Assignment 28

on the timeline game i got a perfect 6 out of 6 =)

in athens we found an olive tree, an athenian soldier, a school boy, a house , a young girl, men gathered on a pynx, the acropolis and the parthenon

in sparta we found a young boy going to military camp, a scaredy cat trembler, a tree with there weapons and armor, a spartan soldier, spartan girls running, a mother loosing her baby, a thief boy and mountains

mount olympus quiz i got a perfect on the spartan and the mount olympus quiz and i only missed one on the athens quiz

assignment 26

on the map game i finished in 163 seconds

on the madagascar game i beat the game it was pretty fun too

but on the last game it wouldnt work on my mac and i couldnt play it

WH Blog Assignment #27

a. Tell me about Kenya's geography/landscape.savannas


b. Where is Kenya? What's the capital?nairobi east africa


c. What lies WEST of Nairobi?Great Rift valley


d. Tell me about the animals in Kenya. What's set up to protect them?elephants,lions,cheetas,giraffes,hippos, zebras, rhinos and more. more than 50 reserves


e. What 2 bodies of water is Kenya located between? How does this affect the culture there?indian ocean and lake victoria/ diverse culture and many ethnic groups and languages.


f. Significance of N. Kenya & Tanzania?may have been the original birthplace of humans


g. Tell me about slavery there in 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s.kidnapped and taken as slaves by arabs an dby the 1800 slavery was outlawed


h. How many languages/ethnic groups are there?60
languages and 40 ethnic groups

i. Tell me about the kids & school.school is free and many children are to busy to go


j. What are some important parts of Kenyan culture?music


k. What's the current government of Kenya like?its a republic judiciary


l. Official name? Form of Gov't? Population? Official Languages?republic of kenya/republic/33830000/ swahili english

m. Money? Mountain Ranges? Major rivers?
kenya shilling mau escarpment ,tana

a. Tell me what YOU think is going on in each photo (don't look at the caption!):

Photo 1-Archeoligists

Photo 2- Africans

Photo 3 - tourists

Photo 4 - some city

Photo 5 - some lake

Photo 6 - african flag?

5. Now, go back and post the captions for each photo to your blog. Were you close?

Photo 1-Archeoligists

Photo 2-Africans

Photo 3 - tourists

Photo 4 - nairobi

Photo 5 - lake victoria

Photo 6 -kenyan flag

assignment 25

Chapter 6 section review

2/5 , sahara , kalahari sahara

atlas mountain range/ mt. kilamanjaro

lake victoria, the nile is its source

great rift valley



identify

dark continent- africa because it was unexplored

savanna- vast tracks of land characterized by wet and dry seasons

lake tanganyika- the worlds longest and second deepest fresh water lake

on the african map game i made a 45 i did horrible

on the mini game demo

Test Essay

Egyptians thought that Pharaohs had an afterlife. Pharoahs spent their whole life prepairing there tombs for their death. Pharaohs would even bury their servants with them because they believed they would serv them in the afterlife.

study guide

Sahara- Home of the worlds largest desert

Nile- Home of the worlds largest river

Egypt- Northeast corner of Africa; also called "The seed bed of African culture"

Mizraim- Most ancient name of Egypt; name of one of Ham's sons

Land of Ham- What the Bible calls Egypt

Nomes- Small states in Egypt

Pharaohs- Strong rulers; Kings of Egypt

Menes- 1st pharaoh of Egypt; united upper and lower Egypt

"The gift of the Nile"- What Herodotus called Egypt

Hieroglyphics- Writing system; contains over 700 characters

Book of the dead- Most important Egyptian book

Memphis- known as Noph in the Hebrew Bible

Thebes- Nothing remains except the vast necropolis

Necropolis- Means city of the dead(one did cemetery)

Pyramid- Symbolizes Egyptian gov.; Pharaoh=top, Priests/Officials=Sides, Everyone else=Base

Monarchy- 1 absolute ruler

Theocracy- Nation under 1 god

Humanism- Worship a human

Naturalism- Worship nature

Polytheism-Many gods

Egyptian Tombs- Spend a lot of time preparing them for the after life

Great Pyramids of Cheops- 1 of the wonders of the world; 100,000 workers,20 years to
construct; 13 acres, 480 ft. tall, 2.3 million blocks of stone

King Tut- teenage pharaoh,died at 18 of natural causes, tomb was filled with exquisite treasures

