Last blog of the year!!!

This semester was alright the grades were alright but could of been better. I like how we did our classwork by doing power points and then reviewing and then taking the test. It helped me out a lot by getting me a better grade. I always looked forward everyday to come to West Civ class because I knew that we would have fun but also learn at the same time. But I am definitely will not miss these blogs because I always forgot to do them which made me loose easy points.

5/30 Class

Today in class we learned a lot about Luther. Luther was a hated person in the catholic church because he nailed a piece of paper on the church door and told the church 95 things they need to change and but the church hates it and wants to go to court for it. But Luther refuses and doesn't show up to court and becomes an outlaw and he has to flee. The counsquences were his writings were banned and he was captured into a castle and was there for one year and translated the new testament into German and once he came back some of his ideas became a real thing.

5/28 Class

Today in class we learned more about the renaissance and about Martin Luther who was a monk. But before he was a monk he was going to law school because his dad wanted him to be a lawyer. Beside hi learning to be a lawyer he also teached theology at a university. One day he was riding back to home and a bolt of lighting crashed right next to him and cried that he will change his ways and become a monk. He did then two weeks later he dropped out of law school crushing his fathers dream and following the way of God and would be away from the rest of the world beside the other monks. He would have no wife just him and god.

5/24 Class

1. indulgence- was a pardon.
    Reformation- a movement for religious reforms.
    Lutherans- were Luther's followers who had became a separate religious group from the Christians.
    Protestant- Christians who belonged to non catholic churches.
    Peace of Augsburg- was a famous religious settlement.
    Annul- to set aside a divorce.
    Anglican- was Elizabeth's wish to set up a church.
3. Luther troubled Tetzel's tactics by writing statements about him.
4. Roman Catholicism.

5/23 Class

Today in class we took more notes on the Renaissance. The renaissance they tried to rule there governments just like the Greeks and Romans because how successful they were and they wanted to be a civilization just like them because when they ruled they dominated back when they ruled. And the they were inside Italy in a city and were the only one in there time to be a country inside a country because they were in a city.

5/20 Class

1.Renaissance- A period of European history lasting from 1300-1600.

Humanism- Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers focused on human potential and achievements.

Secular- Concerned with worldly instead of spiritual matters.

Patron- A person who supports artists.

Perspective- An artistic technique use to create 3D objects on a flat surface.

Vernacular- Common language of people in region/country.

3. Men who excelled in many fields were praised as universal men. Should be able to dance, sing, play music, and write poetry. Should be a good rider, wrestler, and swordsman. Should be charming and witty. Women should be charming and know the classics. Expected to inspire art but not create it. Were more educated than medival women but had little influence in politics.

4. Had thriving cities, wealthy merchant class, and classical heritage of ancient Greece.

5. Beautified Rome and spent loads of money on arts. Became patrons by financially supporting artists. Wealthy families were patrons of the arts. Had their importance demonstrated by having their portrait painted in public squares.

5/17 Class

Today in class we went over our test we just took and I got an 80 on it which was lower than I expected I wish it was a little higher but the questions I got wrong were hard and I didn't know them after I got them but some I said I should of definitely should of new it. But other wise I did not do that bad and they were better then some of the other ones

5/15 Class

Test day. I think it went okay but the first part was very easy and but then the last two parts were very hard were you had to match the idea with the person and two of the people I totally forgot about and didn't study so I didn't do good on that part but everything else was easy and I feel I got a B on it but not an A due to some parts I didn't study as much or studied at all.

5/14 Class

Today in class we mostly learned about Cesar who ruled Rome. Cesar was a good military general by couquering land left and right from countries next to Rome. But then Cesar got a little over his head by abusing his power the Romans thought but really he didn't so they said you can cross Rubicon if you come by yourself and leave your men behind. And he said no so he took his men home and the senate was happy so the senate killed him by stabbing him and burying there hands in his blood so the people know they killed him. But oddly the people who killed there leader Cesar were not charged of anything and were not killed. But Cesar like I said was a little crazy by naming him governor of Gaul and then dictator of Gaul so they decided lets kill him.

