Wednesday Blog Roman Empire

We reviewed for the test tomorrow on the Roman empire. Romans were harsh towards people who would not worship the emperor. Christians were often used for entertainment purposes in the Colosseum. Octavian was also know as Augustus and was the first emperor of Rome. He began the Pax Romana. when he dies he passes the power to Tiberious. Augustus emperor when Jesus was born. The governor put Jesus to death.
Muslims didn't believe that Jesus was the Messiah. Paul was torering Christians but turned toward Christianity. He traveled to spread news about Jesus. Most influencial people

Power point notes

Plebeians were lower class people in Rome. Rome had an army that consisted of a legion which was about 5,000 men. Punic Wars were between Carthage and Rome. Carthage was in northern Africa by Egypt. Hannibal went across the Alps to attack Rome. Latifundia were large farms made up of small farms. Hannibal destroyed farms, homes and villages, and homes. They sold land to the wealthy and moved to Rome. The Gracchus brothers were Tiberius and Gaius. Seved as tribunes attempted to pass land reform . Tiberius became a tribune. Gaius took the same office as his brother 10 years later. Tried to get land back for the Plebian farmers. Julius Caesar crassus and pompi formed an alliance. Caesar recruited people like crassus. Crassus was a wealthy military man. Pompey turned against Caesar. Triumbary was an alliance between the three. Crassus was killed in the battle of Gaul. Julius Caesar was a pagan. He was assasinated in The ides of March. He was stabbed in the chest 23 times. Marcus Brutus was the main leader in the assasination of Caesar. Gaius Longinus helped to plan the assasination of Caesar.Octavian was Caesar's adopted son. 100 Senators and 2,000 buisnessmen were killed in revenge for Julius Caesar's death. Battle of Actium.

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Rome questions

1. The geography of Rome helped it grow and become powerful. Rome was located on the Italian peninsula that helped because they were in the middle of the Mediterranian sea. It made it possible for Rome to trade with many countries and the Geography helped protect them from invaders.

2.  a. The Latins settled in northern Italy and began the Roman civilization. They were mostly shepards and settled in the Alps around 1,000 B.C.
b. The Greeks established colonies on the southern coast of Italy. The established about 50 colonies.
c. It is not known where the Etruscans originated from. They had an alphabet that was adapted from the Greeks.
3. Rome had values of family ties. The Society was divided into classes of people. The Gravitas was a bigpart of the society
4.  Women were respected as part of the family and were respected
They did things around the house
5. All males were required to serve in the military. Someone had to serve ten years as a soldier before they could hold a public office.

Republic - A government which people chose the leaders and was ruled by more than one person
Grativas- a important virtue the Romans valued. (Discipline, strength, and loyalty)
Pater- man who ran the family
Togas - Garment worn by the Romans. (Loose outer garments)
Plebians
Legion- massive military section that was 4,000 to 6,000 people
Century- a subgroup of a legion there were 60 centuries in a legion

Cumulative Blogs

Taylor

What did Homer do? He told stories

What was Homer physical condition? He was blind

What was the most famous story he told? The Odyssey

Billy

Who mixed cultures during the Hellenistic Age> Alexander the Great

There was not much information shared and it looked like not much time was put into researching the topic

Sarah

About how much would the Parthenon cost in modern money? 1 billion dollars.

Clark

Who was a famous scientist of the Greeks? Archimedes

Who was a famous astronomer of the Greeks? Plato

Who was a famous mathematician of the Greeks? Pythagoras

Catherine

What were the pots made of? Clay

What helped potters make pottery faster? Pottery wheel

At what temperature did the kilins get up to? 900 degrees F

Gracie

How were things memorized? By songs

What were written poems acted out as entertainment? Plays

Did poets have other jobs? Yes

Christy

What was he accused of? He was not recognizing the Greek gods

  What was his penalty? death

It was very nicely prepared and unique

Emma

Who could compete? Men

What did they win? Crown of olive leaves and a statue at Olynpia

What was a popular event? Javelin

It was very informative and the video was very entertaining.

