March 26, 2014

Today in Western Civ, we took a test. I was not going to do well on the test, BUT Mr. Schick surprised us last minute by telling us that our test was open blog! SO, I didn't fail the test! I really feel like I did well on it! It should keep my grade up. If I didn't do well on it, that is okay. It is the beginning of the fourth quarter, and we will have other projects and assignments to bring up my grade. Even blogs help! They may only be worth a couple points, BUT they can either save or kill your grade.

Quote of the Day: "Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes."

March 25, 2014

Today in Western Civ, we watched a video. The video was part of our review for the test that we have TOMORROW!!! I REALLY need to study so I can do as good as I did the last time! Other than that, we didn't really do much in class, The only other thing that happened was a lot of talking and a lot of Mr. Schick kicking Matt's desk, as he was pretending to be the ships that everyone used in the Marines back then called a trireme. Mr. Schick told us to study for the test that we have tomorrow and to go over the Quizlet, our notes, and to finish the video that we watched in class today, for it would really help us out tomorrow.

Quote of the Day: "Rise up and be the best you can be because your world is waiting for you."

March 21, 2014

Aspasia

• Gorgeous and extremely smart young lady
• Fell in love with Pericles

Isagoris

• In charge of the army
• Important dictator
• He was thrown out of office
• Awful person

Cleisthenes

• Takes over Isagoris' position in office
• Pretty much invented democracy
• Willing to share power with everyone
• Aristocrat
• He was saying stuff that panicked people
• He was ostracized (sent out of town)

Darius

•   Made the decision to sail to an island and invade it
• Him and his men go back to Persia and regroup

Pheidippides

• Is told to go get help
• Runs 26 miles to get help

Xerxes

• Creates a new invasion plan
• Decides to come at them with 1 million men

Greeks tried to bring Persians into a smaller area.
A Greek soldier comes over and tricks the Persians. He tells them to attack at night when they won't be ready.

The Greeks were 100% ready and they achieved this massive victory.
Xerxes sat there and watched his own Navy get destroyed right before his eyes.
The Persians packed up and went back to Persia.

The Greeks were so pleased and still couldn't believe their huge victory.
The Greeks should have been destroyed, but due to this amazing strategy, they won.


Pericles

• Ruling in the finest period - The Golden Age
• hubris- so full of yourself and arrogant that you think you can't make a bad decision
• Decided that they are going to attack Sparta (everything went wrong)
• Makes a new strategy and wants to get Sparta to surrender
• Decides that he isn't going to do anything but stay inside the city walls
• Dies because of the plague

Athens is the place to be during The Golden Age.

Sparta ended up raiding Athena and burns and attacks everything and everyone.
Biggest thing that went wrong: The ships that were bringing in all the supplies brought in people that were sick with the plague

People are trying to drink out of the water supply, but it makes everyone sick because of the plague and the sickness spreading.


Oracle of Delphi

• Greeks believed that certain people could see the future and also give you good advice
• When the Persians marched on Athens with their massive army, the leaders went to the Oracle of Delphi and asked what to do. They asked for advice and were expecting some great advice for what to do. But, instead, they basically said that you're doomed.
• They didn't give any advice saying here is how to solve this problem
• The Oracle just pretty much said there is nothing you can do and you're screwed
• The Oracle was supposed to give some brilliant

• The flights of birds helped them know how to tell the future
• They would see what trees they would fly to and how high or low they would fly, etc..
• They would read the entrails of an animal that they just slaughtered
• You would kill an animal, cut it open, and the way that the insides fell out is how they would tell the future

March 20, 2014

Today in Western Civ, we didn't really do anything but talk a lot louder than we should have. We had to go over our presentations for Athens/Sparta again for Mr. Schick because he was kind of confused. So we went over those, and got our grade. Paula and I got a 95 on our presentation and I am very happy with that! It is keeping my grade as the 94 it is! Today has been an amazing day. it is a special day for me! I can't day what it is on here, but if you want to know, Mr. Schick, email me. We ended the class by watching a video of close calls that made us laugh SO much! It was a great class! Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADDIE!

Quote of the Day: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference." -Serenity Prayer

March 19, 2014

Today in Western Civ, Mr. Schick wasn't there, so we were in the gym. We worked on the about 30-35 questions that was on his blog. I worked on it, quietly, with Paula, Jesseca, and Maddie. Here are my answers (I highlighted most of my answers):

1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Greece?
1. peninsula      b. many islands     c. mountainous                d. mostly fertile land
2. Approximately ___________ of Greece is covered by mountains.
1. 2/3                  b. 3/4                         c. 1/2                          d. 1/4
3. Define the term barbarian as it was originally used in the ancient world.

The Greeks first used this term to describe those foreigners that they could not understand, but seemed to be saying "bar bar" when speaking.

A group of people that is able to quickly adapt to the new environment in which they arrive despite speaking a foreign tongue.

A group of people migrating into a territory where they do not speak the native tongue.

