4/30/19

1.
civil war - conflict between two political groups of the same country
Julius Caesar - a military leader that proclaimed himself dictator for life then died shortly after
triumvirate - group of three leaders tat share control over the government
Augustus - means "exalted one" and Octavian takes this title and is the first Roman Emperor
Pax Romana - a period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire (27 BC - 187 AD)

3. The empire was far too vast. The Catholic Religion split , causing conflict. Constant hammering of Germans and Nomads. Money loss because of raids

4.  Augustus was a very capable ruler and he set up an efficient government with paid civil servants

5. The government provided free games, races, mock battles, and gladiator contests

4/29/19

1.
republic - a form of government in which the people choose their leader by voting
patrician - a member of the aristocracy
plebeian - of the common people of ancient Rome
tribune - in ancient Rome, an official elected by the plebeians to protect their rights
consul - a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
senate - in ancient Rome, the supreme governing body, originally made up only of aristocrats
dictator - a ruler who has complete power over a country
legion - a military unit of the ancient Roman army, made up of about 5000 foot soldiers and a group of soldiers on horseback
Punic Wars - a series of three wars between Rome and Carthage (264-146  BC); resulted in the destruction of Carthage and Rome's dominance over the western Mediterranean
Hannibal - Carthaginian military commander who, in the Second Punic War, attempted a surprise attack on Rome, crossing the Alps with a large group of soldiers, horses, and elephants

3. They could only serve for one year, the same person could not be elected for ten years, and one consul could always overrule the other's decision.

4. The Twelve Tables were to ensure that all free citizens had protection under the law, all laws were carved on twelve tablets and hung in a forum.

5. Instead of just going all in, Hannibal decided to use a surprise attack.

4/26/19

Power and Authority - Rome began as a republic, a government in which elected officials represent the people. Eventually, absolute rulers called emperors seized power and expanded the empire.

Empire Building - At its height, the Roman Empire touched three continents - Europe, Asia, and Africa. For several centuries, Rome brought peace and prosperity to its empire before its eventual collapse

Religious and Ethical Systems - Out of Judea rose a monotheistic, or single-god, religion known as Christianity. Based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, it soon spread throughout Rome and beyond.

Rome

509 BC - Rome begins a republic
264 BC - First Punic War begins
218 BC - In the Second Punic War, Hannibal invades Italy
31 BC - Octavian defeats the forces of Antony and Cleopatra (bust of Cleopatra)
284 BC - Diocletian becomes emperor of Rome
476 AD - Western Roman Empire falls. (Roman horseman)

4/24/19

Today we started our studies in Rome and it wasn't as boring as I thought. We learned a lot about Rome location and a lot about the people. The one thing that took up 5 minutes was the rap about Rome that Mr. Schick made quite some time ago. It was a long song and he came up wit the rap name Chi Cago in honor of the rapper Flo Rida. It wasn't a bad song about Rome but I just simply won't look at it because I will probably prefer to look at the powerpoint that Mr. Schick provided for us. But anyways all we did today was watch the powerpoint for 40 minutes and learned a lot about Roman people, government, and beliefs.

4/23/19

It was our first day back from spring break and I'm not too excited. But there are a lot of interesting things going on in western civ in the next two weeks. Mr. Schick is getting some kind of surgery Thursday morning and it will take some recovery time. He has an umbilical hernia and it will take him around 2 weeks to fully recover. So over the two weeks we will have a lot fo subs coming in and out of the classroom. He said that he had a lot of planning to do and that he tried to give each of the sections enough work to give us something to do for the whole class period. So we didn't do much today because we just discussed the future for 30 minutes then did ur blogs and chatted for the last 15 minutes.

4/12/19

Today we took our test on classical Greece and this is by far one of my best taken tests. Reading every section of the book a couple times and reading a bunch of different quilts definitely helped a lot. This is going to be short blog because all we did was take the test and then have time to do our blogs. There were a couple questions on the test that were questionable but later I looked through the textbook to find the answers to the questions on the test that I didn't know for sure were right. But I realized that all the ones that I looked up were the answers that I chose. I honestly feel like I got a 100 on the multiple choice part of the test. I feel like I did pretty good on the essay part as well. I knew exactly what to write about and I feel like I included everything that I had to.

4/10/19

Today was a very interesting day. Now that everyone is wrapped up with reading the three sections we had our final review day before the test. We went over the worksheet that we filled out last class and I got all of them right. We talked about what we need to know for the test Friday and after that we started talking about the Allegory of the Cave. It's a very debatable subject and hard to understand but it's basically when someone gets used to something that isn't right and when they're brought to the truth it is hard for them to believe the truth. In the video we saw there were three men trapped in a cave and had seen nothing but their shadows. And when they are set free to see the real world they can't notice anything but the shadows and they aren't acknowledging what's casting these shadows. We are gonna have an essay question on the test about this and it's a good thing that a big part of it is opinion and it's a good thing that I know wha the general idea of it is.