Cole

What was a main cause? Sparta's fear of Athens getting to big and powerful

When did the Athenian empire fall? 404 B.C

Who was very important to the Athenians? Pericles

Katie

Who was the first major philosipher? Socrates

What did Socrates want people to do? He wanted people to improve themselves

What was a major belief for Socrates? Personal beliefs were more important than material goods

Who taught Alexander the Great? Aristotle

Plato was a st

Monday Test Review

Today in class we are reviewing for a test. 25 to 35 questions. One essay and no short answer questions on the test. We came up with questions that would be on the test. Olympic sports : boxing, wrestling, discus, javelin. What was the formation the Greeks used in the army? Phalanx. What were the Greek soldiers called? Hoplites. Who did the Greeks fight the most? Persians. Battles against the Persians; Marathon, Thermopylae, Gaguamela, Issus. #Hydaspus was against the Indians. Why did the Peloponesian wars start? Sparta thought Athens was getting to powerful. Who was the war fought between? Athens and Sparta. Who won the war? Sparta. What was the strategy? Athens tried to win by using the navy. Athenians built a wall and tried to fight by sea. Inside the walls they got sick from the plague. 508 B.C the people rose up against the rulers for the first time in human history.  Sparta St what age were kids taken away fron their parents? age 7. What was
Sparta's strong part in the military? Army. Homer: Homer told the stories the Illiad and the Oddessey. Oddesseus was in the Oddessey. The Illiad was a story of the Trojan war. What was the age the Parthenon was built in? The Golden age of Greece. Pericles had three goals for Athens. Wanted to make Athens the best city of the time. Strenghten Greek Democracy. He wanted more land than what he had.  Voting places were called the agora. Pericles wanted to expand the empire. What was potteery used for/ Storing things like wine, perfume, etc. Who was Euclid? known for Geometry. Archemedies was invented a pulley system. Who were three main philosiphers? Socrates, :Plato, Aristotle. Socrates was Charged for disrespection the gods and corrupting the youth of Greece. Was guilty and killed by poison. The unexamined life is not worth it.

Friday blog

In class today we continued watching the movie about Alexander the Great. Alexander went to Persia to conquer it. He conquered Babylon and the rest of Persia. After conquering Persia he went on to the Himalayan mountains. He couldn't get across the Himalayan mountains so he went to India. He counquered many places in India. He had won many battles in India.

Alexander the Great

In class today we watched a movie about Alexander the Great. Alexander tamed a horse that no one else could.  Beucephilis was the horse that Alexander tamed. One of his famous battles was the battle of Gaugamela. He defeated the Persians at that battle. The Falinx was the fromation that the Greeks used in battle.   

Project Day

We saw other people's projects and took notes on each.
Questions
Alyssa
What was a greek soldier called ? Hoplite
Who bought the equipment for the soldiers? They bought it themselves
What was the formation that the Greeks fought in? Phalanx
Grade 100
It was very informative and had a lot of details and I learned a lot

Caitlin
 Who played the parts in the plays? men
Was the story sometimes told by song ? yes
Grade 95

Clarke
Who was Alexander's father? Phillip II
Who did he defeat at Issus? Darius
At what age did he die? 33
Grade 100

Monday Blog

In class today we reviewed what we had learned about Greece so far. We looked at what we learned before the break. It was an easy day back becuse we basically just reviewed. We sawa few projects but not many. We learned about Spartan life. It took a long time to get the first presentation ready due to technical difficulties. I learned a few things about Sparta from the presentation. Spartan children were taken away from their parents at age 7.

Friday Class

In class we finished reviewing the test. We then talked about what projects each of us were going to do. a few people traded topics. We found out what topic each of us were going to do. We discussed ideas for how to do the project. We talked about options for presenting the project.

Test Review

In class today we went over the answers to the test we took yesterday. We got an assignment on Greece. We each chose the topics to our projects by random. Each topic was on a notecard and we randomly chose it. We were allowed to trade the topic with another person if we wanted to. My topic was on Greek architecture.

Movie

We continued watching the movie on ancient Greece. Greeks had plays called tradgeties. They were stories that had a bad ending. Hubris is a fatal flaw. Pericles decides to go to war with Sparta. Victory over Sparta would mean Athens would be the leader of Greece. Pericles got people to evacuate Athens.

