Weekly Synopsis

 Social Studies- Medieval Europe

Chapter 14 Review:

1. What landform separates Europe from Asia?

2. What is Europe's longest river?

3. How did Europe's landforms influence people's lives in the Middle Ages?

4. What is the climate like across most of Europe?

5. What was the name for fierce pirates and warriors from Scandinavia?

6. What is the Magna Carta?

7. In the system of feudalism, who farmed the land?

8. How did feudalism affect the lives of nobility?

9. What effect did the manor system have on cities and towns?

10. Why did Emperor Alexius Comnenus ask Pope Urban II for help?

11. What is a bubonic plague?

12. How would you describe Charlemagne's relationship with the nobles? Explain

13.How did the Magna Carta affect the rule of England?

14. How did the bubonic plague affect the economy of Europe in the 1300s

15. How did the people of Europe use the continents waterways?

16. What was the purpose of the Domesday Book?

17. In what ways were the Vikings in Scandinavia and Normans, let by William the Conqueror, alike and different?

18. Identify the four levels of feudalism during the Middle Ages and describe how the system resembles a pyramid.

19. Describe Charlemagne.

20. In which two regions would you find most of Europe's farms?

ELA- Writing workshop- The class will learn the steps to revising and rewriting. They will peer revise their practice essays for the state test.

RAFT writing.

R- Role

A- Audience

F- Format

T- topic

 Reading- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Spelling Words-

1. respects

2. exploring

3. restraining

4. recalled

5. released

6. expiration

7. experimented

8. expense

9. regardless

10. reliable

11. repeated

12. exaggerated

13. resolve

14. exceedingly

15. experience

16. extinct

17. export

18. exhibit

19. expression

20. extend

Homework

Social Studies Homework:

**ALL UNFINISHED CLASSWORK MUST BE COMPLETED AT HOME***

Due April 24- Read pgs 392- 395

April 25- pg 395 #'s 1-5

 April 27- pg 398 #'s 1-5

April 30- pg 405 #'s 1-5

May 2- pg 411 #'s 1-5

May 3-8- STUDY FOR TEST

May 9- Test

May 11- pg 462 # 1-5

May 14- pg 470 # 1-5

May 16- pg 477 # 1-5

May 18- pg 481 # 1-5

May 23- TEST

May 29- pg 489 # 1-5

May 31- pg 496 # 1-5

June 1- pg 503 # 1-5

June 4-  Review for Test

June 8- TEST

Tests

Social Studies Test- May 9th

Grammar Test- May 10th

Spelling Test- May 15th

Social Studies Test- May 23rd

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