more chapter 4 info

 

 

Important Dates:

 

 

1600-1100 B.C. -

 

 

1200 B.C. -

 

 

1150-750 B.C. - This time period was known as the Dark Ages, because Greek Culture died down and writing fell out of use.

 

 

776 B.C. –

 

 

750-700 B.C. –

 

 

621 B.C. –

 

 

600-371 B.C. –

 

 

594 B.C. –

 

 

508 B.C. –

 

 

490-371 B.C. –

 

 

490 B.C. –

 

 

480 B.C. –

 

 

480-430 B.C. –

 

 

461-429 B.C. –

 

 

447-432 B.C. –

 

 

431-404 B.C. –

 

 

339 B.C. –

 

 

336 B.C. –

 

 

Important People/Immortals:

 

 

Homer: He was a Greek poet who wrote the Odyssey and the Allied.

 

 

Odysseus: A Greek hero who fought in the Trojan War and got lost on his way home, according to the Odyssey, and fought/encountered various monsters.

 

 

Zeus: the King of the gods, he is the son of Kronos, Titan lord of time. He is the god of the sky and lightning.

 

 

Athena: She is said to have been born straight from Zeus’s brain. She is goddess of wisdom and battle strategy, as well as the patron goddess of Athens.

 

 

Draco:

 

 

Solon:

 

 

Pisistratus: He was a tyrant who ceased power by telling the people that he was accompanied by the goddess Athena. He also got the support of common folks by making them more important than they ever were. This triggered democracy and made Athens a rich and powerful city-state.

 

 

Cleisthenes: Another politician that ruled during the Aristocracy, hover instead of continuing the tradition of the Aristocrats, he invented democracy and gave the common people a voice in government and let the people rule themselves.

 

 

Darius (the Great):

 

 

Xerxes:

 

 

Pheidippides:

 

 

Themistocles:

 

 

Pericles: A famous Greek politician

 

 

Aristophanes:

 

 

Socrates: A Greek philosopher, accused of corrupting the youth of Athens. He invented the Socratic Method, and was killed by being forced to drink holly.

 

 

Plato:

 

Aristotle:

 

 

Alexander the Great: A great general in the Greek army. He conquered many territories and even conquered the great Persian Empire.

 

 

Places: be able to map the following

 

 

Athens, Sparta, the Ionian and Aegean Seas, Peloponnesus, Persian Empire, and Ionia

 

 

Government:

 

 

Monarchy- ruled by a single ruler, most often a king or queen

 

 

 Democracy- all adult citizens get to have a say in politics. In Greece this applied only to males

 

 

 Oligarchy- Minority rules over the majority. One example of this is Sparta.

 

 

 Aristocracy- A society in which the rich landowners, called aristocrats, dominate over the majority of common folk. The commoners were forced to do all of the manual labor and nobody could do anything that would have caused them to move up the social hierarchy.

 

 

Pericles’s three goals for Athens:

 

 

1.        

2.        

3.        

 

Greek Art:

 

 

Sculpture:

 

 

Architecture: Parthenon- most famous, grandest temple to the goddess Athena

 

 

Drama:

Comedy: A play that has a humorous aspect to it.

Tragedy: A play in which one of the characters dies.  

Ch. 4 study guide

Important Dates:

1600-1100 B.C. -

1200 B.C. -

1150-750 B.C. - This time period was known as the Dark Ages, because Greek Culture died down and writing fell out of use.

776 B.C. –

750-700 B.C. –

621 B.C. –

600-371 B.C. –

594 B.C. –

508 B.C. –

490-371 B.C. –

490 B.C. –

480 B.C. –

480-430 B.C. –

461-429 B.C. –

447-432 B.C. –

431-404 B.C. –

339 B.C. –

336 B.C. –

Important People/Immortals:

Homer: He was a Greek poet who wrote the Odyssey and the Allied.

Odysseus: A Greek hero who fought in the Trojan War and got lost on his way home, according to the Odyssey, and fought/encountered various monsters.

Zeus: the King of the gods, he is the son of Kronos, Titan lord of time. He is the god of the sky and lightning.

Athena: She is said to have been born straight from Zeus’s brain. She is goddess of wisdom and battle strategy, as well as the patron goddess of Athens.

