Rome test

Today in class we took the Rome test. I think i knew most of the information but i didn't know some of the questions. I think it was a pretty easy test but it was 40 questions so it was kinda hard. Mr. shick took our papers after we were done to grade them. I got a 90%

Rome notes

The Etruscan's were metal workers and architects which helped with buildings in Rome such as the Colosseum or Roman baths. The Greeks made the roman religion based off of the Greek gods. the Latins were the first to settle in Rome on a hill called Palatine, The last king in Rome was Tarquin the Proud-total tyrant. After kings there we consuls and the roman senate.- Republic group of three -Democracy- peoples government aristocracy- aristocrats and the monarchy- consuls.
Plebeians were 98% of Rome
12 tables was the first written laws that were posted in public.
Plebeians part in government-tribune
Romes government closely relates to U.S's government
executive- two consuls,  one year term, controls military
Legislative- Senate of 300 aristocrats in Rome      U.S. 100 senators
Assemblies 193 members                                       House of Representatives 435 members-bigger the                                                                                   state more reps
Judicial-Praetors chosen by the centuriate on year terms
U.S. 9 members appointed by president confirmed by the senate lifetime terms
Twelve tables protects free born male citizens           U.S. Bill of rights
Group of eighty was a century- looked like phalanx
Three Punic wars- Rome won all
first war- fought over Cecily- big trading country
second war- Hannibal wanted to take over Rome with elephants by going around the Mediterranean / never won because they never took over rome
third war- Rome wanted to destroy carthage once for all- destroyed the land and buildings and made Carthaginians slaves
latifundia is the massive estate of land owned by the rich( just grab some land)
bread and circuses- free bread and grain  and entertainment to keep the romans calm to prevent them from revolting
When they would revolt the people would be crucified
Julius ceaser took over gaul was a consul
Took thre of his friends to make the first triumvirate(" rule of three men")
Pompey was a general who took over land
Crassus was the richest man in the worlds
crossing of rubicon- making a big decision that will effect every thing
to either bring the whole army to Rome or to bring a small army
Julius ceaser took over rome and diclared himself dictator for life
he was murdered by senate

More Projects

Today in class we continued to present projects. First was a project on brink and clay portraits called mosaics. The next project was on the Pantheon, this project looked like the capital building, and the capital building was actually modeled after it. The last project was on Hadrians wall, this project was made with clay and had a lot of detail in it.

Presentations

Today in class we began to present our projects. The first group that presented was Kacey and Meredith. Their project was on roman food and pottery. They made food that was like cheese cake with honey and they made a pot. The next project was Avery and her portrait. She painted a portrait called a Fayum. After she went, Stevie and hunter went. They made a Roman Aqueduct and talked about the uses of it. My group will be first to go tomorrow and I think my  group will do good for presenting.

Last day for project

Friday was the last day to work on the project in class. My group decided to try to finish as much of the project as possibly in class. We got most of the walls on the model of the Roman baths and finished most of the PowerPoint. I think my group will get a good grade for this project.

Pop quiz

Today in class we had a pop quiz on Rome. It was one of the quizzes where you had ten seconds to answer the question. I got a 90 on it. Afterwards we all worked on our projects. My group worked on the PowerPoint  and the plans for the building.

Students teaching the teachers

Today in class we were going to review the powerpoint and Kelsey and Mr. Schick had a conversation that led to her and Jude teaching the class. After Mr. Schick voted them out of teaching because they werent doing a good job, Stevie and Peverly subbed in. They did a pretty good job on presenting for not even making the powerpoint. 

tiberius gracchus

Today in class we finished watching the movie on tiberius gracchus. It was a weird way how everything ended but it was leading to the fall of the roman republic and the rise of the roman empire. It was interesting to see the perspectives of every class of people, Slaves, middle class, and the rich.

class projects

Today in class we had a sub so we worked on our Rome projects. My group worked on our powerpoint and we talked about how we would make our project. I think my group will do good on this project.

