Tuesday, September 29, 2009

adventures in ancient greece

athens

1)young boy

2)hoplite

3)house

4)acroplis

5)young girl

6)partheon

7)pynx

8)olive tree
sparata


1)young boy
2)trembler
3)tree
4)solider
5)young girls
6)mother
7)stealing
8)mountains



i got six correct on the quiz and i made 156 on the game

Monday, September 28, 2009

STUDY GUIDE

AFRICAN LANDSCAPE:
DESERTS:2/5 OF AFRICAN CONTINENTS IS COVERD WITH DESERT
SAHARA:IN NORTH AFRICA
KALAHARI:IN SOUTH AFRICA
SAVANNA:LAND CHARACTERIZED BY WET AND DRY SEASONS;COVERED BY GRASSES AND SHRUBS
MOUNTAINS
ATLAS MOUNTAIN RANGE: AFRICA LONGEST MOUNTAIN RANGE
MT. KILIMANJARO:AFRICA TALLEST MOUNTAIN
NILE RIVER:LONGEST RIVER
LAKE VICTORIA:LARGEST LAKE
GREAT RIFT VALLEY:LARGEST RIFT IN THE EARTH SURFACE
AFRICAN HISTORY:
BEGAN AFTER THE:FLOOD
EBED MELECH:HELPED JEREMIAH WHEN HE WAS CAST INTO PRISON BY KING ZEDEKIAH;FAMOUS CUSHITES
UNNAMED ETHIOPIAN: MOST FAMOUS CUSHITE IN WORLD HISTORY; TREASURER FOR QUEEN CLANDANCE OF CUSH;PHILIP LED THIS TREASUERS TO CHRIST
EDESIUS:HE WAS SHIP WRECKED AND TAKEN 2 ETHOPIA AS SLAVES;PREACHED THE GOSPEL;CREDITED WITH BRINGING CHRISTIANITY 2 AFRICA
FRUMENTIUS: HE WAS SHIP WRECKED AND TAKEN 2 ETHOPIA AS SLAVES;PREACHED THE GOSPEL;CREDITED WITH BRINGING CHRISTIANITY 2 AFRICA;1ST BISHOP OF THE ETHIOPIAN CHRISTIAN CHURCH
EXPLORATION&MISSIONS:
"THE WHITE MAN'S GRAVE": NAME OF AFRICA DURING THE 19TH CENTURY
MUNGO PARK:EXPLORED AFRICA FROM 1805-1806; TRACED MOST OF THE NILE RIVER
HUGH CLAPPERTON:EXPLORED AFRICA FROM 1822-1824;1ST EURPOEAN TO CROSS THE SAHARA DESERT
ALEXANDER LAING: EXPLORED AFRICA FROM 1825-1826;1ST EUROPEAN TO REACH TIMBUKTU
ROBERT MOFFATT:ONE OF 1ST MISSIONARIES TO AFRICA;EXPLORED AFRICA FROM 1795-1883
DAVID LIVINGSTONE:1ST EUROPEAN TO SEE VICTORIA FALLS
EUROPEAN RULE: BY WW1(1914), ONLY 2 AFRICAN STATES WERE INDEPENDENT ETHIOPIA AND LIBERIA;EVERYONE ELSE IN AFRICA RULED BY EUROPEANS
PROGRESS: LAWℴSCHOOL FOUNDED;ROADS/RAILROADS CONSTRUCTED;HOSPITALS ESTABLISHED;NEW CITIES BULIT
1950s&1960s: A MOVE TOWARD &INDEPENDENCE FROM EUROPEAN RULE; BEGAN WITH GHANA IN 1957
GENERAL IDI AMIN: SEIZED POWER IN UGANDA;RULED UNTIL 1979;DEVOUT MUSLIM





