1. WELCOME BACK!!!!

2. Copy this down!!!! Fall Semester Exam Schedule Jan. 8: SFA TEST!!!!! Exemption Card Due in Admin Red and Admin Silver Jan. 9-12 Semester Exam Review Jan. 13: 6 th Period Exam Jan. 14: 1 st and 7 th Period Exam Jan. 15: 2 nd and 3 rd Period Exam Jan. 16: 4 th and 5 th Period Exam (Early Release for Students at 11:30am) Jan. 19: Student Holiday aka NO SCHOOL!!!! Jan. 20: Second Semester Begins

3. FALL EXEMPTION REQUIREMENTS You must meet all of these requirements for you to exempt an exam….. 9 th and 10 th graders can only exempt 1 exam in the fall semester Requirements: 1. Cleared from the Fines and Fees List 2. Must have at least an 80 average for the semester 3. Must have no more than 3 absences all semester (yes that is per class) 4. Can not have an I or a U in conduct 5. Have not been suspended from school 6. Have not been sent to ALC or alternative schooling within the semester 7. Teacher must sign off on your exemption card 8. Must turn in the exemption card to Admin Red or Admin Silver (your counselor) by no later than 3:30pm on Jan. 8

4. YOU NEED A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER!!!!

5. Economic Sectors In the corner of your paper, copy down this pyramid: 1)Label each sector in order from the bottom to the top. (HINT: Quartnary, Secondary, Tertiary, Primary) 2) Write a small definition for each sector. 3) Give 2 examples for each sector. PRIMARY SECONDARY TERTIARY QUARTNARY * Gathering natural resources from the Earth * Make/ Fix a product from the natural resources that were gathered * Professional Jobs &/or Selling a product *Manage workers & Owners of Business

6. Mind Map It! Draw Your Best USA In The Middle Of Your Paper Let’s Label Where Each Economic Sector Can Be Found PRIMARY SECONDARY TERTIARY QUARTNARY

7. Physical Geography That Helps The US Draw a box at the BOTTOM CORNER of your paper. Name the box: ADVANTAGES OF THE US List some physical geography that helps the US become wealthy… 1.FERTILE LAND helps the USA grow a lot of crops 2.Various CLIMATES help different types of crops to grow and grow surplus (extra) crops to sell to other countries 3.The MISSISSIPPI RIVER allows trading to occur between the Midwest industries and the Gulf Coast regions 4.The ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS allows the United States to trade to countries in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

8. Label the Physical Advantages on your Mind Map of the US FERTILE LANDS CLIMATES MISSISSIPPI RIVER ATLANTIC OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN

9. BREAK OF BULK Draw a box at the BOTTOM of your mind map. In the Box, Define BREAK OF BULK, INBOUND & OUTBOUND Break of Bulk: When the type of transportation is changed when transporting a good/ product to a given place. Inbound: When something is coming INTO an area PULL FACTORS Outbound: When something is LEAVING an area PUSH FACTORS

10. Draw a symbol on what form of transportation a product would come into Houston on from the Gulf of Mexico.....(Think Port of Houston) Draw a symbol on what form of transportation a product would to be transported on from Houston to Dallas. Cargo Ship Truck

11. Mother Nature is Sneaky…. What kind of physical geography most commonly can affect the transportation of goods from one place to another place? WEATHER How can we plan for weather conditions in different regions of the USA? Look at Climate Patterns with a CLIMOGRAPH

12. CLIMOGRAPHS On the BACK of your paper, write your own definition for a climograph. CLIMOGRAPH: a graph that shows the amount of precipitation and average temperature for each month in a region. Temperature Precipitation

13. What Are the Similarities and Differences Between The Three Climographs?

14. Make Your Own Climograph On the back of your paper, copy down the climograph data and make a climograph HINT: Need 3 axis (Temp, Precipitation, Months) Temp. Months Precipitation Temp. (F) 636774798691949389827365 Prec. (inch) 4.33.03.23.55.16.84.44.55.65.34.53.8 Jan. FebMarAprMayJunJulAugOctSeptNovDec Average Temperature and Precipitation for Houston, Texas in 2007