1/20/14

Rover news

Links

Hayak, Einstein, Usborne WWI

Reading -- middle finished Treasure Island, oldest finished Ivan Ilyich

Math Mammoth

Youngest more Dover Chinese tales

Started "Glow in the Dark Constellations", Ursa Major, pinpricked the Big Dipper on a dark paper and lit the flashlight through it

Quiz
 

Quiz 1/20/14

1.  Einstein developed two theories.

G__________ R__________ was a theory concerning g_____________.

S___________ R___________ was a theory concerning high speed travel.

2.  One story used to explain Einsteins theory talks about two twins;  one stays on the earth and the other makes a high speed journey far into space and then returns.  What do they see when he returns?  Why?

3. Hayak says supporters of central economic planning feel it’s safe for a democratically elected government to give control of the planning to one person or a group, like an agency, because if the person or group does the wrong thing the elected officials can remove their power. What does Hayak say is the flaw in this thinking?

4.  The German leaders thought they could “bleed France white”, meaning they could win a war of attrition.  What does “war of attrition” mean?

5.  Name two of the four battles we’ve discussed.

6.  What is “shell shock”?

7.  What happened to Edith Cavell, and why?

8.  Why did the British encourage the Arabs to rebel against the Ottoman Turks?  What did the Arabs think they would gain if they did?

Extra Credit

1.  What is the speed of light?

2.   Explain what the situation would be like for a person orbiting a black hole, and for the people on Earth communicating with him through radio waves.

3.  What is AWOL?

4.  Who was Mata Hari, and what did she do?