Ancient Egypt Quiz

Today in Western Civ, we took a quiz on Ancient Egypt. I think I did fairly well on it, considering the fact that I did not study for it until the last minute. Some of the questions I was clueless about, but the others I thought were easy because of the the other options.

Cyber Day 2-26-15

1). What river was right next to Egypt?
A. Nile
B. Mississippi 
C. Tigers 
D. Euphrates 


2) Who was the most powerful person in Egypt?
A. Queen 
B. Gods 
C. Pharaoh 
D. Slave 

3) What was the water of the Nile used for?

A. Bathing 
B. Crops 
C. Drinking 
D. All of the above 

4) What did the Scribes write in?
A. Hieroglyphs 
B. English 
C. Spanish 
D. Sign language 

5) Why were the organs cut out of the pharaoh when he died?

They were cut out of him because they thought when then Pharaoh goes to the other side the gods would put them back into his body.

Pyramid Challenge

Today in Western Civ, we did the pyramid challenge. It was without a doubt the most challenging thing I have been assigned all year in Human Geo or Western Civ. I was able to complete the task, however and received an 85 on it. The way he graded it was kind of weird in my opinion. The first two done got A's, the next two got B's, and after that anyone who finished in class got C's. If you were unsuccessful in finishing the assignment in class, we could do it at home, screenshot it, and receive a D on the assignment. Anyone who failed to complete it, obviously failed it. The project was out of twenty points.

2-23-15

Today in class you were not here, so we all worked on the assignment you gave us. In class I went to your blog and re-went over the whole Egypt power point including all of the videos. I made sure that i had sufficient notes on the geography, gods and goddesses, everyday life social classes and so on. I made sure that i understood the social pyramid and that it went pharaoh, government/noble priests, soldiers, scribes, merchants, artists, farmers, slaves/servants. I also made sure that i understood how important the Nile is to them for agriculture. For me this was a very good review class time.

Cyber Day

Today was a cyber day, and the assignment is to name five Ancient Egyptian inventions. One invention they made was the 1000 glyphs, 400 Egyptian word examples, and the 500 hieroglyphs. Another invention was the pyramids. They made many pyramids in their history, and very high ones at that. They also started mummification, which had to do with their religion. They were also the creators of the hieroglyphic typewriter. They also had a Pharaoh, who was known as half man half God.

2-19-15

Today in Western Civ, we continued to take notes on Ancient Egypt. I learned that there are over 2000 Gods and Goddesses. We also learned that scribes wrote in Hieroglyphs and hieratic. The soldiers used wooden weapons with bronze tips and they might use chariots. The Upper Class was known as the White Kilt Class, and consisted of Priests, Physicians, and Engineers. The Pharaoh was the leader of the Egyptian people. He owned the land, made laws, and collected taxes.

2-18-15

Today in Western Civ, we reviewed the quiz on Guns, Germs, and Steel. I did amazingly well on it, I believe it was the highest quiz or test grade I've ever received in this class. The grade I got was an eighty-eight percent. I was pretty satisfied with the grade, plus it was a step up from the last quiz I took, when i only got a 56 percent. Overall I was extremely pleased with my grade.

2-12-15

Today in Western Civ, we didn't have a teacher for the most part of class. He finally came in with about 15 minutes or so left of class. On Mr. Schicks blog, he posted what he wanted us to do for the day. Today in class, we were supposed to take notes from the presy that our teacher made for us, so thats what we all did.

Egypt

Today in Western Civ, we took our first set of notes on Ancient Egypt. We took notes on their Geography, Daily Life, and The Great Sphinx of Giza. In their geography, the Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River. The Nile River isn't like many others. It flows from south to north, rather than north to south. The people used the Nile River for drinking, irrigating, bathing, and transportation. Every July the Nile River floods., and every October it leaves behind rich soil. In the everyday life for the Ancient Egyptians, they had their upper, middle, and lower class citizens. In order from highest to lowest, The Pharaoh, Government Officials, Soldiers, Scribes, Merchants, Artisans, Farmers, Slaves, and Servants. The Great Sphinx of Giza was basically a recumbent lion with a humans head. It is the oldest monumental statue in the world.

Quiz Day

Today in Western Civ, we took our second quiz of the course. I found it to be a little challenging, but that was for the main reason that I didn't study for this quiz. If I had studied It might have been a whole lot easier. The last quiz we took I failed horribly, so I went to Mr. Schick after class to ask him if I could retake it tomorrow. He said yes, but the main reason that he is allowing me to retake it is because of how miserable my grade on it was. I will take the quiz again with high intentions of passing it.

2-6-15

Today in Western Civ, we studied our notes for the quiz that we found out today is on Monday. I studied my blog, which has the majority of my notes that are in my composition book in it. After we studied our notes for about a half hour or so, Mr. Schick started reviewing with us about the subject. He talked about how they have been trained to survive by working all day. Then Jared Diamond ended up in Papanewguinea by studying birds. He went there and ended up studying Papanewguinea.

2-5-15

Today in Western Civ, we watched the video for the third straight day. We also finished the video, and I learned even more about the prehistoric like village of Papanewguinea. The people invented plaster. They also made a paste for their homes. Another thing they did was make a steel that would change the world forever. Within a thousand years, most of the villages were left behind. They were killing the environment. They all moved west and east. The animals followed, creating a boom in human history. Their geography was the main reason that the people advanced.

Video

Today in Western Civ, we continued watching the video on Papanewguinea. We discussed the multiple problems they have over there, and we also talked about what animals have and haven't been domesticated. There are currently only fourteen animals that have been domesticated on the entire planet. This was honestly to my surprise that there were only fourteen. The nay fourteen domesticated animals on the planet consist of goats, sheep, pigs, cows, horses, donkeys, Bactrian Camels, Arabian Camels, water buffalo, llamas, reindeer, yacks, mythons, and Bali Cattle. All of these animals can and have been domesticated. Most animals that cannot be domesticated have similar qualities. Zebras could be domesticated, seeing as they are very similar to horses. The only problem with trying to domesticate zebras is the fact that they are terrified by all of their predators. So, whenever a zebra is working, such as hauling a plow, if they even heard the slightest noise they would probably take off in Fear, thus naming the people and probably destroying the plow.

2-2-15

Today in Western Civ, we continued to watch the video about the one island. It has taught me many things about how they have to live like the prehistoric era. I think it must be horrible to have to live like that, but they don't. This is simply because they've all grown up like that and are used to that way of life. One man asked why the white men have so much cargo, but them as black people have very little. One man is in search of the answer to that question.