Today in Western Civ we watched a video called Guns, Germs, and Steel, by famous scientists named Jared Diamond.
It takes place Papua New Guinea. Here are the notes we took on the video today.
-Question: 'What separated the haves and the have-nots? The haves are for example the Americans or fortune people that have iPhones, computers etc. The have-nots are for example the hunger people that don't have a lot like the New Guinean.
-A question one of the New Guineans asked Jared Diamond was, "Why di white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little?" cargo meaning material goods/possessions.
-In the 20/30s white men took advantage of the poor/ or unfortunate people in New Guinea. They said the reason we had so much cargo was because we were better or more superior.
-The New Guineans are intelligent in their own way. They have a whole different skill level.
-A modern American could make a cell phone call, reboot a computer and New Guineans probably couldn't but us American's probably couldn't survive in the wilderness or make a living, make their own food from literally scratch, or make a shelter on their own.
-Why society has progressed:
Advanced technology
Large Populations
Well-Organized Work Force
-Sego is a food source were the New Guinean tribes get most of their food from. It is low on protein and doesn't store well. So they have to get the substance from a tree, process it and then "cook" it and even after all of that hard work they have to immediately eat it or it will go bad.
And those are my notes!
Friday, January 30, 2015
Thursday, January 29, 2015
test
Today in Western Civ we finally had our test about the pre-history era and the Neolithic Era. It was really nice because we got to use our blogs in the test. I was really glad that I that good-notes (it being literally exactly what the power point says) so it was basically like looking at the power point. The map part of the test was a little surprising and I feel like I got the 'sea' and the rivers wrong.
UPDATE: I got the sea and the rivers wrong.. :(
The rest of the test was pretty easy, I studied last night so most of the questions I knew!
Hopefully I get in A : )
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
pre-test prep
First here are my notes for the test review we had today in class:
Things we should know:
-We should really know Paleolithic Age which is the 'Old Stone Age' .
-And obviously if we need to know the Old Stone Age, then we need to know the Neolithic Age which means the 'New Stone Age'.
-We also have to look at the Mesopotamia map on the power point.
-Invention of the wheel and plow made it possible to produce enough food for storage in Mesopotamian time (Neolithic Age).
-Villagers were polytheists, worshipped many native, human and animal gods.
-better food storage allowed the diversity in professions: priests, tradesmen, artisans, politicians, farmers.
-Sumerians invented the first writing called "cuneiform"
-The gods and goddess
-Hammurabi's Code
So the test for the first chapter of West Civ is tomorrow and I don't think it'll be that hard, especially if you study which I will,.
So I'm going to go study now... : )( :
Things we should know:
-We should really know Paleolithic Age which is the 'Old Stone Age' .
-And obviously if we need to know the Old Stone Age, then we need to know the Neolithic Age which means the 'New Stone Age'.
-We also have to look at the Mesopotamia map on the power point.
-Invention of the wheel and plow made it possible to produce enough food for storage in Mesopotamian time (Neolithic Age).
-Villagers were polytheists, worshipped many native, human and animal gods.
-better food storage allowed the diversity in professions: priests, tradesmen, artisans, politicians, farmers.
-Sumerians invented the first writing called "cuneiform"
-The gods and goddess
-Hammurabi's Code
So the test for the first chapter of West Civ is tomorrow and I don't think it'll be that hard, especially if you study which I will,.
So I'm going to go study now... : )( :
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
27 january 2015
Today in West Civ, we went over the Hammurabi's Code in class. Some of the laws in that code are absolutely crazy! We also learned that back in ancient Babylon, all people didn't have the same rights- like in one of the laws it had one that said a normal citizen could be put to death for just hitting a rich man but if the rich man did something bad, they would only have to pay a small amount of money for the crime.
We saw that's it's a little but like today. If I rich person commits a crime depending on if it's minor to a major one, they have enough money to get the best of lawyers that they pay to lie on their behalf or sometimes they pay off the judge.
The Code of Hammurabi is a very interesting piece of law, it's the first set of laws that are still accessible to the world. I also think that, with reading some of those laws we can be happy that they aren't still in affect...
The Babylonian "government" really favored the rich, cutting off various body parts and their river...
Oh! And thanks to Veronica and his cookies, we have a little extra time to study for the test that is now on Thursday!!
We saw that's it's a little but like today. If I rich person commits a crime depending on if it's minor to a major one, they have enough money to get the best of lawyers that they pay to lie on their behalf or sometimes they pay off the judge.
The Code of Hammurabi is a very interesting piece of law, it's the first set of laws that are still accessible to the world. I also think that, with reading some of those laws we can be happy that they aren't still in affect...
The Babylonian "government" really favored the rich, cutting off various body parts and their river...
Oh! And thanks to Veronica and his cookies, we have a little extra time to study for the test that is now on Thursday!!
Friday, January 23, 2015
pre-history cont.
TODAYS NOTES:
the earliest cities:
-Sumerians invented the earliest form of writing known as cuneiform.
more on Mesopotamia:
-a pantheon of Sumerian gods and goddess emerged, with many of the deities representing the natural elements of the world.
-the world's first (surviving) epic was the Sumerian 'Epic of Gilgamesh', which told of a great flood.
-Sumerians first divided the hour into sixty minutes and the minute into sixty seconds; they also organized a calendar based on moon cycles.
-The Zigguart (temples) was a Sumerian temple built on top of a 'mountain' of earth.
a mess o' Messopotamia:
Civilization Mesospotamia:
-wandering nomads drive herds of domesticated animals in many areas, especially the South od Sumer in Arabia.
