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Welcome to 6th Grade

World History

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********Please Review All Vocabulary for the Final Exam and Notes done in class which should be in the students Spirals. (see list below) *********** PLEASE GO TO RESOURCES TO HELP YOU TO REVIEW: USE THE 9 WEEKS TEST REVIEW (The Most Important Facts)

1st Nine Weeks : Basic Geography Skills, North America

VOCABULARY:

All students will receive a copy of the glossary for the social studies book on 9/20/11 to keep at home as a resource to help review their vocabulary words.

mapscale, compass rose, inset map, map key, map title, locator, intermediate directions, cardinal directions.  Be able to identify parts of a map.

pg. 2 introduction 5 Themes of Geography:

geography, absolute location, relative location, physical features, human features, modify, adapt, cause, effect, region, human environment interaction, movement, location

pg. 98- Geography of the United States

contigious, coastal plain, swamp, everglades, hurricane, tornado, Continental Divide

pg. 134- Geography of Canada

praire, tundra, fjord, province, territory, export, import, protectionism, free trade, economic indicator

PG. 106 AND ADD (culture, culture borrowing)

indigenous, representation, revolution, declaration, independence, constitution, republic, amendment, culture, and culture borrowing.

PG. 122 add: province, territory, import, export, free trade, economic indicator, protectionismconstitutional democracy, represenative democracy, federal government, cabinet, political party, common good, market price, deficit,  pg. 148- common wealth, free election, minority, parliamentary democracy, prime minister, federal system, seperatist, referendum (communism, democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy, monarchy)

10/3/11- pg. 148- common wealth, free election, minority, parliamentary democracy, prime minister, federal system, seperatist, referendum (communism, democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy, monarchy)

10/10/11 -(pg.20- 31) landform, plate tectonics, continental drift, fault, magma, lava, weathering, erosion, deposition, floodplain, delta , (10/13/11)- tributary, river system, drainage basin, rift, reservoir, trench, tidal wave, tide, water cycle.

Complete classwork review: totalitarian, life expectancy, migration, geography, autocratic, economy, monarchy, democracy, free enterprise, republic, dictatorship, oligarchy, modify, unlimited government, limited government, export, culture borrowing, GDP (GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT), market system, import, literacy.

2ND 9 WEEKS VOCABULARY (continue to review all vocabulary for the first semester exam January 8-12 )

Mexico, Central America and South America:

10/24/11- isthmus, peninsula, plateau, sierra, tierra caliente, frost, tierra templada, tierra fria, civilization, innovation, reclaim, missionary, fiesta, mestizo, annex, finances, presidential democracy, maquiladora.

11/7/11- pg.194-205; culture diffusion, culture trait, cultural diversity, assimulation, population density, subsistence farming, desertification, ethnic group, acculturation, archipelago, Ring of Fire, coniferous, trade winds, cay, corral, mulatto, commercial farming, indentured servant, Columbian exchange, legacy.

11/14/11- 208-227; limited government, unlimited government, federation, states rights, guerilla, civil war, petition, communism, self government, dependency, cordillerra, escarpment, EL Nino, humidity, transportation corridor, estuary, sharecropping, factors of production.

11/28/11-pg. 71, pg. 220-237 ; developed country, developing country, GDP, industry, free enterprise, primary industry, secondary industry, tertiary industry, quarternary industry, cordillera, escarpment, EL Nino, humidity, transportation corridor, estuary, sharecropping, factors of production, slash and burn, terrace, demarcation line, viceroy, social class, adobe.

12/7/11- junta, aristocracy, landlocked, diversify, invest, mutual defense, free trade zone.

12/12/11- REVIEW VOCABULARY OVER SOUTH AMERICA FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS

1/9/12- 9 WEEKS TEST REVIEW USING THE TOP 50 MOST IMPORTANT FACTS.  EXTRA CREDIT DUE: THE DAY OF THE 9 WEEKS TEST.  WRITE THE FACTS 5 TIMES EACH.  (1ST, 3RD, 4TH, AND 6TH PERIOD WEDNESDAY IS THE 9 WEEKS TEST 1/11/12) (2ND, 5TH, 7TH, 9 WEEKS TEST 1/12/12 THURSDAY).

BEGINNING OF 3RD 9 WEEKS:

EUROPE:

1/17/12- Eurasia, bog, polder, loch, firth, Renaissance, mercantilism, genocide, Holocaust, terrorism, common market, postwar, euro, specialize, constitutional monarchy, Thermal spring, amber, oil shale, lignite, Iron Curtain, collectives, buffer zone, satellite nation, ethnic cleansing, privatize, inflation, Roma, homogeneous



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