5/13 Class

Today in class we took more notes and went over what was going to be on the test. The Roman legion consisted of 5,000 troops that were not payed but forced to serve in the military like the plebs. There is a group of eighty in a century. Punic Wars. There were three of them and Rome won all of them. Carthage attacked Rome and they did not have enough military experience and men to destroy Rome. 2nd Punic War this time Hannibal decided to go west word across two mountains and pick up men and elephants because the romans thought they would attack Rome but instead the attacked from the West which through them off but somehow Rome won. 3rd Punic War this time Rome decided I have had enough and went to Carthage and burned in down for 17 days straight and took 50,000 slaves with them. At the end Rome had over a million slaves in Italy were they went to auction.

5/9 Class

Today in class we reviewed about what we had learned about Rome when Mr. Schick was gone. The Latins came first like in the rap. Rome lived in a perfect spot because enemies had to travel from sea but then go through a river called the Tiber River which made it difficult for the enemies. Tarquin was the 7th and final leader of Rome and was the last one because he abused his power by killing people and taking the thrown from the former king by sitting on his own thrown and told him it's my kingdom now. And then Rome switched to a government were there was 3 branches ( Legislative, Judicial and Executive) and one branch could veto a law and that law would not be one.

5/8 Class

Greco- Roman culture- The mixing of Greek, Hellenistic and Roman cultures made a new culture called Greco- Roman culture.

Pompeii- the best paintings were found near Pompeii and around the volcano.

Virgil- was a poet that took 10 years to write Aeneid.

Tacitus- Was a Roman historian that stated facts accurately.

Aqueducts- were designed by engineers to bring water into the cities and towns.

Latin influenced and developed the French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Roman languages and then created the romance language.

5/3 Class

Inflation- Drastic drop in the value of money coupled with a rise in prices 

Mercenary- Soldier who is paid to fight in a foreign army to defend against the increasing threats in the empire 

Diocletian- Strong willed army leader who became the new emperor 

Constantinople- New capital in Rome 

Attila- Germanic assault on the empire, became a direct threat 

3. Emphasized Gods personal to each person in his early teachings. 4. He had ruled as a strong person with an iron fist. When split the empire he took control of the eastern part.
5. It's important because it determines basic beliefs of each church.

5/7 Class

I believe that the United States is not declining. That is true because we are still the most dominant country still because we have the best military and are only thing that is not that good is our countries debt but other wise here is nothing we have to worry about. When the Roman empire was declining everybody knew it was happening and everybody on America knows that we are increasing and gradually getting to the best country in the entire world. When you are the best people want to bring you down and a lot of countries hate us so that shows that we are one of the best and we are going to stay there for a while.

5/2 Class

Today in class we did a worksheet and most of it was about Jesus and stuff we learned already bible. And I didn't know they would talk this much about Jesus and other stories in the bible. And I didn't know that the Romans were this involved with Christianity. Also I thought this worksheet was pretty easy and it clearly stated the things in the text so the answers were easy to find and it was not a problem for me.

5/1 Class

The rap and the book talk about that there is three people that live in Rome which are Etruscans, Greeks and Latins and that the latins had settled first. The rap and the power point talked about that Rome was located on the Tiber River. Also that there were three governments and they were rolled up into one and had a one year term. A roman legion was a battle tactic which used five thousand soldiers and that there were cavalry men on horse.

4/29

I was at my baseball game.

4/26 Class

Today in class we did a worksheet that went over the pages we read yesterday and we did a blog on. The question weren't that hard and some of them like the definition of dictator was just common sense like some of the questions. But today was a easy class and this didn't take the whole time to do which allowed me to get other work done which I am very happy about.

