test day

Today we took a test on ancient egypt. I was not prepared for this test so I'm not expecting an A. The test was very easy but the last few questions confused me so it could go either way. The pyramid challenge is going to help me with this because i got an A on that. 

cyber day questions

1. what direction does the nile flow

          A. north to south           B. east to west        C. south to north     D. west to east

           

    2. what is the oldest monument in the world?

          A. the great wall of china   B. the great sphinx   C. the Eiffel tower   D. lady liberty

    

    3. who was at the top of the daily life pyramid?

          A. pharaohs     B. scribes     C. government officials   D. farmers

    4. what month does the nile flood each year?

          A. april     B. october    C. december   D. july

    5.how many gods and goddesses were there? 

          A. 1000     B. over 2000    C. 300   D. 200

pyramid game

In todays class we did a game in which the first 2 people get A's the second 2 people get B's and the rest get C's. Megan and i got first so we got a's this really will help my grade. We basically guessed and got lucky with the game. we were done long before most people so we could do our blogs in class. 

video

mummification
              Ancient Egyptians came up with mummification to preserve the body for the after life. They take out certain organs, then they cover the body with salt and let it settle for 40 days, oils were put on te body, then they would glue down the linen to the body, then they place the mummy on a wooden board and wrap some more, then they put a pouch on the chest for a religious meaning, finally they put a cover on the mummy. After all of the preaping hey would paint symbols on the outside of the cloth.

About Egypt             Ancient Egypt civilization lasted from 3000 BCE - 332 BE. This civilization lasted so long because of their many resources, like the Nile River. Every summer the river flooded which left lots of rich soil to plant. The Nile was well tamed with the simple use of irrigation and the use of canals. Egyptians were buried with precious items because they believed in after life. There are three different time periods in Ancient Egypt, The old Kingdom, The middle Kingdom, and The new Kingdom.

Pyramid Quest
           A young man went on a quest to look for treasures in the pyramids. He didn't bring warriors but he brought architects. He ended up not finding anything inside, this left him questioning. But today we have discovered way more about the chambers in the Pyramids, we know that there is more than just a tum that was put in the massive Pyramid. There is an underground tunnel in the Pyramid too.
 

cyber day

The Egyptians were very intelligent people. We use what they invented a few thousand years later now. They created pyramids for the pharaohs. Under these ancient statues are pharaohs of egypt. They filled these places with gems and gold but also there bodies. They believed in the after life and if you put all there belongings in there they will go with them.  mummies were what we mostly call these preserved bodies in egypt. Hieroglyphic is there writing that they created. They would be pictures. 

ancient egypt

• soldiers used wooden weapons w/ bronze tips and might ride chariots 
• nobles known as the white kilt class priest, physicians, engineers
• pharaoh is a religious and political leader 
• lord of the two lands 
•  high priest of every temple
• owned all land 
• makes all laws
• collected taxes 
• defended egypt against foreigners 
• hatshepsut was a women who served as pharaoh 
• cleopatra also served as pharaoh 
• over 2000 gods and goddesses 
• they controlled the lives of humans 

at home sick

Im at home sick today so i won't be in west civ today. 

wednesday

• geography:
• egyptians life is centered around the nile
• flows south to north
• water for irrigation, bathing, drinking, transportation
• every july it floods
• every october it leaves rich soil 
• delta is a soil triangular area
• managing the river requires technology 
• pyramids:
• the great sphinx
• a recumbent
• oldest monument in the world
• daily life:
• pharaoh- gov officials- soldiers- scribes- merchants- artisans- farmers- slaves
• slaves help the wealthy 
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test day

In todays west civ class we took the test on the movie. Im not sure that i did took good. It was hard for me to figure it out. I will be very happy if i did well. After the test we checked the last test and I'm very happy about that test. I hope for the best for the next test that we take. 

review day

In class today Mr. Schick graded our test from last week on the beginning of agriculture. As he was doing that we were reviewing our test on the movie Guns, Germs, and Steel. After he showed us all of our test scores. I was actually happy about my score; i got a 84% and im very happy i got that because last semester i was lucky to get an 80% so hopefully this is a good sign that ill be doing good this semester. 

finishing the movie

In todays class we finished the movie. basically the answer to the guys question was that each country either is geographically unlucky or geographically lucky. An island is one of the most unlucky geographic place to build up a colony. 

February 4th blog

In west civ class we continued on watching the movie we found out that only 12 animals are able to be domestic animals out of the couple million of animals in the world. There are none from the island most are from the middle east.. near the fertile crescent. They aren't even from north america. This shocked me because our country is upgraded and basically new compared to the rest of the world so why are we doing so well without these animals 

movie

In west civ class we watched the movie. We only had a half hour class because of the two hour delay so we didn't have much time to watch it.  But we found out that you have to geographically lucky to get a lot of crops to support them self. And the island is an unlucky place.