John Hughes
Email me at hughesj4@ocps.net
Geography
Room number 104
Voice Mail 416
Team Rules 
Syllabus Course Outline Homework Daily Questions
- Be ready to start on time. This means have all materials ready and be in your seat when the bell rings.
- Tardy: Three tardies will result in a disciplinary action.
- Chewing Gum: Chewing gum is not allowed at Maitland Middle School.
- Food of any type is not allowed in the classroom.
- Materials: You are expected to bring all necessary materials to class each day. DO NOT bring any unnecessary articles to class. They will be taken and only returned to your parent or guardian.
- BOOK BAGS and BACKPACKS will be permitted in class if you keepthem under your desk. You have a locker to keep your books and personal belongings.
- Behavior:
- You are in school to learn. Each student has a right to the best possible education. If you are talking to other students, or in any way disrupting the class you are interfering with another student’s rights to learn.
- Observe classroom courtesy by respecting the rights of others. Stay in your space, leave other students and their belongings alone.
- Raise your hand for permission to talk.
- Be attentive.
8. Horseplay in the classroom will not be tolerated. Each classroom has computers, overhead projectors, and other expensive equipment which can easily be broken. Serious injury to you or other students is possible.
9. Bathroom: You will be allowed 3 (THREE) free passes per nine weeks. After your two free bathroom passes, you will be given a lunch detention to makeup lost class time.
Disciplinary actions will include but not be limited to lunch detentions, essays or parent notification and/or administrative referrals.
Team Rules Syllabus Course Outline Homework
Materials: you will need two portfolios: one for homework papers, etc. and one for your geography notebook. It should have 3 prongs for your papers. You will also need a small ruler, colored pencils or markers, a red pen and a compass.
Geography Notebook: This notebook will be for your classwork. Each notebook will have a table of contents listing the order of the work completed. The notebook will be graded at the end of each 9 weeks. Each completed page will count two (2) points. If you have a page in your notebook that has not been completed it will count one (1) point. If a page is missing it is counted as zero (0) points.
Tests: Each chapter test will have between 20 and 35 questions. Each map test will have 15 to 25 questions.
Homework: Homework will normally (but not always) be given twice a week; assigned on Monday or Tuesday for that week. Homework assignments will be written on the marker board on the door. If homework is turned in late, your grade on that assignment may be reduced by 25 %. In order to receive credit for late homework you must come in before school, after school or at lunch time to grade your work and you must have a written reason why it is late (complete sentence). If you are absent you will have the same amount of time to complete your work when you return as the rest of the class. When you turn in work after being absent you need to write absent on the top of your paper.
Daily Questions: Each day at the beginning of class you will have two questions to copy and answer during the first 5 minutes of class. If you are absent you will still be responsible for the daily questions. You can get them from a friend or see me when you return. You may use your text to help you answer the questions. The questions will be graded and collected the day of the test.
Directions for Daily Questions: Number each question, put the date in the margin of your paper. Copy each question. Your answer should be on a separate line and underlined. Skip a line between questions.
Grading: A total point system of grading will be used. Each question has the same value (weight). For example Chapter 1 might have 30 homework questions, 30 classwork questions and a 30 question test. Your final grade would be approximately 1/3 homework, 1/3 classwork and 1/3 test. The grading will not always be exact same number of questions for homework, classwork and test.
Paper Heading: Each paper you turn in should have the following information on the top right corner of your paper.
Name: your first and last name
Period Number
Date
Assignment Name (example: Chapter 1 Daily questions,
H/W page 122 # 1-4)
If you want to ask or answer a question in class please raise your hand.
If you have any questions or problems remember, I am here to help you.
Student: ______________________________ Date:___________
Parent: ______________________________ Date:___________
Team Rules Syllabus Course Outline Homework
| 1st 9 Weeks | Review Map and Globe Skills Russia/Eastern Europe Western Europe |
| 2nd 9 Weeks | Europe/Russia |
| 3rd 9 Weeks | Latin America |
| 4th 9 Weeks | United States/Canada |
Team Rules Syllabus Course Outline Homework
Homework Schedule
2007-2008.
