Thursday, January 28, 2010













































































































































































































what i learned

i learned about the philosephers. aristotle, plato, and socrates.
the pelophenesian war lasted about 10 years before peace was made.
athens was becoming to rich and to powerfull to fast and other city states started to think of this city as a hostile place so the pelophenesian war started.

bell ringer

i agree. i think that every one should have a say in the goverment and what to do. sometimes if people do not like their goverment then they will try to overthrow the leader or get a new goverment.

greece 2

Greece Part 2 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe Pericles three goals for government: power. Wealth. Friends.


Describe the Art and architecture in Athens including the Parthenon: it was a temple. They believed in a lot of statues.


Describe the invention of Drama in Greece: comedy being stupid humor. Tragedy made to be war, romance, hate, and betrayal.



Describe how Athenians developed a sense for History: passed down from storys.



Describe the Peloponnesian War: Athens grew in wealth so other city states became to think of the city as hostile. When war started Athens had stronger navy and Sparta had better army.



Describe Socrates: believed absolute standards did exist for truth and justice.



Describe Aristotle: Plato’s student. He questioned nature of the world.



Describe Plato: a student of Socrates. Wrote vision of a perfectly governed society.

Monday, January 25, 2010

isreal movie questions

don’t know
religion
Indonesia
sunie Shiite
Judaism Christianity
a profit
god
temple
Mecca
the 5 pillars of Mecca
they move to it
Muhammad
profit
visions
go back to Mecca
one person to another
Arabic poetry
pilgrimage fasting prayer alms
5 times a day
civil war
persecution
making piece
marked year zero
goliath
war
tell them to stop fighting and you will be free
Arabian peninsula
Muslims were tolerant of other religions
fasting
festival
Sunni election Shiite descendant from Muhammad
number system
colonize middle east
Jerusalem
travel to Mecca
Jerusalem
Mecca
yes
fairly
it is depression

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

bell ringer

begins in the pleuto of tibet and ends in the yellow river


yellow river and yellow sea

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Hinduism / Buddhism Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe How Hinduism Began: began of other religions


Describe the Religious teachings of Hinduism: everything has a soul


How has Hinduism changed over time? The god changed and he became less important then the devil and the sun god.


Describe Hindu culture: had nothing but a bowl of rice for the day.


Describe Jainism: nothing in life


Describe the founding of Buddhism: from one guy


Describe the Religious Beliefs of Buddhism: everything has a soul

Friday, January 15, 2010

india review

India Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the Geographic Challenges in the Indus Valley: mountains desert and monsoons

Describe the first evidence of people in the Indus Valley: buildings

Describe the cities of the Indus Valley: city states they were also very prosperus

Describe Harrapan written language: written from potery symbels

Describe Harrappan Culture: very prosperus and had fertial land

Describe Why the Harrapan Culture declined: earthquake and drought.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe how Phoenicians organized: city states

Describe the Phoenician shipbuilding and travel achievements: trade by sea

Describe the settlement of Phoenician lands: many city states

How did the settlement of Phoenician lands effect trade: near sea

Describe the Phoenician Alphabet and how it spread pictures used to represent sounds. It spread and grew to many parts of the Medetranian area.

video notes

“The Lost Pyramid Movie Questions”

Directions: Watch the movie and answer the questions on this sheet of paper. When the movie is over post the answers in your blog.

1. Name one of the pharaohs who built the pyramids in Giza? KUKA
2. What is the pyramid an ultimate symbol of? power
3. Why are the pyramids regarded as one of mans greatest achievements? igenering
4. Why was the lost pyramid very difficult to visit? On a platue
5. Why was Abu Rawash a good location even with the inhospitable conditions? Know one knew about it
6. How did the pharaoh who supposedly built the pyramid at Abu Rawash gain power? Killing his way to the throne
7. What have been found at Abu Rawash that give clues to it being built by Jadhifri? monuments
8. What is at Saqqara? Oldest known pyramid
9. Prior to pyramids how were pharaoh’s buried? mastaba
10. What do tunnels tell about what pyramids were meant to be? Bedrooms and walkways
11. Were does the burial chamber lie in relation to the pyramid? Below the pyramid
12. What does Abu Rawash have that makes it seem to be a pyramid? Tomb
13. Why did a Robbers hole give evidence that Abu Rawash had a burial chamber? No treasures
14. What kind of blocks helped seal the burial chamber? granit
15. In the early 19oo’s what did the French Egyptologist find that was different from other pyramids? Robbers hole
16. Who does Jadhifri marry, that lends credence to a theory that he killed his brother? Widow queen
17. What have archaeologist attempting to figure out about Abu Rawash? If he has become king
18. What are the two functions of the causeway at Abu Rawash? Pull stuff up and pathway
19. How did the Egyptians orient their pyramids? To please them
20. Why was the Causeway not a normal east West causeway? Could not be built
21. What does the Causeway lead to? pleatue
22. What role does the Nile River play in the building of Pyramids? Transporting granite
23. What had to be built close to the pyramid for the workers? Housing/canals
24. What types of people lived in the working towns? slaves
25. How did the Egyptians figure out to cut Granite? saw
26. How was Granite used at Abu Rawash to show power and wealth? Unbreakable
27. Why do archaeologist want to rethink Jadhifiri’s accomplishments with his pyramid? Angled at such a slope
28. What is the mystery of the sphinx? How have historians changed their view? Already their