Movie Day 3

We continued watching the movie about Greece. Themisticles helped give Greece a better miliatry ideas. Triruim was a fast boat that were used to ram ships. It was used as a weapon. The Greeks discovered silver in their land. He wanted to build ships using the silver that was found to defend againsr Persia. He told the people that they could build them to compete with their rivals in Greece. Xerxes was Darius's son that took power after him. He wanted to wipe out Athens. In 480 B.C Xerxes finished building his army. The oracle was someone who thought they could communicate with the gods. The oracle at Delphi was the most famous ocracle.   It was built around a chasm in the mountain. The Athenians went to the oracle to get an answer of how to stop the Persians. The second time they went to the oracle and the oracle told them to use the "wooden wall". Themisticles knew that the "wooden wall" was the tririums. They ordered the Athenians to evacuate Athens. They also told the men that could fight to fight. They were evacuated to an island called Salamas. The Persians burned the Acropolis to the ground. The Greeks fought the Persians in the straight of Salamas. They won the battle at sea and made the Persains retreat. Delian league was a group of city states that banded together incase of a Persian attack. After the Battle of Salamas the Greeks became the best navy power in the East Mediterrainian. Themisticles was ostracized  by the Athenians. Pericles was a leader of Athens. Pericles was to create a city that was fit to rule an empire. He wanted to make Athens the greatest city. The Parthenon was a building that was built as a tribute to Athena. It was built in 15 years. It cost about $1 billion in today's money. The Parthenon had a 40 foot statue  of Athena in it made of glod and ivory. The Parthenon frieze was a 500 foot long stretch of carvings in the wall like a 2 dimesional statue.  Aspasia was a foriegn woman. Pericles let Aspasia participate in important government conversations. Greeks watched plays together in one area. The Greeks invented drama.

Movie review day 2

We continued watching the movie and reviewing it. The people rose up in revolution. It was the first time in history that the people overthrew the government.  Cleisthenes was let back in Athens after the revolution. The agora was a place that people met to talk about government. Democracy was invented by Cleisthenes. In 490 B.C Pheidippides ran from Marathon to Sparta to tell the people that Persia was invading and to ask the Spartains for help. Hoplites were trianed soldiers. Greeks found whatever they could use as weapons to fight the Persians. The Athenians fought the Persians and the Persians eventually retreated. Themistocles was a leader who helped the Greeks fight the Persians.

Movie review

In class today we watched a  movie on ancient Greece. Themisticles Herocles socroties were important to Greek history.  508 B.C there was an uprising in Athens. Cleisthenes was an aristocrat that helped people to uprise  He was born around 570 B.C he was brought up in high social class. Athens was a small town in Greece at this time. Athens  was built around the Acropolis. The country was ruled by aristocrats. Mountains separated sections of Greece. Each part of Greece was called a city states.  Sparta were  focused on military things.  The Spartans were the best military city state in Greece.

The Greeks were facinated by stories and myths. The Illiad and Odyssey were the most popular stories in Greece. They were composed by Homer. These stories were called epics. Tyrants were rulers that took power. Pisistratus tricked Atheniens to believe that he had been chosen by the gods to rule. He was Cleisthenes brother-in-law. Pisistratus reduced taxes and introduced loans. Olives were a big part of Greece's economy. Olive oil allowed Greece to aquire goods from oter countries by trading. Hippias took over after Pisistratus. In 514 B.C Hippias's brother was murdered. He avenged his brother's murder. He then had changed and he was paranoid.  Cleisthenes led an uprising to over throw Hippias.

Movie notes review

We reviewed what we saw on the movie on Friday. The Greeks were the first civilization to have a democracy. The Olympic games were invented in Greece. We also looked at a powerpoint that Mr.Schick made. Greece was located by the Mediterrainian Sea. Italy was to the west. Persia was to the East. Egypt was to the south. Greece is a peninsula, and mountains cover about 3/4 of the country. There are approximatley 1,400 islands in the Aegean and Ionian Seas. The location shaped the country's culture.
The people were skilled sailors. There were poor natural resources. It was difficult to unite the Ancient Greeks because of the terrain and they developed small, independant communities. About 20% of the land was suitable for farming. They grew grains, grapes,olives. The lack of resources leads to Greek colonization.
Temperatures range from 48 in the winter to 80 in the summer. Myceneans civilization began around 2000 B. C. Located on a rocky ridge and protected by a 20 ft. thick wall. The Dorians moved in around 1200 B.C and were far less advanced. Writing disappeared for 400 years.   Homer was one of the greatest Greek story tellers. He wrote the Illiad and Odyssey.