4/25 Classwork

509 BC- Rome becomes a republic
264 BC- First Punic War begins
218 BC- In the second Punic War, Hannibal invades Italy
31 BC- Octavian defeats the forces of Anthony and Cleopatra
284 AD- Diocletian becomes emperor of Rome
476 AD- Western Roman Empire falls

Ancient Rome was founded in 753 BC. Mars and a Latin Prince were stranded and raised by wolfs. They choosed the location because of the soil and location. three groups settled in Rome between 1000 BC to 500 BC and they were Latins, Greeks and Etruscans. Between  \


Early Republic

600 BC Etruscan became king of Rome. Rome covered 500 square miles. The last king of Rome was Tarquin ]the proud and was out of office in 509 BC. Republic is a form of government in which power is given to the citizens.

Government under the republic

balanced government. consuls commanded the army. The senate was a branch of the government. dictator leader of a government. A large military units were called legions.

Rome spreads its power

Romans took over Italy and beat the Etruscans. Rome's location made it easy access for riches of the land ringing the Mediterranean sea. Traded wine and olives. 264 Carthage and Rome went to war. This started the Punic Wars. Between 264 and 146 BC. The mastermind of Carthage was general Hannibal. He assembled 50,000 infantry, 9,000 cavalry and 60 elephants.

Rome Triumphs

Scipio lead the Romans to victory over Hannibal in 202 BC. Rome victories gave them power in the western Mediterranean. Then they conquered the east in 70 BC.

4/23 Class

Today in class we learned tat we are going to start to learn about Ancient Rome and it seems pretty interesting. And I think this will be more interesting then Ancient Greece but not better than Ancient Egypt. But we also learned Mr.Schick is having surgery and will be out for two weeks and we will have different subs everyday and there is a paper that has what we do for that day and all of his papers are on his desk. And that we will be doing independent work and we are going to use our computer and our blog for everything we do. And we can listen to music.

4/12

Today we took a test and it went alright. The things I was stuck on was the who am I questions because I didn.t really study that much of that and focused on Ancient Greece and Alexander the Great. But beside those questions I feel like a I got a decent grade like a B maybe. But those questions probably messed me up. There were questions about what the plays were about and what kind of plays they were. And surprisingly there were very few Alexander the great questions which really surprised me and it really focused more on Ancient Greece and they were very specific questions that could trip you up if you did not read it right.

4/11

Today in class we went over and reviewed questions that would be on the test. People would ask questions and Mr. Schick would answer them. Some questions were about like what was the plays about and what type of plays were there and there was two and one was a comedy and one was a tragedy Also Alexander the Great was a ruler at the age of twenty and ruled till he was thirty-five. And counquered Persia, India and Egypt.

4/9

Wasn't in class today

4/8 Class

Today in class we read and learned about Alexander the Great. I learned that Alexander was a smart man by taking most of Europe as his kingdom. Alexander became the king when he was twenty years old and died at a early age. In my opinion if he didn.t die so early in his life he might of counquered the whole continent and maybe the Western hemisphere. Anyway Alexander is known as the best king to ever live and personally I think that is definitely true for what history shows us what he did in a small amount of time.

4/4 Class

Today in class we watched a rap and I thought that it was good not just because it was a rap. The lyrics were actually relevant to the Ancient Greek society. They rapped about Homer, Greek Gods and Godsees and some other stuff. And that took the majority of the class. But my only complaint was after the rap they talked about the lyrics and after that they conducted a interview that asked questions about the lyrics so they basically repeated the same thing twice. But other wise this presentation/ rap was the best that I saw including my presentation about the ancient Greek Olympics.

4/1 Class

Today in class we watched presentation go on and saw some really good ones and some not so good ones. But the majority of the time it was good but one group didn't prepare as much as they should of so I took points off for the presentation, but the facts I thought were really good and relevant to the idea that the group had done. But the other presenations were very good and showed us demonstrations of there project which led them into getting a good grade. And the fact that they presented it well by looking at the class and engaging with us.

3/27 Class

Today in class we worked on our project. We are presenting tomorrow and I believe we will do great because we have done everything and we will get an A on this. We made videos of me and Ben doing the events and we mostly failed them because my discus throw was like a baseball throw, Bens javelin throw was disgusting and Bens jump was really bad. But we have note cards and we state a lot of facts that are useful and I really don't want to present but I also kind of want to because I know we will do good and it is an easy topic.

