worksheet

Today we worked on a study guide for Chapter four. I didn't find all the answers but i got a lot of them.

IMPORTANT DATES:  In a sentence or two, describe what important or historical event took place on the following dates:

1600 – 1100 BC- Greeks fortified settlements along the Aegean development Mycenaean civilaztion

1150 – 750 BC- dark ages

776 BC-first Olympic games

750 – 700 BC-  homer composed iliad and odessey

621 BC - Dracos code of law was enforced

508 BC – 1st time in human history where anybody had a revolution against their government. Rose up against Isagoris 

490 - The Greeks go to war with the invading Persians under King Darius at the battle of Marathon.

480 BC- Xerses wants to get revenge, invades with huge army. but ended up losing. Battle of Thermopylae, Persians burn the Acropolis down, Athens defeat Persians

461 – 429 BC- golden age/age of Pericles  

447 – 438 BC- built Parthenon

431 – 404 BC- Peloponnese war (Spartans and Athenians) tried to get Spartans to surrender because they couldn't get supplies but they did and defeated Athens. end of golden age/age of pericles

399 BC - trial/execution of Socrates- (needed someone to blame for loss of war) charged with impiety, corrupting the youth

MEN, WOMEN, GODS AND GODDESSES YOU SHOULD KNOW:  In one or two sentences, describe what is significant about the following people (or immortals):

Homer- blind poet who wrote iliad and odessey and he went around singing ti people

Odysseus- the hero of Homer’s story “The Odyssey”- tyring to find his way home and kept having to face weird obstackles by posidean and others

Zeus- ruler of the sky and all of the gods

Athena- patron god of Athens, goddess of wisdom

Pisistratus- came to athens with "athena" he claimed to be a god, should have taken over Athens, gave common people rights to succeed 

Cleisthenes- created democratic republic, people put him in charge after Isagoris aristocrat

Darius (the Great) - king of Persia during the Persian wars- tried to conquer greece lost the battle of marathon

Xerxes- Darius’s son who sent two Greek expeditions to the mainland - tried to get revenge because of his father in the straits of salamis 
pedipotdies- runner in athens in charge of telling spartans, myth that he ran from marathon to athens to declare that he won the battle. Ran from athens to sparta 

Themistocles- ruled athens, defeats persians. not an aristocrat- was ostrisized

Pericles- aristocrat who was leader of Athens after victory over Persia- built parthenon delian league, Espeja- "high class prositute" but she was a refined, intellegent, beautiful women "high class escort"

Aristophanes- greek playwrite that specialized in comodies tradgedy-edopiss 

Socrates-well known Greek philosopher

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION:  Be able to locate the following on a map:

Athens                         Sparta                                      Peloponnesus                          Ionia

Ionian Sea                               Aegean Sea                             Persian Empire

GREEK POLITICAL STRUCTURES: Describe these political institutions:

Monarchy- a hereditary line of rulers             

Democracy- where all the males in the city state rule it together

Oligarchy- where four or five people rule the city state together 

Aristocracy- where the city state is ruled by a few elite males (somewhat lie an oligarchy)

PERICLES’ THREE GOALS FOR ATHENS: Name ‘em; describe ‘em.

Fix the government and to try and make all the aristocrats in charge
built parthenon

GREEK ART: Identify and describe examples in these fields:

Sculpture – result of Greeks growing wealthier and their society growing more complex, they built extravagant statues

Architecture- buildings such as the Parthenon          

Drama (tragedy and comedy) – they presented plays in their theater             

Test

               Today we took a test that focused on Greece. It was about thirty multiple choice questions with four short answers and an essay. I did use the book for a few questions, but i actually remembered a lot from our notes. The short answers weren't too bad, although i couldn't remember what "Mediterranean" meant. For the essay I chose the second one about comparing Athens and Sparta. I talked about how a male Spartans life is focused completely around war, where Athens take pride in their laid back yet powerful city-state. I also mentioned little things like how Sparta is landlocked, but Athens has direct access to the Sea. Over-all I didn't think it was too challenging, and I'm hoping i did well.

Translators?

