Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Exam 1

Week of 11/30/2020

Geography Exam #1  (this is your first Geography Exam ...do not panic, just do what you can within the allotted time.  Consideration will be given since this is the first time you have had an exam of this nature)  You will have a total of 90 minutes over two days to do this exam.  You may use all 90 at once or 45 mins/day.  

Exam 1: Asia General Survey Parts I, II, III, IV, and Siberia and Kamchatka


Label the following on a map of Asia.

  • Altay Mountains

  • Arctic Ocean

  • Asia Minor

  • Caspian Sea

  • Euphrates River

  • Tigris River

  • Ganges Plain

  • Himalaya Mountains

  • Indian Ocean

  • Kamchatka Peninsula

  • Lake Baikal

  • Pacific Ocean

  • Siberia

  • Tibet

  • Ural Mountains


Label at least three of the following countries on your map.

  • Afghanistan

  • China

  • India

  • Iran

  • Russia



Essays


  1. Tell what you know about the mountains and tablelands of Asia, the lakes of Asia, the rivers of Asia OR volcanoes in Asia.

  2. Tell what you know about one of the following: Aral Sea, Lake Baikal, Yakutsk, Siberia, OR the Kamchatka Peninsula.

  3. Tell what you know about domestic plants and animals from Asia, Mason’s descriptions of excessive climates compared to tempered climates OR the monsoons and rainfall in Asia.

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Describe what Pope Benedict XVI, in Deus Caritas Est,  has to say about the love of God.

Write your Favorite Psalm from memory.

Which Early Church Father would you like most to spend time with and why?\




What work of literature that you have read so far this year is your favorite and why?


Compare the Greek " In the Beginning" with the Babylonian story from last term. Which do you like better and why?



Who, so far as you have read in /Churchill, would you name as either the best or the worst English monarch? Tell as least three things about this monarch that have shaped your view.


Tell the story of Richard the Lionheart.


 

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Geographical Reader Primary Source Reading - Asia

 Curated Articles on

Middle East, Central Asia, and India

to accompany

 A Living High School Geography:

 Middle East, Central Asia, and India


compiled by Jill Papsdorf



Note: If you are using the Curated Articles, you may want a National Geographic digital subscription as the articles draw heavily from the National Geographic website.



Read the required articles for the assigned section. Write a sentence or two about each one in your geography notebook and choose one article or website for an oral or written narration.



Table of Contents


Table of Contents

Introduction

Asia: General Survey Part I

Asia: General Survey Part II

Asia: General Survey Parts III and IV

Siberia and Kamchatka

Turkey in Asia Part I

Turkey in Asia Part II

The Holy Land

Damascus

Arabia Part I

Arabia Part II

Persia

Central Asia

Our Indian Empire

History of British India

Himalaya Mountains

The Valley of the Ganges and the Valley of the Indus

The Deccan and the Coast Plains



Introduction


required, if they are new to you


for additional information and interest

  • thetruesize.com - You can use this website to compare countries around the globe. 



Asia: General Survey Part I

(with a focus on mountains and plateaus)


required


for additional information and interest



Asia: General Survey Part II

(with a focus on the Siberian plain, Aral Sea, tundra, rivers, Lake Baikal)


required


for additional information and interest



Asia: General Survey Parts III and IV

(with a focus on monsoons, Yakutsk, steppes and deserts, domesticated animals and plants from Central Asia)


required


for additional information and interest





Siberia and Kamchatka

(Russia, Siberian exile)


required


for additional information and interest


Turkey in Asia Part I

(Ottoman Empire)


required


for additional information and interest


Turkey in Asia Part II

(Taurus Mountains, Mount Ararat, Lake Van, Mesopotamia, Turkey, Iraq, Kuwait, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan)


required


for additional information and interest



The Holy Land

(Mosque of Omar , Temple of Solomon, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Dead Sea, Jerusalem, Israel, Jordan, Gaza Strip, West Bank)


required


for additional information and interest



Damascus

(Syria, Lebanon)


required


for additional information and interest


Arabia Part I

(focused on the desert and its people, Saudi Arabia)


required


for additional information and interest



Arabia Part II

(focused on the southern and western land of the Arabian Peninsula, Mecca, Medina, the hajj, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), Bahrain)


required


for additional information and interest


Persia

(Mount Demavend, Lake Urmia, modern-day Iran)


required


for additional information and interest



Central Asia

(Bolan Pass, Khyber Pass, Pamir Knot, stupas / topes, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan)


required


for additional information and interest



Our Indian Empire

(monsoon, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)


required


for additional information and interest

History of British India

(Robert Clive, Warren Hastings, Black Hole of Calcutta, Battle of Plassey, Sepoy rebellion)


required


for additional information and interest



Himalaya Mountains

(Brahmaputra River, Mount Everest, Bhutan, Nepal)


required


for additional information and interest


The Valley of the Ganges and the Valley of the Indus

(banyan, tamarind, Sundarbans, Golden Pagoda in Varanasi,Taj Mahal, Padma River, Rann of Kutch, Kashmir)


required


for additional information and interest




The Deccan and the Coast Plains

(teak, Ghats, Mumbai, Sri Lanka, Maldives)


required


for additional information and interest