Exam Extended Responses

In class yesterday we did the extended response part of our Exams we had to answer 3 out of the 5 long questions that were there. I feel like I did pretty good for forgetting to study and review for those questions. Obviously some questions were kind of difficult because I didn't study. Some questions I felt like I did good on though just because they were simple logical questions. But Im goin to continue to study for the Exam questions

Test in Rome

Today we took a test on Rome, which is the last test of the year. It was very difficult because I forgot to study and review my notes so it was harder than it should've been. I didn't do as good as I am capable of. But I will make sure that I study and I am prepared for the exam.

Missed Class

Today in class I was not here due to an ankle injury i suffered in a game, so today I went to the doctors during West civ

Last presentation day

Today was the last presentation day for anyone who did not present. The last to present were Suki and Christina were the last to present. And overall I thought that theirs was the best. I mean first it started off with the very detailed  model of an ancient Rome building. Then it was a nice detailed video that had solid facts, and lastly was I think the best part of it all which was the Roman drawing. Overall I gave them a 99 because of they great idea and the efficiency at which they did it.

Presentation Day 2

Today in class we witnessed some really interesting projects with a catapults, and funny video, and a model of ancient Rome. The model of ancient Rome I thought was the best one because of the detail that it had, it was very detailed, and the description of the different layers and compartments were very accurate. I thought that the catapult and the video were good ideas but they were just not executed to the best of their ability. But the main thing this is suppose to do is give us information on Rome so that we can pass future test on Rome, do good on the exam, and just learn information in general.

Presentation day

Today in class we were able to start our presentations and get some done. The first group to go was Megan and Gabi, and they did a very nice job I thought they presented solid information and did overall a solid job, nothing spectacular because it was only a slide presentation. Next was me Skylar and Gabi and I thought we also did a pretty good job but with the idea of a tri-fold program, but the presenting to the class couldve went much smoother in terms of knowing names and things like that. The last group was okay. They had a good idea but I got a little bored and didn't have any questions to ask. But so far everyone has been pretty good

Finished the Rome Movie

Today in class we picked up were we left off from Wednesday which was the Patricians having to make a decision because Tiberius put the city on a standstill shutting everything down. And by this happening the Patricians were able to trick the people. They know as well as the people know it is forbidden for one person to hold all the power and they told the plebeians he is doing this because he want to be king we have to stop him and they ended up tricking most of them and enough of them to kill Tiberius.

Pop quiz on Rome

For most of the first part of class we really did nothing. We talked, were on our laptops, and basically did nothing. But then Mr. Schick said take everything off your desk and we looked up at the power point and it said pop quiz with a baby crying. I was not ready for this quiz and unforchanetly got a 7 out of 10 but now I know to be ready at all times especially in a class like his were you should always be reviewing your notes anyway

Movie on Rome

Today in class we watch a very interesting movie on Rome, the movie was mainly based on Tiberius and how he tried to free the plebeians and help them out because they were being treated very poorly by the patricians, or rich people. He stood up for what was right and the patricians didn't want this so in return Tiberius shut down the whole city and put it into a standstill. This was a very smart move by the young Tiberius as they were forced to male a decicion

Rome Movie

Today we watch a movie in class on the great civilization of Rome Under the Leadership of a bad leadership of Tiberius, the people wanted him out because of the forceful leader he was , they really couldn't handle it especially after having his father. In 146 BC in Carthage  it was the end of the 3rd Punic wars. Rome was ordered by their leader for the city to be burned. But after 6 days the Carthaginians rendered. And Rome was able to to take over.Rome demolished the city because they hated Carthage. If it was anything left they smashed it and the 50,000 that remained became slaves of the Roman Empire. And they would rain supreme for the next 600 years. I enjoyed watching this movie because it had a lot of interesting facts that I can actually remember and the pictures and videos of the war were very very vivid which also made it more attractive to watch

Group Work

Today in class we didn't do anything except work with our groups on our projects because Mr. Schick wasn't here. Our group was able to get some solid work done because we split up and assigned what we needed to get done so we can be finished by the weekend and then review the project over the weekend but today once we were done our individual parts we came together because we about to put it all together. I think we are ready to get a good grade because we have came up with a good idea of the program of chariot games

Rome Movie

Today in class we watched movie n Rome...

