Thursday: Research

 

Thursday: Response to Text

 The Amazon Rainforest

Highlight the correct answers or write down the correct answer.

1. List all of the countries that the Amazon Rainforest covers.

→peru Venezuela,Ecuador,colombia,Guyana,Bolivia,Suriname,French Guiana,

2. How big is the Amazon Rainforest?

a) 2 million square feet b) 4 million square feet

c) 5 million square feet d) No exact measurement

3. How many of the world’s bird population can be found in the Amazon Rainforest?

a) 30% b) 10%

c) 20% d) 40%

4. Which of the following species CANNOT be found in the Amazon Rainforest?

a) Humans b) Dogs

c) Cats d) Reptiles

5. True or false: All of the plants and trees in the Amazon Rainforest have been discovered.

a) True b) False

6. What type of technique was used to create farmland and grazing pastures?

a) Clash-and-curve b) Slash-and-curve

c) Clash-and-burn d) Slash-and-burn

7. Why might the indigenous people who live in the Amazon not like interacting with humans that don’t live their lifestyle?

→probably they don’t like interacting with people, not their lifestyle because they might do stuff necessary. 

8. Why is it important that the Amazon Rainforest has protection laws?

→As mentioned above,from an international climate protection perspective,the Amazon rainforest is a vital resource for everyone by helping absorb CO2.

Four Facts - The Amazon Rainforest

 

Wednesday: Response to Text

 The Statue of Liberty

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1. What is the official name for the Statue of Liberty?

→Enlightening  the world

2. In what year was the statue finally completed and dedicated?

a) 1875 b) 1878

c) 1885 d) 1886

3. Who came up with the idea of the statue?

a) Frederic Bartholdi b) Edouard de Laboulaye

c) Leonardi DaVinci d) Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

4. Where does the Statue of Liberty reside?

a) New Orleans b) New York

c) France d) Italy

5. Edouard de Laboulaye was an...

a) Activity Director b) Architect

c) Activist d) Avid protector

6. How many years was the statue closed because of attacks?

a) 1 year b) 4 years

c) 2 years d) 3 years

7. How can tourists see the Statue of Liberty?

→tourists can travel so they go from place to place.

8. What did the Statue of Liberty represent?

→it represents the light of the world.

Four Facts - The Statue of Liberty

 

Tuesday: Research

Tuesday: Response to Text

 The Great Wall of China

Highlight the correct answers or write down the correct answer.

1. In what year was the wall finally finished?

a) 1978 b) 1778

c) 1878 d) 1887

2. Who was the first Emperor of China?

a) She Gin Hangi b) Qin Shi Huang

c) Shi Qin Huang d) Gin She Hangi

3. Which of the following was NOT one of the materials used to build the Great Wall?

a) Bones b) Mud

c) Straw d) Broken sticks

4. How long did it take to build the wall?

a) 3000 years b) 3 dynasties

c) 2000 years d) 2 dynasties

5. Which of the following was an unfortunate cause of death for those building the wall?

a) Diseases b) Giant falling rocks

c) Fatigue d) All of the above

6. What famous movie features the Great Wall of China?

a) Kung Fu Panda b) Prince of Bel Air

c) Karate Kid d) Chicken Run

7. Why might dynasties after the first continued to build and repair the wall?

→so the invasions don’t get in to  china to protect  all of china.

8. How might this wall have helped different Chinese soldiers in the past?

→because they have more height to protect their country and they know that the wall is so long that the invaders won’t get in.