02/27/15 Test today

On today's class we got a test for Ancient Egypt, there's only 26 question in the test but each one worth 4 point. I think I didn't do so bad on the test.

02/26/15 Cyber day Test Questions

Today we have a Cyber day because of the snow, and we will have a test tomorrow about the ancient Egypt. Here's five question that I have:

• When is the Great Sphinx of Giza been built 
• 1500-2235 B.C
• 1055-1555 B.C
• !555-2532 B.C
• 2055-2532 B.C
• Which of the following has NOT been built by Egyptian
• Hieroglyphics
• Eye-makeup 
• Ship
• Paper 

Paper-making is a Chinese invention.

• Describe people's life in Ancient Egypt in your opinion with the things we learned

• List SIX invention that invent by Egyptian and describe the benefits of them(at least FOUR).
  

02/25/15 Class

Today in WestCiv class we played a game about the Ancient Egypt, we have to choose the food and the stuff that they need, then we will have a game like to control a ship to arrive the final line. Mr. Schick told us  the first two group finished the game will get a A grade, and the second two group will get a B, and the group that finished during the class time will get a C. I am so confused about the chooses and I always got the most difficult way during the game, so I will try the game overnight until I pass it.

Class Assignment 02/13/15

The First Video (John Green)

• One of the oldest civilizations
• Ancient Egypt (3000 B.C. to 332B.C)
• Nile flooded in every summer 
• The Nile shaped Ancient Egyptian Culture
• The Nile was the safest and richest agriculture of the world 
• Easy to planted 
• People here use Basin Irrigation
• Hieroglyphics for sacred writing, and demotic script for contracts and agreements
• Egyptian communities existed only along the Nile

He talked really fast and include a lot of information about Ancient Egypt, like the old, middle and new Kingdoms.

The Second Video (Pyramid Quest)

• Pyramid was guarded by Sphinx
• There is a stone that can be moved on the side of the pyramid of Cheops, it 惨leading you to the inside where the grave is. 
• The grotto is the least explored area of the pyramid of Cheops

This video is talk about the Pyramid and its history in Egypt.

The Third Video (Mummy)

• Mummification is developed by ancient Egyptians to preserve body for after life
• All the internal organs removed, and then body was covered with salt and wait it to dry up, poured oils on him, then covered with wrappings, then put a wooden board under him and cover again, his name was written at the feet

Cyber Day

• CLOCKS
• The Egyptians were the next (after Sumerians lost their passing knowledge) to formally divide the day into parts (like hours).  The clock and time division can make people's life become more regular and make the farmers can get more effective control of the growth of crops when they're farming.
• MARSHMALLOW CANDY
• The earliest Marshmallow was made by plant, and it's totally different than the candy that we eat now. The Marshmallow in ancient Egypt was used to soothe children's sore throats. That's really a smart invention that can make children eat the disgusting medicine in a funny way.
• WRITTING
• The Egyptians wrote in hieroglyphs and in hieratic. It's can keep the recalled so later people can know what happened even though they perished.
• TOOTHPASTE  
• Because their bread had so much grit and sand in it, the Egyptians had a lot of problems with their teeth. They invented the toothbrush and toothpaste in an effort to take care of their teeth. That's a really wonderful inventions that all the people uses the toothpaste now.
• SHIP
• They originally built small boats from papyrus reeds, but later began to build large ships from cedar wood imported from Lebanon. Because of the Nile River is the major things for the Egyptians, so building ships is very convenient to them.

Thursday's class 02/19/15

On that day we continued talked about "Egypt", here's the notes that I took;

• Wrote in hieroglyphs and in hieratic

• Soldiers used wooden weapons (bow&arrows, spears) w/ bronze tips and might ride chariots

• Upper Class, known as the "white kilt class" - priests, physicians, engineers

• Religious and Political leader

• Pharaohs - The political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: 'Lord of the Two Lands' and 'High Priest of Every Temple 

• He owned all land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners

• Hatshepsut was a women who served as pharaoh

• Cleopatra VII also served  as pharaoh but much later (51 - 30 BC) more on her when we study Greece

02/18/15 Class

On today's WestCiv's class we go over the test "Guns, Germs And Steel". Here is the question that I did wrong.

• All great civilizations have ha three things in common
• specialized workers
• large populations
• advanced technology 
• The focal point of the village of Drah' was a unique structure, which we now recognize as a granary.
• A domesticated animal is NOT a carnivore. 
• Jared Diamond most likely to say: "It is impossible, under any circumstances, to imagine Yali's people inventing the helicopter."

02/12/15 Class

Today we had a class, but we didn't see Mr. Schick, so I just work on my homework and taking with someone and go over my blog.

02/11/15 Ancient Egypt

Today we started a new section called Ancient Egypt. 

Geography

• Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River

• The Nile River start from south to North

• water for drinking, irrigation, bathing and transportation

• every July it floods

• every October it leaves behind rich soil 

• the delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt

• managing the river required technological breaking throughs in irrigation

Pyramids

• the Great sphinx of Giza 

• built 1555 - 2532 B.C

• a recumbent lion with a human's head

• the oldest monumental statue in the world

Daily life

• Pharaoh 

• Government official Nobles Priests

• Soldiers

• Scribes 

• Merchants - use money/barter system - merchants might accept bags of grain for payment - later coinage came about

• Artisans - would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife 

• Farmers - raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benitted from irrigation of the Nile

• Slaves and Servants - help the wealthy with household and ehildraisisg duties

02/07/15 Class on Friday

On that day we got a new seat, my seat is still next to Christina. And then Mr. Schick  told us we will have a test on Monday for the movie that we just finished watching. We have to know what did Jarod Diamond do in Papua New Guniea, and how people's lifestyle here. Hopefully that I can get a good grades on the test.

02/05/15

Today we finished watching the movie.  "Guns Germs and Steel" That'a really a good movie that showed us a lifestyle very far aways how do people live like long long years ago. They don't have Science and advanced Technology, they just live like people live years ago, but they still enjoy their lifestyle.

Blog for last Friday 01/30/15

On last Friday we started watched the movie.  "Guns, Germs, and Steel" 

• A biologist named Jarod Diamond was in Papua new guinea and studied about birds, the new Guineans thought the White was superior than them because the white have a lot of stuff but they don't. Jarod Diamond disagreed with that.

02/05/15 Notes

Today we continued watched the movie "Guns Germs and Steel", here's the notes that I took.

• Farming in Papua New Guinea is 10000 years old.
• People here sometimes eat spiders for food.
• People has been used animal to make them get out.
• Animal is be used in protein supplement.
• People can only live if they are good farmers.

02/02 Guns, Germs, and Steel

Today we continued watched the movie. Guns, Germs, and Steel

• The successful Civilization have 3 common things
• Technology 
• Population
• Job opportunity 
• China - rice
• The Americas - corn, squash and beans
• Africa - millet, yams and sorghum.
• Farming in Papua New Guinea is like 10000 years old