Finishing the Powerpoint

Today in class we finished going over the Rome powerpoint. We discussed the economy of Rome after rome took over carthage. Since most of the roman farmers were out fighting the war the only people who tended the farm land were the wives of the farmers. Since they didnt know how to do this, the rich would buy the land and make the farmers wive pay rent for where they lived. When the soldiers came home they would want to move to rome to get a better job with a better pay. But most of Rome was filled with slaves and other people looking for work.

SPQR and USA

Today in class we talked about the relationship between Rome's government and the United States' government. Both of the Countries had three branches of government- Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. For the Romans in the Executive branch they had...
-two consuls
-each consul had a one year term
- both consuls had veto power
-both controlled the military
-and both could be appointed to dictator in times of crisis

-Senate- 300 members
-members were aristocrats and had life long terms
Assemblies- members for life

-Praetors
-chosen by the centurait assembly
-one year terms
dealt with all problems

For set of laws the Romans had the Twelve tables
-Publicly displayed
-gave rights to plebs. not just aristocrats
-only protected free born male citizens

For the Americans in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches we have...
-A president and a vice president
-both have four year term
- the president can veto proposed laws
- the president is the Commander in Chief

-Senate- 100 senators two from every state
-senators had six year terms
-House of Reps.-435 members
- the bigger or smaller the state the more or less reps. a state had.
-reps. had two year terms

-Supreme Court
-nine members
-appointed by the president, confirmed by the senate
-supreme court members had life time terms

For set of laws America had the bill of rights
-the first ten amendments of the constitution

Rome Power point

Today in class we talked about key points on the powerpoint. We discussed how Rome was built on Paletine- one of the seven hills in italy. We discussed the government in Rome after the monarchy-Two consuls replaced the kings, Consuls were elected and had a one year term. The aristocrats/particians and the plebians both had two houses that voted on things and they represented particans and plebians. The plebians refused to serve in the military if the aristocates did not give them legal justice. The law of the twelve tables were made to give justice to the plebians.

Tarquin the proud

In class on Friday we went over the Rome power point. We reviewed over things that we larned earlier in the week and we ended class talking about Tarquin the Proud and all the terrible things that he and his family did. I thought all the stuff that the family did was pretty bad and even Mr. Schick said this was going to be a R rated talk.

Fire drill

Today in class we had a fire drill at the beginning of class. After the fire drill we told Mr. Schick what we were doing for our project and we spent the remainder of class talking about the project.

Baltimore riots

Today we spent the class talking about the riots in Baltimore. We discussed the crimes that occurred and how these actions made us think about the whole situation

Roman architecture

Today in class Mr. Schick had us find information on Roman Architecture. We took notes on the Colosseum, circus maxims, the roman forums, and the aqueducts. After we took notes on these things and we later discussed them towards the end of class. After I said a fact that I found online Mr. Schick talk about websites that are good to use for information.

Project

Today in class we spent the mod talking about our projects. Mr. Schick showed us what we could do for our projects.Kelsey joined my group and we talked about doing either a Roman senate or a Roman bath. We have three weeks until our project is due. I feel like my group is going to do a good projects.

Chi Cago

Today in class we talked about the government in Rome. The people had two houses, the senate(aristocrats) and the assembly (plebeians). Rome had two consuls who split power in government, they had two to make sure no one was more powerful. They had pro-consuls who were like the district governors. the last monarch of Rome was Tarquin the proud. Rees publica- Latin for the peoples business. after we finished talking, there was a phone call and the person said that  we had a special visitor. after this Mr. Schick left the room and walked back in, pretending to be someone else. Then he called himself Chi Cago and rapped about Rome and its government.

Rome and the incredibles

Today we started class by comparing Ryan's hair with the villain in the movie the incredibles. After talking about Ryan's, we talked about Rome's military tactics. The Romans improved on the Greeks' military tactics and were able to make their army more nimble and effective. The Romans were able to move faster than the Greek's phalanx. When Rome conquered  land they didn't enslave or kill any of the concurred people. Instead they made the people become roman citizens and made the land Rome's. The conquered people had all rights that Romans had. The Non-Romans in Italy wanted to become Roman citizens. The We talked about the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage.

