Homework: 6/15/10

Math


Packet: Due Thursday
http://tinyurl.com/math6-15-10


Spanish


Final is either tomorrow or next week. Study.


Science


Study for Finals.
Board Game due Thursday.
Bring in materials tomorrow for the Board Game.
Bring in a slip so your parents know you're having the Science Final (I know that my child is having the Science Final on... signed, Makubakuhaku).


TOPICS:
Mineral Properties (ex. streak hardness)
Igneous/Sedimentary/Metamorphic Rocks
Plate Tectonics
Erosional Deposition
Earthquakes
Properties of Matter
Physical/Chemical Change
Homogeneous, Heterogeneous Mixture
Phase Change
Cells, Tissues, Organs, Organ Systems, etc.

Social Studies


Study for Finals.

NOTES (Haha, you thought I wouldn't post them, didn't you? I just said that to scare you guys :D But you guys have really gotten lazy...)

Sigh. You guys owe me for this D:

Native Americans (Incas, Aztecs)

- Many tribes w/ different cultures: Iroquois, Aztecs, Mayans, Incas.
- Many NA died from illnesses received from Europeans.
- Arrived in America by crossing Bering Strait.
- Nomadic and Farming Indian Tribes.
- Westward Expansion (1800s - Indian Reservations)
- Incas flourished in Andes Mountains
- Largest Empire
- Inca Gov. is similar to Roman Gov.
- Roads and bridges connected the Empire.
- Quechua Language for Incas.
- Amazing architects.
- Incas chose to try to persuade other tribes to join them first, instead of attacking first.
- Gave promises of peace and protection to tribes, and let children go to school. If countries refused, they would be killed or enslaved.
- 1532: Fransico Pizaaro (Conquistador) destroyed Inca society due to his weapons (guns, swords, etc.)
- Present day Columbia to Chile.
- Fearsome army.
- Mita: few months required to do public work, such as work on bridges.
- Aztec - powerful society conquered Mesoamerica.
- Weren't really called Aztecs.
- Not one single unified empire.
- Nahuatl Language.
- 3 Most Powerful Tribes Allied.
- Conquered People were allowed to rule themselves as long as they paid taxes/tributes.
- Thriving Trade and Commerce - liked poetry and songs.
- Tlachtli: sport. Losers were sacrificed.
- Human sacrifices.
- Gods sacrificed themselves to create universe.
- Sacrificed prisoners of war.
- Cortes was thought to be a God in human form.
- Cortes formed alliances with the bitter enemies of Aztecs.
- Aztecs mostly killed off by smallpox.
- Cortes easily captures Aztec Empire Capital, Tenochtitlan.

ELA


Read 1 Hour, Respond and Write.