3/26 Class

In class today we worked on our project and we are presenting on Thursday and we are the third group. But we are pretty much done we just have to figure out who is sayin what. But Greece Olympics is interesting because the events they did is pretty much what we do now like the discus and javelin throw. But the Olympics have defintley evolved over the years from just playing in one stadium and now multiple and multiple events at the same time. And now most countries are in this instead of when they first started you had to be born and Greece and be Greek. And people now train there whole life to just win there compation which before they would just go out and do whatever there supposed to do.

3/22 Class

Today in class we took a test. The test was easy besides the map because there was like ten questions on the map and I know I got at least two right. But beside that the test was some what easy and I feel I got a B on it not an A because of the map. But we learned that Mr.Schick wen to the doctor and the doctor was Mycenian and the guy said he was related to Alexander the Great and so is everybody else that lives in Mycenia. Also on the test there was no question on the Homeric question and about Greek mythology and the Gods and goddesses.

3/21 Class

Today in class we learned about Greece. Cleisthenes and Democrace made poor and middle class people feel special by letting them have a voice by letting them talk about laws they want and laws they want to get rid of. A new form of government allowed the people to be more involved and letting them have a voice. A direct Democracy looks like a majority rule which the United States government has where there are one hundred senators and if it is a tie the vice president makes the decision. The agora is were the citizens could speak out about what they want and they had stones which were white and black and the white means yes and the black means no. Gods and goddesses they had mythological creatures that would interact with humans, Zeus was the King and was the king of weather, thunder, lighting, sky and law. Athena was berthed from Zeus's forehead and she is the god of wisdom, skill, war, peace, intelligence and battle strategy.

3/20 Class

Today in class we learned more about Greece. Draco (621 BCE) and all Athenians are equal under law, death is the punishment for many crimes, debt slavery is okay so when they couldn't be there debt they would be a slave till they could. Solon's (594 BCE) outlaws debt slavery, all Athenian citizens can speak at an assembly so they would argue what laws that should have or not and then the laws would be laws, all citizens can press charges against wrongdoers. Cleisthenes(around 500 BCE), allowed citizens to submit laws for debate and assembly, created council of 500 and members were chosen randomly, only free adult male property owners born in Athens. Hippias- a tyrant ruled from 527-510 BCE, brother was murdered, eventually was expelled from Athens, began working with Persian king Darius 1 by helping him invade Marathon.

3/18 Class

Today in class we worked on our project. I am doing the ancient Greek Olympics. On Sunday Ben and we took videos of us doing the javelin, running, long jump and the discus throw. A fun fact in all the events they did ( running, boxing, chariot racing, long jump, javelin, discus, pankration and wrestling) they did it naked except the chariot racing. For our project we are going to state facts about why the Olympics started and when it started. My favorite event is probably the discus throwing because you are just seeing how far you can throw a rock but we did a frisbee and it was hard to throw it because the frisbee I got at the dollar tree. Anyway the Olympics are a thing that brings the world together by nations having fun and them playing sports that they have trained for four years. But for some nations including the United States it is very, very competitive.

3/14 Class

1.10 years
2. 2 weeks
3.Occurred around 12th century BCE
4.8th century BCE
5.A long narrative poem, on a serious subject, written in a grand or elevated style, centered on a longer than life hero.
6.Penelipee
7.Telimacus
8.The cyclops begins to eat them, Odyseus gets the cyclops drunk and blinds him
9.Yes because he had a great attribute.
10." and so she rejoiced her gaze upon her husband, her white arms round him pressed as though forever"

3/12 Class

Today we learned more about Greece. twenty percent of Greece is suitable for farming because most of Greece is mountains. Diets consist of grains, grapes, olives and fish. Temperature was forties in the winter and low eighties in the summer was pretty nice year-round. There weather was better back during there time then it is now I'm not sure what but I think it is because of climate change. Mycenae is on a rocky ridge on Pelponmeus that was protected by a twenty foot wall were enimies could not invade them even if they tried. in 1400 BCE Mycenae's invaded Crete and absorbed the Minoan culture. Around 1200 BCE the mysterious " sea people" began to invade Mycenae and they burnt the palace. Dorians are far less advanced, trade- based economy collapsed and the culture was on a decline. Greeks fought in many wars. Trojan war started in 1200 BCE. Pysidian was angry at Homer so he sent a lot of storms to throw him off course and send him on different islands. His wife was at home still having faith in him and didn't go with any other man and then he came home to his wife.