Draco:

Solon:

Pisistratus:

Cleisthenes:

Darius (the Great):

Xerxes:

Pheidippides:

Themistocles:

Pericles:

Aristophanes:

Socrates: A Greek philosopher, accused of corrupting the youth of Athens. He invented the Socratic Method, and was killed by being forced to drink holly.

Plato:

Aristotle:

Alexander the Great: A great general in the Greek army. He conquered many territories and even conquered the great Persian Empire.

Places: be able to map the following

Athens, Sparta, the Ionian and Aegean Seas, Peloponnesus, Persian Empire, and Ionia

Government:

Monarchy- ruled by a single ruler, most often a king or queen

 Democracy- all adult citizens get to have a say in politics. In Greece this applied only to males

 Oligarchy- Minority rules over the majority. One example of this is Sparta.

 Aristocracy- ruled by a group of aristocrats

Pericles’s three goals for Athens:

1.        

2.        

3.        

Greek Art:

Sculpture:

Architecture: Parthenon- most famous, grandest temple to the goddess Athena

Drama:

 

-          Comedy-

-          Tradgedy-

 

 

Ch. 2 test

Today, we were scheduled to take our Chapter 2 test in class, which we did. Mr. Schick decided to take a different approach for this test. He decided to allow us to use our books, and ONLY our books. This meant that we were not allowed to use our BLOG’s, notes, or our Google presentations. The test was formatted exactly like our Chapter 1 test only it was longer. There were 30 multiple choice, 4 short answers, and one essay (we got to choose our essay again). Surprisingly, I actually got done the test when the bell rang and I was not even rushedJ! In fact, I was actually able to write four paragraphs for my answer to the essay. I would have gotten to a fifth paragraph, however, the idea that I had for it kept escaping me immediately after I remembered it. Though, it probably would not have mattered anyway, since I was short on time after finishing my fourth paragraph.    

Ancient Greek Discussion

Today we had a bit different experience in Western Civilization class. This new experience was a discussion. However, this was not a normal discussion. We debated about whether or not to allow the international students to use a translator, only if we wanted to say something, we had to step up onto the “agora” before Mr. Schick allowed us to speak. There was a good number of credible arguments made, like mine for example, was that we Americans, are familiar with the English language, where as they are not, thus, it would not count as an unfair advantage because they were never equal to us in the first place. Another good point that was brought up is that the translator provides a definition for the word. Those that were in favor countered that by saying that we would have the definitions for words in the textbook, which is an available resource for us, so that part does not matter. Once everyone had they’re say, we took a vote and the number of those in favor, largely overwhelmed those against. 

THIS IS SPARTAAAAA!!!!!

Today’s Western Civilization class included government, Greek technological breakthroughs, and SPARTAAAA!!! Did you know that Greece was the FIRST civilization to be able to say that regular folks…I mean regular MALE folks could have an opinion about politics and the nation’s decisions? However this was really only in Athens and other city-states besides Sparta. You can blame the Spartans hard-core military life for this. Ever dream of joining the military? Well, if you are a Spartan male, then you can fulfill your dream at the age of 7!!! Though one unconventional part of Spartan life is that the women actually had more freedom then the men. This is because the men were always away living in barracks to train for the military. This does not mean that the women held roles of power, but rather they could run businesses and control household activities. All because the men weren’t around. Also, Sparta was an oligarchy, meaning that it was ruled by a minority of citizens.

Greek notes continued

Today we continued taking notes on Chapter three in West Civ. However, we just took notes from his outline since the presentation idea went extremely well in two of his classes (we weren’t one of them). Today we learned that the Minoans and Mycenaeans were defeated by “the Sea People.” This group was referred to as “the Sea People” because no one at the time knew who they were and they did not leave any written record of themselves. It is almost as if they are a type of historical “ghost.” We were also informed that the Greeks were the 1^st group of people to emerge as a civilization in Europe. The Greeks were also descended from the Barbarians. Also, the languages that were spoken by the Barbarians evolved into Greek and Latin. I think that it is sort of interesting that the Greatest European nations at that time evolved from the barbarian tribes.  