Wednesday, September 23, 2009

PHOTOS

Photo 1-
HOLD BUNCH OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT SOME BONES
Photo 2-
HOLD BUNCH OF BLACK PEOPLE WITH SOME CUTE CLOTHES ON
Photo 3 -
THESE MEN IN A TRUCK LOOKING AT TWO BIG LIONS
Photo 4 -
A BIG PRETTY CITY
Photo 5 -
LOOKS LIKE A BIG LAKE OR POND FULL WITH ALOT OF WATER
Photo 6 -
A PRETTY FLAG
THE REAL ANSWERS TO THE PHOTOS:
Photo 1-ARCHAEOLOGIST EXAMINES FOSSILS FOUNDED IN NORTHERN KENYA
Photo 2-MASAI WOMAN REVEAL PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH THERE JEWERLY
Photo 3 -A TOURIST IN KENYA'S MASAI MARA RESERVES WATCHING TWO LIONS
Photo 4 -NAIRBOI IS ONE OF AFRICA LARGEST CITY
Photo 5 -KENYA LAKE VICTORIA LARGEST LAKE IN AFRICA
Photo 6 -KENYAN FLAG

AFRICA GAMES

AFRICA MAP GAME:
TIFFANY:178 SECONDS
MADISON: WASNT NOT HERE
MINI GAME DEMO:
TIFFANY:I FINISH THE GAME
MADISON WASNT HERE
TIFANY, THESE GAMES WERE PRETTY MUCH FUN, I LOVE THE WAY HOW T.JENNY FINDS THESE DIFFERENT GAMES THAT ARE FUN AND COOL. I MEAN THESE GAMES KEEPS ME INTEREST IN THEM. LIKE SOME GAMES I WAS BORED REAL EASILY BUT NOT THESE GAME. THANK YOU T.JENNY 4 GETTING SOME FUN GAMES.I REALLY,REALLY,REALLY ENJOYED THEM ALOT.
TIFFANY, THE AFRICAN MAP WAS KIND OF HARD BUT IT WAS FUN THO. IT HAD SOME PARTS OF THE MAP THAT I DID NOT EVEN KNOW WAS A COUNTRY IN AFRICA. I MEAN SO OF THE MAP PIECES WERE VERY SMALL. I MEAN I REALLY ENJOYED THIS GAME TO BECAUSE IT HELPED ME UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERYTHING WAS IN AFRICA.
ALL OF AFRICA:
TIFFANY:I COULD NOT GET ON THE GAME

Monday, September 21, 2009

chapter 6 section review 1and indentify

1) 2/5, SAHARA-NORTH AFRICA, KALAHARI-SOUTH AFRICA, SAHARA
2) ATLAS MOUNTAIN RANGE, MT.KILIMANJARO
3) LAKE VICTORICA
4)GREAT RIFT VALLEY
INDENTIFY:
DARK CONTINENT: AFRICA B/C IT WAS UNEXPLORED DURING THE 19TH CENTURY
SAVANNA: COVERED BY GRASSED AND SHRUBS
LAKE TANGANYIKA: 2ND WORLDS LONGEST AND 2ND DEEPEST FRESH WATER LAKE

