Human Geography Blog 8-29-17

Today in Honors Western Civilization with Mr. Schick we continued on the Ancient Greece Google Slides presentation and took notes in our books. In today's slides we went over how direct democracy works. Here are the notes I took in class today: -A new Form of Government -citizens could participate but only one fifth of Athenians were citizens -after several years, Athens practiced a direct democracy - Direct Democracy notes - where the state is ruled by its own citizens -rule is based upon citizenship -majority rule decides vote -in the agora, citizens argued, made speeches, then voted with white and black stones -it was first practiced in Athens under Cleisthenes around 500 BCE I also found it interesting that it wouldn't even cross men's mind to cheat by throwing in a couple extra stones. They just respected the system so much that they wouldn't think of it. Same goes for women not even attempting to vote. Everyone loved the system so much that they didn

Today in Honors Western Civilization we continued on the forty six slide Google Slides and continued to take notes in our book. Before I forget, IN 508 BCE DEMOCRACY WAS CREATED IN ANCIENT GREECE. Now, here are some notes that I took in class today: -Hippians was a tyrant who ruled from 527 to 510 BCE -his brother was murdered, and his rule became harsh -eventually he was exspelled from Athens -in revenge, he began working with the Persian King Darius I, helping them invade Marathon -with Hippias gone, Isagoras and Cleisthenes took control -Isagoras had support from some fellow aristocrats, plus from Sparta -Cleisthenes had support of the majority of Athenians -Isagoras becomes archon eponymous -he ostracizes Cleisthenes -Cleisthenes' supporters and Athenian citizens revolt against Isagoras -they trap Isagoras on the acropolis for two days-on the third day he fled and was banished -Cleisthenes- definately a member of the elite       -very rich       -crafty politician

Today in Honor's Western Civilization we read pages 128-133 in our textbooks and took notes on the pages and then continued on the Google Slides presentation. While reading the pages I found it very interesting on how the Spartan Society was ran. Instead of being a democracy like the rest of Greece, they decided to be whats called a military state meaning their military was their government. Because of this military state title they had one of the strongest militarys ever. In the Spartan society you were forced to leave the house as 7 year old boy and were sent to army barracks where you trained and learned how to fight all the way up until you were 30. Once you were 30 you would join the fight in their formation known as phalanx. Phalanx is when you have a group of foot soldiers holding their long spears in front of them and once that line was killed the next line would move in. You were expected to fight in the army until you were 60 years old. Even the woman in Sparta lived hard

Today in Honor's Western Civilization we listened to book 9 of the Oddyssey by Homer. Before we started Mr. Schick talked to us about distractions in the classroom and he decided that it would be best to go back to our old system where we place our phones on the back shelf and keep our laptops closed unless told to open them. After this we began listening to Book 9 of the Oddyssey. These are the notes that I took during it: -goats -feasting -traveling by ship -strange land -a giant monster man-mountain -wine -sharing gifts -needed to be diluted -flocks of sheep -sacrifice to gods -huge boulder blocking cave exit -fire -hospitality -cyclops don't care -oddysseus is crafty -he ate 2 guys -his club is as big as a ship's mast -oddysseus: "my name is nobody" -drills a burning mast into cyclops' eye -escape by clinging to sheep's bellies -trash talk -a fatal flaw? pride?

Today in class we continued the Google Slides presentation on Ancient Greece and continued to take notes in our comp books. Here are some of the notes that I took in today's class: -around 1200 BCE the mysterious "sea people" began to invade Mycenae -the Dorians moved into this war-torn region, dominating from 1150-750 BCE -Dorians were far less advanced -the trade-based economy collapsed -writing dissapeared for 400 years -Greek oral tradition-stories passed on my mouth -Homer lived at the end of these "Greek Dark Ages" -he composed stories of the Trojan War -The lliad- probably one of the last conquests of the Mycenaens (The Trojan War) -The Odyssey- Oddysseus attempts to return home after the Trojan War, being thwarted by the angry god of the sea, Poseidon -The Odyssey was 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter -the "homeric question"- Homer may have been a mythical creation himself -a blind wandering minstrel; a heroic figure -lliad and O

Today was a rather bland Honors Western Civilization class. We continued with the 48 slide Google Slides on Ancient Greece and completed our note taking on pages 118-126. Here are some of the notes that I took today: -fertile valleys cover 1/4 of Greece -diet consists of grains, grapes, olives, and FISH! -lack of resources most likely led to Greek colonization -Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge on Peloponnesus, protected by a 20 foot thick wall TROJAN WAR NOTES: -Greeks have fought in many wars over time -Trojan War- fought in 12th or 13th century BCE -part of Greek Mythology -believed to be fictional because of gods and goddesses until the 19th century excavations -the goddesses Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera were given the "apple of discord" -Paris judged Aphrodite as "the fairest" -Aphrodite made Helen fall in love with Paris who took her back to Troy -The Greeks developed myths about their gods After taking these notes the bell rang and ended class.

