Social+Studies

Vocab words: dyke, fault, communist state, consumer goods
 * Notes from 3-11**

China's 2 largest deserts: Gobi and Taklamaken

This link may help you fill out your map packet. []
 * Map resources**

finish filling out the map packet. There will not be a quiz on it this week. Next Monday, there is a test on Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa.
 * Notes from 1-3-12**

homework from pages 604-607 (was assigned before vacation and discussed in class today)

industrialized country: country with a large amount of manfacturing. Is a synonym for "developed country"

Boar: Dutch word for farmer

Apartheid: limits the rights of blacks, prevents races from mixing

Township: neighborhoods outside cities

Enclace: small country within a larger country: Lesotho, Swaziland. Don't confuse with "landlocked" (doesn't touch the ocean) Examples of Landlocked countries; Rwanada, Zambia

Largest mammal in Africa: African elephant Smallest mammal: shrew

Nelson Mandela: elected president of South Africa in 1994. He spoke out against Apartheid and went to jail.


 * challenges faced by South Africa today: AIDS epedemic, low standard of living**

keep studying the map of Africa!
 * Notes from 12-16**
 * [|map of Africa with capitals]**

There will be a quiz on chapter 19 on Friday!
 * Notes from 12-6-11**

Vocab words from homework:
 * Notes from 11-29-11**
 * Mangrove**
 * Savannah**
 * Harmatan**
 * Cacao**
 * Compound**
 * Civil war**

Why would an ethnic grop want their own country? To follow their own culture, religion, an and language

Why did a drop in oil prices cause economic problems in Nigeria? Nigeria specializes in oil, and the economy depended on it


 * Notes from 11-15-11**

I found this link helpful in explaining the different economic systems.

[|http://gozips.uakron.edu/~ely2/three%20economic%20systems.htm]

Quota

Free trade

NAFTA

Developed country

Command economy

Traditional economy

Mixed economy

subsistence farming: grow for you and your family to survive
 * Notes from 11-14-11**

commercial farming: growing to sell

natural resource

renewable vs nonrenewable resource

Economic system: market economy = free enterprise = capitalism mixed economy

tariff

When you buy goods made in the USA, more jobs will be made here.

Vocab: urbanization
 * Notes from 11-09-11**

3 problems caused by overpopulation: lack of food, strain on economy, strain on natural resources

Why do people live on small part of the Earth? Most of the Earth is covered by water, so it is uninhabitable (people can't live there)

Main reason for urbanization: people are looking for jobs

Vocab: birth rate, death rate
 * Notes from 11-8-11**

Answers to World Religions Worksheet 1. Estimated Religous Poluplation of the World, 2005 2. 21% Muslim, .22% Jewish 3. Christianity, Islam 4. 1.5 times grater 5. 980,000,000 or 980 million
 * Notes from 11-07-11**


 * Notes from 10-28-11**

I found this world religion map. I thought it was a little easier to read than the one on the handout we did today in class. [|World Religion Map]

Remember, as you east, you add hours. As you move west, you subtract hours.
 * Notes from 10-26-11**

There will be a quiz on time zones Friday. It will ask simple questions. Remember to write AM or PM, because it will be marked wrong if you don’t.

Culture: way of life for people who share similar beliefs or customs Religion: Judaism, Christian Scientist, Episcopal, Congregational are some of the religions practiced by people in Longmeadow Language: dialects (accents) In England, they call apartments flats, and bathrooms, the loo!

Ethnic group

Democracy- pg 83- people vote. There are direct democracies and representative democracies.

Constitutional monarchy- King or Queen is for Cermoney.

Dictatorship- Power is taken by force

Chart on page 82 will be on your next test!

Cultural diffusion: spread of knowledge and ideas to other places

TV and inernet have contributed to cultural diffusion


 * How does history shape culture?*** Very important. Think of holidays, such as July 4th

A woman boarded an airplane at 10:00 AM Pacific Time. Four hours later she landed in Baltimore, MD. What time was it in Baltimore when she arrived?
 * Notes from 10-25-11**
 * Remember: Baltimore is in the Eastern Time zone. It takes 4 hours to get to Baltimore from this woman's location in the Pacific time zone. 10:00 AM + 4 hours = 2:00 PM.**
 * 2:00 PM Pacific time is equivalent to 5:00 PM Eastern time, so if she leaves the Pacific Time Zone at 10 AM, it will be 5 PM when she arrives in Baltimore, even though the journey only took 4 hours.**


 * There will be a time zone quiz on Friday. Try these questions for extra practice!**
 * . If the time was 12:15 am in Los Angeles, California what time would it be in Bow, Ne **


 * If it is 9:00 AM in New Hampshire, what time is it in California?**


 * If it is 12:30 AM in Vermont, what time is it in Florida.**


 * It takes 4 hours by plane to fly from Boston to Denver. You leave Boston at 4:00 PM local time. What time will it be in Denver when you arrive?**


