SS+8H-Olivia

** You are officially awesome enough to enter ** **OLiViA's WiKi PaGE :]** = = South American Geography Quiz Link - I worked with Ariyana

@http://www.quizgeo.com/quiz/704/olivia-and-ariyana

== = __Maps__ = Political Map of Europe

Notable Cities of Europe

Physical Features of Europe

Physical Features of North America

Notable Cities of North America

Map of North America

== = = territory. ||  || Louisiana Purchase: Purchase from France for $15 million ||   || Peaceful || = = = = =__ Assignment 10 __=
 * ~ Year ||~  ||~ Which area? Size? (be specific) ||~   ||~ Name & how was the territory gained. ||~   ||~ Peaceful or Non-Peaceful ||
 * 1853 ||  || Small strip of land in southern Arizona ||   || Gadsden Purchase: Purchased from Mexico for $10 million ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1803 ||  || 828,000,000 square miles of the Louisiana
 * 1818 ||  || Red River Basin (Minnesota + North Dakota) ||   || Red River Basin: Agreement with Britain to jointly occupy Oregon Territory ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1819 ||  || Florida ||   || Adam-Onís Treaty: The treaty gave Florida to United States. In exchange United States gave $5million to pay up for the damages ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1845 ||  || Texas ||   || Annexation ||   || Non-peaceful ||
 * 1848 ||  || Mexico ||   || Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ||   || Non-Peacful ||
 * 1846 ||  || Oregon Coutry ||   || Agreement to divide the country to the 49th prallel ||   || Peaceful ||
 * My partner was. . . Amal!**
 * **Did your views of Columbus change during our study of Columbus? Why or why not?**
 * Answer : Before our unit, I didn't really have any views of Columbus. As in, I wasn't too bothered by him because I only studied him a little once in third grade. But I suppose you could say I thought he was good because he discovered America. Now, I strongly believe that Columbus was a villain based on the information we learned in this unit.
 * **What is the most persuasive argument that supports your current perspective about Columbus?**
 * Answer : The article we read on Columbus being a villain is definitely the most persuasive argument that supports my current perspective. The article stated that Columbus was a terrible criminal who committed many crimes, and that strongly effected the way I thought of him.
 * **Do you think it's important to learn different perspectives about people who we think are heroes? Why or why not?**
 * Answer : I think it is very important to learn different perspectives about people, especially historical figures. There are always two sides of the story, and how can you tell which is the 'right' perspective unless you learn both of them? Granted, there isn't really a 'right' or 'wrong' side to any story, but everyone has an opinion on something, and hearing both sides of a story should be the way to influence your opinion.
 * **How do you think you will use the idea of perspective as you continue learning history this year and in high school?**
 * Answer : I think that from now in, I will really be interested in finding out the different perspectives of topics. This unit has really showed me the benefit of learning both sides, and I will definitely be reading up on other sides of the story in future.

= = = = = __Assignment 2__ =
 * **Explain one thing that you found most interesting or surprising while doing this project?**
 * Answer : I think it was very interesting to see that although Native Americans all lived in North America, their lifestyles were quite different. I had always thought that all Native Americans had lived the same way; it didn't really occur to me that their way of life was different until I did this activity.
 * **Explain one thing you think you did well in this project?**
 * Answer : I think I had good deductive reasoning and was making relevant educated guesses.
 * **Explain one thing you think you need to improve if you were to do another project like this?**
 * Answer : I should __read the instructions carefully__ before proceeding. I skimmed through the instructions before starting the activity, and ended up missing a step which I then had to do over.
 * **Which one of the competencies (Teamwork, Use of Technology, Communication, Problem Solving, Use of Numbers and Data) do you think you worked on during this project? Why do you think so?**
 * Answer : This assignment definitely goes under Problem Solving. We examined the placards and thought about different possibilities and compared evidence to figure out which area each placard belonged to. Hence, solving problems.

= __Assignment 1__ =
 * ** Explain one thing that you found most interesting or surprising while doing this project? **
 * Answer : After I wrote down all the countries I had been to, I was surprised to see that there had been so many. I also learned what a compass rose is. Before I would refer to them as 'little compass thingies'.
 * ** Explain one thing you think you did well in this project? **
 * Answer : I think that my work was very neat and well-organized. I also added some magazine cut-outs to make my project more creative and original.
 * ** Explain one thing you think you need to improve if you were to do another project like this? **
 * Answer : I would use a light pencil to write down things I need, THEN go over them with a marker. In this project (for the timeline) I started off writing with the marker first, and I ended up making some mistakes.
 * ** Which one of the competencies (Teamwork, Use of Technology, Communication, Problem Solving, Use of Numbers and Data) do you think you worked on during this project? Why do you think so? **
 * Answer : Use of Numbers and Data. This is because we took factual information (data) and used it to create a graphic map and timeline, which I feel is a good use of numbers and data.