SS+8H-Fiona

Welcome to Fiona Handloegten's 8 Grade Social Studies Wiki Page :) Block 8H Part 2 of the geo quiz [|GeoQuiz part 2]
 * ~ 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 ||  || Land that goes from the Mississipi River to the Rocky Mountains from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border. ||   || Louisiana Purchase: Americans bought it from the French for 15 million dollars. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1818 ||  || Part of today's states of Minnesota and Dakota. ||   || Red River Basin: The United States received the land because of the treaty of Ghent. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1819 ||  || The location of the border between the United States and Spanish territory. Also known as today's state of Florida ||   || Florida: They signed a treaty called the Adam Onis Treaty. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1845 ||  || They fought over what is now known as Texas. ||   || Texas Annexation: Americans fought against the Mexican government because they were mad that they were limiting the amount of slaves. They soon became an independent state and later joined the united States. ||   || Non- Peaceful ||
 * 1846 ||  || Portion of land between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains ||   || Oregon Country: The United States and Britain decided to make an agreement to divide the territory ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1848: ||  || Mexican boundaries ||   || Mexican Cession: A treaty was signed allowing Mexicans to become U.S citizens and keep all of their property. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * My partner was Natasha Carlisle**

__**Key Battles**__ __**of the American Revolution Map (Fiona and Aayushi)**__ media type="custom" key="13086432" __**Ivan von Poopinpants**__ media type="custom" key="12463138" media type="custom" key="12166406" media type="custom" key="12166392" media type="custom" key="12166334" Portugal colonized parts of Africa (Angola, Mozambique etc.) and parts of North and South America in the 1600's-1900's
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Spain colonized many countries in Central America, South America, and even parts of North America in the 1600's-1900's.

Between 1600 and 1900 the french colonists took over countries in Africa (example: Senegal) North America (example: Canada) and even parts of Europe.

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Assignment 10- Reflection Answers: 1. My views of Columbus changed for sure. Before this unit, I always thought that Columbus was a hero for 'discovering' the americas. I didn't really know much about Christopher Columbus other than the fact that America has a Columbus day every year. THerefore, I believed he was a honourable person. But, I learned that there is more than the good side about him. He wasn't really great man after all. To me atleast, because I learnt that there is another perspective about him and that one convinced me. I personally think Columbus was a villain for all the crimes him and his men committed.
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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?

2. The fact that he killed so many innocent native americans and enslaved millions of africans. He tore families apart, and was extremely cruel to the tribes him and his men colonized. Being this inhuman just to get gold is to me, a very bad thing.

3. Yes, I do think it is important to know about the different sides of the story because otherwise, you never really get to learn more about people most of us believe were heroes. Most of the people just go with the flow and think they are heroes even though they actually weren't. It is also good to know the whole story and know what really happened meaning to also look at the bad side of everything and not only praise and think of the good things.

4. Knowing how to look at different perspectives gets me to think about my own opinion and I myself believe or think of a person in my own way. When I continue learning about history this year and i high school, this will help me to analyze things better and take into consideration all of the views on one thing.

__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

1. The thing I thought was interesting was that you could identify the region the artifacts come from, by just comparing the different maps and finding the simlilarities of the different groups and cultures.

2. I think I did well on the little diary entry we had to do for each region. It was fun imagining what a normal day for each culture looked like. I eonjoyed putting myself into their postion and writing about a usual day I would have, if I was part of their culture.

3. If I did this assignment over, I would look at the maps and legends more carefully and go and check my answer with Mr. Tabarra first before I write down my answers. Because one time, Noel and I didn't go check our answer and we only noticed that we machted up the wrong region to the artifact. And so, we had to do double the work on one artifact.

4. I did this assignment because it taught me to read maps carefully and I learned more about the native americans. This assignment definetly helped me develop the competency 'Problem Solving' and a little of 'Use of Numbers and Data', because I learned how to use the hints that were given through the artifacts and find out from what region they're from by looking at different maps and comparing the legends.