A life based upon farming, warfare, and tribal organization.

The word came from the Greek "barbaros," which originally meant "Non-Greek."

What defines a megalithic structure?

Homes that were constructed for people during the Neolithic period

Fortifications constructed for people during the Neolithic period

Massive rough-cut stones used to construct monuments and tombs

Giant dinosaurs whose fossil remains were visible to ancient peoples

Evidence of advanced technological tools

What does the term tribe refer to?

A social and political unit consisting of a group of communities held together by common interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship

A family-based group governed by a hereditary chieftain

A clan-based group prior to the advent of city-states in the Greek world

A group of warriors, related by blood, who are governed by a king or queen

All of these

6. Tribes were governed by
1. Warrior kings or queens                                        d.  all of these
2. Chieftains                                                                  e.  none of these
3. Tribal leaders chosen by warriors
7. Who were the first European barbarians to make contact with civilization?
1. Greeks                                                                       d.  Phoenicians
2. Hittites                                                                      e.  people of Asian Minor
3. Celts
8. Which of the following modern-day countries would NOT be considered a member of “Western civilization”?
1. Greece                                                                        d.  Italy
2. England                                                                     e.  United States
3. China
9. What is the name of the sea located just west of the Greek mainland?
1. Mediterranean Sea                                                  d.  Ionian Sea
2. Aegean Sea                                                                e.  Chesapeake Bay
3. Atlantic Ocean
10. What is the name of the sea located just east of the Greek mainland?
1. Mediterranean Sea                                                  d.  Ionian Sea
2. Aegean Sea                                                                e.  Chesapeake Bay
3. Atlantic Ocean
11. What were the major crops the Aegean people lived on?
1. Rice, vines, and olives
2. Potatoes, vines, and olives
3. Grain, vines, and olives
4. Onions, wheat, and beer
5. Corn, wheat, and rice
12. Which civilization arose on the island of Crete?
1. Mycenaean                                                                d.  Persian
2. Minoan                                                                      e.  Phoenician
3. Spartan
13. Which civilization established settlements along the Greek mainland’s southern shore and on some islands?
1. Mycenaean                                                                d.  Persian
2. Minoan                                                                      e.  Phoenician
3. Spartan 
14. Which civilization built massive walls to protect themselves from attack?
1. Mycenaean                                                                d.  Persian
2. Minoan                                                                      e.  Phoenician
3. Spartan
15. A period of Greek history in which the population dropped, ships no longer sailed, and writing fell out of use, is called the
1. First Persian War                                                    d.  Dark Ages
2. Megalithic Destruction                                          e.  none of these
3. Collapse of Crete
16. Following this time period, the Greeks joined which group as the leading commercial and seafaring nation of the Mediterranean?
1. Etruscans                                                                  d.  Persians
2. Egyptians                                                                   e.  Phoenicians
3. Hittites
17. In historical writing, the letter “c” might appear before a date, as in “c. 1500 BC.”  What does this “c” mean?
1. around                                                                       d.  all of these
2. about                                                                          e.  none of these
3. circa
18. By 600 BC, Greek city-states dotted the coastlines around the Mediterranean Sea.  These were called
1. colonies                                                                     d.  hoplites
2. demos                                                                        e.  megaliths
3. Starbucks
19. Although they varied in size, ancient Greek city-states most closely resembled what modern-day geographical feature?
1. cities                                                                           d.  nations
2. counties                                                                     e.  continents
3. states
20.  This is a form of government in which a small group of citizens dominated, and the power of the majority was limited in various ways.
1. democracy                                                                 c.  oligarchy
2. monarchy                                                                  d.  tyranny
21. This is a form of government in which decisions were made by the majority of adult male citizens.
1. democracy                                                                 c.  oligarchy
2. monarchy                                                                  d.  tyranny 
22. This is a form of government in which a self-proclaimed dictator held power.
1. democracy                                                                 c.  oligarchy
2. monarchy                                                                  d.  tyranny
23. This is a form of government in which power is held by a single ruler, and is often passed along from father to son.
1. democracy                                                                 c.  oligarchy
2. monarchy                                                                  d.  tyranny
24. Spartans used this government system.
1. democracy                                                                 c.  oligarchy
2. monarchy                                                                  d.  tyranny
25. At what age did Spartan males begin their military training?
1. seven                                                                          d.  eighteen
2. twelve                                                                                    e.  twenty-one
3. fifteen
26. What was the wealthiest city-state in the ancient Greek world?
1. Athens                                                                       d.  Sparta
2. Thebes                                                                       e.  Argos
3. Corinth
27. This was the high fortified citadel and religious center of an ancient Greek town.
1. Parthenon                                                                 d.  helos
2. Pantheon                                                                  e.  polites
3. acropolis
28. This was the name of the southern peninsula where Sparta was located.
1. Anatolia                                                                     d.  Stonehenge
2. Mt. Olympus                                                             e.  Peloponnesus
3. Crete
29. These were massive fighting ships with three banks of oars, used to ram or board enemy ships.
1. phalanxes                                                                  d.  biremes
2. hoplites                                                                      e.  triremes
3. tyrants
30. This was a heavily armed and armored citizen-soldier of ancient Greece.
1. phalanx                                                                      d.  bireme
2. hoplite                                                                       e.  trireme
3. tyrant

Short answer.    

