Tuesday, April 14, 2015

613: All That Glitters Might Be Gold

WORDS TO KNOW:
Aztecs
California
civilization
Egyptians
explorers
quarts
quest
prospectors
sluice
valuable
veins

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  1. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2016 at 10:44 AM

    the gold was there for thousand years

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2016 at 12:09 PM

    The word i'm struggling with is Sluice.
    Sluice:a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate.
    KLPer4

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2016 at 12:16 PM

    this about founding gold in california because people wanted to get rich off it. thesenarenthe word that hard is sluice, prospectors.
    per.4 T.F

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2016 at 1:04 PM

    quarts: A unit of liquid measure of capacity, equal to one fourth of a gallon, or 57.749 cubic inches (0.946 liter) in the U.S. and 69.355 cubic inches (1.136 liters) in Great Britain.

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/quart?s=t

    prospectors: Usually, prospects.

    1.An apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc.

    2.the outlook for the future:

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prospect?s=t


    Egyptians: the extinct Afroasiatic language of the ancient Egyptians.
    Abbreviation: Egypt.

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/egyptian?s=t


    By: J.S 2/1/16 pd:4

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2016 at 1:18 PM

    one of the words that I don't know is pharaohs'.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2016 at 1:21 PM

    gold was valuable for a thousands year,it can be made into many things

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2016 at 1:49 PM

    I don't know what sluice means
    period 5
    TM

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