we had a test

Today in western civ, we had a test. The test was pretty easy because it was only multiple choice. I studied all day yesterday because we had a snow day. When I was done I checked the ones I knew I got right, and the ones I wasn't sure. I hope I can get at least an 85%. I wasn't sure about 7 of the questions, but hen I checked, I got majority of them right. I hope I got an A.

5 questions on the test

1. What is significant about the Great Sphinx of Giza?
-Oldest monumental statue in the world
-Built 2555-2532BC
-A recumbent lion with a human head

2. What position did Hatshepsut serve?
-As a Pharaoh

3. What two titles did the Pharaohs hold?
-"Lord of the Two Lands"
-"High Priest of Every Temple"

4.  Name two good factors and two bad factors about the Nile River.
-Every October it leaves behind rich soil.
-The water is used for drinking, for irrigating, for bathing, and for transportation.
-Every July it floods

5. From which direction does the Nile River flow?
-South to North

I did the challenge

Today in Western Civ, I completed the pyramid challenge with my partner Adam. He was actually the one who got it, so we both finished. We talked about pyramids, and mainly just life in ancient Egypt. Mr. Schick kept calling me pinto boy, and kept mentionign cracker barrel because I went there yesterday. Some cool facts are;

-Egyptians  believed in the after life

-they believed that mummification would make you live again on the afterlife

-papyrus was the paper they used. They rolled it up and sent them away and used them a long time after to teach others

Pyramid building wasn't made by slaves at all

They started figuring out the movement of the moon, the river movement, and how it got hotter and colder for the calendar.

-The pyramid were the tallest buildings on earth for thousands of year

Geography

Today in Western Civ, I wasn't in class. I'm gonna blog about the geography in Egypt. The Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River. The delta is a broad, and is a marshy triangular area of fertile soil. In order to manage the river, it took a lot of technological break throughs. Almost every october it leaves behind rich soil, whereas in July it always floods. The water is also very useful.

Cyber day assignment

1. Egypt had freedom their country, established the other countries next to them and built an empire that stretched from Syria to Sudan. This made wealth and power. This is important because it would make you very strong. This would improve Egypt because the wealth and power weren't as good as they were after this.

2. Astronomers were important because they could discover new stuff everyday in the solar system. This an advancement to Egypt because it could give them a better knowledge of space and the solar system.

3. The ancient Egyptian Gods helped people be more knowledgable. This is important because having a religion makes you just a little more powerful. This is key for Egypt because they aren't that developed, and having a religion would make them just a little more developed.

4.The history of Egyptian writing and math. This is important because it would help with communication, learning, and intelligence. This helped Egypt because when people are smart and intelligent, many good things will come out of it.

5. Egyptian hieroglyphics were important because that's their type of writing. This would help Egypt with communication the most.

Geography

Today in Western Civ, I was at orthodontist for majority of the class. When I came back, Ellee let me copy some of her notes down that she wrote. The important things about geography are really interesting. The Nile River flows North to South, and floods every July, and this creates very good fertile silt in October that year. The part where the river get rough is called the cataract. It is 4,000 miles wide. People can use this water for drinking, irrigation, bathing, and transportation.  Geography is very important.

pharaohs

We had a cyber day today because of snow. I took notes on the pharaohs, and this is what I found. The hatshepsut was a women who served as pharaoh. The political and religious leaders hold titles: ‘Lord of the two lands’ and ‘high priest of every temple. AS ‘lord of the two lands’ the pharaoh was the rulers of upper Egypt. He owned all land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against followers. And thats the pharaohs.

a short week

Today in west civ, we got both of our recent tests back. I got an A on one of them and a B on the other. I was pretty happy with the grades because It didn’t really push down my average for the quarter too much. This was a really short week this week because we had off Tuesday for Ice, and we don’t have school Friday because of Professional Day. Both of the the tests were really easy because I studied a lot for them. It was a little funny because some of the kids got three points deducted from their score because they didn’t follow the directions on the first page. I hope I can do even better the next test because then I can boost my average up a little more.