3/11 Class

Today in class we learned that Greece was basically right in the middle of the Medditerian sea. There are 2,000 islands there and most of them are Greece's. Greece ruled almost all of the Mediterian. Greece was also popular because they grew and used olive oil which nobody had so they got attention and they traded a lot but it was hard to transport it because Greece was three fourth mountains. And with a horse and buggy up a mountain is pretty hard so they went in the sea. But all of those islands it was very hard to navigate around them so either way it was hard to transport olive oil and other goods. The Greeks had there own mythology were Zeus was the king and lived on Mount Olympus were Hera was his wife and Athena was his daughter who was the protecter of the cities like Athens and other big cities around Greece.

3/7 Class

Classical Greece. The city state or capital is Athens. Government is a democracy. Alexander the Great spread culture through Asia, Greece, Egypt to make a Hellenistic culture was a great idea because I believe he would of counquered the intire world if is wasn't for him dying. Alexander the Great captured the Persian empire. They speaked Greece. 3000 BC Minoans lived in Crete. Minoans had elegant civilizations that had power in the Mediterrian Sea. 2000 islands in the Aegean and Ionian seas. Regions physical geography shaped Greek traditions and customs. The sea shaped the Greek civilization. Greece was always 85 miles or less from and body of water but mostly the sea. Sea travel and trade became very important because they lacked natural resources such as timber, metal and farmland.

3/5 Class

Today in class we reviewed for our test this is what we learned. When a person was a mummified they would put salt over the body and let it sit out for fourty days so all the moisture would go away. Then they would put two coats of something that was like glue and then wrap the body three to four times. And put hieroglyphics on the body that would say your name and other things for life. We leaned that pyramids were stone tombs that would have the pharaohs bodies in them and they would be stored there forever. Also they were covered in marble and in the muslim conquest it was stripped off. But I have a question did the pharaoh or pharaohs during the time were they were building the pyramid were did they store the bodies did they store them in the pyramid that was not finished. Or did they store there somewhere else.

3/4 Class

Today in class we took notes on Egypt. We learned that there will be a quiz tomorrow. Upper Egypt is 500 miles long and is mostly montains. Lower Egypt is a wide land of the Nile delta and then goes into the Mediteranian sea. The Nile provides life to humans. 3100 BC the two lands of Lower and upper Egypt united by king Narmer ( Pharaoh Narmer). The Pharaoh's were worshipped as God's and people thought that they were connected to the other major god's that were also Pharaoh's at one time. Egyptians relied on harmony and balance of the universe and that was called a maat. Pharaoh's had multiple wives at one time and the financial and social successes were through the palce and not through the community/ people. Also had a conversation abouhow the world is not flat because no offense you need mental help if you think the Earth is flat because there is cameras in space that can take pictures of the Earth and you will see that is round.

2/27 Class

Today in class we did a paper were we looked up defintions of words in the textbook. Some words I already new but a couple of them were words I have never heard of like ka. I learned that a English archaeloigist found King Tuts tomb and he became selfish and couldn't give it to the Egyptians because he found it and it is displayed somewhere in England. But I think it should be in Egypt because that is part of there history. Like what if you stole the constitution and they didn't give it back. I think mostly everybody would be really mad. Anyway I learned that Egyptians mummified the Pharoahs because they believed that the person would leave there body and then come back to them once they were buried which is really cool because they took there brain out by going through there nose.