Greeks Video

In class we watched a movie in class today.  Herocles was a Greek politician. Clysthanies helped Greeks gain freedom from their oppressors. He was born around 570 B.C. Town of Atherns was the center of the Greek empire. It was surruonded by the Acpropolis. Aristotle was a famous Greek writer. Greece was very mountainous land. It was very difficult to get around. Greece was divided into city states. Athens, Argos, Corinthian, and Sparta were all Greek city states. Spartains were raised to be a soldiers at birth. They wore red capes to hide blood in battle. Greeks loved stories and myths. Illiat and the Oddesy were the most famous stories in Greece. Greeks had many olives and used hem for various things. Olives helped Greece's economy grow. Pottery was a large part of art in Greece. Clysthanes decided to overthrow Hippias. Men would gather in Olympia every four years to compete in various events. It was the early version of the Olympic Games. Isagerious went to Sparta to get people to help him get to power. In 508 B.C the people rose up and took power away from the ruler.
Clysthanies created a government that was a democracy. Persians decided to invade Greece. Darius was the ruler of the Persians. Battle of Marathon was won by the Greeks. Themisticles came into power by democracy. In 483 B.C Greeks discovered silver in their land. They used the money to build a fleet of ships to have a navy. Xerxes was a Persian king that was the son of Darius.

Powerpoint Notes

In class today, Mr. Schick read us a history of the Greece and Persian wars. Cyrus the Great started conquering many areas and conquered most of the known world. The Battle of Marathon was part of the Persian wars. Darius was the king of Persia during the Battle of Marathon. Xerxes was the king after Darius. He created and army as sson as he came into power.  His army included: about 100,000 to 180,000 men, and a fleet of about 600 ships.Peloponnese, Greece had a narrow pass to the mainland of Greece. It was where the Spartains lived. Herodotus was a historian of ancient Greece. He was also a sociologist. Greece did not get along with eachother.

Modern Egypt

We looked at a powerpoint about modern Egypt today. Egypts economy is based on mostly tourism. They have oil, natural gas, and manufacturing. Agriculture is a part of the economy. 3% of their land is arable land.
They grow cotton, corn, rice, wheat, and fava beans. In 1970 they built a dam to control the water of the Nile. 79 million people are in Eypt ( the biggest in Middle East. Third largest in Africa.). the Largest city in Egypt is Cairo with 6.7 million people. The official language is Arabic ( English, French, and German) The religion is 90% Muslim, most of the rest are Christian ( Coptic). 1922- end of protectorate with the United Kingdom. 1953- Egypt declared a Republic. 1964- 1970- ruled by Gamal Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal forms allegiance with Soviet Union. 1970 -1981- Ruled by Anwar Sadat switches allegiance to the U.S. Sadat was assassinated in 1981. 1981- 2011- ruled by Hosni Mumbarak kept alliance with U.S. He was accused of corruption, political persecution, human rights violations. He was driven from office following mass demonstrations last month. Egypt currently ruled by military junta, but democratic elections scheduled for September 2011. Muammar Gaddafi is the leader of Libya and has been in power since 1969.    

Egypt Prezi Day 2

This is the second day of looking at the Prezi on Egypt. Silt was a very rich soil that made it easy to grow plants. Silt was left after the water receded from the flooding in July. Sphinx of Giza was built around  2555 - 2532 BC. Daily life of Egyptians was based on class. The scribes wrote in hieroglyphs and in hieratic. The soldiers used wooden weapons ( bows, arrows, spears) w/ bronze tips and might ride chariots. Upper class, known as the "white kilt class"-priests, physicians,engineers.Religious and political leader were the nobles. Pharaohs is the political and religious leader of Egyptian people, holding the titles: "lord of the Two Lands and High priest" The pharoah was the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt. Hatsheput was a woman who served as a pharoah. Cleopatra VII also served as pharoah, but much later.  

Notes on the Prezi on Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt Preziwill cover Geography, daily life, Pharohs, gods and godesses, and the pyramids. Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River. The Nile River flows north into the Mediterrainian Sea.
Every July the Nile River floods. Every October it leaves behind rich soil. The delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile soil. Managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation. The Great sphinx of Giza is one of the most known egyptian structures. It was a recumbent lion with a human's head.
it is the oldest monumental statue in the world. Daily life of the egyptians. Pharoah was at the top, then government officials, soldiers, scribes, merchants, artisans, farmers, slaves and servants. Slaves and servants helped the wealthy with household jobs. Farmers raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions benefited from Nile irrigation. Artisans carved statues and art jobs. They used money/ barter system was used. Later, coinage came out. Scribes take records and stories wrote down everytthing.

Thursday blog

In class today we learned about the events going on in Egypt today. It is a continuation of the study of Ancient Egypt to modern Egypt. The president in Egypt recently resigned after being in power for over thirty years. Tomorrow we are going to talk to someone from Egypt named Sarah. We will skype her while in class tomorrow and ask her questions about things in Egypt.