Thursday, September 17, 2009

CHAPTER 5 STUDY GUIDE ANSWERS

SAHARA:WORLD'S LARGEST DESERT
NILE:WORLD'S LONGEST RIVER
EGYPT: CALLED THE SEEDBED OF AFRICAN CULTURE
MIZRAIM:MOST ANICENT NAME OF EGYPT;NAME OF ONE OF HAMS SONS; BIBLE CALLS EGYPT THE LAND OF HAM
LAND OF HAM: BIBLE CALLS EGYPT
NOMES:SMALL STATES
PHARAOHS:STRONG RULERS; DIVIDED NOMES INTO LOWER AND UPPER EGYPT
MENES:1ST PHARAOH OF EGYPT; UNTIED UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT;EGYPT BECAME KNOWN AS "KINGDOM OF THE TWO LANDS"
"THE GIFT OF THE NILE":HERODOTUS CALLED EGYPT
HIEROGLYPHICS:THE WRITING SYSTEM;CONTAIN OVER 700 CHARACTERS
BOOK OF THE DEAD:MOST IMPORTANT EGYPTIAN WORK;CONTAINED PRAYERS,HYMNS,SPELLS,AND OTHER INFORMATION TO GUIDE SOULS THROUGH THE AFTERLIFE
MEMPHIS:ONE IMPORTANT EGYPTIANS CITES, KNOWN AS NOPH IN HEBREW BIBLE; NOTHING REMAIN BUT TO GRANITE COLOSSI AND ONE ALABASIET SPHINK
THEBES:MEANS CITY OF THE DEAD NOTHING REMAIN BUT THE VAST NECROPLIS
NECROPOLIS:CITY OF THE DEAD
PYRAMID:TOP-PHAROAH,SIDES-PRIEST AND OFFICIALS,BASE-EVERYONE ELSE;SYMBOLIZES EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT
MONARCHY:RULED BY ONE KING
THEOCRACY:RULED BY GOD
HUMANISM:WORSHIPED MEN(PHAROAHS)
NATURALISM:WORSHIPED FORCES OF NATURE
EGYPTIAN TOMBS: MAN SPENT AS MUCH TIME PREPARING HIS TOMB FOR THE AFTERLIFE
POLYTHEISM:BELIEVED IN THOUSANDS OF gODS AND gODDESSESS
GREAT PYRAMID OF CHEOPS: ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD
KING TUT:TEENAGE PHAROAH WHO DIED AT 18 TEEN
MUMMIFICATION: PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF THE DEAD, HUGE TOMBS AND PYRAMIDS WERE USED AS CASKETS.
OLD KINGDOM:DYNASTIES 3-6, THREE IMPORTANT MONARCHS1)CHEOPS2)KHAFRE3)MENKAURE
PYRAMIDS AT GIZA: CHEOPS,KHAFRE, AND MENKAURE BUILT THEM
GREAT SPHINX:HEAD OF A MAN, BODY OF A LION BEARS THE LIKNESS OF KHAFRE
MIDDLE KINDGOM:11TH DYNASTY, KING MENTUBOLEP 1 ESTABLISHED CAPITAL AT THEBES
KING MENUHOTEP 1: KING OF THE MIDDLE KINDGOM
HYKSOS:ASIATIC WARRIORS, CONQUERED THE MIDDLE KINGDOM
AHMOSE1:KING OF THE NEW KINDGOM
NEW KINGDOM: 18-20TH DYNASTY, DROVE THE HYKSOS OUT OF EGYPT
HATSHEPUT:MAY OF BEN MOSES MOM; ONLY FEMALE PHAROAH
AMENHOTEP 2:THUTMOSE 3 SON,MAY HAVE BEN PHAROAH
LATER NEW KINGDOM: RAMSES2 MOST OUTSTANDING EGYPTIAN MONARCH
RAMSES 2: MOST OUT STANDING EGYPTIAN MONARCH
ALEXANDER THE GREAT: CONQUERED EGYPT 332B.C
ALEXANDRIA: BECAME MOST IMPORTANT CITY IN ALEXANDERS EMPIRE
LIGHT HOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA: ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD 440-FOOT HIGH MARBLE TOWER AND WITH A FIRE BURNING PITCH AND A GIANT REFLECTIVE MIRROR THE LIGHT

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Facts and Photos

a. Tell me about rainfall in Egypt, and the importance of the Nile River.
Without it, all of Egypt would be a desert. They only get an inch a year.
b. Egypt is divided into what 2 sections?
Upper and Lower Egypt
c. Tell me about Northern & Southern Egypt.
Southern Egypt has low mountains and desert. Northern Egypt is made of valleys.
d. Egypt is home to which animals? Which plants?
Cheetahs, Hyenas, Crocodiles, and cobras. Deserts, mountains, coastal areas and wetlands.
e. What did the Egyptians leave paintings & carvings of?
Left paintings and carvings of large animals like elephants and cheetahs.
f. Civilization was established by what year? How long ago did they settle there?
By 3000B.C. 8,000 years ago.
g. When did Lower & Upper Egypt unite?
Around 3100 B.C.
h. When did Egypt fall under Roman control? When did Muslims take over Egypt?
31 B.C. A.D. 640
i. Who invaded Egypt in 1882? What did they want? When did Egypt declare independence?
British control of the Suez Canal 1952
j. 90 percent of Egyptians are what religion?
Muslim
k. Why is overcrowding a problem in Egypt today?
They live on a narrow strip of land.
l. Why are children highly valued in their culture?
Help on family farms and take of their parents later on.
m. What type of gov't is Egypt today?
Democratic Republic
n. What is Egypt's largest single source of foreign income? Why do you think that is?
Tourism. Visitors flock to see the ancient srtifacts like the sphinx
o. What is the official name of Egypt?
Arab Republic of Egypt
p. What is the capital of Egypt?
Cairo
q. What is the population/official language of Egypt?
78,887,007 Arabic
r. What's the currency in Egypt? (Money)
Guinay