Rome

Today in class we got our Greece papers back and Mr. Schick talked about mistakes that everyone made on the papers. I got a 93 on the paper, I think my group had a great grade for this paper. After talking about our papers we started taking note on Rome. We talked about the people you first settled in Rome called the Indo-europeans. We discussed how Romes government was and how the government was taken over around the same that Greece was taken over. We then talked about the mythology in Rome and how it mainly was based of of Greek mythology.

Roman Aqueducts

Today in class Mr. Schick told us that we are going to have another project of our own choosing . We had the choices of making a video, making a structure or armor, or making a power point. My partner for this project is Jake and we decided to make a clay aqueduct for our project. We talked about how we were going to make it.

The Allegory of the cave

Today we finished watching the animated version of The allegory of the cave in class. After we finished Mr. Schick said that a lot people relate The allegory of the cave to modern day social problems. Mr. Schick asked us about what we thought about the video and after talked about it and its concepts we talked about how it relates to gay marriage. We then talked about our opinions on same sex marriage and have it relates to other social problems.

Rob Lowe

Today in class we were talking about Rob lowe and his direct tv commercials then Mr. Schick told us that he worked with Rob Lowe on a tv show The west wing. After we talked about that, we started talking about movies that Mr. Schick helped produce. We talked about this subject for a while and ended class by watching an animated video on the allegory of the cave.

Test review

Today in class we went over the Greek test by going around the class and answering the questions one by one. Near the end of the questions Mr. Schick talked about a king who stabbed both of his eyes out because he married his mother. As we went over the test I wrote down the answers next to the questions to use as a way to study for the exam.

Ancient Greece test

Today we took the test on Ancient Greece. I think I knew most of the content, but some of the questions on the test were confusing such as the ones about the dates of events that happened. I think that I got a good grade on the test because I understood most of the questions. We do not have to blog over spring break, so we get a break from doing homework which is nice. I received a 94% on the Ancient Greece test

Test tomorrow

Tomorrow in class we will have a test on Ancient Greece. Today some people finished their essays, but since my group was done we watched the video that Mr. Schick had on his blog. The video was about Ancient Greece and was almost an hour long. I think that I know most of the content on Ancient Greece and I think that I will get a good grade.

Group essay

Today in class we worked in our groups on the project. My group is mostly done we just need to add a few more facts on some of our paragraphs and we have to review our work. I think my group will get a good grade on the project. Tomorrow we will probably work on the essay then we will watch the video that Mr. Schick has on his blog.

Essay

In West Civ on Friday we worked on our group essays. Mr. Schick was on a plane to the Netherlands to visit his daughter so we had a sub for class. My group worked on our essay and we are almost done our individual parts for the essay. I feel that my group will get a good grade on our project.

Greek people and philosophers

Greeks were warlike people. Spartans were trained at the age of seven to become soldiers. Athenians had a great infantry but nothing could compare to the their navy. The Trireme was one of the greatest weapons of its time, it was the fastest ship and it could be used as a battering ram. Phalanx-close rank, dense grouping of warriors, they were armed with long spears and shields.

The three great philosophers in Greece were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Socrates looked to science and logic in the world. The Socratic method fostered critical thinking and got people to think for themselves. Plato was a student of Socrates, he wrote two books the Apology and the Republic. The Apology was about Socrates' trial and the Republic was about what he thought government should be like. The Apology was and still is one of the most influential book in the world. Aristotle was one of Plato's students, he had his own school. This school was called the Lyceum, this was a place were information from all over the world and the information could be discussed. Technically Aristotle created the idea of the internet, because it was a place to find information.