2/26 class

I didn't save my questions from today but I will do it tomorrow. Today we had a test that was easy. I got an 80 but should of definiteley got a higher grade. The first part was matching which were easy beside one or maybe two. words because the defintions I wrote were different than what I wrote but I still figured most of them out. The rest was multiple choice. I rember one I wasn't sure about which was about whether the  ew stone age was Neolithic or Paleolithic. I wasn't sure about that one. But it was easy. One of the questions asked what country was not part of the Fertile Crescent which was Egypt because Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Turkey and Israel. Also we did questions that I didn't save but I did do but I will do a double blog tomorrow.

2/25

Today in class we learned that we are having a test tomorrow and we went over review questions the whole time. The questions were Cuneiform- first form of writing. Fertile Crescent- Euphrates, good soil from flooding. Fertile Crescent covers Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Jordan and Israel. Dynasty- when king dies the son takes over and it goes on forever. Cultural Diffusion- culture spreads to other countries like Mcdonalds. Irigation- brings water to people. Polytheism- a belief in many gods like animals or people. Monarchy- a government were a king leads. Zigurat- were people worship there gods. Gilgamesh- a king and said there was a flood that killed everybody besides him and he repopulated the world. Paleolithic- When people were hunters and gatherers. Hamurabis Code- 282 laws, eye for an eye and they were carved in pillars.

2/21

We stated of the class sumerizing what Hammurabis Code and putting what would happen if somebody broke that law on the blue sheet we did on Tuesday. I believe that his laws were pretty harsh because he said a eye for an eye which seems a little much I think that the person should go to jail instead of getting there eye ripped out of there face. Also like if you construct a house wrong and kill somebody you would be sentenced to death and would be put into the wall in the house which is disturbing and weird because nobody wants to think that there is a dead person in my wall. Lastly if a house you robbed burns you would be thrown in it which is insane they should just do jail time for a while not death.

2/19

In class we did a worksheet about laws. And we had to decide what the punishment should be for the person. One question was about a kid hitting his son and I said two years in jail for the kid. Also there was one where a man crashed his friends boat, I said he should pay the guy a new boat and go to jail for one month. There was one that said the slave said that he wasn't his owner and I said 10 wips and jail time because your not allowed to say that if your a slave. Also there was a guy who built a house wrong and he killed a man and I think he should be sentenced to death but if not guilty no jail time. But if he is killed he will be buried underneath the house that he built.

2/14

Today in class I learned Sumerian gods were represented in nature like on buildings and famous monuments. A test question is that Sumer is the first surviving epic. Sumerians divided the hour into sixty minutes, minute into sixty seconds and made the calendar based of the moon cycle. The Ziggurat was a Sumerian Temple built on top of a hill or the highest point in the area/ town. Sumer was counquered by Akkandians in 2350 BC and there gods took the place of previous gods and all were forced to worship. Lastly King Hammurabi created the Hammurabi Code which included the saying an eye for an eye. But the laws he made up were mostly very harsh and a lot of peoples limbs would be taken of in some of the laws.

2/13 Class

Today in class we learned 200,000 years ago humans emerged in southwest Africa. Also 14,000 years ago humans became world wide by living everywere in the world. Neolithic age was when tools became more advanced. Humans were hunters and gathers. Neolithic age is when humans shifted from hunters and gathers to permanent settlements which is where they used to move around following the animals but now they stay in one spot and then hunt. Populations increased and the productivity of food increased. The wheel and the plow were invented and made storage of food and the making of food easier by making it faster. A test question will be what modern day countries are in the Fertile Crescent which are Syria, Iraq, Iran, Jordan and Israel. Lastly Woman's jobs were to stay home and take care of the house by cleaning it and to take care of the children.

2/8 class

During class the only thing we did was go over what we wrote for our notes. And I wrote disadvantages which are unpredictable flooding, no natural barriers, natural resources of Sumer were limited and the flood water made silt which was a thick bed of mud. Solving Problems were dug irrigation holes, built walls that were made of mud for defense and traded, grain, cloth and tools. Five characteristics that Sumer had apart from human societies were advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping and improved technology. City state means a city and the area around it. Also the Sumer government was controlled by the  temple Priests and the military would run the military and the rest of the civilization.