Due August 28
Current Event
Due August 31
Pick one place in the U. S. and one place outside the U. S. (foreign country) that you have been to or would like to go to. Tell why you would like to go there, what you would do and describe the physical characteristics. Bring in a visual representation (picture, photograph or map and flag). You will be asked to present your information to the class.
Due Sept 7
Current Event W/S
Due Sept 10
On the following pages complete Practice Your Geography Skills
Pg FL 45 # 1-2; Pg FL 47 # 1-3; Pg FL 49 # 1-2
Due Sept 12
On the following pages complete Practice Your Geography Skills
Pg FL 51 #1-2, FL 53 #1-3, FL 54 #1-2, FL 55 #1-2
Due Sept 13
On the following pages complete Practice Your Geography Skills
Pg FL 56 #1-2, FL 57 #1-2, FL 59 #1-2, FL 61 #1-2
Sept 1
Foundations Daily Questions and Foundations Test
September 8
Pg 19 # 1-3
September 21
Pg 23 # 1-3
September 27
Pg 32 # 1-3
Oct 3
Pg 34 # 13-15 Comprehension and Critical Thinking
Oct 4
Pg 34 # 16-18 Comprehension and Critical Thinking
Oct 5
Chapter 1 Daily Questions
Chapter 1 Test
Oct 11
Pg 44 # 1-3
Oct 16
Ch 2 Sec 1 Quiz
Ch 2 Sec 1 Daily Questions
Oct 18
Geography Notebook Due
Weeks of Oct 29 - Nove 18
Any work not completed in class.
We are currently using a class set of books, so there will not be
any homework from the text. There will be some worksheets to
commplete at home.
Due Nov 9
Chapter 5 MTTT daily questions
Chapter 5 MTTT packet (4 worksheet completed in class or at home).
Chapter 5 MTTT test
Second Semester
Jan 24
Pg 129 # 1-4
Jan 25
Pg 160
# 1-2.
Jan 29
Extra Credit: Watch the State of the Union Address (or get a copy and read). List three things you agree with and 3 thing you disagree with or you can list six things you agree or disagree with in the State of the Union.
Jan 30
Ch 2 Daily Questions Sections 3, 4 and 5
Feb 1
Pg 204 # 1-3
Feb 6
Ch 4-2 Daily Questions
Feb 7
Pg 410 # 1-3
Feb 8
Pg 417 # 1-3
Feb 13
Europe Review
Feb 14
Pg 426 # 1-2
Feb 21
Discovery Activity of Latin America
Feb 22
Pg 428 # 9-11 Critical Thinking
Feb 27
Pg 428 # 12-14 Critical Thinking
Feb 28
Ch 11 Test and Daily Questions
(???? subject to change)
March 4
Pg 440 # 1-2
March 6
Pg 445 # 1-3
March 11-12
FCAT Testing
March 13
Locating Cities of South America w/s
March 14
Pg 452 # 1-3
March 17-18
NRT Testing
March 21
Notebooks due
April 17
Pg 518 # 1-3
April 18
Pg 535 # 1-3
April 24
Pg 550 #1-3
April 25
Pg 504 #1-3
April 29
Test 14-16 and daily questions
May 1
Pg 223 # 1-3
May 2
Pg 232 # 1-2
May 8
Pg 238 # 1-2 and Discovery Acticities: US and Canada worksheet
May 9
Sea World Trip
May 15
Pg 240 Map Master Skills and pg 241 practice questions.
Map Test of North America
May 22
Ch 6 Notes and Daily Question Quiz
May 29
Textbooks Due
May 30
Geography Notebook Due
Daily Questions : Write each questions. Underline your answer. Underline your answer.
Foundations Daily Questions
Directions: Write each question. Skip a line between questions. Underline your answer.
1. Building the Altamonte Mall was an example of which of the Five Themes of Geography?
2. The spread of goods, people and ideas from one location to another is an example of _______.
3. The earth is titled _____ on its axis.
4. The northern hemisphere receives the greatest number of hours of sunlight when the sun is directly over the ______.
5. A small unit of measure on the globe stands for a large unit of measure on the earth. This is an example of _____.(FL 48-49)
6. All lines of longitude come together at the _____ and _____. (FL 48-49)
7. A Mercator map shows the correct shape and direction, but it distorts ____ and _____. (Pg FL50-51)
8.On an equal area map what part of the map has the greatest distortion? Pg FL 50-51)
9.What is the purpose of a compass Rose? (Pg FL 52-53)
10.What part of a map would show airports, points of interest and parks? (FL 52-53
11. _____ shows how quickly land rises or falls. FL 54-55
12.Maps that have symbols and labels for capitals, cities and towns are ________. FL 54-55.
