Thursday, March 27, 2014
Easy Day
Today in west civ we had kind of an easy day we talked about these prisoner people who were chained to the wall and these people that were the guards made shadows on the wall for them to look at. Than one day the guards released one man and he did not know any thing about the real world. It was a really weird story.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Lord Today We Have A Test
Today in west civ we had a test, it was pretty easy my blog was not very good I did not have all the information in it that I needed. I think that I did good though, I went ahead and did all the questions that I knew first. The main part on the test was the fill in the blanks, they were kind of hard but most of they I knew.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
The Video Again
Today in west civ we watched the video on how Athens won both battles against the Persians. We went over it again because the first time we watched it Mr. Schick was not there so today he explained everything before we have the test tomorrow. I liked the video it was pretty cool how the Athenians beat the Persians when they were out numbered 2 to 1. the people who told the stories of the war told some lies like when they said that the Persians had 2 million troops and when they said they drank rivers dry.
Friday, March 21, 2014
sick days
Yesterday and today I have been out sick with the stomach bug. I'm not sure what I should write, I just wanted to say why I was not in school.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
The in school cyber day
1.) D / Greece was not composed of mostly fertile land.
2.) Approximately 2/3 of Greece is covered by mountains.
3.) E. / The word came from the Greek "barbaros," which originally meant "Non-Greek."
4.) C. /Massive rough-cut stones used to construct monuments and tombs
5.) A. / A social and political unit consisting of a group of communities held together by common interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship.
6.)A. / These tribes were governed by warrior kings or queens.
7.) The first European barbarians to make contact with civilization were the Greeks.
8.) China would not be considered to be a member of western civilization.
9.) The name of the sea to the west of Greece is the Ionian Sea.
10.) The name of the sea located to the east of Greece is the Aegean Sea.
11.) The major crops of the Aegean people were Grain, vines, and olives.
12.) The civilization that rose on the island of create was the Mycenaeans.
13.) The civilization that established settlements along the Greek mainland’s southern shore and on some islands was Sparta.
14.) The civilization that built massive walls to protect themselves was Minoan.
15.) The period of Greek history in which the population dropped, ships no longer sailed, and writing fell out of use, is called the Dark ages.
16.) The Greeks joined with the Phoenicians as the leading commercial and seafaring nation of the Mediterranean.
17.) In historical writing, the letter “c” means "around".
18.) Greek city-states dotted the coastlines around the Mediterranean Sea they were called colonies.
19.) Ancient Greek city-states most closely resembled cities.
20.) The form of government in which a small group of citizens dominated, and the power of the majority was limited in various ways is oligarchy.
21.) The form of government in which decisions were made by the majority of adult male citizens is a democracy.
22.) The form of government in which a self-proclaimed dictator held power is a tyranny.
23.) The form of government in which power is held by a single ruler, and is often passed along from father to son is a monarchy.
24.) The Spartans used the tyranny system.
25.) Spartan males began their military training at age seven.
26.) The wealthiest city-state in the ancient Greek world was Athens.
27.) The high fortified citadel and religious center of an ancient Greek town was the acropolis.
28.) The name of the southern peninsula where Sparta was located was Mt. Olympus.
29.) Triremes were massive fighting ships with three banks of oars, used to ram or board enemy ships.
30.) A hoplite was a heavily armed and armored citizen-soldier of ancient Greece.
SHORT ANSWERS
1.) This period began in 1100 BC and ended in 800 BC.
2.) The titles of these two stories are The Iliad and The Odyssey.
3.) The word “Mediterranean” originally meant "middle of the land".
4.) Prominent and long-established Athenian land-owners were called Aristocrats.
2.) Approximately 2/3 of Greece is covered by mountains.
3.) E. / The word came from the Greek "barbaros," which originally meant "Non-Greek."
4.) C. /Massive rough-cut stones used to construct monuments and tombs
5.) A. / A social and political unit consisting of a group of communities held together by common interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship.
6.)A. / These tribes were governed by warrior kings or queens.
7.) The first European barbarians to make contact with civilization were the Greeks.
8.) China would not be considered to be a member of western civilization.
9.) The name of the sea to the west of Greece is the Ionian Sea.
10.) The name of the sea located to the east of Greece is the Aegean Sea.
11.) The major crops of the Aegean people were Grain, vines, and olives.
12.) The civilization that rose on the island of create was the Mycenaeans.
13.) The civilization that established settlements along the Greek mainland’s southern shore and on some islands was Sparta.
14.) The civilization that built massive walls to protect themselves was Minoan.