Lord today we have a test, help us please to do our best

Today in Western Civ class, we took a test. The test was pretty difficult, but for the most part, it wasn’t bad. I didn’t know some of it, but hopefully I got a pretty good grade. Mr. Schick let us study for 15 minutes before. The first couple questions were definitely the hardest. I knew most of the problems on the test. When everyone was done, Mr. Schick went into the answer room to get our results. Right before the bell rang, he told us our grades, and i got a 88%.

we presented

Today in Western Civ class, we presented our projects about the movie. Our group had the writing part of it. It was an easy project, and was fun. my project had many facts. The interesting one’s were Evolved around 5,000 years ago. Appeared in a region of the Fertile Crescent called Sumer. An elaborate system of symbols known as cuneiform was developed to permanently record official accounts on clay tablets. It didn't take long for cuneiform to be used for political and historical events as well. The technology was invented to write down events  and inform people. Also written down for social, and private actions in society.. Important events and stories were recorded using writing, like the first epic, “The Epic of Gilgamesh”. Writing was also used for political events. Whenever societies which were illiterate clashed with societies who were literate, the literate societies were the victors. Entire agricultural societies were transformed upon writing being introduced. Mr Schick said that our presentation will be on the test for sure because it was the most important.

One more day until we present

Today in Western Civ, we created a Powerpoint. To know which group had which topic, we drew out a number between one and ten, and then whoever had the lowest number got to pick sooner, and get better choices. Our group was one of the last groups to pick out of the hat, but we still had a good number. We chose how writing has come a long way. It was a pretty easy topic, and we got to use a website provided by the one and only, Mr. Schick. Writing evolved around 5,000 years ago, and appeared in a region of the Fertile Crescent called Sumer. After a little of time, it didn't take long for the style of writing, cuneiform to be used for political and historical events as well. The technology was invented to write down and inform the writings. There are many cool things about writing, and we present tomorrow!!

A delay happen

Today in Western Civ, we watched the rest of Guns, Germs, and Steel. Mr. Schick was getting a little upset because his computer would not function correctly. Whenever he tried to turn the volume up, it would have no sound. He couldn’t get this for about 15 minutes, so he was getting a little mad. While Mr. Schick was trying to figure all of this out, I was talking to Jerry about our middle school and funny things about it. We talked a lot and then he just got a kids computer, and solved the problem. When we watched the video, we went over some important parts of the video. I thought it was cool that they heat up lime stone, so that it melts, and then they use it for plaster. New Guinea hasn’t really gone anywhere in thousands of years. This is because they used sago trees for food a long time ago. A fact I already kind of knew was that us Americans consume 20 million tons of wheat per year. This is all cool to learn about.

the movie is almost done

Today in Western Civ, we watched more of the documentary. It’s pretty fun to watch because of how different people were back then, and how they survived. We talked about the animals, the food, and just how their lifestyle was. The documentary talked a lot about GEOGRAPHIC LUCK. Having barley and wheat are much better to have because you can store it and have a lot. The 1st settlement that people discovered was “Draa”. It was considered the birth of civilization. They had a little bit of technological advances like the Granary which they stored food in. Domestication is getting particular traits than other living things. This was useful for animals and plants. Rice emerged from China, corn, squash, and beans were from AMerica, and Sorghum, millet, and yams came from Africa. In Papua New Guinea, the best muscle is human muscle power. An animal that gives birth is more beneficial than one that gives birth at 15. When controlling the alpha of a pack, you can control the whole entire pack. the 14 successfully domesticated animals are goats, sheep, pigs, cows, horses, donkeys, bactrian camels, arabian camels, water buffalo, llamas, reindeer, yack, mithans, and bali cattle. Llamas came from South America and the rest came from North Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Today in Western Civ, we watching a part of a documentary about Papua New Guinea. We are watching this documentary because the people there live like people did in Mesopotamia. It’s pretty interesting how they do this compared to what most countries do to live. We talked about some important concepts like what separates the “haves” and “have not’s” in terms of modern stuff. Why do white men have so many good and we, New Guineans have nothing. They are very smart people in their own way like how they survive. Us normal people probably could not function their way, but they wouldn’t know how to use technology. Another key concept is that why does our technology progress, but there's hasn't budged, and large populations are also very important. They have a food called, “Wild sego”, which they get from pulp on a tree, and then cook it. It has almost no protein, vitamins, or nutrients, but it’s a huge part of their diet. Its’ all very key.