13. How many climate regions does India have? FL. 56-57
14. What official language is spoken in Haryana (Delhi)? FL. 56-57
15. Which European country had the most possessions in the Americas? (FL 58-59).
16. People move for “push” or “pull” reasons. Explain what this means. (FL 58-59).
17. Define subsistance farming. (Fl pg 60-61)
18. Define commercial farming (Fl pg 60-61)
19. Longitude lines run north and south and measure distance ___ and ___. FL48-49.
20. Foundations test
Periods 1,3 Periods 4, 5, 6
10 Matching 0
14 Multiple Chocie 23
Completion 10
Essay 1
Chapter 1 Daily Questions
Write each questions. Underline your answer. Underline your answer.
- What physical feature divides Europe from Asia?
- The _____ _____ _____ (landform) covers more than half of Europe?
- The average number of people living in a square mile or kilometer is ______ _____.
- The Volga River is not navigable for 3 months of the year. Why?
- Which region in Europe has the best farmland and the largest cities?
- ___________ makes up about 75 % of Russia’s territory, but it only has about 20 % of its population.
- How has Europe’s peninsulas and bays affected their shipping industry?
- How does the North Atlantic current affect the climate of Northwestern Europe?
- Which of the following rivers is not located in Europe or Russia? Rhine; Volga, Yukon, Danube
- Look at the map on page 21. What type of vegetation covers most of the United Kingdom?
- Name 3 fossil fuels.
- Why has it been difficult for Russia to develop its natural resources?
- Which major landform is shared by Europe and Russia?
- Look at the map on page 25. What type of information does this map show?
- Most of Russia’s deposits of oil, coal, and natural gas are located in ______ (region).
- Use the map on page 22. What are Russia’s three major vegetation regions?
- In Western Europe, the areas west of mountains receive heavy rainfall. Explain why. (Ch 1 Sec 2)
- A permanently frozen layer of ground below the top layer of soil is known as _______. (Ch 1 Sec 2)
- Ch 1 Test Periods 1, 3 Periods 4, 5,6
8 Multiple Choice 12
Essay 2
3 Map Reading 5
Completion 8
11 Matching 5
Chapter 1 Daily Questions Due
Chapter 5 MTTT
Directions: Write each question. Skip a line between questions. Underline your answer.
1. A lord’s main duty toward the people who pledged loyalty to him was to ______. (1)
2. Before most peasants got married or left the manor they needed to get permission from the _____. (1)
3.The period between ancient times and modern times is called the ____. (1)
4. What happened to peasants who escaped to a city and lived there for a year and a day? (1)
5. During the Middle Ages, the largest and most powerful religion in Western Europe was the ________. (2)
6. The economies of towns were based on the exchange of money for ________. (2)
7. Medieval cities, lack of sanitation and overcrowded conditions meant that disease ________. (2)
8.During the Middle Ages a new class of people developed between the nobles and the peasants called the ____ _____. (2)
9. The Holy Land (Jerusalem) was considered sacred by _____ _____ and_____. (3)
10.As a result of the Crusades, the people of Europe began to use ________ instead of bartering for goods. (3)
11. What was the main reason Pope Urban II wanted to go to war against the Muslim Turks? (3)
12. Who led the “army” of common people to fight in the First Crusade? (3)
13. On June 15 1215 King John was forced to sign the ____ ____ that limited the power of the King. (4)
14. Which two countries fought the Hundred years war? (4)
15. How did the Crusades weaken the nobles? (4)
16 Joan of Arc was tried for witchcraft and convicted. What happened to her after she was convicted? (4)
17. One cause of the Hundred Years War was that both England and France wanted to control the ______, a waterway that separates the two countries. (4)
19. Kings and Popes often disagreed over who should appoint ____________. (4)
Chapter 2
Sections 3, 4, 5
Directions: Write each question. Skip a line between questions. Underline your answer.