2/7 class

Today in class we got our test back which I feel mad because I should of got a better grade instead of a 89, but an 89 is still a good grade I just wish it would have been a couple percentage points more. Any way in class we also still wrote notes about the things we read in the chapter. And it talked about conflicts a lot of civilizations had during there time. One of which was flooding from nearby rivers, and that would happen usually once in a year or sometimes more. Also in would be hard to plant plants because if you planted them to close to the river you would destroy your crops. This was especially harder in Egypt with the Nile River that would flood and them having little to none soil because they had lived in the dessert.

2/6 Class

Today in class we were taking notes while reading pages 26-34. We learned that some of the civilizations had problems with flooding from the rivers near by and this was mostly common in Egypt were the Nile river flooded there area. Also some priests ruled the government but while the king and the military would rule the land. Civilizations had science and technology that would invent bronze weapons that they would use in battle and they invented the wheel which was a big turning point in technology that made carrying things a lot more easier. There were four river valley civilizations which were China, Mesopatamia, Ancient Egypt and the Indus valley which were the most popular civilizations.

2/4 Class

Today in class we just studied and did a test that's seemed pretty easy and I feel that I had aced it. A question on the test said what are eight of the domesticated animals and I said llamas, goats, sheep, pigs, bactrien camels, arabian camels, horses and yaks. SO that part seemed easy to me but also there was like what job did Jared Diamond not have. I feel that I aced that test or got one wrong because I feel I had studied enough over the weekend by going over the domesticated animals and I wrote ten down on the test. I also studied the three things ancient civilizations that were great had in common which were Advanced technology, Well organized work force and large population. I feel that everybody else did good because this was a test if you paid attention by watching the movie you will get an A on the test but that's my opinion but I might be wrong.

1/31 Class

Today in class we were watching the same video that was called guns, germs and steel. Today we learned about the 14 domesticated animals that consisted of pigs, cows, camels and more. Also out of the 14 animals one of the animals lived somewhere beside Asia, Europe and Northern Africa was the llama that was originated in South America. The most developed part in the world thousands of years ago was the middle east because it had almost all the domesticated animals and it had a big advantage in technology by using animals instead of men farming. Also that gave them food and hyde for warmth and food. If they wanted clothing they could just trade for what ever they want with these animals.

1/125 Class

Today we came in and we answered some answers from the video and then Mr.Schick surprised us with a pop quiz that had questions like what answer did not belong. Also in one of the questions it asked what are the tree things that all successful groups have in common. Which are Advanced Technology, large populations and well organized work force. Also I learned that cargo means for people in Papua New Guinea basic materials. People in Papua New Guinea were amazed when they see things that Jared Diamond brings  binoculars they were amazed. Also today was good for people who did not do there blog because he gave those people a chance and if you already did we are allowed to do this blog in class.

Guns, Germs and Steel

Today we watched most of this video called Guns, Germs and Steel. It was about a guy named Jared Diamond who was a Biologists, author, professor at UCLA and who study's birds. Diamond was in Papua New Guinea and was in a boat with the locals looking for birds. He said that people have been living there for 40,000 years longer than the US. But they still live the same way 40,000 years ago with less cargo. All civilizations there were great like the Greeks and Romans have something in common which is they had advanced technology, large populations and well organized work force. In the middle east 13,000 years ago everybody lived as a hunter and gatherer which means they are only focused on getting food. These people will live in a place were animals are for weeks and even months and then move with the animals. One of the first civilizations was Draa and archaeologists believe they had a granary which they stored mostly parsley and wheat.

First Day

Today in class we learned that we will be making blogs after every class that have to be at least 150 words. Also we learned that you can not play video games on our computers or we will get a detention. In this class we will be learning about the Romans, Greeks, Mesopotamia and the Renaissance. We will be able to use our blog on some test only if Mr. Schick agrees. We will have to get a notebook for us to take notes so we can write on our blog. There will be a total of 90 blogs and they are two points each and at the end of the year it will be 180 points and if you don't do a lot of them it will tank your name and go down a letter grade if you do about half of the blogs.