A. Geography88. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States: Missouri River, Mississippi River. 89. What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States? Pacific Ocean 90. What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? Atlantic Ocean 91. Name one U.S. territory, : Puerto Rico, U.S.Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam. 92. Name one state that borders Canada: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Alaska. 93. Name one state that borders Mexico: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas. 94. What is the capital of the United States? Washington D.C. 95. Where is the Statue of Liberty? New York(Harbor), Liberty Island. B Symbols96. Why does the flag have 13 stripes? because there were 13 original colonies, because the stripes represent the original colonies. 97. Why does the flag have 50 Stars? because there is one star for each state, because each star represents a state, because there are 50 states. 98. What is the name of the national anthem? The Star-Spangled Banner C. Holidays99. When do we celebrate Independence Day? July 4 100. Name two national U.S. holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr.Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas.
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Elizabeth Keith, an women artist who loved Korea 100 years ago, a British woman visited Korea and left behind many paintings about Korea related landscape, culture, custom and daily life. Her name is Elizabeth Keith. Soon when she visited with her older sister from England, she fell in love with the exotic customs and landscapes with the people of this poor country groaning under Japanese colonial period, and with her deep affection. She would like to memory and capture in pictures and text. Probably, many of you are seeing Elizabeth Keith's paintings for the first time, but around the 1920s and 1940s, old Korea was warm and beautiful. You will marvel at the detailed drawings. Most of all, I like the fact that she captured the image of a woman honestly and calmly as a woman. It is impressive that she, who was greatly influenced by Western painting and culture, came to her distant country, the East, and tried to understand and observe their world from their point of view. That is why, in her paintings, instead of excessively colorful ornaments and decorations, the people are portrayed with their postures, expressions, and characteristic colors and patterns. In fact, Elizabeth Keith left various paintings while visiting various Asian countries such as Japan, China and Hong Kong as well as Korea. Therefore, if you search for pictures by her name on the above site, you can figure out the images from other countries. The pictures show how fascinated by the exotic scenery she was. I have painted old houses in Korea and have exhibited them with other paintings. I remember seeing the strange and unusual shape of the house and asking the Germans many questions at the time. In the past, ordinary Koreans made roofs made of woven rice straw, straw, and reeds. Primarily, Choga denotes one of two traditional nature-friendly house types in Korea. The main building materials used to build these houses are straw, wood, and soil. Choga roofs were prevalent among farmers and low-income classes in traditional Korean society. Old Korean Houses, Myungja Anna Koh Elizabeth saw the thatched house 100 years ago and said it looked like a mushroom. I find her perspective fresh. It must have felt unfamiliar and strange, like a smurf in this mushroom-like house. She loved such exotic people very much. To see her stranger painting her with her blue eyes, people ran to her wherever she appeared and took a look at her. In such an atmosphere, it seems that it was not easy for her to calmly convey the emotions and beauty of Koreans. However, with her shiny black eyes, the blue-eyed woman eagerly observes the people who look at her with her curiosity and tries to bring out the emotions, ideas, and philosophies hidden in their appearance. Looking at her attitude like this, it seems that I am gradually finding the answer to what the picture should contain. Take one thing at a time Finally, we will have pets after 15 years of immigrant life. As a small pet, fish was all I was trying to raise properly. So I was already scared. When I was a child, there were various animals in my house. Chickens, cats, dogs, birds, fish, rabbits, etc. were raised from infancy and cared until crossing the Rainbow Bridge. Because the time I spent with animals was so precious and had wonderful memories, I often draw them with longing. Below is a drawing of a budgerigar. Budgerigar, also known as the common parakeet or shell parakeet, is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot usually nicknamed the budgie, or in American English, the parakeet. Budgies are the only species in the genus Melopsittacus. Parakeets chest and belly have beautiful colored feathers, such as light blue, green, and pink, I enjoyed watching and drawing parakeets as a child. The color of the parakeet's feathers is like vivid paint color from squeezing paint on a palette and coloring it with a brush. The lovebirds I met when I was a child were so beautiful, and in those beautiful memories, I also had memories of my father, who passed away early. With my old memories, my father made a nest for parakeets by rubbing dry grass. I remember seeing a house built in a matter of minutes and admiring it. I went back to my memory and collected pictures of animals among the past pictures. I used to draw animals with nostalgia and longing for my father as a child like this, but I couldn't draw animals exclusively. However, some painters from the Joseon Dynasty in Korea only painted cats all their lives. He was 'Byun Sang-byeok', a Korean painter in the late Joseon Dynasty. He drew a particularly good picture of changing cats and chickens, and was nicknamed “byun cat” or “byun-gye”. It was evaluated that it depicts the characteristics of animals that are difficult to do well. However, even