HW#7

Read this link about Mesopotamia. Answer questions 1 - 3 on page 32 (the last page of the reading).

also, answer the two map questions on page 28 (the should be familiar. I would like you to have the answers on your blog).

Also, watch this video and answer this question:
1. Why did the Sumerians develop written language?

AND watch this video and answer these questions:
1. What do the symbols is Cuneiform represent?
2. What surface did they write on and how did they do it (briefly describe the process)?
3. What were some of the things they drew on?


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HW#6 (Tuesday Night)

Read this section from the textbook. It begins on page 12 and ends on page 16.



1. Please answer 'map questions' 1 on page 15.

2. Please answer 'map questions' 2 on page 15.

2. Answer questions 1 & 2 pn page 16. For question 2, please just make a list on your blog of everything you read about that occured BECAUSE OF the Neolithic Revolution.

HW#5

Where did humans come from?
Watch this video about this discovery of Lucy. Please fast foward to 1 minute and 30 seconds into the video.
1. What nation does the video focus on?
2. What year was the discovery made?
3. How many millions of years old is she?
4. What does it mean to be bipedal?
5. So from what continent, region and nation did human beings evolve (this video won't tell you this).

Now w0atch this very quick video and answer these questions for class tomorrow:

1. Hunters & Gatherers were constantly moving around. What were they following?

2. What did they also collect as they were traveling?

3. Do you think Lucy was a Hunter&Gatherer? explain.

PDF Test

Sorry this is late. Please click this link. If it doesn't work, then you need to update your adobe reader.

Try going to this website, and click the button to the right that says "Get adobe reader"
If that doesn't work, then see me pronto!

HW#5 ... YOU'RE SO LUCKY!

Well I was unable to find the link that I was going to assign you, so you do not have any Global I homework tonight after all. 

Lucky you.

HW#4 (Absolute&relative Location)

Watch this quick (and painfully boring) video and answer these questions:
1. Define Absolute Location

2. What is the ABSOLUTE LOCATION of:
a. Los Angeles
b. Paris, France
c.Capetwon, South Africa

3. Define RELATIVE LOCATION
a. What is the relative location of London, England?

4. What is the RELATIVE LOCATION of Queens, NY?

HW#3

1. Create a blog at blogger.com

2. Send an email to mrgiambalvo@gmail.com with the following information:

a) your first & last name

b) your period

c) the full URL to your blog

Use this handout to help guide you

(if you already have a blog with blogger.com, then you can create a new blog using your same account and send the email).

HW#2

1. Create an account at gmail.com. 

2. Send an email to mrgiambalvo@gmail.com from your new email address.

Use this handout to help guide you.

(if you already have a gmail account, just send an email to mrgiambalvo@yahoo.com)

HW#1

Sign the class contract. Have parent/guardian sign it as well. Bring notebook and pen with you to next class.