Today in Honor's Western Civ we continued in reading pages 118-126 and taking notes on the text and also the power point which we continued today. Here are some of the notes I took on the text about Ancient Greece: -The sea shaped Greek civilization -Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Black Sea were transportation routes for the Greek -Mountains covered about 3/4 of Greece -Greeks developed small independent communities within each valley of mountain -temperatures averaging from 48 degrees to 80 -climate supported an outdoor climate -Indo-Europeans that migrated to Europe were known as Mycenaens -In 1500 BC the Mycenaens came into contact with the Minoans -Mycenaens fought a 10 year war against Troy known as the Trojan War -Trojan War stories were thought to be completely fictional -excavations proved they were partly true -Dorians burned down Mycenaen villages after the culture collapsed -Dorians spoke a dialect of Greek -Dorians were not advanced so they collapsed -Du

Today in the wonderful Honors...Western Civ class we just jumped right into the textbook and started reading and taking notes about Ancient Greece. We read pages 118-126 and took notes. Here are some of the notes that I took: -democracy developed in Ancient Greece -Alex the Great expanded the Greek Empire Here are some dates from the timeline I copied: -2000 BC Minoan Civilization prospers on Crete -1780 BC Mycenean culture thrives on Greek mainland -1472 BC Hatshepsut, woman pharaoh, begins her reign -1200 BC Trojan war takes place -1027 BC Zhou Dynasty begins in China -850 BC Assyrians expand their empire -750 BC Greek city-states flourish -500 BC Zapotec of Mexico build Monte Alban -479 BC Greece triumphs in Persian Wars -334 BC Alexander starts to build his empire -321 BC Chandragupta founds Mauryan Empire in India After taking these notes the bell rang and ended class.

Today in Honors Human Geography we had our LAST class ever. To end out the wonderful semester we had a world leaders test. The test went pretty well I think. There were only a few that I was a little confused on. Other than that I think I got an A on it and hopefully locked in The A for the semester. After I finished the test the rest of the period was ours so I just went on my laptop and finished up some homework that I had gotten earlier that day. However, we sadly learned that we will be loosing two students in Michael and Ashley. But, we are gaining two students who I can't remember the name of. In conclusion, it was a great semester and I'm looking forward to an even better second semester in Western Civilization.

In today's Honor's Human Geography class we continued on the Powerpoint on world leaders and continued to take notes on them. The first president we talks about was President Bashar al-Assad of Syria. Bashar is a very corrupt leader who will burn opposing voting ballots or even killing opposing candidates. During the Arab Spring people rioted in Syria. When this happened Bashar literally dropped bombs and chemical warfare barrels on his own citizens. Many people believe that Bashar is committing many war crimes. Another leader was Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. Trudeau is a very gentle and law-abiding leader. He was an activist from a young age and Canada's youngest Prime Minister. We also learned a little bit about Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Nethanyahu. He was an advocate for an international cooperation to fight terrorism. Another leader we learned about was our own president, Donald Trump. Trump is listed as a businessman, billionaire, author, rea

Today in Mr. Schick's Honor's Human Geography class we talked about world leaders, their backgrounds, and what their trying to do in their country. The first person we talked about was the President of Mexico, President Pena Nieto. Nieto is known as the "teflon candidate" because it seems as though nothing sticks to him. He had three children with his wife, but he also had two others with a mistress. It is also believed that he had his wife killed. Another leader that I found very interesting was the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel. What I did not know about Angela Merkel is how smart she is. Merkel has a PhD in Quantum Physics. Now, it's hard to just get a PhD much less in Quantum Physics. The final leader that I found interesting was the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. Narendra Modi has the classic "rags to riches" story. He was born into the poor section of the Indian Caste System. Dodging arranged marriages he was able to graduate from H

Today in class we talked about our political figures project.

Today in Honor's Human Geography with Mr. Schick we were greeted with an extremely cold room that was about 60 degrees fareinheight. On top of the frigid temperature, in the relaxing days of winter break I forgot my locker combination. So, I showed up to Mr. Schick's class without any of my books. Luckily, I was able to get a piece of paper and a pencil from some generous people in our class. After that we took notes on what exactly a nation is and what makes up it. We learned how a nation is classified in country, state, and city. We also talked about what an institution is. The Dictionary defines institution as a    society or organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose. Examples of institutions can be fast food, cars, public schools, etc. Mr. Schick explained how everyone used to go to Church every Sunday and rest every Sunday. Now the group of people who don't identify as a religion has been institutionalized and people now work on Sund