Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Homework, Tuesday, 9th December

Maths: Practice 9-2 Lines, Rays, and Angles; Enrichment 9-2 Shapes in Shapes (separate page)
Social Studies: Make sure your notes are up-to-date. See questions below:

Chapter 4: Exploring the Northeast

Lesson 1:
Geography and Climate and Resources:
1.     What is a glacier?     
2.     What are two different ways that glaciers affected the northeast?       
3.     What is climate?                                                                               
4.     What is a blizzard?                                                                           
5.     What effects can blizzards sometimes cause?                                          
6.     Do you know of another part of the world that is affected by blizzards? Where?

Natural Resources:
7.     What are natural resources?                                                          
8.     What are some of the natural resources found in the Northeast states?          
                                                                                                                                   

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1.     How do the geography and climate of the Northeast affect its economy?        
2.     Write a sentence that describes what happens in a quarry.                              
3.     Which mountains cut through the western part of the Northeast?                   
4.     Why is farming a larger industry in the southern parts of the Northeast than in the northern part of the region?                                                                                  
5.     Make a table titled Using Resources. In column 1, list the Northeast’s natural resources. In column 2, describe how each resource is used.                                               
                                                                                                                                   
Lesson 2: Early People

1.     About what year did Europeans arrive in Europe?                                             
2.     How many tribes made up the Northeast confederacy?             
3.     Most Native American tribes were known as hunter-gatherers. What do you  think this means?                                                                                                    
                                   
Lesson 3: Early Transportation:
1.     What is a canal?                                                                                           
2.     Why was the Erie Canal built?                                                       
3.     About how long is the Erie Canal?                                                             
4.     Why did many people stop using the canal?                                            
5.     What was the canal still used for?                                                 

                                                                                                                        

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