make up Greece assignment

In Greece, the acropolis was the highest point in all of Athens. On the acropolis, the Greeks built what is called the Parthenon. The Parthenon is the most important temple to Athena, the Goddess of wisdom and battle strategy in Ancient Greek mythology. What made this temple of Athena so special was the beautiful architecture used to build it as well as there was a very tall statue of the goddess inside as well. Greek’s geography is comprised of mountainous terrain, about 1,400 islands, and poor natural resources. Due to the many islands controlled by the Greeks, this resulted in many people becoming skilled sailors, especially military and merchants. Rewinding to before the Greeks came around, there were war-like tribes called barbarians. Back then, this term referred to people who were non-Greek. However, today, the term has come to mean someone who is inferior or less humane than a particular standard. These barbarian were nomadic tribes that often centered on combat. In fact, the barbarian tribes would go around pillaging other villages by burning them to the ground. However, they did not do this just to destroy stuff, they did this in order to gather loot from their victims. Another fact about these barbaric tribes is that they really did not really have an actual system of government. Instead, the tribes were led by warriors, warlords, or a little later, chieftains. The last important detail of the barbarians is that they built awesome stone structures known as megaliths. The most famous example of one of these megaliths is Stonehenge. One thing that you may not have known is that the Greeks are actually the first barbarians to live in the Aegean area. If you look closely, the Greeks do display many of the traits of the barbaric tribes. For example, one of the Greeks’ favorite hobbies were to conquer other lands. Also, due to the mountainous terrain, they often lived in small, independent communities, which can be thought of as “tribes.”  

more Greece notes

Today in Western Civilization class, we expanded on our notes on Greece. We tried to get a presentation up there however some people did not do what they were supposed to do (Joseph). Any way, we started to present ours however, Mr. Schick stopped us since we did not cover the information as thoroughly enough for him. We were also told that we could catch up on work that we did not do as well. Also, Mr. Schick told us on his BLOG that he would be trying to stay on top of grades better from here on. Therefore, he told us that if he takes too long to get things posted to PowerSchool to say so and he will get the assignment posted ASAP. While we were note taking we were informed that it would be useful to locate Athens, Sparta, the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and Crete for Monday.     

Ch. 1 Test Review

Today, in Mr. Schick's West Civ. class, we reviewed the answers to our Chapter 1 test. Only, instead of only going over the answers, he actually gave us each a copy of the test. The reason Mr. Schick did this was so that we would have the correct answers for studying purposes. No, we would not need the test for normal tests and quizzes, though they will come in handy when we are studying for our exam in June. We were told that, our homework for this weekend is to continue on with our Google presentations by adding information from LO-3. Though, this is a big section so we broke it up by only doing types of government, Sparta, Athens, and the Persian Wars. For our assignment, I decided to cover Sparta. So, I wish everyone a happy and safe three day weekend and remember, watch out for meteors. I am especially hoping the space-gods don't get angry at us and decide to test out their meteors on us before bowling with them since I will be caving this weekend.

More Project Work

Today in West Civ, we were taken a bit by surprise. This is because we normally would work on a project in class then finish it that night for homework. Instead, we got another day to work on our projects. Also, my group was confused when he said that we would be doing the presentation on LO-1 and LO-2, so we included all of the information we covered in class since the beginning of the year. Today, we still left the extra information, though we also added in the information that we were missing. This included information on megaliths, the Dark Ages, the Minoans, and the Mycenaeans. We also added in a slide to cover the alien theory for the construction of Stonehenge. On top of all of this, we also added in epic backgrounds that related to that slides topic. For example, we included a picture of pyramids for Egypt, and a Doctor Who, scene from “The Pandorica Opens” with all the alien spaceships hovering over Stonehenge.  

Presentation Time!!!

Today in West Civ, we started on our first project. This project is exactly like the ones we did for Mr. Schick in his Human Geo class, which would mean that we are doing a presentation. Mr. Schick was out today so he did not get to actually explain the assignment to us, however the sub told us that we would be doing a Google presentation on LO-1 and LO-2.My group for this project is comprised of Gavin, Nicolette, Joseph, and myself. Once we got the presentation set up for the fun of it all, Gavin translated our names into Chinese (though still left them in English so we would be able to read it). In addition to creating the title slide, we also divided up the parts of each learning objective between us. We decided that Gavin would do the agricultural Revolution, Nicolette would do Prehistory, Joe would cover Egypt, and I would discuss Greece.