4/9/19

Today was another day that we had to ourselves. He gave us this day because not everyone had gone through all three sections and answered the questions. I like days like this because it is relaxing and I get to learn the material any way that I want. Mid way through the class he gave us a worksheet on the second section. This section was on Alexander and the other rulers and we had to match the up the four rulers with what they did. But some of the questions were tricky because they had more than one ruler per thing. Overall I didn't find this worksheet hard and I feel like I have a firm grasp on this section because some of the questions just came natural t me as if I had been studying them for a while. Well that's all that happened today; just another day to get prepared for the test Friday

4/8/19

Over the weekend I did the 4th section which is pages 142-145 which is Alexander's Empire. Today in class we had a sub and we were supposed to 146-149 and answer questions 1,3,4, and 5 so that's what I'm going to do this class. This was the shortest section that we had to read and probably the least important. But you never know what type of questions Mr. Schick will sneak onto the test because half of the questions I get wrong are the questions about the little things.

1. Hellenistic- relating to the civilization, language, art, science, and literature of the Greek world from the reign of Alexander the Great to the late second century
    Alexandria- an Egyptian city that became the foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization
    Euclid- a highly regarded Mathematician who taught in Alexandria
    Archimedes- an important Hellenistic scientist who studied at Alexandria. He accurately estimated the value of pi
    Colossus of Rhodes- an enormous Hellenistic statue that formerly stood near the harbor of Rhodes

3. It made it so that it became and international community so it had a rich mixture of customs and traditions.

4. The astronomers, Eratosthenes and Aristarchus, used his geometry text that we still use today.

5. They both promote having social unity.

4/4/19

Today we had a refresher of the pages that we read and took notes on yesterday. We started off by taking a seven question pop quiz that I got a five out of seven on and the two that I got wrong were answers that had something that meant something very similar so I don't feel bad about that. Mr. Schick went into a lot of depth with the tragedies and the comedies and even went deep into telling us some of the darker stories about Oedipus rex and even telling us test question which is that Fatal Flaw is another word for hubris. He didn't want us to read and answer questions 1, 3, 4, and 5 but I insisted on doing it tonight because I want to do good on the test next week.

1. Philip II- King of Macedonia that dreamed of taking control of Greece and then moving against      Persia to seize its vast wealth. Also the father of Alexander the Great.
    Macedonia- kingdom located just north of Greece that had rough terrain and a cold climate.
    Alexander the Great- son of King Philip II that extended his empire across an area that would be considered many nations today.
    Darius II- King of Persia that raised a huge army to defend off the Macedonians

3. King Philip II transformed the rugged peasants into a well-trained and professional armband organized his pushing troops into phalanxes.

4. Alexander continued his conquest because he was greedy and he believed that he had enough power to conquer all civilizations.

5. His three Macedonian generals fought for control for his empire. Eventually Ptolemy would become governor of Egypt, Seleucus would take most of the Persian Empire, and Antigonus I would become King of Macedonia.

4/3/19

Today we went over the calendar and pictured the amount of days we have left until spring break. Over the next week and a half we would be covering three lessons in our textbook and today we covered most of the first one. We learned about Democracy and Greece's Golden Age. To do this, he had us read pages 134-139 and take notes in our copybook. He also wanted us to answer questions numbers 1, 3, 4, and 5. I took all my notes in my copybook but I am supposed to record my questions in this blog so here they are.

1. direct democracy- a form of government in which the people rule directly
    classical art- the standard of their values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion
    tragedy- a serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war, or betrayal
    comedy- a drama that contained scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor
    Peloponnesian War- the war between Athens and Sparta that ended up in a truce
    philosophers- people who used logic and reason to investigate nature
    Socrates- he believed in standards for truth and justice
    Plato- a student of Socrates and wrote down Socrate's words
    Aristotle- questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge

3. He increased the number of public officials who were paid salaries. This means even the poorest citizen could serve if elected or chosen by a lot.

4. Athens avoided battle on land and tried to attack  by sea. Sparta would eventually attack by land and burn Athen's food supply.

5. I think some Athenians found the ideas of Socrates so disturbing because he was so much different than any other Greek teacher and His type of teaching wasn't really taught to be the way to do it back then.

4/2/19

Today we finished up the last three presentations in our class which were Kyle's group, Sam's group, and Patrick's group. I enjoyed watching these presentations and my favorite was Kyle's group because I thought they made a really funny but yet informing video. Sam's group was pretty cool because they came up with their own scenario and had the class vote by giving everyone white and black stones (white means yes and black means no) and then he counted them up and we voted that the workers would not be killed for killing their tyrant of a leader. And Patrick's group didn't really show us anything other than an oar but their presentation was on naval warfare so that's that. So that wraps up the Greece presentations and that probably means we're going back to learning.