Monday, January 11, 2010

definitions

Unit 1 Terms

1. Fertile Crescent- fertile land that two river enclose.
2. Mesopotamia- country.
3. City- state- a city that has its own laws and government. Otherwise a country in the form of a city
4. Dynasty- a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group: the Ming dynasty.
5. Cultural diffusion- in anthropology, the process by which a cultural trait, material object, idea, or behavior pattern is spread from one society to another
6. Polytheism- the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
7. Empire- land ruled by a person
8. Hammurabi- king of Babylonia.
9. Delta- a place where the mouth of a river or stream meats a larger body of water.
10. Namar- Don’t know
11. Pharaoh- ancient king.
12. Theocracy- a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
13. Pyramid- giant building made of stone and sand.
14. Mummification- preserving ones body to last.
15. Hieroglyphics- ancient writing in the form of pictures.
16. Papyrus- money.
17. Hyksos- a nomadic people who conquered and ruled ancient Egypt between the 13th and 18th dynasties, c1700–1580 b.c.: believed to have been a Semitic people that originally migrated into Egypt from Asia.
18. New Kingdom- when a new leader takes place of an old one or when people declare land theirs.
19. Hatshepsut- queen of Egypt.
20. Thatmose III- a ruler.
Nubia-a light knitted woolen head scarf for women.
21. Banses II- another ruler.
22. Kush- an area mentioned in the Bible, sometimes identified with Upper Egypt
23. Piankhi- Don’t know.
24. Merod- Barak against Sisera
25. Palestine- Also called Holy Land. Biblical name, Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
26. Torah- the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament. Compare Tanach.
27. Abraham- person.
28. Monotheism- belief in one god.
29. Covenant- don’t know
30. Moses- person
31. Judah- forth son of Jacob and lee.
32. Phoenicians- a native or inhabitant of Phoenicia.
33. Monsoon- sesonal winds that bring occasional.
34. Harappan Civilization- people that were Harappan.
35. Reincarnation- the belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form.
36. Karma- experience points
37. Siddhartha Gautama- the fourth son of the son o the grandfather of the son of moses.
38. Enlightenment- giving further explanation.
39. Nirvana- a famous rock star.
40. Mandate of heaven- to demand to go to heaven
41. Feudalism- the principles and practices
42. Confucius- Chinese philosopher and teacher.
43. Filial piety- thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors
44. Bureaucracy- government by many bureaus, administrators, and petty officials
45. Daoism- philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events
46. Legalism- strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, esp. to the letter rather than the spirit002E
47. I Ching- Chinese book of ancient origin consisting of 64 interrelated hexagrams along with commentaries attributed to Confucius. The hexagrams, originally used for divination, embody Taoist philosophy by describing all nature and human endeavor in terms of the interaction of yin and yang
48. Yin and yang- dynasties
49. Qin Dynasty- queen dynasty
50. Autocracy- government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch.
51. Allah- famous leader.
52. Muhammad- famous boxer.
53. Islam- Jewish country.
54. Hijrah- don’t know
55. Mosque- temple for worship.
56. Hajj- temple
57. Qur’an- don’t know
Ancient Egypt 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the farming culture in Egypt: farmers farm near rivers and streams

Describe how Egypt Unites: they are ruled by a ruler

Describe Pharaoh’s and how they rule: pharaoh’s were the kings. They ruled by making the people build monuments.

Describe the Religious Belief of Egyptians: believed in kings and gods.

Describe the class system in Egypt: lower slaves upper slaves.

Describe the Innovations in Egypt including writing: don’t know

Thursday, January 7, 2010

mesopotomia

Mesopotamia Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe Geography of Mesopotamia: desert

Describe why people came to region and what they did? Fertile farm lade

Describe how city-states were organized and who were their leaders: they were just their before time began do I need to explain more. I think not.

Describe the religion of Mesopotamia: monotheistic. Believed in many gods.

Describe Hammurabi’s Code: had laws