 * It takes 6 hours to drive from Los Angeles to Phoenix. You leave Los Angeles at 10:00 AM local time. What time will t be in Phoenix when you arrive?**
 * 2. If it was 9:00 p.m. in New Hampshire, what time would it be in Florida? **

Notes from 10-24-11 [|US Time Zone Map]
 * Remember: As you move east, you add hours. As you move west, you subtract hours.**

Notes from 10-20-11
 * Vocab words: acid rain, deforestation, crop rotation, conservation, irrigation, pesticide**

Notes from 10-17-11
 * Make sure you give the part of your community profile that you were responsible for to your group members.**


 * The map quiz is on Wednesday. Also for Thursday, read pages 69-72. Do # 1-6.**

Notes from 10-13-11
 * Vocab words to know:**


 * Drought**


 * El Nino**


 * La Nina**


 * Current**


 * Local wind**


 * Leeward (rainshadow)**


 * Windward**


 * Greenhouse effect**


 * Rainforest**


 * 5 elements that affect climate: sun, water, wind, landforms, people**

Notes from 10-11-11** Focus Questions from movie


 * 1) Pesticides help increase food production, but they also poison food and water. Fossil fuels contribute to pollution.
 * 2) The progress was fueled by coal, which made breathing hazardous.
 * 3) Half the sea dried up due to poor agricultural planning.
 * 4) The river is polluted with human and animal waste from people and animals bathing in it.
 * 5) The river was slick with oil and other pollutants, causing it to catch fire.
 * 6) People are cutting down trees, which is endangering many of the plants and animals.
 * 7) The gasses poured into the atmosphere trap the sun’s heat.
 * 8) The next ice age could be triggered.
 * 9) Countries are encouraging people to have fewer children and better healthcare.
 * 10) The developed countries feel that there is an unequal burden on them to cut back on emissions.
 * Notes from 10-07-11**
 * 1) The developed countries feel that there is an unequal burden on them to cut back on emissions.
 * Notes from 10-07-11**

Community Profile Group Assignment

Place- what a place is like Climate, vegetation, wildlife, landscape Culture: language, religions, food, clothing, sports, tourist stuff, values

Assignment is due next Wednesday

Columbus Discussion -He thought he was in the West Indies, but he was mistaken.

-America is named after Amerigo Vespucci. He was a cartographer. People used his maps.

Columubus was the firs European to discover the land. The Indians lived there, long before he arrived.

The Vikings discovered America, before Columbus, but they didn't stay. Columbus' explorations led to the colonization of America.

Elevation: Height above sea level
 * Notes from 10-03-11**

Continental shelf: an underwater plateau that stretches for miles off the coast of each continent

Trench: a valley in the ocean floor

Differences between mountains and hills: Mountains are taller and more rugged, while hills are smaller and more rounded on top.

Important *How was Cape Cod formed?
 * Cape Cod formed long ago in the Ice Age. A glacier, several miles thick, “swam” across the North American continent. The glacier’s north edge came to a stop when it collided with warmer air it had found. The glacier melted and the sheet of ice retreated 25 through 30 miles, to what is now Cape Cod. It deposited rock and soil that formed the Cape’s foundation and leaving behind freshwater kettle ponds. Years of ocean currents and wind erosion completed the structure and shape of Cape Cod. The Cape is a hook shaped peninsula, but usually referred to as a flexing arm, that extends into the Atlantic Ocean 65 miles. **

Notes from 9-30-11
 * Fault: a crack in the earth’s surface. Some faults are below the surface**


 * Pangea: a supercontinent. Many years ago, all of the continents were together, but then split in half.**


 * Erosion: process of wearing down and moving weathered materials**


 * Glacier: giant, slow-moving pieces of ice**


 * 3 ways that plates move: spreading apart, pulling away from each other, and pushing against each other**


 * What causes erosion? Wind, ice, and water**

Notes from 9-28-11**

Convectional precipitation: Occurs closer to the equator, in places like Florida or Mexico. In the summertime, we might experience a quick rain shower, which would an example of convectional precipitation.

Frontal precipitation: This is the kind of precipitation that we mostly experience here in Massachusetts. It occurs when warm and cool air meet, then water vapor condenses and falls as rain or snow.

Earthquake: Violent sudden movement of the earth’s crust.

Tsunami: Undersea earthquake that can cause a huge wave

Core: Dense hot iron mixed with other metals and rock in the center of the earth

Mantle: Layer of rock about1,800 miles thick surrounding the core

Crust: Uppermost layer of earth that is relatively thin

Magma: Melted rock that flows to the surface during a volcanic eruption

Continent: Massive land areas. There are 7 of them: North America,South America,Asia,Europe,Antarctica,Africa, andAustralia

Plate tectonics: A theory that states that the crust consists of plates that move on a layer of molten rock