the changer who was called the master of cat drawings was not good at drawing cats from the beginning. Byeon Sang-byeok, who originally drew landscape paintings, is said to have been frustrated by the fact that there were many painters who could draw landscapes better than him, and then thought about what kind of painting could be better than them. Then one day, he was fascinated by the cats that he could easily see around the house, and from then on he drew pictures of cats every day. In this way, Sang-byeok, who used to paint a cat, became an artist who can depict not only the appearance of a cat, but also the habits and emotions of a cat. He was a cat man who raised and loved cats. He lamented and depressed that he had no talent to surpass other painters, and then he began to paint cats, seeing a cat always watching and comforting him by his side. At that time, the people of the Joseon Dynasty considered the cat painting to be a symbol of longevity and wanted to hang it at home. Later, he won the favor of the king and achieved social success. If you look closely at his paintings, the description of the cat's facial expressions and postures is surprising. Still, above all, his handwriting, which carefully describes each hair, is even more stunning. It's not a stiff canvas, and Asian paintings were drawn on paper that absorbs paint well, but how long he had observed the cats. When I look at the works and lives of these artists, I discover the importance of consistently drawing with my own unique handwriting. Could he have been reborn as a cat painter if he had only looked at, compared, and despaired of other artists' paintings, weighing his talents here and there? The fourth day of My Portfolio Week. oday is the third day of My Portfolio Day. The theme is about digital energy. I want to invite people to my dinner table who are suffering from being trapped in an isolated space. Of course, it does mean not a physical space but a space in the picture. As a child, I lived in a city. All the time, I breathed smoky smoke profoundly and heard the car's horn sound several times a day. And I grew up seeing crowded people on the street all the time. One day when I saw a hydrangea, the flower was beautifully mixed with purple and blue, and it looked as if each flower leaf would turn into a butterfly and fly away. In an instant, an image was drawn in my head, and I immediately ran to the studio. Here is an angel named Justice. He also wants to fly according to the wishes of many people. And everyone wants to see the angel. How wonderful it would be to see angels flying in the sky. But the angel can't go any further, trapped in the many prejudices created by people who want Justice but indeed don't really want it. He has no arms, so he can't remove the twisted wire from which he is trapped. The angel has no arms because he cut them himself off. He pulled his arms by force because doesn't want to lean right or left. But instead, his righteous heart prevents him from clearing the obstacles in front of him. Just because it's good doesn't ironically fight more evil. Have you ever looked up at a magnificent building from top to bottom when visiting a metropolitan area like New York or Seoul? Sometimes it seems that an artificial environment controls us. When I walk the streets of New York, I often feel overwhelmed by its grandeur and splendor. Then whenever I see the beautiful red geraniums planted around the restaurant, I feel a little relieved. There is a force that such a colossal building gives. So I changed the viewpoint this time. That is a top-down view. The center of the river opens like an iris, and light leaks out. The light In a situation where civilization or technology was not as developed as it is recent, people had spread their imaginations in search of what their hearts could depend on against unpredictable events such as natural disasters. In a way, I think that modern technical development may have originated from such a same mind. For example, in a dire situation that cannot be predicted every minute in the stock market, experts still try to anticipate and prepare somehow. The third day of My Portfolio Week. Today is the third day of My Portfolio Day. The theme is about female energy. YOU MIGHT THINK OF THIS PICTURE WHENEVER YOU FEEL TIRED, DEPRESSED, AND EMPTY IN THE SPLENDID LIVES OF STARS AND PEOPLE SHOWN 24 HOURS A DAY ON INSTAGRAM OR THE MEDIA. DO YOU KNOW THAT BEHIND THE SPLENDOR, THERE IS A HIDDEN PAIN. HAVE YOU EVER FELT DEPRESSED AFTER THINKING THAT THE VISIBLE IS ALL ON SOCIAL MEDIA? I would like to see more works that make the invisible visible, like the French painter, Jacques Blanchard who painted " Saint family (Sainte Famille)" in 1631. Once I exhibited some paintings about a singing woman at Huntington Art Council. The woman in this picture is singing with her eyes closed. Nearby her, many beautiful flowers blossom endemically. Where women can dream and sing to their heart's content, the place I live in now. But other women in the world are deprived of even this ordinary happiness. On the contrary, they have gone back in time and sadly locked up in the past. I sincerely hope that the time will come when they will be able to laugh, sing, enjoy art, study, and dance again freely. Does Justice for children exist? More and anything, the Justice that should be existed for the weak is also judged only by adults from their perspective. Nobody ever apologizes to the vulnerable, such as children. Yes, the strong know that there is no need to apologize to the poor. They are clever. They only care according to their interests. On February 28, 1908, 15,000 women workers from the United States marched into New York City to demand shorter hours, higher wages and the right to vote, in honor of the women who died in a fire in a poor workplace. As a result of the fierce demonstration, on February 28, 1909, the first National Women's Day was proclaimed in the United States. In March 8th is official International Women's Day. |
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