Thursday, December 1, 2011

Extra Credit...

For extra credit, watch a movie that is set in Europe.  It can be modern day or historical.  Any genre of movie is fine, but it can NOT be a rated R movie or an animated movie.

After watching the movie - you will write a paper describing the following aspects of the film:
Location - where is the setting for this film?
Climate - what is the climate like during this film?
Major Cities - what major cities are shown?
Bodies of Water / Rivers - are there any featured or shown?
Mountains - any shown or discussed?
Leaders - any leaders of countries discussed or shown?
Economy - what is the economic situation of the characters in the film?  Is it indicative of the time / place?
What is the premise of the film?
What is the resolution?
For fictional movies: describe the main characters and how their relationship impacts the plot.
For non-fiction movies: how does this event in history impact the continent?
***Due by Friday, December 16***




Monday, November 28, 2011

Physical Map of Europe...

Use these maps to help you study and complete your map assignment for the Physical Map of Europe.
Physical Map 1
Physical Map 2
Physical Map 3

Friday, November 11, 2011

Honors....

Required Assignment for Honors World Geography students:
-Purchase and read the book A Walk Across America - by Peter Jenkins
Abe's Books
Amazon Used Books

-Bring your book or receipt of purchase to Coach Smith by Friday, November 18.
***Extra Credit***
Honors students can earn extra credit by creating a poster over a Latin American country.  They must first tell Coach Smith which country they would like to make a poster of - and then complete the poster by November 18.  Contents of the poster must include:
-Name of country
-Major religions
-GDP per capita
-Life Expectancy
-Capital
-Population
-Currency
-Area
-Language
-Literacy Percent
-3x5 drawing of flag (in color)

Monday, November 7, 2011

Assignment for 11/7/11 - 11/8/11

Complete the following assignment - bring to class on Wednesday, November 9.  We will take a vocabulary quiz on Wednesday.  You can look the words up online or borrow a book Tuesday night if necessary.


Vocabulary - Chapter 9, 10, 11
Andes Mountains
 
Llanos
 
Cerrado
 
Pampas
 
Orinoco River
 
Amazon River
 
Parana River
 
Rain Forest
 
Slash and Burn
 
Terraced Farming
 
Infastructure
 
Spanish Conquest
 
Tenochtitlan
 
Mestizo
 
Maquiladoras
 
NAFTA
 

Informal Economy
 
Quechua
 
Carnival
 
Global-Warming
 
Oligarchy
 
Junta
 
Land Reform
 
Caudillo
 

Monday, October 31, 2011

Political Maps of Latin America...

South America
Central America
Caribbean

7 Billion...

Today the world recognizes the global population has exceeded 7 billion.  The following two videos from National Geographic give great information into statistics behind 7 billion and what it means for our world.
http://youtu.be/sc4HxPxNrZ0

http://youtu.be/4B2xOvKFFz4