PHOTOS:

a. Describe what's going on in the Egypt photos (don't look at the caption!)
Photo 1- large ship in water
Photo 2- woman looking at watermelon; man riding bike in market
Photo 3 - camel with fuzzballs
Photo 4 - bunch of buildings
Photo 5 - women getting water in a vase
Photo 6 - flag


5. Now, go back and post the captions for each photo to your blog. Were you close?
Photo 1- large ship steams through the suez canal in Egypt
Photo 2- shoppers walk through an open-air market in Luxor, Egypt.
Photo 3 - Camel stands near the great pyramids in Giza, Egypt
Photo 4 - crowded cairo, egypt, has more than 18,000,000 people
Photo 5 - 2 women fill their jugs with water from the nile river
Photo 6 - Egyptian flag





7. Answer the following questions from "FACTS 1-17" and post your answers to your blog:
a. What do Nile crocodiles resemble? What do they feed on?
armored tanks with a mouthful of teeth; feed on insects and small fish
b. How does the male croc get the female croc's attention?
bellows ans splashes, and slaps his snout on the water
c. Where does the female lay her eggs?
hole on the riverbank, shoreline, or bedstream
d. How many eggs does she deposit? Does she watch them?
25-80 eggs; keeps constant guard over her eggs
e. How do the mom & dad croc know when the baby crocs are ready to hatch?
They send out high-pitched sounds
f. Where does mom bring them once they hatch?
Picks em up in he rmouth and carries em to the river.
g. How do crocs control their temperature?
sun bathing
h. What's the scientific name for crocodile? How long can they grow?
Crocodylus Niloticus; up to 20 feet
i. How long can they live? What kind of feet do they have?
45 years and have webbed feet
j. Where do Nile crocs live?
rivers, marshes, and lakes of southern africa
k. How can you tell an alligator from a crocodile?
crocs have long snouts and gators have round ones
l. What do crocs use their tails for?
like an oar to propel themselves through the water
m. What do crocs eat? (mammals)
babboons, impala, wildebeest, hyeenas
n. What type of huge prey do crocs kill?
giraffes, lions, buffalo, hippopotamuses
o. Tell me about a croc's brain.
Have the most developed brain of all reptiles
p. How do stones aid in digestion for crocs?
help them digest their food.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Ancient Eygpt

tiffany:10/10 And 6/10
madison wasnt here

section review 3 and indentify

1) old, middle, & new
2) khufu, khafre,and menkaure art and architecture
3)king Mentuhatep 1, when abraham and his family entered egypt in search of food
4)Ahmose 1 and to earse the remebrance of the hated dommation of egypt
5)hatsheput
6)egypt restablished its own empire in asia durring this period, and Thutmose 3, it may been the pharaoh during the hebrew exodus
7)he seized control of the suez canal, which created an international crisis involving egypt, israel, britain, france and the united states
8)anwar el sador and negotriated with israel prime minister
Indentify
Giza: three largest pyramids are located
sphinx: head of a man and body of a lion
Twelfth Dynasty: kings established their capital at Thebes
Hyksos: shepherd kings or ruler of foreign countries
Ramses 2: most outstanding monarch
Alexandria: became the most important city in alexander empire
Septuagint: old testament translated into greek
Ptolemy: established the hellenistic dynasty
Cairo: became the center the center of Egyptian life and one of there great cities of the Arab world
Suez canal: nassar seize it creating an international crisis
Hosni Nubarak: under hi srule israel completed it withdrawl from the sinai peninsula
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Friday, September 11, 2009