1. When were the protests first started?
2. When did you first hear about the ideas for protests?
3. When did you first decide the join the protests?
4. How were the protests organized?
5. Would you have changed the way the protests were organized if you could?
6. Were you afraid to be caught?
7. Did you have any worries about the protests?
8. How do you feel about the protests?
9.  What was your thoughts about them?
10. What is it like in Egypt now?

Feburary 23rd blog

In class today we presented our raps. Only four people rapped their raps. We also watched a video on the revolution of Egypt. Some of the people wanted the change. Other people in Egypt didn't want the government to change.

Egypt Rap

Ancient Egypt was fine
Sit down and give me some time
to give you  a rhyme
about this cicivilization.
 It would take me a lot of mods
to tell you about egypts gods
700 strong
to tell you about each would take to long.
They all were based on things in nature.
Ra was the main god
god of the Sun.
Thankfully this rap is not done.

Pryamids were a big thing in egypt
A tall four sided triangle
was a tomb for the pharoh
built with sand, clay and stone.
But the egyptians did not build them alone
they had help from workes and slaves.
inside the pyrimid was a maze
to find where the pharoh lays
Buried with them was treasures .

Egyptians were buried as mummies
obviously not dummies.
their bodies wrapped in cloth
as tightly as if you were on Hoth.
Star Wars fans only get this joke
it just gives there humor a poke.
All the organs were removed
and put in jars to be buried with them.
Many steps it included
to make sure the body was secluded
from air to prevent deteriorating.

Now that this this rap is done
now you can see who won
the award for a good civilization.
thanks for taking the time
to read my rhyme about the Egyptians
So now it is done
i hope you had some fun
learning about ancient Egypt
I won't perfrom this rap
because if i did i would sound like crap.
so if you can please sing for me
so you can help tell this story

Class today

We got in groups and worked on putting together a powerpoint. We collaborated our notes to crete the powerpoint. My notes were:

·   In total, there are over 700 gods/goddess!

·   The Egyptians believed that they controlled nature.

·   According to the Egyptians, the gods and goddess were believed to take part in creation, some brought the flood every year, some offered protection, and some took care of people after they died.

·   Aten was believed to be the "king" of the gods.

·   Ra was the most important god and the god of the sun.

·   The Egyptians' might have been one of first to practice a polytheistic religion.

·   There were gods and goddesses who helped Egyptians with daily things in there lives.

·   There were also local gods and goddesses who represented towns.

·   Minor gods usually represented plants or animals.

·   There were gods who were believed to have created the world, and the movement of the sun and moon. (For an example, the god Khepri).

·   Kings and queens were believed to be gods and goddesses themselves.

·   The Egyptians' religion was strongly influenced by tradition.

·   The people believed that the King and the priests were responsible for the things that are going well in the country and for the things that weren't going so well. So basically they were praised and blamed for everything.

·   Common people would usually worship local or household gods.

·   Household gods were often worshiped at shrines located in peoples' houses.

·   Two really well known household gods are Bes and Tauert.

Test Essay

There is a transition of hunter gatherers to farmers in the ancient civilizations. Hunter-gatherers have to find food each day. Plants didn't produce enough food for people to stay in an area for a long amount of time. People figured out that some plants could be grown by humans planting them. people then began to grow plants in a contained area. They could then grow more food and be able to stay in an area for a long time. They then settled in an area and survived from the crops they grew.

There is a significance of food surplus. A surplus of food is when someone can produce more food then they needed to survive. A surplus of food let people be able to feed more people and it helped civilizations grow. Everybody didn't have to grow food all the time anymore. This allowed people to discover how to do other things like making permanent homes. This was how civilizations grew and progressed.

Jared Diamond's theory of geographic luck is a theory of why certain civilizations grew and others didn't.
Geographic luck is basically how lucky a person was to be born in an area that had a lot of geographic resources. It helped civilizations grow if it had a lot of geographic resources or it was "geographically lucky".
Areas in the middle east were more geographically lucky than laces like islands.