Mr. Schick wasnt in the best mood due to a lot of factors, me probably being one of the problems and on top of that his computwr was not working, therefroe we could not watch the movie he had planned for uus in his planning. But instead he instucted us to watch the movie on our own. The movie starts slow but then picks up and basically describes the different wars that went on in Rome who took power and lost.

Rome Notes

Roman Legion
-5000 soldiers not in it for pay
-Roman army's elite infantry 
-Recruited exclusivity from citizens 
-Groups of 80's a century

Punic Wars (264-146) BCE
-Rome vs Carthage 
-Three Wars

1st Punic Wars 
-(264-241 BCE)
-Naval Battles on Island of Sicily & Rome Wins

2nd Punic Wars
(218-201 BCE)
-29 year old Hannibal tries to take Rome 
-Attacks from the North 
-Lays siege to much of the peninsula for 15 years 

-3rd Punic Wars
(149-146 BCE)
-Rome wanted to remove the Carthaginians 
-Carthage was burned for 17 days 
-The last 50,000 people left in the city became slaves

Notes B

Today in class we took notes, here are the notes below...

Arisacracts & Patritians 
-Rule of the Kings is replaced by rule of 2 consuls (gotta be better than one")
-Consuls are elected officials
-always aristocrats (Patricians)
-Traced their descent from a famous ancestor
-Dealing Justice, Making law, commanding the army

"Regular Folks"
-5th Century BCE patrician dominace of the govt. was a challenge by the plebians
-Plebs were 98% of the population
-Had to serve in the army
-Threaten by slavery
-No legal rights

"No Legal Rights"
-Plebs victims of discriminary in judicial in judicial trials
-Rome had no actual laws
-Just customs
-Patritians could interpret these these to their advantage
-12 Tables
-Tribunes "Tribal leaders" Elected

Res Public The People Affairs 
-Ready to run
-Democracy "People rule"
-Aristocracy (Senate, 300) members
-Not a tyranny

Soft Day

Today in class instead of learning by power points or by notes we visited the main hallway to learn about the achievements and individual accomplishments of people famous in history. The way it worked was as we pressed the button on their should that was attached to them, they gave us a summary of the life the highs and lows of life, how they've develop and what has made them the person they have become today. The people that were more into what they were doing go more people to come to there station. And not only that but we were able to learn better because we were so engaged in what they were doing.

Note Taking Day

Here are the  notes below that we took today...

Who settled in Rome?
-Came from the North-central part of the peninsula
-Metalworkers, artists, architects
-Two different foundations plus the story of Remus and Romulus

Who else settled Rome?
-They had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea
-Romans borrowed ideas from them, such as:
1. Religious beliefs
2. Alphabet
3. Much of their Art
4. Military Techniques and weapons

But who first settled there?
-The Latins
-The descendants of Indo Europeans
-Settles on the banks of the Tiber
-Situated so trading ships but no war fleets could navigate as far ass Rome but no further
-A commercial port, but not susceptible to attack
-And built on seven hills

They Drained a Swamp
-Man=y streets named after the Tiber
-There areas a marshy called the Forum between the Palestine and Capitoline Hills
-Tarquin the Proud grandfather built the Cloaca Maxima (Largest Ancient Drain) which channeled water to the Tiber River

Now Tarquins kinda proud but he got a little loud
-Lucius Tarquins Superbus
-The seventh and final king of Rome
-Known as Tarquin the Proud
-A true Tyrant in the old and modern sense of the word

People were so shocked at this horrible behavior the family made them never want to be subject to the of kings ever again this was an that lasted forever

Project Work

Today in class we worked on our projects with our groups. We had to finalize our groups because Mr. Schick has a plan of making sure the passiveness come presenting day doesn't happen. He is going to do a drawing because every time its time to present know one wants to present. As a group we were able to decide what we were going to do, we are going to make a trifold program presentation on Chariots races and gladiator things that are going on at the games. In this presentation we are going to have the Roman architecture, The Roman architecture is going to be very descriptive, and very detailed. Our project is going to require us to get together in a couple of weeks.

