramento Valley met disaster crossing what is today Donner Pass, in which mountain range? Sierra Nevada

10) The easternmost point of land in the contiguous 48 states lies in which state? Maine


Good Job on your test today!!!!

Chapter 12
Lesson 4

Conquering the
Pacific
The Pacific Islands
Pacific Ocean
World's largest body of water
12,300 miles (halfway around the world)
larger than all the world's land surfaces put together
islands formed by volcanoes


Atolls
islands formed from bodies of water
lagoons which are small bodies of water are found in the center of the atolls.





The Pacific Islands are grouped into three groups
Melanesia
Northeast of Australia
dark islands
Micronesia
small islands
North of Melanesia
Polynesia
East of Melanesia and Micronesia
islands are small and far apart



What was the greatest barrier to early travel in the Pacific Ocean?
fear of the unknown
Trade along the Pacific coasts
Han emperors took up Confucianism
Seafaring almost came to an end
could not take long voyages while parents were alive
taught that trade was not a worthwhile activity
Who controlled coastal trade at either end of the Pacific?
the Chinese in Asia
the Salangone in the Americas

What is a outriggers?
wooden frames placed on each side
kept the boats from tipping over in rough seas
What is a crab claw?
large triangular sails
sails allowed the boats to travel into the wind

What is a star path?
the way the stars in the night sky seem to move because of the Earth's rotation
Pacific islanders used the sun and stars to navigate

What is an archipelago?
a group or chain of islands
How did the Pacific islanders make the ocean a "highway"?
by using it for back-and-forth trade among the islands

World History Chapter 12

Sea and River Trade

Lesson 1
Read Lesson 1
Define vocabulary
Monsoon
Lateen sail
Dhow
Junk
Diplomat
Swahili

Vocabulary
Monsoon - strong winds that blow across the Indian Ocean
Lateen sail - triangle-shaped sail lets a ship travel into the wind
Dhows - Arab ships used lateen sails to travel east toward China when the northeast monsoon blew


Junks - wooden boats with four-sided-sails ( Chinese )
Diplomat - a person skilled in developing treaties
Swahili - a culture of part Arabian and part African grew up along the coast. This was the language and people of this area.
From Baghdad to Guangzhou
Baghdad became "the harbor of the world"
Ships sailed down the Tigris to Basra to load their ships with goods
Ships sailed from Basra to the ports of East Africa, India, and China

How did the people of Baghdad reach the people of Guangzhou for trading ?
Sailed on the Tigris River to Basra and across the Indian Ocean to the China Sea
Monsoons
Merchants set out for the East late in the year
Strong winds blew across the Indian Ocean
The winter monsoon blows from the northeast between November and March
The summer monsoon blows from the southwest between April and October

Because of the steady of the monsoons the seagoing peoples in the Indian Ocean had developed the lateen sail


Guangzhou
China's major port
Ships arrived here loaded with dates, sugar, linen cloth, perfumes, and jewels
Merchants used the winter monsoons to sail home
Exported items abroad the ship were silks, porcelain bowls, cotton, pepper, and spices
Round trip took 18 months
Traders on the Indian Ocean
Arab merchants did not have the monopoly on the east/west trade routes
Jewish merchants traveled from the Persian Gulf to China
Chinese used wooden boats with four sided sails called junks to sail to the Malay Peninsula
Chinese Traders
800's sailed to the Malay Peninsula
1400's began to travel to Siam, Indonesia, Ceylon, the Arabian Peninsula, and the eastern coast of Africa
Led by Zheng He
Arab merchants set up communities in some of the larger trading ports they visited
Muslims settlements grew up in Sri Lanka, parts of Indonesia, and China
Arab merchants took the Islam religion to southern India, Sri Lanka, and parts of Indonesia
The Swahili City-States
What did Arab traders want from the east coast of Africa?
Gold
Ivory
Animal skins
Sometimes slaves
What did the Arab merchants offer to the Africans?
Cloth
Spices
Pottery
Porcelain
How did Muslim ways and religion spread to countries bordering the Indian Ocean?
Through Muslim trading communities
How did the Swahili city-states develop?
Through Arabian interaction and trade

Great Zimbabwe


The Sofala and Kilwa traded salt, tools, and cloth to people from Central Africa for gold
Shonas people
A Bantu-speaking group
Took control of the Central African mines and took the gold
Became very wealthy
a. large herds of cattle
b. rule a large empire
c. built the capital at Great Zimbabwee
d. built a huge stone wall around the
court, this was a sign of wealth
Shona Empire
Lasted more than 200 years
Traded gold to the Swahili city-state
1450 Shona left Great Zimbabwe
Still a mystery why
What part did the people of the Shona empire play in trade across the Indian Ocean?
The Shonas controlled the Central African gold mines

Homework:

Work on your Social Studies Fair Project

Rough Draft is DUE on Oct. 30.

Work Hard!!!

Success requires persistence. If it is the right thing, never, never give up.

Chapter 12 Lesson 1 Study Questions
Questions due on Friday

1) Besides traveling over land routes, How did the traders travel?
2) What city became known as "the harbor of the world"? Why?
3) Where did the boats go after leaving the deep harbors?
4) What is a monsoon?
5) What is the difference in the winter and summer monsoons?
6) What is a lateen sail?
7) What is a dhows? What were they used for?
8) How did the people of Baghdad reach the people of Guangzhou for trading?
9) What products did the ships have on board when they arrived in China?
10) What goods did the Arab merchants export from China?
11) How long did a round trip take?
12) What other group of people traded with China during this time?
13) What are junks?
14) Who was Zheng He? Where did he travel on trade missions?
15) Define diplomat.
16) How did Muslim ways and religion spread to countries bordering the Indian Ocean?
17) Who were the Swahili?
18) How did Islam differ from the religions of many peoples in the Indian Ocean region?
19) Where was the richest Swahili city-state?
20) How did the Swahili city-states develop?
21) Describe Great Zimbabwe.
22) What part did the people of the Shona Empire play in trade across the Indian Ocean?



Extra point questions

1) Look on page 390, What does this quote tell you about Viking activity in the ninth century?
2) How did the people of Baghdad reach the people of Guangzhou for trading?
3) How did Islam differ from the religions of many peoples in the Indian Ocean region?
4) Why did the Swahili states form along the coast?
5) Why do you think some Arab traders choose to settle in East Africa?
6) How did the Swahili city-states develop?
7) What part did the people of the Shona Empire play in trade across the Indian Ocean?
8) How does trade link different cultures today?