Mummification- preservation of the bodies of the dead

30 Dynasties- what ancient Egyptian history is divided into

Old Kingdom- Dynasties 3-6

Pyramids of Giza- Cheops, Khafre and Menkaure built it

Great Sphinx- Head of a man,body of a lion;Bears likeness of Khafre

Middle Kingdom- 11th Dynasty

King Mentuhotep I- Established capital at Thebes

Hyksos- Asiatic warriors, conquered the middle kingdom

Ahmose I- drove the hyksos out of Egypt

New Kingdom- 18th - 20th Dynasty

Hatshepshut- may have been Moses mother, only female pharoah

Amenhotep II- Thut's son, may have been pharaoh during the Exodus

Later New Kingdom- Ramses II = most outstanding Egyptian monarch

Ramses II- most outstanding Egyptian Monarch

Alexander the Great- Conquered Egypt in 332 B.C.

Alexandria- Most important city in Alexander's empire

Lighthouse of Alexandria- 440 Ft. high marble tower; 1 of the wonders of the world

Chapter 5.1

Egypt

 Africa

Second largest continent

Home of the largest desert – Sahara

Home of the world’s largest river – the Nile River

 Egypt

Is in the corner of Africa

Called the seedbed of African culture

 Mizraim

Most ancient name of Egypt

Name if one of Ham’s sons

The bible called Egypt the land of Ham

 Nomes

Early on Egypt consisted of a number of small states called nomes

 Pharaohs

Strong rulers

Divided nomes into:

Lower Egypt

Upper Egypt

 Menes

The first pharaoh of Egypt

United upper and lower Egypt

Egypt became known as “ Kingdom of the Two Lands “

 The Nile River

World’s largest river

 Herodotus

Greek father of history

Lived 485 – 425 BC

 Nile Delta

At the mouth of the Nile

Chapter 5.2

Egypt

Language and literature

Hieroglyphics contains over 700 characters

The book of the dead

Most important Egyptian work

 contained prayers, hymns, spells, and other information to guide them through the after life

 placed in tombs

Important cities

 Memphis

• Known as noph in the Hebrew Bible

And

 Thebes

• Nothing remains of Thebes except the vast necropolis
• Means the city of the dead

The pyramid best symbolizes the Egyptian government

Ancient Egypt was an absolute monarchy

 chapter 5.3

Egyptian religion

 Humanistic

They worshiped man (pharaoh)

 Naturalistic

They worshiped nature

 Polytheistic

They believed in thousands of gods and goddesses

 Egyptian tombs

A man spent as much time preparing his tomb for the afterlife as he did on the affairs on this life

Early pharaohs built huge stone pyramids to serve as “ houses of eternity “ for their mortal remains

 Great pyramid of Cheops

One of the wonders of the world

Took 100,000 workers nearly 20 years to construct his pyramid

Once it was finished it:

 covered 13 acres

 contained 2.3 million blocks of stone

 was 480 feet high

 Tomb of Tutankhamen

One of the world’s greatest archaeological discoveries

Howard carter discovered the tomb in 1922

King tut was a teenage pharaoh who died at the age of 18

His tomb was filled with exquisite treasures!

 what is mummification?

The preservation of bodies of the dead

Huge tombs and pyramids were used as caskets

Assignmeant 22

a. Tell me about rainfall in Egypt, and the importance of the Nile River.whithout the nile all of egypt would be dessert and 2.5 centimeters of rain falls each year

b. Egypt is divided into what 2 sections? upper egypt and lower egypt

c. Tell me about Northern & Southern Egypt. they are named this way because the nile flows south to north

d. Egypt is home to which animals? Which plants? cheetas hyinas and cobras

e. What did the Egyptians leave paintings & carvings of?elephants hippoes and cheetas

f. Civilization was established by what year? How long ago did they settle there? 8000 years ago and by 3000 BC

g. When did Lower & Upper Egypt unite? 3100 BC

h. When did Egypt fall under Roman control? When did Muslims take over Egypt?31 BC and 640 Ad

i. Who invaded Egypt in 1882? What did they want? When did Egypt declare independence? the british wanted control of the suez canal and they declared independance in 1952

j. 90 percent of Egyptians are what religion? Muslim

k. Why is overcrowding a problem in Egypt today? it puts a strain of egypts resources

l. Why are children highly valued in their culture? they help farm and they are expected to take care of there parents in there old age

m. What type of gov't is Egypt today? egypt is a democratic republic

n. What is Egypt's largest single source of foreign income? oil because they have alot

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? arabic

r. What's the currency in Egypt? the egyptian pound

4. Scroll through photos 1-6 and answer the following questions. Post your answers to your blog.

a. Describe what's going on in the Egypt photos (don't look at the caption!)