Finding Reliable information

Today in class we were suppose to come up with 5 facts for the following topics... Circus Maximus, Coliseum, and other Roman Architectures. When we did this the main point of this was to use sites that very reliable sources. Because a lot of time we just type whatever into Google and 9/10 we just use wiki because its the first thing we see and if not then we use whatever of the next 3 top articles. When actually we should narrow our search and use other sources. Because when we use wiki or other unreliable sources, we put inaccurate information that makes us look stupid on a presentation because we just wanted ton get done but we didn't ant the most accurate information that we could get. But yea basically take your time in finding reliable information.

Absent

I was not able to be in school today due to a basketball tournament but I will work on my project while I'm here

Tarquin The Proud

Here are the notes below that I recorded...

-He was a Tyrant who was not goo to his people
-A very bad leader who all he cared about was himself
-Everyone was waiting for him to die to get a new leader
-They waited for him to die because they had a monarchy which means the King is there until he dies , there is no reelection
-And even if he died most likely his son would take over which would be even worse
-Brand new Republic ready to run Democracy, Aristocracy, and Monarchy.
-The Roman Legion had 5000 soldiers, and were not in for pay but because it was their duty for their nation

Punic Wars
-One of the most interesting things I heard in the notes was that in the war they used elephants instead of horses which is a great idea because they are more effective in size, strength, and power.
-Instead of going right at Rome to take it over, they went all the way around and Rome was not ready and they took it over.

Rome Rap by Mr. Schick

Today was a very interesting day as Mr. Schick's "friend" came in and did a very lyrical rap on Rome, it was very successful as I know far more know about Rome than did before the BARS that Mr. Schick gave us.

But here are the notes that I have recorded for today...

Republican Values
-Strong values with particular Gods such as Zeus, Hera, and Athens
-It was everybody's duty to participate in the Government
-Married Women were known as "matrons"
-Pater Familias known as The Family Father

Roman Expansion
-Rome military improved based on old Greek tactics which was very effective
-When conquering they made Rome laws
-Most Non-Romans in Italy want to bee them so they had became allies
-Tarquin The Proud
-They Use a Republic

Rome

Here are today's notes from class...

The Story of Remus and Romulus:

-Remus and Romulus were twin brothers, and as babies were abandoned to die because of the wrong doing of a Goddess and a human having kids.The river carried them to safety, nursing off a wolf. A Sheppard and his wife found them and took care of them. The twin eventually became great natural leaders & went back and killed the one who abandoned them. End the end they fight over where their new city should be and what it should be called so Romulus kills Remus over the great city.

City-State Empire: The Roman Republic 
-Indo European tribes moved into the Italian peninsula.
-Etruscan people, originally from the East, settled North of Italy
-Romans also influenced by Greek settlements such as the Alphabet
-Rome was first an anarchy which had an council of Elders called a Senate
-Rome overthrew the monarchy and created a Republic
-Patricians=Rich.....Plebeians= ordinary citizens
-Senate elected 2 ruler councils 1 term
-Law of Rome are recorded on the Twelve Tablets
-Mixed government of patricians and plebeians had many checks and balances just like today.

