Thursday 

Today in class we talked about Greece allegories. Then we watched a video about the matrix. Tomorrow we have off.  

Greece Test 

Today in class we took a test on Greece. It was open blog. I studied alright but I know I would have failed if it wasn't open blog. I think I did really well. I hoping to start this last quarter off with an A. 

Video 

Today in class we didn't really do anything. We watched our video and reviewed what would be on the quiz tomorrow. I don't think I will do good on the quiz. What we are learning is confusing to me.  

Notes 

Aspasia

• Highly educated, beautiful, well-spoken prostitute
• Fell in love with Pericles
• Influenced Pericles with his Greek orders

Isagoris

• A jerky, corrupt, unkind, bad guy
• Was dictatorial  in his rule
• His son raped a highly respected women and let him get away with it
• The people raised up and took him out of office

Cleisthenes

• Took power after Isagoris
• Was an aristocrat
• Incorporated people into the government
• Made democracy
• Started panicking people and the Greeks voted to ostracize him
• Ostracize- to be cast out and sent away  

Xerxes and Darius

• Wanted to take over Greece
• Controlled a lot of the Mediterranean
• Powerful Persians
• Xerxes is the son of Darius
• The Greeks abandoned Athens and went to an island to watch the Persians burn down Athens 
• The Greeks came back to Athens and built it back up bigger and better then before

Phedippides

• Runs 26 miles to get help for the Greeks to fight off the Persians   

Pericles

• In charge for 30 years
• Was in charge during the golden age
• Hubris- so arrogant you don't think anything can go wrong. You do anything you want
• Wants to take out Sparta because of his hubris
• The Greeks surrounded Sparta and put a wall around Athens
• The Spartans took down the wall and stomped on Athens stealing everything
• The plague started and killed many people
• People died and rotted in the water supply
• Pericles got the plague and died 

Car Crash 

Today in class we didn't really do anything. It was Maddie's birthday so we sang to her. My birthday's on Saturday. After that we got to have a free mod pretty much while he got the projects figured out. After that we watched a video on cars, trains, and trucks almost running into people. It was a fun class.

Cyber Day Questions  

1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Greece?
1. peninsula      b. many islands     c. mountainous                d. mostly fertile land

2. Approximately ___________ of Greece is covered by mountains.
1. 2/3                  b. 3/4                         c. 1/2                          d. 1/4

3. Define the term barbarian as it was originally used in the ancient world.

a.     The Greeks first used this term to describe those foreigners that they could not understand, but seemed to be saying "bar bar" when speaking.

b.     A group of people that is able to quickly adapt to the new environment in which they arrive despite speaking a foreign tongue.

c.      A group of people migrating into a territory where they do not speak the native tongue.

d.     A life based upon farming, warfare, and tribal organization.

e.     The word came from the Greek "barbaros," which originally meant "Non-Greek."

4.     What defines a megalithic structure?

a.     Homes that were constructed for people during the Neolithic period

b.     Fortifications constructed for people during the Neolithic period

c.      Massive rough-cut stones used to construct monuments and tombs

d.     Giant dinosaurs whose fossil remains were visible to ancient peoples

e.     Evidence of advanced technological tools

5.     What does the term tribe refer to?

a.      A social and political unit consisting of a group of communities held together by common interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship

b.      A family-based group governed by a hereditary chieftain

c.       A clan-based group prior to the advent of city-states in the Greek world

d.      A group of warriors, related by blood, who are governed by a king or queen

e.      All of these

6. Tribes were governed by
1. Warrior kings or queens                                        d.  all of these
2. Chieftains                                                                  e.  none of these
3. Tribal leaders chosen by warriors

7. Who were the first European barbarians to make contact with civilization?
1. Greeks                                                                       d.  Phoenicians
2. Hittites                                                                      e.  people of Asian Minor
3. Celts

8. Which of the following modern-day countries would NOT be considered a member of “Western civilization”?
1. Greece                                                                        d.  Italy
2. England                                                                     e.  United States
3. China

9. What is the name of the sea located just west of the Greek mainland?
1. Mediterranean Sea                                                  d.  Ionian Sea
2. Aegean Sea                                                                e.  Chesapeake Bay
3. Atlantic Ocean

10. What is the name of the sea located just east of the Greek mainland?
1. Mediterranean Sea                                                  d.  Ionian Sea
2. Aegean Sea                                                                e.  Chesapeake Bay
3. Atlantic Ocean

11. What were the major crops the Aegean people lived on?
1. Rice, vines, and olives
2. Potatoes, vines, and olives
3. Grain, vines, and olives
4. Onions, wheat, and beer
5. Corn, wheat, and rice

12. Which civilization arose on the island of Crete?
1. Mycenaean                                                                d.  Persian
2. Minoan                                                                      e.  Phoenician
3. Spartan

13. Which civilization established settlements along the Greek mainland’s southern shore and on some islands?
1. Mycenaean                                                                d.  Persian
2. Minoan                                                                      e.  Phoenician
3. Spartan 

14. Which civilization built massive walls to protect themselves from attack?
1. Mycenaean                                                                d.  Persian
2. Minoan                                                                      e.  Phoenician
3. Spartan

15. A period of Greek history in which the population dropped, ships no longer sailed, and writing fell out of use, is called the
1. First Persian War                                                    d.  Dark Ages
2. Megalithic Destruction                                          e.  none of these
3. Collapse of Crete

