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Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Welcome Back! Week of Aug. 12-16, 2k24

Hey #Davis7! Welcome to the 2k24-2k25 school year! This website is where you will find all documents, due dates, and everything else 7th grade social studies!  Mr. Barry is the author of the class website; however, Ms. Jordan and Mr. Barry are both on the same page with our lessons, assignments, and assessments.  

Save this website to your favorites:  www.davis7ss.blogspot.com 

Email addresses:  Mr. Barry - mbarry@davisacademy.org        Ms. Jordan - jjordan@davisacademy.org 

How to compose an email to us:  

Mr. Barry/Ms. Jordan,

This is (student name) and I have a question/wanted to know/etc.  Be sure your message is in complete sentences, and please use proper capitalization & grammar rules.

Thank you!
-Student name

Instagram/Twitter: @MrBarry628 & JdyJordan1 -- We post a lot of social studies stuff here, and if you'd like to follow and see what we post and what we do, have fun browsing!  

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Welcome to the First Day of School Quiz!


Unit Q's
  1. What is geography?
  2. Why is geography important to history?
  3. How does geography affect your life?
  4. History is geography in motion... What doe this mean?
  5. What is human geography?
  6. What is physical geography?
  7. How do boundaries affect human geography?
  8. How does population density impact human & animal life?
  9. Why do we live where we live?
  10. What are the pros & cons of urban and rural living?...Are these biased questions?
  11. Is Atlanta a good example of a city that has "suffered" from urban sprawl? 
  12. How did the 1996 Olympics affect Atlanta's geography, economy & general?
  13. Why are most cities where they are?
  14. What is gentrification & what is the impact gentrification has had on the ATL?
  15. What is economic activity?
  16. What is GDP?
  17. What makes a nation "rich" or "poor?"
  18. How is farming "unnatural" & had an impact on human & physical geography?
  19. How does water scarcity affect human & plant life?
  20. What are the push & pull factors of immigration?
  21. What are some world effects of oil consumption & discovery?
***There will be a Geography Test***