For the Week of October 26 through 30

 1. Read Story of the World chapters 17-18.

2. Answer the following questions for the chapters.

Chapter 17

Peter the Great

1. In medieval times, did Russia seem more Eastern or Western?
2. What kind of power didi the kings, or czars of Russia have?
3. When Peter I was a young man who tried to take his country away from him?
4. Who helped Peter become the Czar of Russia?
5. Did many Europeans live in Russia?
6. Why did Peter want to have a fleet of merchant ships?
7. What was the problem with Archangel, the shipping port that Russia already had?
8. How long were the days in Archangel during the winter?
9. Why couldn't Peter's army capture the port of Azov?
10. What did Peter have his army build in order to stop the Turkish ships from helping the pole of Azov?
11. Once Peter had his port, why did he need the help of other countries in the West?
12. Name two placed Peter visited in his great expedition to the countries of the West. 
13. When Peter returned to Russia, what did he tell his noblemen to do so that they would look more Western?
14. What Western ideas did Peter no want his people to find out about?

Peter's Port to the West

1. Was Peter able to convince England and Holland to join him in fighting the Turks?
2. What was another sea that Peter could use to trade with Europe? Which country controlled this sea?
3. Why did Denmark-Norway join Peter in his fight against Sweden?
4. What was the 19yo king of Sweden, Charles XII, like?
5. Peter thought that with the kingdom of Denmark-Norway on his side, his Russian army could beat Sweden quickly. Was he right?
6. What weather even allowed the Swedes to beat the Russians at Narva?
7. What did Charles XII put on a medal to celebrate his victory?
8. Peter managed to capture a little Swedish fortress on what river?
9. Where did Peter decide to build his new city, St. Petersburg?
10. Why was it difficult to build a city on the banks of the Neva?
11. When Charles XII invaded Russia, what happened to his army?
12. Did Peter finally win the shore of the Baltic?
13. Can you name two things that Peter did to make Russia a rich country?
14. How did Peter catch the illness that led to his death?

On the subject of Russia, at the table today we read a Russian folk tale called "The Greedy Man."

Chapter 18

The Ottomans Look West--Twice

1. What was the title given to the ruler of the Ottoman Turks?
2. What religion did the Turks follow?
3. Who were the Janissaries?
4. What city did the Turks send their large army to capture?
5. Why was Vienna an important city?
6. When the Ottoman army set up their siege camp, what did the leader, or vizier, do
7. How did the Turkish soldiers try to get past Vienna's wall?
8. Who heard the Turks tunneling on one quiet morning?
9. In honor of the baker's warning, what kind of bread did the Viennese bakers invent?
10. An army made of soldiers from three different countries finally drove the Turks away. What were at least two of the countries?
11. What happened to the vizier, Kara Mustafa?
12. Twenty-five years later, there was a new sultan who admired Western culture. What particular western item did he bring back to Turkey?
13. What nickname was given to Sultan Ahmet III?
14. Ahmet III and his grand vizier, Ibrahim Pasha, tried to make the Ottoman court more like the courts of the West. What are two things that they did?
15. Which group of people were unhappy about the changes that Ahmet was making in his court? What did they do about it?
16. Today, what country is the last remnant of the huge Eastern empire of the Ottoman Turks?

3. Read Chapters 9-19 of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and answer these questions:

1. Describe the dragon that Minli untied.
2. Who joined Minli on her journey to Never Ending Mountain? 
3. What happened when the dragon’s eyes were dotted?
4. Why do the Monkeys not want to let anyone through?
5. What did the old man do to change the goldfish man's fortune? 
6. Describe how Minli tricked the monkeys so they could get passed them to the peach grove.
7. What did Ba say trying to find Minli was like? 
8. What happened to the secret of happiness before it was delivered to the Tiger Magistrate?
9. What did the soldier closest to the slip of paper notice?
10. What were the directions to Never Ending Mountain?
11. Why did the goldfish think that the dragon was its Aunt Jin?
12. What will happen if a fish swims through the Dragon Gate? 
13. Who wears a golden dragon?
14. When is the only time people are allowed into the Inner City? 
15. Where did the Buffalo Boy's friend say that Minli might be able to find the King? 

4. Journal: What do you think the secret of happiness is? Why do you think that? Write at least seven sentences in your journal.

5. Grammar: Adjective Clauses: Beginning with WHO, WHAT, WHICH, THAT

Today McLean wrote these sentences:

Greg likes to go to the gym that he owns.

Tiffany, who loves tea, has picnics on Saturdays with Gertrude.

The books which Bethany reads are often very cheesy.

Seymour, who loves to read kid's books, volunteers at the library.

For HW: In this worksheet, underline the adjective clauses and draw an arrow to point to the noun that they modify.

6. Use the story organizer I gave you to fill in for a short story about one (or more) of your yard characters.This is prep for writing the story.