Democracy and the Gods

After Hippias, two aristocrats, Isagoras and Cleisthenes, ran to take power of the government. Isagoras became the tyrant, and after he came to power he ostracized cleisthenes. The Greeks did not like the way Isagoras was controlling the government so they revolted against his power. This was the first time in history when regular people joined together to revolt against the government. This occurred in 508 BCE and after they threw Isagoras out and brought back Cleisthenes into the government. After being brought back, Cleisthenes decided to give government power to the people. This created lead to the creating of democracy where everyone who was a citizen had a vote/part in government. Greek Gods and Goddesses, in their mythology, had interactions with humans. Most Gods and Goddesses had some sort of connection to Zeus, The ruler of heaven and earth. The Gods were the gods of normal things such as Zeus- the God of the sky and thunder, Aphrodite- the Goddess of love and beauty, or Apollo- the God of music and arts.

Presentations pt. 2

Today all of the groups presented their power points. We had West Civ first so we had extra time, but Mr. Schick's computer took a long time to load. After his computer loaded people presented their projects. After the presentations we talked about the essay that we will write this week. Also Mr. Schick showed us his sample essay about writing an essay that he put on his blog.

Presentations

In West Civ most of the groups presented their projects. My group was the third and last group to go because when we ended there was only a couple minutes left in class. I felt that my group did a good job presenting our project, also i think that we will get a good grade on it. The rest of the groups will present on Monday then we will work on our essays.

3 Forms of Government in Greece

Aristocracy- Ruled by the aristocrats. The aristocrats ran city states such as Sparta, Athens, etc.
Symposiums were meetings where aristocrats would about government and politics and at these meetings they would have entertainment. The entertainment would be watching acrobats and dancers and drinking wine(a lot of wine). This was an Exclusive club, no women, people from the middle class, no slaves, and sometimes even some aristocrats when they were falling out of favor. These aristocrats would be ostracized from the symposiums. when they were forced outside they would from alliances with hoplites (elite and well trained soldiers) and they would create a tyranny. A Tyrant ruled outside of the government and would seize power.
Hippias- a tyrant who ruled from 527-510 BCE. When his brother was murdered he became a harsh ruler. When he found who killed his brother, he killed them and everyone connected to them. He was then ostracized from Athens (This punishment was considered worst than death). After this he formed an alliance with the Persians and told them about was to attack Athens.

Greek notes

Today Mr. Schick was at the playoffs for academic team so our assignment was to take notes on the new slides of the Greece is the word power point. During the seventh and sixth centuries BCE the aristocrats controlled most of the government in Greece. the rich people held most power in society and this relates to many other governments such as ancient Egypt where the white kilt class held most of the power. Aristocrats would have parties where they would talk about government and have forms of entertainment such as drinking wine,reading poetry, and watching acrobatics. No women or people from the middle class were allowed at these events unless they were entertainers. Aristocrats would sometimes form alliances with hoplites (well-armed soldiers) and make a tyranny. a tyrant is someone who rules outside the framework of the polis. Tyrants are abusive rulers who seize power in government.

Group project work

Today in West Civ we worked on our group projects. We had West civ for the first mod so we had more time to work on the project. My group found more information on Greek art and architecture and i think that we are really close to being fully done. I think everyone in my group has contributed equally when coming to the work put into the power point.

Group work

In class on Friday we were given back our pop quizzes. I got a 100%, and my classes average was 90.5%. After we were given back our test we worked on our group projects. My group worked on finding information on Athenian art and architecture. I found information on the three different styles of structure in Greece. My group found good information on our subject.

Popquiz

POP! Today in west civ we had a pop quiz on the information on the Ancient Greece powerpoint. There were ten questions on the test and we had 10 seconds to answer each question. I thought the test was very easy and it turns out that I got a 10/10. After we went over the test we talked more about our project and about Gumby.

Projects and crying babies

Today Mr. Schick talked about the survey that his human geo class took. There were many miss spellings in the writing part of the survey. Then we watched videos of crying babies. This was a pretty weird class. Then Mr. Schick said that we would be doing a project. Our project would be on Athenian Art and Architecture and my partners were me, Jake meadows, and Avery Dinger.