          Due to all the exchange students in my class, we took the entire class to debate on whether they should be able to use a translator on their test or not. It was very interesting to see people make good and valid arguments for both sides. In my opinion i think that they should be able to use the translator for many reasons. One main reason being that this is most of their first times in an English speaking country and it might be had to adapt at first. Besides, we get to use our textbooks which have definitions in them. So if we can have definitions its only fair to give them definitions too. Plus one word could throw off the entire question. and confuse them. 

Government and Sparta

                       Today in class we continued note taking. We talked about things such as the Greek government and Sparta. Over the weekend i did my research for my PowerPoint on the Greek's government system, so I was a little bit familiar with how it works. There are four types of government: Monarchy, Oligarchy  Tyranny, and Democracy. A monarchy is when a  country is ruled by a hereditary line of people. An oligarchy is when a few people run the country. A tyranny is when a country is ruled by a tyrant, or a dictator. Lastly, a democracy was when the people basically ruled themselves. We also talked about Sparta  Sparta was VERY warlike, and that's an understatement  Boys could spend their time from ages 7 to about 60 just fighting in wars and training. Women actually had more freedom a a result because they got to run businesses and take care of their children.

More Greek Notes

            Today in class we took more notes on Greece that we will have to know for the test. We learned things like: by 4000 B.C. farming and village life had become way of life for the European barbarians. They had built complex structures around about 3500 B.C. The barbarians were very nomadic people. They traveled from the steppes and onward. Their languages evolved from Greek and Latin. The barbarians were very elite warriors. around 2000-1000 A.D. came into contact with civilization. In 2200 B.C. Minoan arose on  Crete. Minoans gained wealth from control of the seas and especially trade. By 1600 B.C. Greek chieftains had settled along the mainland’s southern shore and on some islands.Mycenaean civilization lasted until shortly after 1200 B.C. due to the conquest of the Sea People. By 1150 BC in Mycenae all settlements had been deserted. The population had dropped, and writing fell out of us this led to the eclipse of civilization for almost 400 years, known as the Dark Ages. They lasted from (1150 - 750)800 BC the Aegean region recovered

                      

          

Powerpoint Presentation

     Over the weekend, we had to work on our PowerPoint and add LO-3 to it. Today in class, one group had to go up to present their PowerPoint. The first group to go up accidently put Egypt on their slide show, causing Mr. Schick to momentarily lose his faith in humanity. However, when he picked the next group to go up, they had a good presentation with little errors. They made sure to include notes on how the barbarians were very warlike and did not believe in government. They didn't worship gods of poetry and flowers; they worshiped gods of war and brutality. We also went over how the megaliths were built. Apparently, the barbarians had a pulley system. We also went over Greece’s location. Mr. Schick announced a quiz on Monday, and he told us we were going to have to locate certain parts of Greece on a map. 

Reviewing the Test

       Today's class was only about a half an hour due to the early dismissal  so we didn't get too much time to work on anything today. After everybody settled into their seats  we went over the test we took . I did better on the essay than on the rest of the test. We got to keep the answer key along with the question sheet. We were aloud to write down the correct answer next to it so we can use it to study for later. At the end of class, Mr. Schick gave us an assignment for over the weekend. We have add LO-3 into our group power point assignment. My job is to focus on the types of government. 

Working on the PowerPoint

              Today we worked more on the PowerPoint project. It went a lot better than yesterday's class. Everybody got so much more work done. We completed about 20 slides. We put more information like the geography of Greece, the Acropolis, the megaliths and much more. I made a slide about how the Aegean Sea and the Ionian Sea make up the Mediterranean Sea which surround the mountainous peninsula. Mountains make up about 3/4 of Greece. There are about 1,400 islands in the Mediterranean Sea surrounding Greece. The acropolis was the highest point in ancient Greece. Due to it's height, people could see enemies coming from far away. It was so magnificently built, that it even gave off an optical illusion of its height.

Project

                Today in class we started on a PowerPoint project. Mr. Schick wasn't in class today so Mr. Ferry was our sub. I worked with Victoria, Sean and Tim. I looked back at the notes from previous classes and I also looked at the blog that I wrote over the weekend. I’m working on a slide about the barbarians. I put facts on the slide like how the barbarians hadn't really come in contact with civilization yet, and how they had their own distinct ways of doing things. I also mentioned how the barbarians were very war-like. They had also built megaliths, Stonehenge being the most popular. 

