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