Facts on Greece

The Greeks were very good traders because they were skilled sailors. They traded grapes olives and grains with people who lived in/near the Mediterranean sea. In Greece there was not really anywhere to grow a lot of types of food except for grapes, olives, and grains. Olives were very essential because they could be made into many things such as soaps and oil. Also they only grown in Greece and Rome, but Greece was better at transporting and trading their olives.The temperature in Greece was usually a high of 80's in the summer and a low of 40's in the winter
The Mycenaeans, Around 2000 BCE they influenced what was going on in Greece and made a 20 foot thick wall around the city-state. The Myceneans ruled over Greece with kings from 1600 BCE to  1200 BCE. Once they invaded the Dorians they mixed their cultures and languages.These people were constantly invaded by the "sea people" and the sea people would burn everything. There is not a lot of information on these people because they did not write down anything for a long period of time. This period of time was called the "Greek Dark Ages" During this time a blind story teller composed stories about the Trojan War. Homer wrote stories like Iliad which is about the last conquest of the Myceneans. The Odyssey was a story about a man trying to get back home and his journey is thwarted by Posiden. There is a theory that homer didn't even exist and that the stories were just multiple people making it up together. This theory is called "Homeric question"

Plato

Plato was a philosopher and a mathematician born in  428/427 or 424/423 BCE and lived to be 80 years old. Plato was bon into a rich family which was a very politically active family. Plato was a student of Socrates and he taught Aristotle. Socrates Plato and Aristotle all worked together to lay down the foundations of science and western philosophy. Plato wrote many books such as The Republic and in his books he would talk about questions of justice, courage, and virtue. He founded one of the first European universities. Plato had many forms of philosophy such as the state, theory of forms, and dialectic. There were multiple accounts of his death but no one knows the real reason for death.

Cyber day and the future

Today in West Civ we talked about how we would not really have school tomorrow and that we would have a cyber day. Mr. Schick also said that there was a good chance that we wouldn't have school on Friday along with Thursday. Mr. Schick saw cyber days as a time were everyone in class does a big video chat and it would be like having class online. After talking about how cyber days are we talked about how technology has progressed. We talked about a man who had a heart monitor in his heart and how if his heart had problems a message would be sent to his doctor and he would deal with the problem. We continued talking about this subject and then class ended. I thought it was a pretty interesting class.

Greece notes in class

Today Mr. Schick gave back the Egypt test and the scan trons so we could use it as a review for the exam. After going over the test questions we talked about Greece and went over the power point.
Ancient Greece
- The world's great civilizations were all located near rivers.
-Water is an essential part of the success of civilizations
-The biggest cities in America were built on forms of water
- The cities of Greece had hatred for one another even though there lifestyles were similar such as wearing the same clothing, having the same religion, etc.
-Greece is surrounded by many islands and seas
- The terrain of Greece was very mountainous, 3/4 of Greece is mountains
-Mediterranean's root word is Terra. Terra means earth, therefor Mediterranean means "Middle of earth"

Ancient Greece

Most of the great civilizations of the world were located near rivers such as Mesopotamia located near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers or Egypt located around the Nile river. But in Ancient Greece's case, This civilization was surrounded by the Mediterranean sea, the Ionian sea, and the Aegean sea. Also Ancient Greece's land seems to be elevated meaning it was a very rocky land with mountains towards the center of the country. Since Greece has this type of geography the civilization could have been very isolated from the rest of the world. This can affect there culture by allowing the Greeks to have one official religion of Greece and to have there own government system. These factors of Greece can go unaffected from the rest of the world. There is a large island south of Greece called Crete. Athens was located near the sea, and Sparta was located in an area surrounded by mountains and it had a river going through it.

Ancient Egypt test

Today in West Civ we took the Ancient Egypt test. I didn't think that I did too well on it compared to my other quizzes. I didn't really know all of the information from the pyramid game and there were some questions on it so I think I got those questions wrong. I also forgot some facts on the years and the length of the Nile. After grading the test Mr. Schick showed everyone their test. I got an 85%.