1.The ____ ____ was a revolution in the way goods were made and the way people lived and worked. (3)
- During the Age of Imperialism, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium and Great Britain colonized most of ______(continent). 3
2.Nationalism can be a constructive or destructive force. Give an example of either one.
3.Which countries were known as the Axis Powers during World War II? (3)
4. Why was Ivan IV called “Ivan the Terrible”? (4)
5.A French Army under ____ ____ invaded Russia in 1812. (4)
6. During the Russian Revolution, what happened to Tsar Nicolas II and his family? 4
7. When the communist gained power in Russia, who ended up with all of the power and most of the wealth? 4
8. What is a “euro”? (5)
9. Citizens of the EU can travel to any EU member nation without a ____. (5)
10. Peasants opposed a plan by Stalin to give their farm products to the government. What did Stalin do to punish them? (4)
11. The history of Russia is a story with four themes. What are they? (4)
12. Name the three policy-making institutions of the EU. (5)
13. How many countries are members of the EU?
14. Name 3 EU countries that do not use the “euro”.
15. What is the main goal of the European Union? What were the world’s two super powers at the end of World War II? (4)
16. Who were the world’s two super powers at the end of World War II? (4)
17. Winston Churchill said it was as if an “______ ______” had fallen across Eastern Europe, dividing the East from the West.(4)
18. During the Cold War the Soviet Union’s government invested heavily in weapons and heavy industry. How did this help cause the collapse of the Soviet Empire? (4)
Chapter 4
Directions: Write each question. Skip a line between questions. Underline your answer.
1 Who watches over (guards) the Tower of London? (1
2. Name the four regions of the United Kingdom. (1)
3.In 1215 King John was forced to sign the ______ _____ or Great Charter. (1)
4. The _____ _____ determines which words will officially be added to the French Language. (2)
5.In 1889 the ____ ____ was built to celebrate the French Revolution. (2)
6.After World War II, why did the French government encourage immigration? (2)
7.What is a “cradle-to-grave” welfare system? (3)
8.Look at the chart on page 142, which country pays the highest sales tax rate.
9.Vatican City symbolizes the ___ ___ _______ that unites most Italians. (4)
10.Northern Italy is much more _____ than southern Italy. (4)
11. According to the time line on page 156, when was the Berlin Wall built.
12. At the end of World War II, Germany was divided into two countries. Name them.(5)
13. What do the circle graphs show?
14. Between 1995 and 2004, in which type of occupation was the greatest increase?
15. What conclusion can you draw that explains what may have caused the decrease in the agriculture labor force in 2004?
16. According to the time line on page 156, which happened first: Adolf Hitler takes political control or laws legalize persecution of Jews?
17. After the fall of the Berlin wall did Germans in the east have a higher or lower standard of living? (5)
18. According to the chart Structure of Italy’s Economy on page 147 which occupation is increasing? (4)
19. Which three cities have most of Italy’s manufacturing? (4)
Chapter 11
Directions: Write each question. Skip a line between questions. Underline your answer.
1. Mexico and Central America is called ____ _____. (1)
2. Name the two types of islands in the Caribbean Sea. (1)
3. Central America is a ______ or narrow strip of land with water on both sides.
4. Of all the landforms of South America, the _____ _____ is probably the most impressive.
5.Look at the map on page 412. What type of climate covers the northern part of Brazil?
6. According to the Vertical Climate Zone diagram on page 414, what crops would grow best between 3,000 and 6,000 feet?
7. Why is the warming of the water along the west coast of South America referred to as El Nino (Spanish for the Christ Child? (2)
8. Climate is affected by elevation, nearness to the equator and __ __. (2)
9. Jamaica is one of the worlds leading producers of _____, used to make aluminum. (3)
10. Two Latin American countries that are major oil producers are _____ and _____. (3)
11. Most of Mexico’s people live in the ____ plateau. (1)
12. The _____ River, the second longest river in the world, carries more water than any other river. (1)
13. Name the two countries in South America that have coffee as a major crop (export). (3)
14. Some Latin American countries have a one-resource economy. Why would a drop in copper prices hurt the economy of Chile? (3)
Good Luck!!
Have a great year!