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=[|South America QuizGeo]= =*my partner was... Chae Un Ok= =Expansion of the United States= = = = = = = =__Key Battles of American Revolution__= media type="custom" key="12791788"
 * ~ Year ||~  ||~ Which area? Size? (be specific) ||~   ||~ Name & how was the territory gained. ||~   ||~ Peaceful or Non-Peaceful ||
 * 1853 ||  || Southwestern chunk of Arizona ||   || Gadsden Purchase: Purchased from Mexico for $10 million ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1803 ||  || Louisiana - from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border. ||   || Louisiana Purchase: Louisiana purchased from France for $15 million. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1818 ||  || Oregon Territory - Red River Basin: now a part of the states of Minnesota and North Dakota. ||   || The Convention of 1818: It dealt with some result of the Treaty of the Ghent. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1819 ||  || Florida - location of border between American and Spanish territories ||   || The Adam-Onís Treaty was signed by America and Spain since neither sides wanted war. The Americans had to pay $5 million to compensate for the damages they caused and in turn, they got possession of Florida. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1845 ||  || Texas(southern part of America) ||   || Texas Annexation: In 1845, Texas asked to be part of the USA. However, this started a war between Mexico and the US over disputed borders. ||   || Non-Peaceful ||
 * 1846 ||  || Modern-day Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, some parts of Montana and Wyoming ||   || Oregon Country: The territory was split to accommodate both the British and the Americans to avoid a full scale war. America and Britain came to an agreement to coexist own their own side of Oregon. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1848 ||  || Modern-day California, Nevada, and Utah, some parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. ||   || Mexican Cession: The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo was signed by the US and the Mexicans making Texas officially part of the US. ||   || Non-Peaceful ||
 * 1867 ||  || An extension on the North western side of present-day Canada. (Alaska) ||   || US purchased Alaska from the Russians for only $7.2 millions. This turned out to be a profitable venture for American since they found gold and other resources in the Alaskan regions. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1898 ||  || The island nation of Hawaii. ||   || Hawaii Annexation: In 1894, Hawaii's first attempt to join US failed since the president of the US declined the offer. However, the next president welcomed Hawaii and it became the 50th state of the US. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * My partner was**** ......... Chae Un Ok**

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 * Directions:** Whether you think Christopher Columbus is a hero or villain, or guilty or not guilty of crimes against humanity, what is known is that when he landed in the New World in 1492, the world changed forever. Please answer the following reflection questions __**on your wiki page**__ clearly and with details.
 * 1) Did your views of Columbus change during our study of Columbus? Why or Why not?
 * 2) What is the most persuasive argument that supports your current perspective about Columbus?
 * 3) Do you think it's important to learn different perspectives about people who we think are heroes? Why or Why not?
 * 4) How do you think you will use the idea of perspective as you continue learning history this year and in high school?

Answers: 1. Before our study of Columbus, I did not know anything about Christopher Columbus so I had no change of perspective. 2. My current perspective about Columbus is that he is a villain. The most persuasive argument is that Columbus started the idea of the African slave trade. 3. Yes, it is important because there might be a side of the hero that most people don't know about and that maybe these heroes should have been viewed as villains. 4. I think I will use the idea of perspective in seeing positive and negative deeds of people we learn about and the pros and cons of the events we learn about.

= __Unit 2 Assignment 2__ = Now that you are finished with your Native American artifact investigation, I would like you to reflect on this assignment. Please answer the following questions clearly **on your wiki page**.
 * 1) **Explain** one thing that you found most interesting or surprising while doing this assignment?
 * 2) **Explain** one thing you think you did well in this assignment?
 * 3) **Explain** one thing you think you need to improve if you were to do another assignment like this?
 * 4) Why do you think you did this assignment and how did it help you develop one of the competencies?

Answers:

= = =__Unit 1 Assignment 2 - Geography "Your World" Reflection__= Now that you are finished with your poster, I would like you to reflect on this project. Please answer the following questions clearly **on your wiki page**. Reflection Answers:
 * 1) Something I found interesting in this assignment are the differences between the cultures of the people in each region. I learned many things about how people in the past used their natural resources to live.
 * 2) I think I did the guessing of what the different regions have pretty well. I had only a few errors when I compared my guesses to what the book said.
 * 3) I need to improve time usage so I can finish on time. I did the guessing of every region before writing the journal entries.
 * 4) I think the purpose of the assignment was to see if we can guess the geographical features of a region based on what we know. This assignment fits the competency of 'use of numbers and data' because we were using data from the placards to guess the geographical features and data from the book to figure out what region each placard was.
 * 1) **Explain** one thing that you found most interesting or surprising while doing this project?
 * 2) **Explain** one thing you think you did well in this project?
 * 3) **Explain** one thing you think you need to improve if you were to do another project like this?
 * 4) 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?

1. One thing I found interesting doing this project was the listing of the world events. I learned about many events that were happening in the world since the day I was born.

2. I think I did the map section pretty well. I was able to list and mark all the countries I have lived in and visited and also calculate the distances from my birthplace to five places I've visited.

3. I could improve the timeline section. The way I outlined it may have been a little messy, so I could have made it clearer for it to be easier to read.

4. On this project, I think I used the competencies Use of Technology, Communication, and Use of Numbers and Data. Use of Technology was when I was researching the world events online. Communication when I was asking my parents about dates of my personal events. And Use of Numbers and Data for the distances of birthplace to countries visited, and the data of which countries I've visited and lived in.

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