Photo 1- ships on the nile

Photo 2- people in the marketplace

Photo 3 - my camel Ali Mohomad Kabar in giza

Photo 4 - capital in egypt

Photo 5 - women gettin water

Photo 6 - looks like a nazi flag " itz dez flaggen"

5. Now, go back and post the captions for each photo to your blog. Were you close?

Photo 1- no they weren't in the nile they were in the suez canal

Photo 2- yes

Photo 3 - that definitely is my cammel Ali mohamad kabar

Photo 4 - yes

Photo 5 - yes yes

Photo 6 - no = \ it wasnt a nazi flag it was the egyptian flag.....

a. What do Nile crocodiles resemble? What do they feed on? they resemble amored tanks with hudge mouths and big teeth they eat insects, fish and small children

b. How does the male croc get the female croc's attention? he bellows and splashes the water

c. Where does the female lay her eggs? digging a hole in the river bank

d. How many eggs does she deposit? Does she watch them? 25 to 80 eggs and yes she keeps gard over them

e. How do the mom & dad croc know when the baby crocs are ready to hatch? they baby crocs make a high pitch cry when they are ready

f. Where does mom bring them once they hatch? to the water

g. How do crocs control their temperature? basking in the sun

h. What's the scientific name for crocodile? How long can they grow? crocodylis niloticus and grow 20 feet long

i. How long can they live? What kind of feet do they have? sometimes around 80 years and they have webbed feet

j. Where do Nile crocs live? rivers marshes and lakes

k. How can you tell an alligator from a crocodile? the snout

l. What do crocs use their tails for? for swimming

m. What do crocs eat? baboons hienas and small children

n. What type of huge prey do crocs kill? lions humans and buffalo

o. Tell me about a croc's brain. there brains are highly developed

p. How do stones aid in digestion for crocs? they just do

assignment 21

a. "Introduction" - Ancient Egyptian history spans how many centuries? What did the people believe Pharaoh was? How did they "achieve immortality"?Ancient Egyptian history spans thirty centuries/preserve the body of a person once they had died

b. "Dead" - What was embalming? Who did the embalming? What role did linen, your body, the priest, natron salt, canopic jars, tools, and oils play in the embalming process?It was part of the mummification process. The people who practice embalming were highly respected. The organs were removed but they left the heart
c. "Organs Removed" - Which organs were removed? What did they do with them? all of the vital organs were removed except the heart. They were put in jars

d. "Get Stuffed" - What does "Get Stuffed" refer to? What did they stuff you with?This refered when after forty days and most of ur body was dried up they would restuff u with other things such as sawdust rags mud and chaft

e. "Tomb Bound" - What did they do to get your body ready for the tomb? What was involved in bandaging the body? What might be placed in your tomb if you were rich? they would take 15 days to wrap you up and you will need 20 layers of linen bandages and jewlry and different things

f. "Coffins Etc" - Tell me about Ancient Egyptian coffins. What went in the coffins with the body? What went in the tomb with the coffin? They would have different stuff in your coffin like spells and heiroglyphics and stuff

g. "Your Funeral" - What did an Ancient Egyptian funeral look like? Tell me about the procession. after being dead for 70 days they would put your body on a sledge and drag u into ur tomb

h. "Eternal Rest" - Tell me about tomb raiders. What do they do and what do they want? they raid tombs trying to get riches and valuables




Hmmmm what to say.... well i think that the mummification process was pretty cool but very wierd. im glad im nit egyptian because that would stink. um the thing that stuck out was how they would remove all the organs. all and all this assignment was pretty cool i guess

Assignment 20

The walk the plank game was pretty aggervating because we finally made him walk the plank in both games . but we made our guy look like the grinch

Assignment 19

on the daily life in ancient egypt game we got all but one right it was pretty easy and kinda funny

on the tomb of the unknown mummy game the mummy was a physician and it was kinda indiana jones-ish and the critter cram Africa game was kinda hard i kept breaking down and damaged my var but i did beat it half way 

Assignment 18

that game was really fun. i got 38 points and it was really easy to understand how to play 

Assignment 17

Rich children started school when they were between five and ten years old. School work was written in ink on pieces of broken stone or pottery and Scribes taught their own sons. There houses are built from bricks but mine was made from river mud.

Assignment 16

a. What is a "stela"? it tells who was buried in its particular place


b. What type of writing did Ancient Egyptians use?hieroglyphs


c. Once you decipher the hieroglyphs, what does it spell? riest


d. Once you descend into the tomb, what do you find?jars with the dead guys organs and his coffin and dog statues which represented their gods


e. What do the statues represent?which represented their god Anubis



f. Describe the gods of the Ancient Egyptians. They had a falcon god a bird god a dog god and ram god


g. What are the "canopic" jars? What's in them? they had the persons vital organs


h. What is the coffin made of? It is made of wood and coated with plaster

i. Well we thought the game was pretty fun and we got to learn about some interesting stuff so we thought it was pretty cool.