Powerpoint

Today in class we discuss the topic Rome, since this will be our next unit. Mr.Schick said we have the opportunity to either do a simple power point or a really cool project. My group of me, Gabi, and Skylar are thinking of a a lot of different ideas. We started with some brainstorming of making some ancient architecture,or making some Italian food since Rome is the Capitol of Italy. But those are just some of the many ideas that our group has come up with. Something that Mr. Schick pointed out that was a really good idea I thought was the making of a video. This gives you a chance of having a great grade because it requires a lot of work and usually ends out good, not only that but it makes it easier to learn because you have a visual.

YouTube Movie

Today in class we watched a controversial video clip from YouTube that everyone for the mot part had different opinions on. After the video we talked about it and heard a lot of different thought but then after those suggestions Mr.Schick asked us the true meaning and and symbolism of the movie. I think that the true meaning was that you should just follow the crowd you should do your own thing and what you think is right.

Review 1000 word essay

Today in class we discuss what is supposed to be used in a long essay and what is not supposed to be use in an essay. Mr. Schick gave us methods such as reading the work we have done aloud, because when you do this you can catch your own mistakes much better. A lot of the mistakes we make you don't notice when you read it silent because its your work and it all makes sense. We also reviewed the how learning how to write has changed over time. Middle School used to prepare you learn how to write in complete sentences and essays. The reason why we need to know this is because throughout our high-school and college careers.

Test Review Day

Today instead of going over a power point of note we went over the Classical Greece Test. We went around the class and gave answers and went over it as a class just in case anyone had any answers With this review I was able to see what I did right as well ass I did wrong. I started out good with the general information but I was not as prepared for the dates. We also got our 1000 word essay back which our group did very well on. I needed to do good on that essay to balance out the bad test grade I had

Quiz Day

Today we took a quiz on Greece and all the things that we have been going over all unit with the Gods and Goddess to Athens and Sparta and different things like that. I didn't do as good as Id like to but its early in the quarter I really put myself in a tough hole with a grade like that on my test I hope to do well on my 1000 word essay and other test to come

Work on 1000 word Essay

Today in class Mr. Schick was not here was he assigned us to work on our 1000 word essay which our group finished most of our 1st paragraph and were able to be pretty successful. We will continue to work on this project tomorrow and over the weekend, and finish it up and ready to hang in Tuesday. I will start to watch the video in order to be ready for the test.

Gods, Athens, and Sparta

Today in class we went over another power point....


Gods & Goddesses
-Gods had interactions with humans
-Gods were like humans in terms of feelings and emotions
-Zeus- The ruler of Heaven and Earth
-Athena- God of wisdom, peace, and battle strategy
-Apollo- God of music, arts, knowledge, & healing
-Poseidon- God of the Sea, rivers, and Oceans
-Aphrodite- God of love, beauty, and desire
-Demeter- God of grain, harvest, and agriculture

The Fighting Spartans
-Sparta known for fighting on land, tough, and ruthless infantry
-Boys Trained since they were 7

Athens
-Naval power, most effective weapon was the Trireme
-Trireme- Technological marvel, Fastest during that time period, could hold 170 people, had 3 levels, and it was also agile and fast
-The Phalanx fighting style was a strategy that aliened people with shields and long swords

Philosopherapaloza- Socrates
-Looked to science & logic (not Gods)
-Socratic Method fostered critical thinking
-The unexampled life is not worth living."
-He was changed with serious crimes

1000 Word Essay

In today's class we didn't take any notes from a power point or watch a movie on Greece, we simply went over the rules and rubric for a 5000 word essay which in term would help us write our 1000 word essay which is between the 3 people in our group. I feel like after going over that essay with the setup of the introduction in the first paragraph which is where you introduce your topic, I feel like I can understand it a little bit more now which will help me write my essay. I feel like I will be a able to do good on this because I will be able to combine my prior knowledge of writing essays and this example of how to write a 5000 one. After seeing this our group should split it up evenly

Project Power Points

Today in class we went over each of the respective power points from each group. Here are the notes below.