-King Hammurabi of Babylon created a series of laws (Hammurabi's Code)
"a eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
the expansion:
-the expansion of Mesopotamian Civilization
-Indo-European were people from the grasslands of the Russian Steppe who introduced the horse to the Near East.
-The war-like European-tribe known as the Hittites settled in Asia Minor
-The Hittites had a lucrative trade in metals and conquered their neighbors
Test on Wednesday (28. January 2015)
the earliest cities:
-Sumerians invented the earliest form of writing known as cuneiform.
more on Mesopotamia:
-a pantheon of Sumerian gods and goddess emerged, with many of the deities representing the natural elements of the world.
-the world's first (surviving) epic was the Sumerian 'Epic of Gilgamesh', which told of a great flood.
-Sumerians first divided the hour into sixty minutes and the minute into sixty seconds; they also organized a calendar based on moon cycles.
-The Zigguart (temples) was a Sumerian temple built on top of a 'mountain' of earth.
a mess o' Messopotamia:
Civilization Mesospotamia:
-wandering nomads drive herds of domesticated animals in many areas, especially the South od Sumer in Arabia.
-King Hammurabi of Babylon created a series of laws (Hammurabi's Code)
"a eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
the expansion:
-the expansion of Mesopotamian Civilization
-Indo-European were people from the grasslands of the Russian Steppe who introduced the horse to the Near East.
-The war-like European-tribe known as the Hittites settled in Asia Minor
-The Hittites had a lucrative trade in metals and conquered their neighbors
Test on Wednesday (28. January 2015)
Thursday, January 22, 2015
from pre-history - civilization: (3000-1200 BC)
today in west civ we started our notes for the new topic. here are my notes:
before civilization; the prehistoric era
-the origins and "ages" of Human Beings
-200,000 years ago a human species emerged in southwestern Africa
-prehistory - means before things were written down
-14,000 years ago, a worldwide human race existed
-earliest prehistoric age is the Paleolithic age (Old Stone Age)
-Neolithic Age (New Stone Age) was marked by advanced tool making and the beginnings of agricultural. (how they made things)
-Initially, humans were parts of migratory groups which hunted, fished and gathered plants for food.
-the pre-historic era:
-the agricultural revolution: (also known as Neolithic Revolution):
-learned how to grow things for their own and hunt with different tools.
(began in southwestern Asia)
-populations rose due to increased ability to care for young children.
-you don't have to have everyone in the tribe a hunter.
-Hierarchies appeared in village life; the status of women was lowered as women were confined more to domestic duties.
-Invention of wheel and plow made it possible to produce enough food for storage.
-Villagers were polytheists (belief in multiple gods); worshipping multiple nature and human and animal gods.
-it was basically when people started learning how to work and invent things like the plow and houses and make clothes (etc) out of clothes.
-it took thousands of years for this to come about.
-Fertile Crescent: was a "good" place to settle down in because of all the water and fertile land. (it is now in the Syria, Iraq area.)
-The Earliest Cities:
-Sumer (Fertile Crescent) occupied the land between Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
-Populations rose because of irrigation techniques
-Better food storage allowed for diversity in professions
-Sumerians invented the first form of writing (cuneiform)
before civilization; the prehistoric era
-the origins and "ages" of Human Beings
-200,000 years ago a human species emerged in southwestern Africa
-prehistory - means before things were written down
-14,000 years ago, a worldwide human race existed
-earliest prehistoric age is the Paleolithic age (Old Stone Age)
-Neolithic Age (New Stone Age) was marked by advanced tool making and the beginnings of agricultural. (how they made things)
-Initially, humans were parts of migratory groups which hunted, fished and gathered plants for food.
-the pre-historic era:
-the agricultural revolution: (also known as Neolithic Revolution):
-learned how to grow things for their own and hunt with different tools.
(began in southwestern Asia)
-populations rose due to increased ability to care for young children.
-you don't have to have everyone in the tribe a hunter.
-Hierarchies appeared in village life; the status of women was lowered as women were confined more to domestic duties.
-Invention of wheel and plow made it possible to produce enough food for storage.
-Villagers were polytheists (belief in multiple gods); worshipping multiple nature and human and animal gods.
-it was basically when people started learning how to work and invent things like the plow and houses and make clothes (etc) out of clothes.
-it took thousands of years for this to come about.
-Fertile Crescent: was a "good" place to settle down in because of all the water and fertile land. (it is now in the Syria, Iraq area.)
-The Earliest Cities:
-Sumer (Fertile Crescent) occupied the land between Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
-Populations rose because of irrigation techniques
-Better food storage allowed for diversity in professions
-Sumerians invented the first form of writing (cuneiform)
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
first day of western civ
Today was my first class for Western Civ. We have officially "graduated" from Human Geo and the other class. Today we had to create a total new blog just for this class.
Just like we did in Human Geo, we have to blog every night that we have class. All of the blogs count for two points still. We are strictly only able to take notes in our notebooks.
Today we didn't really do any real "work" we just made new blogs and the new people to Mr. Schick's class made gmails or their first blogs also.
I'm in a new bigger class but I'm sure that it will be a better class this semester. I'm really excited for this class and hopefully it'll be a good second semester!
Just like we did in Human Geo, we have to blog every night that we have class. All of the blogs count for two points still. We are strictly only able to take notes in our notebooks.
Today we didn't really do any real "work" we just made new blogs and the new people to Mr. Schick's class made gmails or their first blogs also.
I'm in a new bigger class but I'm sure that it will be a better class this semester. I'm really excited for this class and hopefully it'll be a good second semester!
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