15.) The period of Greek history in which the population dropped, ships no longer sailed, and writing fell out of use, is called the Dark ages.
16.) The Greeks joined with the Phoenicians as the leading commercial and seafaring nation of the Mediterranean.
17.) In historical writing, the letter “c” means "around".
18.) Greek city-states dotted the coastlines around the Mediterranean Sea they were called colonies.
19.) Ancient Greek city-states most closely resembled cities.
20.) The form of government in which a small group of citizens dominated, and the power of the majority was limited in various ways is oligarchy.
21.) The form of government in which decisions were made by the majority of adult male citizens is a democracy.
22.) The form of government in which a self-proclaimed dictator held power is a tyranny.
23.) The form of government in which power is held by a single ruler, and is often passed along from father to son is a monarchy.
24.) The Spartans used the tyranny system.
25.) Spartan males began their military training at age seven.
26.) The wealthiest city-state in the ancient Greek world was Athens.
27.) The high fortified citadel and religious center of an ancient Greek town was the acropolis.
28.) The name of the southern peninsula where Sparta was located was Mt. Olympus.
29.) Triremes were massive fighting ships with three banks of oars, used to ram or board enemy ships.
30.) A hoplite was a heavily armed and armored citizen-soldier of ancient Greece.
SHORT ANSWERS
1.) This period began in 1100 BC and ended in 800 BC.
2.) The titles of these two stories are The Iliad and The Odyssey.
3.) The word “Mediterranean” originally meant "middle of the land".
4.) Prominent and long-established Athenian land-owners were called Aristocrats.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
studying for the test
Today in west civ we studied for the test on Friday, we studied with a quizlet online. The first people to speak Greek were the Mycenaeans. A colony is a new city-state settled in oversea territory sponsored by the local city-state. The three great civilizations of the achient world are Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece. That's all for today, I'll be blogging tomorrow.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Another movie
Today in west civ Mr. Schick was not there so we had a sub and we watched another movie about Athens. I liked this one better than the last one, it was all about Athens and how they beat the Persians when they were the underdogs. It is amazing how they all bulled together when they were out numbered.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Greek question paper
Today in west civ we checked the answers on the greek question paper. I only found a few of them in the video so I filled out the rest of the answers. Some of the questions that I got today were- a notion of excellence and virtue; the act of living up to one's full potential, that was arête. One that I did have was- he composed the amazing stories The Iliad and The Odyssey, the answer was Homer. There were a lot of questions and we got through all the ones that we have learned about so far.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Finally Shared the commercial
Today in west civ me and Logan shared the commercial. After that we talked about Oedipus Rex, this weird play that the Greeks used to preform. It is about this guy that was told by mind reader, fate teller that he would kill this father and marry his mother. He ran away to a different town so he could not do these things. Later he had a fight on the street with an old man who turned out to be his father, he beat him up and killed the old man without knowing it was his father. Even later he met an older woman who he fell in love with and married, he later found out that it was his mother. He did not want to see people on the street making fun of him so he stabbed both of his eyes. Pretty weird story.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Sharing The Commercials
Today in west civ we shared our commercials, they were all very good. Everyone shared except me and Logan because my email was not working and I could not get it to send. I was finally able to get it to send to Logan tonight, so we will have to share tomorrow. I really liked all the presentations on the movie maker, which I was not able to use because that would not work on my computer either.
Friday, March 7, 2014
The Day With Mr. Perry
Today in west civ Mr. Schick was not there so and we had Mr. Perry as a sub. He was not as loud as he usually is so I was able to get something done. After I was done with the video I did some work on the slide show/ commercial. I answered some of the questions on the paper. We did not do a whole lot but I got some work done on the commercial so that was good.
Thursday, March 6, 2014
commercial work
Today in west civ we worked on our commercials, mine and Logan's was not working on movie maker so we have to do it on power point. Luckily we had not had much done yet so we will not have to redo much. The movie maker app kept freezing up and I was not able to do any work on it. Tomorrow we will have Mr. Perry as a sub because Mr. Schick is going with the seniors.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
More of the video
Today in West civ we continued to watch the video. It is a very interesting video, it was cool to see how the Spartans lived compared to the Athenians. We still took notes on what we saw and we answered the questions. I started the video thing, we are doing ours on Athens. One I got into it I saw that it was not so hard and plus we have the weekend now so we have more time.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
short class
Today in west civ we watched a video on Athens. We did not get through the whole thing because we were 2 hours late. It is a cool video, it was cool to see the mountain thing that they built the city on. We got a sheet that has a lot of questions on it. The answers are in the video so we have to finish that to get the correct answers. We really did not do a whole lot so that's all for today.
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