1. 410 AD-650 AD
2. The Odyssey and the Iliad
3. The word “Mediterranean” originally meant 'middle land'.

 

 

 

Quote of the Day: "Love is louder than the pressure to be perfect." -Demi Lovato

March 18, 2014

Today, I was not in Western Civ because I had a doctor's appointment.

Quote of the Day: "Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling." -Margaret Lee Runbeck

March 14, 2014

I wasn't in class today because I was at the Junior Ring Mass and Breakfast.

Quote of the Day: "If he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." – Theodore Roosevelt

March 13, 2014

Today, we had an interesting class. We went over the worksheet that we got a couple days back, but not over the WHOLE sheet.. only part of the back side! Throughout the whole class, everyone was being loud and quite obnoxious. Calling out and saying weird things. It was really unnecessary and it actually gave me a headache. But, it wasn't a terrible class. I mean, come on.. how can you have a bad class when you have Mr. Schick as your teacher? From him kicking Stephanie's book out the door and almost into the room across the hall to making jokes about Carly's fear of 9/11. It is definitely one of my favorite classes!

Quote of the Day: "The Best teachers don't give you the answers. They just point the way and let you make your own choices, your own mistakes, that way you get all the glory. And you deserve it." -Mr. Schuester

March 12, 2014

Today in class, Dominic and Logan went over their presentation. They did a very good job, and then Mr. Schick continued to give us facts about certain things on their powerpoint. We all got out our computers and started doing our blogs because we were being given facts that we should know. Mr. Schick was telling us stories and facts about many different parts of Athens, like shows at the theaters. Now while this is going on, I've been spending most of the class feeling like I'm going to throw up because of something that happened this morning. It is making me worry, but I am trying to focus on school and not that one thing.

Quote of the Day: "Worrying doesn't take away tomorrow's troubles. It takes away today's peace."

March 11, 2014

Today for class, we had our Ancient Athens or Sparta presentation/tourist attraction due. We had to present it in the front of the room with our partner(s). My partner was Paula. I think we did a pretty good job on our project! We had to go simple because we could not get together over the weekend, SO we did a simple, but well put together powerpoint. I hope we get a good grade on it!

Quote of the Day: "You can't upload love, you can't download time, you can't Google all of life's answers. You must actually live some of your life." -Unknown

March 7, 2014

Today in class, Mr. Schick wasn't here, so we had Mr. Perry as our sub. We were in his room, Room 222, and we were watching the video where we left off. We were taking notes down on out handout while watching it. Some of us didn't have headphones, so those couple people had to watch it, but listen to it with volume on low. Other than this, we didn't do much in class.

Quote of the Day: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." -Albert Einstein

March 6, 2014

Today in class, we worked on our project. I am in a group with just Paula and I. We are kind of lost, but I really think we can do this well. As Mr. Schick said, we are The Dream Team. So, we are working on this project, and it is due Tuesday. I was doing this blog in class, and we are extremely behind on our project, so I am going to get back to working on it and finding pictures with Paula. I will finish this off with the quote of the day!

The Quote of the Day: "Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people." -Nicholas Sparks

March 5, 2014

Today in class, I was late because I was in the nurse. Once I came back form the nurse and got to the classroom, I found out that they were watching a video and finishing the study guide type quiz thingy that we were doing yesterday. That was what we did for the majority of the class, and we discussed some stuff every now and then through the small amount of time we had because of the Lent mass we had.

Quote of the day: "Religious people are the ones who fear hell, but spiritual people are the ones who have been through hell and don't want to go back." -Unknown

March 4, 2013

Today in class, we were watching a video and taking a "quiz" that was actually a study guide helping type thingy. We watched the video and took down our answers, and Mr. Schick would stop the video throughout the whole video so we could write our answers. The classes were shortened a lot because of our 2 hour delay, so there wasn't really anything else we did in class... just that!

Quote of the day: "March 4th, the only day of the year that is also a sentence."

March 3, 2014

Today, I spent the day at home on twitter and doing homework the whole day. I woke up early, and ended up going out to lunch with friends then I came home and started homework. I started freaking out because I got the email that had the picture of me and Demi Lovato (my favorite singer and the gorgeous young lady that I had the honor of meeting this weekend). I saw my picture, and was VERY excited to see that I had a very big smile on my face while standing next to the most amazing person in my life. I was actually so excited, that I laid in bed, and sobbed for about 2 hours. Once I got myself together, I got back to my homework, and finished all of it so I could get back to freaking out over my picture with Demi, which I will attach to this blog! I had an amazing weekend and amazing extra day off!