16. Following this time period, the Greeks joined which group as the leading commercial and seafaring nation of the Mediterranean?
1. Etruscans                                                                  d.  Persians
2. Egyptians                                                                   e.  Phoenicians
3. Hittites

17. In historical writing, the letter “c” might appear before a date, as in “c. 1500 BC.”  What does this “c” mean?
1. around                                                                       d.  all of these
2. about                                                                          e.  none of these
3. circa

18. By 600 BC, Greek city-states dotted the coastlines around the Mediterranean Sea.  These were called
1. colonies                                                                     d.  hoplites
2. demos                                                                                    e.  megaliths
3. Starbucks

19. Although they varied in size, ancient Greek city-states most closely resembled what modern-day geographical feature?
1. cities                                                                           d.  nations
2. counties                                                                     e.  continents
3. states

20.  This is a form of government in which a small group of citizens dominated, and the power of the majority was limited in various ways.
1. democracy                                                                 c.  oligarchy
2. monarchy                                                                  d.  tyranny

21. This is a form of government in which decisions were made by the majority of adult male citizens.
1. democracy                                                                 c.  oligarchy
2. monarchy                                                                  d.  tyranny 

22. This is a form of government in which a self-proclaimed dictator held power.
1. democracy                                                                 c.  oligarchy
2. monarchy                                                                  d.  tyranny

23. This is a form of government in which power is held by a single ruler, and is often passed along from father to son.
1. democracy                                                                 c.  oligarchy
2. monarchy                                                                  d.  tyranny

24. Spartans used this government system.
1. democracy                                                                 c.  oligarchy
2. monarchy                                                                  d.  tyranny

25. At what age did Spartan males begin their military training?
1. seven                                                                          d.  eighteen
2. twelve                                                                         e.  twenty-one
3. fifteen

26. What was the wealthiest city-state in the ancient Greek world?
1. Athens                                                                       d.  Sparta
2. Thebes                                                                       e.  Argos
3. Corinth

27. This was the high fortified citadel and religious center of an ancient Greek town.
1. Parthenon                                                                 d.  helos
2. Pantheon                                                                  e.  polites
3. acropolis

28. This was the name of the southern peninsula where Sparta was located.
1. Anatolia                                                                     d.  Stonehenge
2. Mt. Olympus                                                             e.  Peloponnesus
3. Crete

29. These were massive fighting ships with three banks of oars, used to ram or board enemy ships.
1. phalanxes                                                                  d.  biremes
2. hoplites                                                                      e.  triremes
3. tyrants

30. This was a heavily armed and armored citizen-soldier of ancient Greece.
1. phalanx                                                                      d.  bireme
2. hoplite                                                                       e.  trireme
3. tyrant

  

1. You recall the time period when the Greek population dropped, ships no longer sailed, and writing fell out of use.  What years did this period begin and end?

-          1200 BC

-          Lasted for about 400 years

2. During the time period when writing fell out of use, the poet Homer is said to have told stories of the Trojan War, and of a war hero attempting to return to his home.  What are the titles of these two stories?

-          The Iliad and the Odyssey

3. The word “Mediterranean” originally meant ____________________

-          Center of the earth

-          Greeks believed the sea was the center of the earth because they survived off of it

4. What were prominent and long-established Athenian land-owners called?

-          Aristocrats 

Greek Video 

Today in class we watched a video about Greece. We finished our worksheet. Mr. Schick wasn't here today. 

Worksheet

Today's class was pretty short because we had a two hour delay. All we did was talk about the answers to our worksheet. I'm happy we had the two hour delay cause I got to sleep in. 

Ancient Greece     

• Athenian plays were about either tragedy or comedy 
• Oedipus Rex was the favorite play 
• killed his father
• married his mother 
• had a daughter with his mother
• gouged his eyes out with daggers 
• became king
• theater back then is set up like theater now 
• pots were made to be filled with things they could sell like olive oil 
• Greeks were very competitive with everything they do
• Greeks don't think like we think now 
• Sparta only cared about being best at fighting
• Athens cares about being the best at everything they do 

Projects 

Today in class we watched the Athens and Sparta projects. No one did Sparta. I think that's because Sparta was a war place and no one wants to visit a place where millions died. I couldn't even image living in Sparta in that time point. 

Greek Video 3

Today in class Mr. Schick wasn't there. We went up to Mr. Perry's room and watched the Greek video with earphones. I thought this worked better then when we all watched it together because I could here and see everything clearly. Watching videos isn't a good way for me to learn and remember things but I think I have gotten a lot out from this video. I learned a lot about the government of Athens and how it was created. 

Athens Video

Today in class we worked on our video project with our partners. Jasmine and I picked Athens. We are making a video instead of a story board. We couldn't get signal for our project so not much work got done but we will work on it this weekend.  

Greek Video 2

Today in class we watched the video again. We didn't have a long class today because it was Ash Wednesday so we had a weird scheduled. I didn't get much from the video today because most of it was a recap. In the beginning of class we made jokes about the senior retreat.  

Greek Video 

Today in class we watch the beginning of a video on ancient Greece. The video had to do with leaders of Greece. I was hoping we didn't work on the project because Jasmine wasn't in class today.  

Cyber Day 

We didn't have school today. I personally don't like cyber days. We get 10 times more work then we have to do when we have school.