Chapter 2 LO-2

Today in West Civ, we began LO-1 for chapter 2, which happens to deal with Greece! I actually happen to know a bit about Greece, though most of it is related to Greek mythology, rather than just Greece in general. I get my knowledge in this area from Rick Riordans “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series, plus I also did my sixth grade Social Studies fair project on Greek monsters. In any case, today’s class covered mainly some vocabulary such as the Parthenon (the most famous temple to the goddess Athena), acropolis (the highest point in Athens), and Megalith (an awesome structure). The main example we discussed was Stonehenge. This is probably the most mysterious structure in all of history and pre-history since no one has ever completely figured out how exactly it was built. The reason there are only theories about this is because it was built by people who lived fairly primitive lifestyles and built out of giant 15 foot boulders that way several tons! The most entertaining theory we thought of is ALIENS!!!

Chapter 1 test

Today, in a very exciting edition of Mr. Schick’s West Civ class, we took our Chapter 1 test that was scheduled for us today. This test covered everything that we learned since the beginning of the second semester, which includes prehistory, Mesopotamia, the Agricultural Revolution, and Egypt. In my opinion he did not test us very much on the Agricultural Revolution, since he only put about 2 out of 25 questions. Whereas, he included at least 5 multiple choice questions and all of the essay and short answer options were related to Egypt. This brings me to my next point, one thing that I noticed he did not do for his tests last semester was that he decided to include a short answer and essay question. Only instead of saying this is the question, so answer it, he gave a choice between 2 different questions for both the short answer and the essay. For the short answer, we were expected to answer the question with a minimum of 3 sentences. However, for the essay, he asked our response to be at least 3 paragraphs! When he told us this, I thought I would never get done the tests because I am a slow writer. Luckily I got done just as class ended, though I had to make my paragraphs short to try and get some credit.

ma'at

Today, in Western Civilizations class with Mr. Schick, we finished the information that we would need for our test tomorrow on prehistory, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. Today’s material included pharaohs and gods! The Ancient Egyptian pharaohs were considered to be infallible, since they were thought to be gods on Earth. In fact, the Egyptians believed that they were actually made gods upon their death. However, this status came with a catch. If you messed things up and broke ma’at, then you were “kicked out of office.” For example, if there was a drought, the pharaoh would be held responsible for it and accused of not sacrificing properly to the gods. Therefore, the people would throw you out and put in a replacement pharaoh. It probably got crazy trying to appease all the gods having over 2000 of them. I mean really, how did they keep track of them all? I’ll bet you your entire life’s savings as well that they didn’t have a whole temple to every last one of them either.

Pyramid Challenge

Today’s Western Civilization class was more fun rather than informative. However, before getting to the fun part, Mr. Schick passed on some knowledge to us. He informed us that we would finish up our Egypt notes tomorrow, and then on Friday, he told us that we would be having our test on prehistory, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. After imparting this information on us, he told us what we would be doing today. Our assignment was to go to his BLOG and click the link for the “Pyramid Challenge” game and play it. This game was fun, but it was also challenging. Each time I played the game, my project failed miserably! Well, I did actually get to build the pyramid once, though I got fired since I took 110 years to build it and disappointed the King. The main reason it was tough was because you had to figure out which choices were more efficient.

Egypt

 Thursday’s Western Civilizations class brought us some more notes as well as our quiz grades. On my quiz, I got an 80%. After going over the answers for the quiz, we got out our composition books and took notes on Mr. Schick’s Prezi on Egypt. We covered all the main topics related to Egypt, including the geography and daily life. Most of Egypt, even today, is located within a few miles of the Nile River, one of the only rivers in the world to flow from South to North. However, this would mean that they would be affected by the yearly flooding of the Nile, which occurred every July. One plus to this flooding is that once the water level went down it left behind incredibly fertile land for planting. Also, their pharaohs were treated as gods on Earth. This meant that you were infallible, until you messed up. A lot of this information is  not new to me for two reasons, I have studied Egypt before in 6^th grade and there was a lot of facts related to Egypt in Rick Riordan’s Kane Chronicles.