1/18/14

Reading hour -- Tolstoy oldest (short stories, definitely preview before, he's not graphic but he is very dark and adult);  Treasure Island middle, and working on speech for co-op;  Where the Mountain Meets the Moon for youngest, really loving it.

Hayak -- now to page 68

Einstein -- now to page 137

Usborne WWI -- to page 61

Movie, Gallipoli -- with MAJOR omissions.  This is not a movie kids should see without parent preview and supervision, in addition to "adult content" which we just skipped completely, there is mild language and the story line is exceptionally tragic, sensitive kids could be distressed.  Still, it's a great movie for seeing the method of warfare and the new conditions of WWI.

Quiz (60% required to watch movie)

Quiz 1/18/14

1.  The experience of gravity is equivalent to the experience of a_____________.

2.  What’s stronger, the force of gravity or the force of electricity?

3.  The ‘strong’ equivalence principle of Einstein is that the laws of physics should be

__________________________________________________________________.

4.  Why did astronauts put reflectors on the moon?  Be complete.

5.  Hayak sees it as a problem of socialism when people in a democracy vote for legislators (Congress or Parliament) and tell them they want them to create a central economic plan, but they can’t agree on what they want the central economic plan to accomplish.  He thinks this means people will get frustrated with the legislature for not being able to “make things better” with central planning, and they’ll start calling for what change in government?

6.  What country does Hayak believe this happened in prior to World War II?

7.  Why did World War I spread to places like Africa and Asia?

8.  What empire was centered in Turkey?

What was its nickname?

9.  Which Christian minority group did the Turks deport and imprison, leading to the death of 800,000?

10.  “Genocide” means the murdering of a group because of its __________.

11.  Describe how chlorine gas worked and why it was effective.

12.  Tell me briefly (one sentence) the story of the Lusitiania.

13.  What effect did the sinking of the Lusitania have on the U.S.?

14.  What was a zeppelin, and what did the Germans do with them in the war?

Extra Credit:

1.  Robert Dicke’s theory was that over time the force of gravity grew __________.

2.  Explain how the Boers in South Africa were conflicted in the fighting against Germany in WWI.

3.  If you didn’t have a gas mask, how could you protect yourself from breathing chlorine gas?

4.  Why did Churchill think that striking at the “soft underbelly” at Gallipoli might help win the war?