Test Day

Today in Western Civ, we took our prehistory to civilization test, the test was adequate, we were able to use our blogs which made it that much easier. If you had good information in your blog, then that really helped you. overall I think I did very god on the test.

last review for the test

Prehistory- a period of time before written records
Paleolithic Age- (Old Stone Age)
Neolithic Age- (New Stone Age) advanced tool making and agriculture
Agriculture Revolution- also known as Neolithic Revolution, more permanent settlements, beginning in Southwestern Asia.
Cuneiform- Sumerians invented the earliest form of writing known as cuneiform
Ziggurat- a Sumerian temple built on top of a mountain
Indo-Europeans- people from the grasslands of the Russian steepe who introduced the horse to the near east. (called hitties) they brought knowledge to give to others
 

200,000 years ago human species emerged in southwest Africa
advances in tool making and agriculture
the agriculture revolution is also known as the Neolithic revolution
they study more than god- polytheism
the moon cycle starts the calendar or creates
the first two new inventions are the wheel and plow
hierarchies are ahead of the hierarchs
why did the period know as prehistory end?      they started to try new things out about planting and shelter
Asian minor
hirearches appeared in the village life
epic of Gilgamesh is the title (flood)
people started to learn how to grown and settle in the same spot centered on agriculture
hierarches appeared in village life

 

Review

Today in western civ we reviewed for our test this Friday.  we learned about Hammurabi's code. Hammurabi's code are the first set of laws that were made. these laws were very unfair and were poorly treated against women in that time period. some of the crazy consequences was being drowned or getting an eye taking out.

Study Day

Today in Western Civ, Mr. Schick was not there, so we had a substitute. Therefor we had time to ourselves to study for our test this Friday the 30th. Our test will be covered on the power point we did in class, and that is about prehistory to civilization. This unit is very interesting.

New Unit: Prehistory to Civilization

           Today we talked about our new unit. Paleolithic age is the stone age and Neolithic age is the new stone age. Agriculture Revolution is also called Neolithic Revolution. Population increased because the ability to care for young children . Many cities and towns were founded. Sumer- occupied the land between Tigris and the Euphrates. 14,000 years ago, worldwide human  race existed. 200,000 years ago human species emerged in  Southwest Africa.

First day!

Today was the first day of the new semester, which means we started western civilization. Today we talked about how to use the bog and the rules and procedures for Mr. Schick's class. We talked about how when we are going to be taking notes as a class when there is a power point, we all need to use a composition book to write down the information. Mr. Schick wants us to do this so that we are not distracted by our computers when we are supposed to be learning. Blogs are due every time we have class that night at 12 midnight, but Fridays they are due no later than midnight Saturday. Overall I think this is going to be a good last semester.