Egyptian Games

Daily Life in ancient Egypt:
-Madison: 12 out of 12 (Phenominal Pharoah)
-Tiffany: 10 out of 12

Tomb of the Unknown Mummy:
-Madison: 10 artifacts and 4 lanterns
-Tiffany: 9 artifacts and 4 lanterns

The tomb we excavated and explored belonged to a doctor. We found blades in the tomb which kinda gave it away.



Critter Cam Africa:
Didn't Work!!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Game Scores

Egyptian Store:
-Madison: 40+38+45=123
-Tiffany: 31+40+38=109


The Nile File:

At School:
- Children were beaten. Schoolwork was written in ink on stones. Scribes taught their own sons.

At Home:
- His village was near the valley of the kings. His house was made from river mud.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

EGYPTIAN TOMB ADVENTURE

a. What is a "stela"?
decorated stone
b. What type of writing did Ancient Egyptians use?
hieroglyphs
c. Once you decipher the hieroglyphs, what does it spell?
preist
d. Once you descend into the tomb, what do you find?
anbuis,canopic jar,coffin
e. What do the statues represent?
greek god of nubuis
f. Describe the gods of the Ancient Egyptians.
they were over thing
g. What are the "canopic" jars? What's in them?
with holds th cofins lungs
h. What is the coffin made of?

made of wood coated with plaster
THIS GAME WAS PRETTY COOL. IT HAD SOME FUN FACTS THAT I DIDNT KNOW BUT LIKE. THE MUMMY WAS THE COOLEST THING I LIKE THE THING THAT WAS IN THE MUMMY COFFIN. I LIKE THE DOG THAT WAS IN THE COFFIN. I ALSO LIKED THE DIFFERENT THING.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

PHOTO ANALYSIS AND THAT OTHER GAME

I DID OKAY IN THE GAME. IT WAS KIND OF FUN AND DIFFERENT. IT WAS A HARD GAME I PLAYED 3RD-5TH WHICH WAS KINDA EASY AND THAN I PLAYED 9TH - ADULT AND THAT WAS MORE FUN THAN ANYTHING.


THAT GAME WAS SOO COOL LIKE OMG I WON THE GAME I HAD 55 SECONDS 2 SPARE. IT WAS GETTING WERID FOR A WHILE BECAUSE YOU DIDNT KNOW IF YOU WON THAN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU CLICK THE LAST THING AND YOU WON. I REALLY LIKE THAT GAME ALOT.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

GAMES

WHAT'S IN THE PHOTO:
THAT GAME WAS PRETTY COOL AND FUN, I HAD TO PLAY IT TWICE SO I COULD GET A PERFECT SCORE. THAT GAME SHOWED WHAT DIFFEENT THINGS ARE IN JAPAN AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THEY DID. IT WAS KINDA WERID TRYING TO SEE THE PICTURE WHILE YOU ONLY HAD 15 SECONDS TO ANSWER IT.IN THIS GAME I GOT A 10/10
GESTURE GAME:
THIS GAME WAS VERY FUNNY. LIKE DIDNT KNOW WHAT ONE MEANT SO I HIT THE WRONG ANSWER AND THERE WAS A DOG DOING SOMETHING HE WASNT SUPPOSE TO DO ON A PERSON. LOL I MEAN I REALLY LIKE THAT GAME LIKE WE SHOULD PLAY THAT GAME ALL THE TIME. I GOT A 4/4 ON THE SECOND TRY AND A 1/4 ON MY 1ST TIME.
HIRAGANA PICTURE MATCHING GAME:
THIS GAME WAS KINDA HARD AND YOU COULD NEVER WIN IT SEEMED LIKED IT TOOK FOR EVER. THAT GAME REALLY DID NOT HAVING TRUE FUN MEANING. I WAS DIFFCULT TO UNDERSTAND. I FAILED THE GAME