Blog Assignment for 9/8/09

From 3.1-

What was the first empire to rule after Sumer?babylonians

Who was Hammurabi? the king of babylon

What is the Babylonian Genesis/Enuma Elish? was composed to exalt babylon and its chief god

Who were the Hittites? Why are they important? indo-european people that concurred babylon

From 4.1 -

What is the highest place in Asia? Lowest? (Mount Everest, Dead Sea)

Name the 3 main rivers in Asia. (Hwang Ho, Indies, Tigris-Euphrates)

Why is India called a “subcontinent”? (its seperated from the rest of Asia)

Name the 3 major land regions in India. (Nothern plains, Deccan plateu)

From 4.5 -

What are the names of the 4 islands that make up the nation of Japan? (Hokkaidō,Honshū,Shikoku,Kyūshū)

What’s Japan’s famous mountain called? (Mt. Fiji)

Who were the earliest inhabitants of Japan? (Ainu)

What is Shinto? (oldest surviving religion in Japan)

well the china map game wouldn't work form me and u told us to skip it but a beat my previous record on the other map game

Assignment 15

a. What is SUMO? Two opponants that wrestle on a sumo ring

b. How do wrestlers win at SUMO? When one of the wrestlers is forced out of the ring or touches the ground with any part of his body other than his feet

c. When did SUMO start? Sumo began many centuries ago and developed into its present form in the Edo period (1603-1868).

d. What's a day in the life of a SUMO wrestler like? They wake up and eat they do there hair and eat they eork out and eat then they streatch and eat and after that they go to bed and wake up for a midnight snack then the finally fall asleep and dream about cheeseburgers

Assignment 14

All right well the game was pretty easy and the spy lady was reallly annoying because she kept poping up on the screen =/

and on the picture game we found all 11 differences with a minute 45 left

but on the second picture we solved it with two minutes and thirty seconds left

Assignment 13

Well in the first game alot if the pictures i knew and i got 8 out of 10 right.

On the guesture game i got 3 out of 4. and some of the animations were really funny.....sorta

\And the Japanese celibration game was intersting.

Assignment 12

Chapter 4 Section Review

1 Name the three great fertile rivers valleys of asia. TIgiris- Euphretes , Indus , and Hwang Ho

What important acient cultures made their homes in these river valleys? Mesopotamia , India , and China

2 What porportion of the earth's land does Asia contain? 1/3 of earths land

What portion of earths population? allmost 60 persent

3 What geograpical feature surrounds india? The Himalayas

What are three Major land regions of the Indian subcontinent?The Himalayan mountain system , the Northern plains , and the Deccan

4. What are India's two distinctive culture features ? The Hinduism religion. Hindus worship a host of dieties and they believe that these gods and godlings are but emanations and manifestations of one absolute impersonal , universal spirit they call Brahma

And the caste system. A major component of Hinduism is the observance of Caste, a strict division of social classes

5 What native indian family drove the greeks out of india? The Maurya Empire

6 Who founded the false religion of buddhism? Siddhartha Gautama

Where does it still survive today?, southeastern Asia

7 What empire inaugurated india's golden age? Moguls

8 what empire was established by the muslim warrior Babar? Mongol empire

9 what organization came to rule india after the battle of plassey? The East India Trading company

10 who is remembered as the father of modern missions? william Carey

11 Describe some of the british contributions to india ? Math and technology

12 what two men lead india's independence movement and in what year did they become independent ?Gandhi and jawaharlal nehru and in 1964

13 name 2 prime ministers that were assassinated ? Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi

14 describe the numerous contributions of india. well in Science & technology they contributed with dye cloth,tan leather,manufacture soap and glass and in math we have place values and numerals

Terms

Mount everest= highest place on earth

Dead sea = So salty that there is no life in the water

Indus valley civilization= arose in 2000 bc

Aryans=barbarians who invaded India

Dravidians= fled to southern parts of india

Asoka= greatest ruler of Maurya Empire

Taj Mahal=an emperor built it as a tomb for his wifes body

Pakistan =a very populated city in the middle east

Bangladesh=east pakistan

Hindustani=arabic and persian languages

Sepoy Rebellion=indian people revolted against the

Adoniram Judson=Americas 1st foreign missionary