Greece

             We moved onto the chapter on Greece today. I already knew a little bit about Greece from the assignment over the weekend, but i learned some new things also. For an example, i didn't know an acropolis was a beautiful structure located at the highest point in Greece. Although it is pretty worn down now, it was amazing when it was first built. Around 3500 B.C. megalithic structure began to appear in Europe, Stonehenge being the most popular. The way that the barbarians built these fascinating structures is still a widely conversed mystery today. In 2500 the Indo- European nomads from the steppes migrated into Europe. Barbarians were tribes of Indo-European people who came in contact with civilization  Barbarians tribes were very war-like. They didn't have kings and queens, they had chiefs and warriors. A tribe is a clan of people tied together by similar customs, culture, or beliefs.  Sometimes tribes would battle one another to obtain metals, food etc.
              We also talked about geography. The Ionian and the Aegean Sea, both part of the Mediterranean Sea, surround Greece. It is a very mountainous peninsula. Mountains make up about 3/4 of Greece. Also, about 1,400 islands reside in the Mediterranean.

Ancient Greece

            The ancient Greek peoples started off as Barbarians, meaning they had distinct way of living, based on farming and warfare, which was very common among the Europeans. The nomadic nation began traveling into the south-western region of Europe to be in better contact with other countries such as the Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. The ancient Greek civilization began with new concepts and features that were replicated from its neighboring countries. However, overtime the Greeks formed new and original ideas, art forms, and government that still have an influence on our present day world.

            One new, innovative idea they had was the building structures they created. Many farmers and traders constructed circles and rows of massive boulders. These structures were referred to as “megaliths”, meaning large rough-cute stone used to construct monuments and tombs. The most well-known megalith is Stonehenge, which was built in 2000 B.C and still holds up to this very day.

            The villages in ancient Greece consisted mostly of “tribes”, which are social and political units consisting of group communities held together by common interest, traditions, or real or mythical ties of kinship. A tribe would hold a meeting every once in a while to discuss duties and celebrations. Some tribal groups would battle with each other in order to obtain more slaves, metals and other useful items.

            Many Indo- European people migrated around Europe before Greece had its own different way of life. The Indo-Europeans were people who migrated from around 2500 B.C and onward from Eastern Europe’s grasslands, into other European regions, the Asia Minor, and Persia. They settled into these new areas and began creating new ethnic groups. The languages the spoke were earlier forms of Greek and Latin that underwent many changes over the years to come. The first European barbaric people to collide with civilization were the Greeks. Their encounter resulted in the new and inventive way of life-and the first that counts as “western.”

           

           

            

First real test

                  Today in class we took our quiz. It was 25 multiple choice questions, a short answer and an essay. We had a choice between two short answers and two essays. We also got to use our blogs which helped me a little bit. Due to the two hour delay, we only had about 30 minutes to work on the test, but luckily I finished and even had a few more minutes to check over my test. After checking Mr. Schick's blog, I saw that we were going to be moving on to learning about Greece. Over the weekend we have to write about 300 words about the new chapter, which hopefully won't be too hard.   

Gods, Pharaohs and Mummies

Today we used the class to take more notes about our upcoming quiz on Friday. First we finished the Prezi. We talked about gods and goddesses and how they ruled the lives of the Egyptians. A pharaoh was basically considered a god, since they had so much power. The gods and goddesses were sometimes half human and half animal, as portrayed through their artwork. Their artwork back then was two dimensional with poor perspective, but they were still very cool and highly informative. We can learn so much just by looking at a painting. We also talked a lot about mummies. We even got to watch a video on how they used to mummify a person. It was very interesting how they mummified the person so well that you could still make out the facial features even today. Mummification was only for certain people, usually of higher power. We also watched another John Green video about what will be on our test tomorrow. He talked about the Nile river, pyramid building, and famous mummies. 

Pyramid Challenge

After we settled down in our seats, Mr. Schick talked about how we were having a quiz on Friday about prehistory and Egypt. Afterwards we played a Pyramid building game. We worked with a partner, and whichever group got first won ten points out of ten. The second group would get a nine out of ten, the third group would get eight and everybody else got sevens. I worked with Parker, and we almost ended up in last place, finishing with three minutes left. It was interesting how you had to have the perfect amount of a certain group of workers with the perfect amount of supplies and a perfect work schedule or else the whole thing would be ruined. It was cool to get the gist of pyramid building back in the Egyptian’s day.