Homer the Story Teller
-Was born before the calender was invented
-Famous for his poetry
-Died in 701 BCE
-Died in Greece
-Most famous poems he was known for was the Odessy & Iliad
-He was blind
-He was a good story teller
-World's first great writer

Greek Gods & Goddesses
-Apollo is the God of light and Sun
-Amphitheater is the God of the sea
-Eirene is the God of peace
-Zeus is the God of the Sky and Thunder
-Athene is the god of wisdom
-Hades is the god of the dead

Greek Architecture
-Was centered around religion
-Used for showing political power
-Doric columns are very sturdy
-Ionic colons are much thinner and more taller
-Built between 421 & 405 BC
-Corinthian coloums are seldom used
-Pottery was used everyday

Day 2 Powerpoint

Today's notes were from day 2 of the same power point here are the notes below.

-Isagoras had support from some fellow aristocrats as well as from Sparta
-Cleisthenes had supports of the majority of Athens

-Isagoras becomes (Tyrant)
-He ostracizes Cleisthenes
-Cleisthenes revolved against the Isagoras tyranny
-They trapped Isagoras on the acropolis for 2 days

Cleisthenes & Democracy
-Cleisthenes- definitely a member of the elite
-Very rich
-As well as a crafty politician

PowerPoint Presentation

Today's note were from the power point we went over in class. Below are the notes from today.

Aristocracy

-It is nice work if you can get it 

-Is rule by aristocrats

-Elite Men would enjoy wine, poetry, and dancers

Exclusive Club

-No women (except the entertainment)

-No middle class 

-Certainly, no slaves

-What to do if you're "on the outside"

Tyrants seize Control

-Aristocrats would form alliances with hoplites

-Tyrants- Someone who rules outside the framework of the polis 

-Tyrant is a abusive or oppresive

Clash of the Tyrants

-Hippias was a Tyrant who ruled from 527-510 BCE

-Brother was killed and ruling become hard 

-Eventually expelled from Athens

Project

Today in class we basically just worked on our projects and finish those up. I was unforchantely only able to help with the citations because I was at a basketball tournament but I trust that Luke and Tucker did a good Job. Other than working on our project we didn't do to much else, one thing that did happen though was that we recieved our pop quizzes back which I did pretty good compared to others. I got a 8 out orf 10 which is good and solid but not great for a quiz I didnt know was coming.

Great Civilizations

Today in class we took notes on a power point in class about a lot of things pertaining to Great civilizations, Greece, and Mycenaeans. One thing that stuck out is that all great civilization have had a large body of water next to them. A couple of definitions that I picked up today were the the word Terra means Earth and that the word Mediterranean means middle of the earth. One fact about the Island of Crete is that it is the biggest Islands in Greece. Some facts about Greece that I learned today...
GREECE
1. 3/4 of Greece is covered with mountains
2. Approximately 1400 islands in the Adriatic, Ionian, and Aegean Sea.
3. Poor  limited natural resources so they needed to trade
4. Greek diet consists of grains, grapes, and olives.
5. Temperature was always pretty nice year round
6. Greek was ARABLE which means good farming

MYCENAEANS
1. Influence begin around 2000 BCE
2. Protected by a 20 ft. thick wall
3. Dominated Greece from 1600- 1200 BCE
4. Controlled trade in the region
5. 1400 BCE the invaded Crete and ti Minoan culture & language

Cyber day

ARISTOTLE

Aristotle was a Greek Philosopher and also a well known Greek scientist born in the great Macedonian city of Stagira. He was also a pretty known figure in historical times of Greece. Aristotle was born in 384 BC and he later died in 322 BC. His education was at the Platonic Academy from the time period of 367 BC to 347 BC. His parents were Nicomachus and Phaestis. Aristotle was affiliated with the Macedonian court for his whole life. In 338 BC Aristotle went back to Macedonia to King Phillips the 2nd son the 13 year old Alexander The Great. When Alexander the Great grew up and eventually became king Aristotle started a school with Alexanders permission and from the rest of his life became a teacher and a researcher. Aristotle believed that knowledge is something that can be obtained through interaction with materials. His theory of deduction is now the basis of what philosophers now call syllogism, which is a logically argument where a conclusion is inferred. This is one of the reasons I now Aristotle is an important person because he has impacted today's science, philosophy, logic, and basically just the way we looked and observe stuff. I also know he is an important figure because he is still wrote about today.