Review

Today in class we reviewed for the quiz on Thursday. Review consisted of topic we need to study for the quiz. Jared Diamond was trying to find out why civilizations started in a certain area. Jared Diamond is a professor at UCLA. He watches birds as a hobby. Major crops: wheat, barley, corn, rice. Capitol of Papua New Guinea is Port Moresby. Papua New Guinea is located North of Australia. Hunter/gatherers spend most of the time finding food and move around a lot. Surplus of food gives people time to work on other things. Specialized workers are a result of a surplus of food. Geographic luck is a big part of how civilizations grew.

notes

Terrain: mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills

Natural resources: gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries

Location: Oceania, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia

Birth Rate: 26.95 births/1,000 population

Death Rate: 6.62 deaths/1,000 population

Life expectancy: 65.99 years in total.

Male: 63.78 years

Female: 68.31 years

TFR: 3.54 children born/woman

Languages: Tok Pisin, English, and Hiri Motu

Religions: Roman Catholic 27%, Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%, Bahai 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3%

Median age: total- 21.6 years, male- 21.9 years, female- 21.3 years

Government type: constitutional parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm

Capital: Port Moresby

Independence: They gained their independence on September 16, 1975

Population below Poverty Line: About 37%

Guns, Germs, and Steel Part 5

We have been watching the movie and this is the fifth class day we are watching it. The area in the middle east with good crops and animals is called the fertile crecent. When the animals helped people with crops there was more surplus. This helped people sepcialize in different things. Climate and environment  changed and forced people to move. They moved to areas on the same latitude. Places with the same latitude have similar days length and climate. The crops and animals were spread rapidly through Europe North africa and Asia. Geography was a big part of how civilizations started and flourished.

The Movie Part 4

Surplus of food helped villages grow.   This is the fourth day of watching the movie. llamas were from South America. Africa had none. Papua New Guinea had none. Europe and middle east had 13 of 14 animals that are domesticated for farming. Middle east had good crops and animals. Known as fertile crecent. The domesticated animals helped to make the civilization grow because of what the animals provided. Some animals provided for humans by pulling plows and doing work. Others provided milk and fur for clothes. Most provided meat so humans didn't have to hunt for food.  The surplus in food helped civilizations grow. Geographic luck was a big part of the advancement of cearly civilizations.

Guns Germs and steel movie part 3

We continued watching the movie in class today. 9,000 years ago people began to domesticate animals. They ate animals for the meat intead of hunting. They had a food source with out moving around. They used milk for protien. They had sheep and goats at first. Then they used other animals like horeses to help grow more crops. Hores pulled plows and allowed more food to be grown.  New Guinnea didn't have animals that are able to pull plows. Best animals to domesticate are large plant eating mammals. Carnivores weren't domesticated because they would have to get other animals to feed the carnivore. Elephants weren't domesticated because it was to big. and ate to much food.  They were tamed individually. Fourteen domesticated animals that are able to be farmed in the history of the world. Some of the animals include goats, sheep, pigs, cows, horses, donkeys, 2 kinds of camels, water buffalo, llamas, reindeer, yak, oxen mythons, and another type of cow.

movie day 2

We continued watching the movie today. Many of the fist people were hunter/ gatherers. They moved around when animals migrated  to be able to hunt the animals. Hunting wasnot a reliable source for food. Gathering was a more useful way to get a reliable source of food. Gatherers looked for food every day from plants. Papua New Guinea gatherers got food from sego trees. In the middle east barley and wheat grew and  it helped population grow in the middle east. The climate became colder so people had to move to find food. An old village in the middle east was discovered by archeologists. The site was called Draa. It was in the middle east by the dead sea. The village was 11,500 years old. In that area people start growing plants and control ( agriculture). The people didn't need to keep moving because they are able to grow food. They made a grannery that stored grainns so the could be used for later. They began to live near sources of water to grow plants  and started to settle and build permanent houses. Rice was grown in China. Corn was grown in North America  Papua New Guinea didn't have as much protien in their diets unlike the middle east crops.
Geographic luck is how licky some people were to be born into a an area that had geographic features that helped villages grow and civilizations start. A problem with sego is that it doesn't last long.

First day

In class today we watched a movie called Guns Germs and Steel. It was based on a book by Jared Diamond. It shows the reason why europe has advanced so quickly and other areas hadn't. The movie talked about have vs have not. The movie describes people who haves  peole who have ample things and more than just having basic needs fufiled. People who have not do not have what they need or barely what they need to live. Jared visited Papua New Guinea. Race does not decide how superior someone is to another person. New Guinea people are intellegent and are not living different than they did centuries ago.
The question then came up as to why then so different? Jared Diamond watches birds as a hobby.
The movie takes places in  Papua New Guinea