Egyptian notes

Today in West Civ we finished going over the Egyptian power point.
The Nile and Two lands
Upper Egypt was 500 miles long
Upper Egypt was a strip of fertile along the Nile
Lower Egypt was a wide land of the Nile delta
The Nile empties out into the Mediterranean sea
The Nile supported the lives of Egyptians around 3100 BC the two lands were united by a Pharaoh
Pharaohs were seen as god king
Egyptians relied on a harmony and balance of the universe that they called maat
In ancient Egypt women had more rights then some other women in different cultures
Women could inherit money and land and get divorces. A small amount of women wielded real political power
hieroglyphics and hieratics was the earliest Egyptian writing forms, they were formed in 3100 BC
Hieroglyphics represent religious words or parts of words, and most commonly adorned temples
Hieratic script was a short hand developed by scribes and priest.
Writings were usually written with ink on papyrus
Egyptian astronomers made a calender with 365 days and 12 months that worked with he seasonal cycles
Egyptians also had great knowledge on human anatomy and doctors knew how to make potions and cures for people.
Egyptians created the sail boat allowing them to increase transportation through the Nile.
Pyramids we re massive stone tombs originally covered with white marble and they are still standing today.
Inside temples there were sculptures and paintings of humans and gods in poses. The paintings were made flat without perspective.

Pyramid game

Today in West Civ we played a game where you make a pyramid. You had to choose gods to pray to to make sure that you are blessed before making the pyramid. You had to choose your amount of work force, how you feed your work force and how you reward them. You had to choose where you make the pyramid, what material to make, and the degree that the pyramid is made at. Mr. Schick made it a game so people would go in pairs and then the first two groups that finish get an A, and the second two groups to finish would get a B. If you get finished in class you get a C and if you don't finish they would receive a 0. My partner, Jake, finished forth so we both got B's. I thought this was by far the best West Civ we had ever.

Ancient Egypt videos

In 802 AD Al Muumuu wanted to find the treasure of the Pharaoh to discover the secret of the weapon that does not rust from blood and water and the glass that bends and does not break. The pyramid at the time was covered with smooth stones On the pyramid there was a stone that could have been lifted and it would have opened a passage that would lead to the grave. Al muumuu did not want to try to find the stone so he ordered his men to make a tunnel in the side of the pyramid. They found no treasure and they found the pharaohs coffin with no lid on it. They wondered why there was so many passages in the pyramid, because it was only used as a tomb. There were multiple rooms discovered, the kings chamber, queens chamber, subterranean channel, and the grotto.
For mummification, they usually take out all the organs except for the heart. After doing this they cover the body with salt to get rid of the moisture. Than they cover the body with perfumes and oils. Then resin are put on the body to have the wrappings stick to the body. Then another layer is put on the person. Then a mummified bird is place on the body along with a religious sac. Then more wrappings are put on the mummy. then a portrait is placed on the body along with paintings of Egyptian symbols are painted on the body.
The pyramids are one of the last standing ancient wonders of the world.
Ancient Egypt lasted from 3000 BCE to 332 BCE.
The Nile was one of the safest ad richest agricultural places in the world.
Egyptians used basin irrigation to grow crops in ancient Egypt.
Three are three broad categories Old kingdom, Middle kingdom, New kingdom.
Pyramids were made during the Old kingdom.
Pharaohs were seen as gods, because of this they had to act like a god

Egyptian breakthroughs/inventions

1. The sun dial- Egyptian astronomers used sun dials to tell the time during the day. This lead on to the invention the shadow clock which may have been the first portable timepiece. The sun dial was important because people used it to track days and time.

2.Hieroglyphics-Egyptian made hieroglyphics as a system of writing using symbols. This was important because it was the Egyptians way of keeping records and connecting with the Gods when drawing scenes of the after life.

3.Ox drawn plows-Egyptians made plows that would connect to oxen to farm large areas quicker and for a long period of time. This made it so the farmers could plant more crops and they could produce more food making it an important invention.