Cyber day Work

1.) The Acropolis
This building is not just one building but a group of buildings in one overlooking Athens. The word Acropolis means high city.The great building was not officially created until 432 BC. This place was built as a getaway. Athena is the goddess of victory, and the temple was built in honor of her alter during the Peloponnesian war. People used the Temple to keep their money for safe keeping. The historic building was born on two levels due to the uneven land.


2.) The Theater
The Greek historic architecture of the Theater is a full circle. This was in trying to keep the circular dance. But as everything else time has evolve and the theater ways too. This specific place is called "The Orchestra" because it is the place where the chorus sings and dances. The Theater is the one main place where the people would come together to watch the different performances.

3.) The Stoa
This structure similar structures to a lot of different buildings during the time of the 7th century. This long narrow row of columns backed by a plain wall and roofed. The Great Greek architectural structure was built in 570 BC and 580 BC, and was trapezoid type shape.

2 Hour Delay

Today we really didn't do anything or go over anything because it was a 2 hour delay. Today in class I had to do my Pyramid challenge which was kinda hard. It was hard because I'm not really a custom to living that life. I didn't finish and I have to finish at home. We also talk about how much snow there would be over the next couple of days in which we are expected to get 5-10 inches.

Cyber day Assignment

Notes:
-Every great civilization has a reliable river.
-For example Mesopotamia has the Tigris and Euphrates, Egypt has the Nile River, China has the Huang He River, and India has the Indus River.
-This also relates to a term called Geographical Luck, this means that the area of land simply has better natural resources all around that area than other areas of land.

Questions:
1.) The significance of the of Greece location is that it has an example of Geographic Luck. It is surrounded by a body of water. This gives the civilization or whoever lives their options to do different things that will help that area such as cooking, cleaning, or hunting.

2.) Greece has a lot of valleys as well as open grass, land, and, plains. Greece is obviously surrounded by a large body of water. There are also a lot of mountains and Islands.

3.) A lot of there surroundings, well actually all of their surroundings is basically water. One way that it affects their culture is that you have to where different clothes such as using lease and trees. Another way is the food they eat would be significantly different from us.

4.) The Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea, Thracian Sea, Sea of Crete, and The Gulf of Corinth surrounded Greece.

5.) The largest island to the south/southeast in Greece is Crete

6.) Athena and Sparta are both very very close to the sea. Athens is a Pan Hellenic sanctuary and Sparta is just a sanctuary. 

Test Day

Today in class today we took a test on Ancient Egypt. I felt that the test was pretty good. The only part that I really had any trouble with was the part with the Pyramids and that was cause I honestly didn't know that we had to go to your website to get homework. I didnt do as good as I thought but now that I know where to get the studying tools from I do much betteer

Cyber Day work 5 questions

1.) What was the "Upper Class" known as:

A.) Tribe
B.) The White Kilt  
C.) A & B
D.) The Group

2.)What is the White Kilt class known as:

A.) Priest, Physicians, & Engineers
B.) Doctors, Lawyers, & Teachers
C.) Pro Athletes
D. All of thee Above

3.) What is a Pharaoh:
.
A Pharaoh is a religious and political leader. They're also the ruler of upper and lower Egypt. He owned all the land, made laws, and collected taxes.

