2nd Quarter Assignments
Quiz #1: Read and take notes on pages 43-49. A quiz was given with the aide
of notes. (Nov 3, 2009)
Quiz #2: Square Roots
Quiz #3: Lattitude/Longitude
Quiz #4: Drill # Collected
Project/Class work Grade:
#1: Atlas Assignment #1
Atlas Assignment: Pg 56-57
1. What state has the highest area? 2. Lowest Area? 3. Highest Point? 4.
Highest “Lowest Point”? 5. Highest Recorded Temperature 6. Lowest Recorded
Temperature 7. Highest Recorded Precipitation? 8. Lowest Precip?
#2 Atlas Assignment #2
Pages 52-53
1. What state has the highest population?
2. What state has the lowest population?
3. What is the largest city in Georgia? Penn? Nebraska?
4. How many state capitols are also the largest cities?
5. What is the nickname of MD?
Pages 70-71
6.Where does Baltimore rank in population? What is the population?
7. What state/district saw a population decrease from 1990 to 2000?
8. During what years did the US see a drop in population per square mile?
#3 Atlas assignment #3
Test #1: Bias/Reliability/Primary Sources/Physical Vs. Human Geography
Test #2: Square Roots/Latitude and Longitude/United States and Canada
Homework:
Homework #1: (Due Monday 11-9)
1. When reading latitude and longitude, what were the steps that were outlined
during class?
2. Describe the climate of Canada and the United States?
3. Name several things that the United States and Canada have in common and
several differences.
4. How are a Tundra and Desert similar?
5. Name the 5 Great Lakes (HOMES).
Homework #2: (Due Tuesday 11-10)
*Find the squares for 1-20. This will help in determining the square root of
numbers.
Homework #3: (Due Wed, Nov 18th)
Create a story that uses the following vocabulary words. Make sure to
underline the words.
1. Glaciers 2. Plains 3. Tundra 4. Humid Subtropical 5. Arid 6.Bering
Strait 7. Commercial Farming 8. Forestry
*Be creative
Homework #4 (Due Monday 11-23): Write down everything you know about
economics…some key words that may assist you are: Markets, goods,
opportunity cost, goods, services, supply and demand. Think about the things
we have talked about over the past year +.
Homework # 5/6: (Due Tuesday 12-1-09)
**Students are to find a newspaper article, cartoon, or photograph and answer
the questions on the experience sheet titled “Conflict Clipping”. This will
count as two homework grades.