4.The Calender-Egyptians used the solar system to make their calender, which is the modern calender that we use today. Egyptians also made the leap year calender, adding one day every four years, which we also is today. this system was important because they new when to plant crops and when the Nile would flood, allowing the civilization to grow.

5.Black ink- Egyptians made black ink to be able to keep data on papyrus. They used ink for drawing hieroglyphics. This was important because black ink was used for a long period of time in history to write down information.

Test back

Today in West Civ we received our Guns, Germs, and Steel test back. I received a 97 because I answered all the questions right but I forgot to put the honor code on my scan tron. I will make sure now on all my future test that i put the honor code on so that I don't have points taken off. For the rest of the class we went over the more of the prezi on Egypt. Most of the information that we wrote today was on my blog already from yesterdays cyber day assignment.

Ancient Egypt notes

Job system

Servants- They would help wealthy people with house hold chores and child care.

Farmers- Grew what, barely, lentils, and onions. -The irrigation from the Nile benefited the farmers.

Artisans- They would make statutes and paint scenes of military battles and of the afterlife.

Merchants-they sold items often for bags of grain before coinage was as a economical system.

Scribes-These people were educated and were able to write, they would write down records,write poetry , tell stories, give medical advice, and teach wealthy children. They could write hieroglyphics.

Soldiers- These soldiers would fight with wooden weapons with bronze tips such spears and bow and arrows. there transportation would be chariots.

White kilt class- this class would have priest, physicians, and engineers. They would often wear white kilts.

Pharaoh-King of two lands. The pharaoh would rule both upper and lower Egypt, The pharaoh would rule all of Egypt and would make sure everything was in order. The Pharaoh did this by making rules, laws, by collecting taxes, an by defending Egypt.

There were over 2000 gods and goddesses; they would control the lives of the Egyptians

 

Ancient Egypt

Geography
-Egyptian life is centered around the Nile river.
-Flows from south to north
-Starts with melting snow and lake water from central African mountains , and ends at the Mediterranean sea.
- The Nile is the biggest river in the world
*Water is essential
-Drinking
-Bathing
-Irrigating
-Transportation
- Sail boats are used to go down stream.
-Every July the Nile floods
-Every October it leaves behind rich soil/silt
-The Nile ends a delta; a broad marshy, triangular area of fertile silt
-Managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation
Pyramids
-The Great Sphinx of Giza
-Built 2555-2532 BC
-4547 years old
-The Sphinx is a recumbent lion with a human's head
-It is the oldest monumental statue in the world
The ranking of jobs was:
Pharaoh
Government officials- Nobles, Priest
Soldiers
Scribes
Merchants
Artisans
Farmers
Slaves and servants

GGS Test

Today we had a test on the Guns, Germs, and Steel video. I understood most of the material and I think that I did really good on it. I think that it was a pretty fair test. The test was multiple choice so it was an easy test. We also had our first test handed back to us and i got a 100% on it. We reviewed over the test and talked about how the information would end up being on the final exam.

Guns, germs, and steel wrap up

Yesterday in class we finished watching the GGS video. We reviewed over the upcoming test and thought of questions that we should have on the test. We talked about how there was no wheat, corn, or cows native in america and how there is a large number of wheat, corn, and cows now in america. We also talked about how Jared diamond thinks geography is the answer to the success in the middle east. We are going to have a test on this material on Monday.

Guns, Germs, and Steel part 3

The people in the middle east received a head start from animals in the area. People figured how to make plaster and how to weave. The people may have observed the plaster being made and then they could have done trial and error. There was a kick start from learning how to use fire to make things from bronze, iron, and steel. After the middle east dried out and became uninhabitable people moved east and west along the latitude lines, because of this people were able to keep their way of farming and living in the special climate of the areas.

Guns, Germs, and Steel part 2

After growth in middle east, China grew crops such as rice. In America corn squash and beans were grown, in Africa sorghum, yams, and millet are grown. These are all nutritious, can be made, and be turned into multiple types of foods, also all the items can make a stock pile. 