4.) Which woman was a woman that served as a Pharaoh:

A.) Debby
B.) Tonia
C.) Ester
D.) Hatsheput

5.)  Gods believed they controlled what:

The Lives of Humans

Pyramid

Today in class we had an assignment were we had to build a pyramid on the laptop. We worked in groups of two and the first to groups done got an A the second two groups down got a B and the third two groups got a C. My group was the 6th group done so we got a C it was very hard to have the perfect balance of everything such as workers, officers, officials so everything had to be perfect or the Pyramid would not work. What also made the task so hard is that we have no experience in this field so somebody like us wouldn't really know. But someone who is an expert on pyramids would know because they are well knowledgeable about the topic.

Substitute Day

Today we had a sub because you were not here. We worked on our cyber day assignments if they weren't finish and if they were than we just worked on any other assignments from any class quietly.

Cyber day work

-The first theological development ancient Egyptians created were hieroglyphs, it was there way of writing. They used it to explain a story or to solve math problems. Hieroglyphs writing was used from about 3200 BC until the late 4th century AD. I believe this is an important development because this is a way they could communicate.
-A second theological development ancient Egyptians created was the stone circles. The stone circles were used to determine when the next flood was coming. This was an important invention because it helped the Egyptians prepare for the flood so they could possibly save their things.
-A third theological development ancient Egyptians created was a calender, they understood that there were 365 days in a year, 12 months, around 28-31 days each so they created the calender which help them remember dates, plan and schedule things, and most importantly put everybody on the same time.
-The fourth thing that the Egyptians seemed to develop was the system of constellations. It was independent from the works of Greeks and Mesopotamian's. They were able to use these to great success. which eventually help there civilization even more.
-The fifth and final technological development was the invention of spells. If a person was sick or ill, there was no medicine to get them right so a magical potion or a saying was said over them so that person could survive.

In my opinion the most important and I think the most effective is the calender this gave everyone a sense of order from a time standpoint. Then the spells would be next for me because it could cure and heal the sick. Next would be hieroglyphs because this was the way for them to communicate. Next, would be the stone circles and last the constellation, something they stood for.

A Pharaoh is....

The things that we talked about in class was that the upper class was known as the "White Kilt Class" these are priest, physicians, and engineers. We also talked about what a Pharaoh and it is a religious and political leader. Pharaoh was the ruler of upper and lower Egypt. He made laws, owned all the land, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners. Hatsheput was a women who served as Pharaoh. The last thing we talked about was that The Gods "Controlled" the lives of humans.

Review Test

Today in class we simply reviewed the test to see what questions that we need to work on individually and also as a class. I think that this was helpful because I will eventually see these words again on the final exam and 3 months from now i'm not going to remember all this so going over it so I can have the answers for the final is key. Some things I took away from the class today were reading the question on a test but covering the answers that way I can be sure what the answer is.

Absent

Today I had to leave early from class to go to the doctors.

Test day

Today we took a test on the Movie we've been watching. I felt I did good on the test I felt there weren't too many questions that I didn't know or understand. One other thing that would help me on this test was process of elimination. Because we had multiple choice it made it a little easier in breaking down which answered made since and which didn't and from there picking the correct one. I like the fact that we were able to use beginning of class to study and refresh or minds. I was able to get some key notes that were on the test that I forgot.

Review Day

Today in class was a review day we talk about our test and how you know if you got an A you also told us what wee need to know for our quiz. Things like geographic features in the Fertile crescent and the Mesopotamia River, things like what makes a civilization goo like animals that are able to work and have a huge role for a civilization. Also things with like were the civilization lives if a group lives near water that is a plus because they have a source of drinking and for a bunch of other things but basically the more resources the better.

Movie day 2

Today in class we talk about how that some places like the Middle East were more fortunate than others because of the type of geographical features that these areas were blessed with. These places and civilizations also have the best working animals. If you have good working animals you can be successful because its an extra hand and there are lots of things that the animal can dot that the human jut can not physically do. Honestly where ever you born or whatever civilization you were born to it was all outta luck.

