VIDEO#1 1. Why did the Sumerians develop written language?
ANSWER: the sumerians develop witten language to recoed what had happen year to year how many animal die and how many were born.
VIDEO#2
1. What do the symbols is Cuneiform represent?
ANSWER:wayshape
2. What surface did they write on and how did they do it (briefly describe the process)?
ANSWER:they would used a stylus which they would cut them from weeds whih grow aroun the rivers.they write on clay tables. they pat the clay as pancakes then cu a stylus press it in to the clay and start writing
3. What were some of the things they drew on?
ANSWER: in clay
TEXTBOOK
1)Terms and Name
Identify
-Fertile Crescent: an arc of rich farmiand in the southwest asia between the pesian gulf ad the mediterranean sea
-Silt: the fine soil carried in the water of rivers
-Irrigaion: the bringing of water to crop fields by means of canals and ditches
-City-state: a city and its surrounding lands functionin as an idependent political unit
-Dynasty : a series of rulers from a single family
-Cultural diffusion: the spreading of ideas or product from one curlture to another
-Polytheism: a belief in many god
-Empire: a political unit in when a number of people or countrie are controlled b a single ruler
-Hammurabi: help unify the diveres group within his empire
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Current Event#1
IRAQ
BY: Steven Lee Myers
Date: September 1,2010
Website: Nytimes
Link:http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iraq/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=iraq%20war&st=cse
This articel is about the election on Iraq.There was an election on December of 2009 which didn't happen on till March of 2010.Votes were close that Iraqi political leaders were deadlocked over forming of the new government.Mr President Obama declared to end th combat mission in Iraq.Some of the facts that are discussed in the articel are to protect the civilians in a country that is still home to insurgents with Al Qaeda and Iranian-backed militias, the State Department is planning to more than double its private security guards, up to as many as 7,000, according to administration officials who disclosed new details of the plan.The reason why i chocie this news story,as opposed to any other was because i found it intersting and Iraq is a place where alot of thing happens.This article is related to unit we are currently studing because today in class we were talking about Iraq
BY: Steven Lee Myers
Date: September 1,2010
Website: Nytimes
Link:http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iraq/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=iraq%20war&st=cse
This articel is about the election on Iraq.There was an election on December of 2009 which didn't happen on till March of 2010.Votes were close that Iraqi political leaders were deadlocked over forming of the new government.Mr President Obama declared to end th combat mission in Iraq.Some of the facts that are discussed in the articel are to protect the civilians in a country that is still home to insurgents with Al Qaeda and Iranian-backed militias, the State Department is planning to more than double its private security guards, up to as many as 7,000, according to administration officials who disclosed new details of the plan.The reason why i chocie this news story,as opposed to any other was because i found it intersting and Iraq is a place where alot of thing happens.This article is related to unit we are currently studing because today in class we were talking about Iraq
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
hw#6
Location:
Answer: The Europen had the most earliest agriculture sites.
Place: what geographic features favored the development of agricultural areas before 5000 B.C?
Answer: Africa favored the most development of agriculture areas before 5000 B.C.
Identify:
Nomad means- A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.
Answer: The Europen had the most earliest agriculture sites.
Place: what geographic features favored the development of agricultural areas before 5000 B.C?
Answer: Africa favored the most development of agriculture areas before 5000 B.C.
Identify:
Nomad means- A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.
Hunter&Gatherer means- hunter were the one that hunt animlas and he gatherer was the ones that collect plant food
Neolithic Revolution means- or the agricultural revolution the far-reaching changes in human life resulting from the beginnings of farming.
slash and burn farming means- In which they cut trees or grasses and burned them to clear a field domestication means- the taming of animals.
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had more food
wearther change
framing was great
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had more food
wearther change
framing was great
Monday, September 20, 2010
hw#5
1. What nation does the video focus on?
Answer: This video is focus on Ethiopian.
2. What year was the discovery made?
Answer: this discovery wa made o 1974
3. How many millions of years old is she?
Anwer: She is 3.2 millions years old
4. What does it mean to be bipedal?
Answer: It mean having two feet
5. So from what continent, region and nation did human beings evolve.
Answer: The evolve in the continent of Africa
1. Hunters & Gatherers were constantly moving around. What were they following?
answer: they were constantly moving around by flowing the herd of animals.
2. What did they also collect as they were traveling?
Answer: As they were traveling they collect wildberries,nuts,and greens to eat.
3. Do you think Lucy was a Hunter&Gatherer? explain.
Answer: i thik Lucy was a gatherer beacuse women were the ones that collect food
Answer: This video is focus on Ethiopian.
2. What year was the discovery made?
Answer: this discovery wa made o 1974
3. How many millions of years old is she?
Anwer: She is 3.2 millions years old
4. What does it mean to be bipedal?
Answer: It mean having two feet
5. So from what continent, region and nation did human beings evolve.
Answer: The evolve in the continent of Africa
1. Hunters & Gatherers were constantly moving around. What were they following?
answer: they were constantly moving around by flowing the herd of animals.
2. What did they also collect as they were traveling?
Answer: As they were traveling they collect wildberries,nuts,and greens to eat.
3. Do you think Lucy was a Hunter&Gatherer? explain.
Answer: i thik Lucy was a gatherer beacuse women were the ones that collect food
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
homework#4
1. Define Absolute Location- means the latitude and longitude of a specific place
2. What is the ABSOLUTE LOCATION of:
a. Los Angeles-34 degrees North 118degrees West
b. Paris, France-49 degrees North 2 degrees East
c.Capetwon, South Africa-34 dregrees South 18 degress East
3. Define Relative Location- means describes a place in terms of it's relation to other places and things around it.
a. What is the relative location of London, England-is on the Tems River.
4. What is the Relative Location of Queens, NY- Manhattan
2. What is the ABSOLUTE LOCATION of:
a. Los Angeles-34 degrees North 118degrees West
b. Paris, France-49 degrees North 2 degrees East
c.Capetwon, South Africa-34 dregrees South 18 degress East
3. Define Relative Location- means describes a place in terms of it's relation to other places and things around it.
a. What is the relative location of London, England-is on the Tems River.
4. What is the Relative Location of Queens, NY- Manhattan
Monday, September 13, 2010
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