All places where food can be stored, started with great civilizations. In New Guinea, people have been using farming techniques such as in the middle east 10,000 years ago. The new guineans eat spider to receive protein because they mostly eat and grow sago trees, taro roots, and bananas. If you had the most productive plants you had the most productive farmers,it all just comes down to geological features.

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond, a bird watcher, wrote a book called Guns Germs and Steel which is about how different parts of the world became more advanced than other parts. Jared diamond was in Papua new guinea, a remote island, where the native live in what seems like the stone age. One day a native asked Diamond "why do you have so much cargo and I don't. Diamond did not know the answer so he tried to find the answer.
New guinea is a very unpolluted environment.New Guineans think that white people are smarter and genetically more intelligent. Something important that Jared diamond said was " all great civilizations have had some things in common
-Advanced technology
-Large populations
-a well organized work force
In new guinea people mostly have two jobs hunting and gathering. the gatherers collect a food called wild sago, which is found in the middle of sago trees. This wild sago is an important source of food in new guinea.
Barely and wheat were an essential part of the rise in civilization in the middle east. Draa- the found remains of complex, oldest permanent settlement people lived in.
Granary- the worlds first form of containing food
domestication_- plant cultivation where people were selective about grains.

Test

Today we had a Test in West Civ. The test was on prehistory to Mesopotamia. I think that I did really good on the test. We were allowed to use our blog so the test was easy for us.  I knew most of the content so the test was pretty fair. I think that my blog had a lot of information and it was useful for the test.

Review

Today we reviewed over the test that we will have on Friday. The test is on prehistory to Mesopotamia. In class we went over the power point and Mr. Schick talked about his pet peeves were.his pet peeves were when someone offers to open the door and then they stand in the door way and when you thank someone for something and they say no problem. After talking about pet peeves we reviewed over the power point and talked about what we would need to know for the quiz.
We talked about how Mesopotamia was a land that was a very fertile area with two rivers going through it, then after over planting and climate change the area has become very dry and hot environment where nothing can be grown. We also talked about Hammurabi and how he made a law system to keep the city in order.

More Questions and Terms

Who was King Hammurabi, and why was he important? He was the King of Babylon who created a series of laws known as “Hammurabi’s Code” 

Define these terms:

• prehistory- the time in history before written records
• Paleolithic Age- the stone age where no tools were used and humans had two jobs, hunter and gather
• Neolithic Age- The new stone age where people made tools, weapons, and ways to plant their own food. Since these things were made they had people who were good at doing these things do them as jobs starting a job system.
• Agricultural Revolution-The shift from hunting and gathering to centering on agriculture and permanent settlements
• cuneiform- The earliest form of writing invented by the Sumerians 
• ziggurat-was a Sumerian temple built on top of a “mountain” of earth
• Indo-Europeans-people from the grasslands of the Russian steppe who introduced the horse to the Near East.

Fertile crescent

- District sumer

-A population increase

-Humans discovered a way to store water and use it for its needs 

Government kings

Questions to consider

When and where did human beings first emerge? 200,000 years ago

Why did the period known as "prehistory" end? Humans began to learn how to make tools and how to grow their own plants.

What made the rise of civilization possible?The rise of civilization was possible by the growth of humans finding a way to make things easier such as making shelter.

Name some early technological innovations. The spear, the knife, the plow, and the wheel.

How did hunter/gatherers live? The hunters would go out and hunt for animals such as rabbits and deer to eat for food. The gatherers would find food like berries and other fruits.

Facts

-Humans would wake up and there main thought would usually be to find food

-The humans would travel in groups of about 20 people

First Day

Today was the first day of West Civ. Today we set up our new West Civ blogs. Along with the blogs we went over how classes would go and what we would use for class. Mr. Schick told the class that we would have to blog every night that we had class except for Friday. Most of the class procedures seemed the same as in Human Geo.After making our blogs we had to send Mr. Schick the URL of the blog. There was a lot of new students in my class so I wonder how this semester will go.