Movie

Animals that weight a lot of pounds such as 100 pounds or more were way better because they hard more meat to eat and could be used for muscle power such using the animals to pull things for you. The best animals that work for you can start giving birth after working for you for 1,2 years. So its best to have a high fertility rate with working animals. Another important thing is for the animal to be able to get along with humans. Goats, sheep, pigs, cows, horses, donkeys, bactrian camels, Arabian camels, water buffalo, llamas, reindeer, yaks, mithans, and Bali cows. None of these animals are from the North America, Australasia But from North Africa, Middle East and Asia. Cows pig sheep and goats are native to the middle east. Having great crops a good living place and having good work animals was critical to success.

Guns Germs or Steal

There is an historic area called papuanewguinea. In papuanewguinea the live an old ancient lifestyle in the woods/forest. They use old tools and all natural resources and the non-advanced human resources that they have made. Something was grown in papuanewguinea was called Sego and sego is located in a sego tree. It is a major source of what they use. But it doesn't store well meaning you cant save it  and not enough nutrients in just Sego. And the best civilizations had advanced technology, large population, and well organized work force. Domestication is the way humans grow and change crops. The land of Draa is believed to be a small Village and the worlds first Granerey. Humans also thrived in the Middle East. In the Middle East they naturally grow barley and wheat. And the Last thing is a statement made by a black man "Why you white men have so much cargo and we have so little." The white people thought they should be the more Superior.

Test Day

Today in class we took our first test. Overall I think I did pretty good. It wasn't to hard and it made it even easier that we could use our notes from our blog. So I was able to find all my answers pretty easily. This also teaches us that we need to take our blog serious because we never know when we may be able to use this on our test. For the last part of class we got to work on any homework we wanted to and that help me because I needed to finish my Spanish.

Review on Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is fertile land that is between two rivers and has great soil for farming. We talk about the Paleolithic age and that is basically just the old age where they used old hand made tools to get things done. But we also talked about the Neolithic age and this age had more advanced tools and was a better age overall based and resources. The last thing that we talked about was Hammarbi's code which is basically one of the harshes set or group of laws ever created. Basically it is saying what ever you do to someone else illegally you will receive 10 times worse the consequence.

The earliest cites

In class we continue to discuss the land of Mesopotamia. This land was a place between two rivers, the Tigers and Euphrates. Another thing that was talk about was the population increasing due to the irrigation techniques. Some of the cities have 40,000 inhabitants. Another piece of information that we talked about is how Sumerians invented the earliest form of writing. Another interesting fact about them is that they created a calender biased on the cycles of moon. Another thing that we talk about in class was Hammurabi codes and these codes were the most vicious laws of the time back then. Laws such as having your hand cut off if stealing.

Prehistory Civilaization

Today in class we talk about how from 300 BC to 1200 BC was named the Prehistoric era. During this time there was no technology, no internet, and no advanced communication everything was simply done man made and done with a lot of hard work. 200,00 years ago a human species emerged in Southwest Africa. 14,000 years ago Human beings during this time started to differentiate themselves from animals and build their own species. This was known as the Paleolithic Age or the Old Stone Age. The Neolithic Age or the New Stone Age started to used advanced tools and was also known as the begging of agriculture.This was also called the Agricultural revolution. This was a shift from hunting and gathering to being centered around agriculture.

West Civ Class: The intro

I am new to the class but today in my new class we discuss how the class works. We talk about the do's and do not's in the class. For example we are to right a blog about class everyday even if we weren't there. This is going to teach us a lot about responsibility because forgetting about these small little assignments a=can have a big impact on your grade. You talk about how at the end of the year the blog could come out to about 130 points. This is big for me because I'm not the best test taker so little points each day that will eventually combined to something big such a this homework grade is huge for me. You also talk about how if someone is talking don't talk because everyone has an opinion and needs to be heard so one person talking at a time is huge for our communication and ultimately my and our success.