Random "AWESOME!" Stuff about GREECE!!!!!!! :) :] :} :D =) =] =} =D ^_^ ^o^ ^O^ ^0^ :P =P

Joel= Red
Ralph= PINK!!! (Why Ralph, why?)

1. Black and Aegean
2. Minoans, Mycenaeans, and Trojans
3. The Minoans
4. Mycenaeans
5. Dorians
6. Homer. The Trojan War! ^___________^
7. Zeus, Apollo, Poseidon, Artemes, Athena, Ares, Aphrodite, Hera
8. ???????????
9. Sparta, Athens, and Eretria
10. Began in summer of 490 BC and ended in 479 BC
11. The Greeks won!!!! :D
12. westward expansion of the Persian empires

(Random Tips About Life 'N' Junk 3 and 4 is on youtube now!!!!!!!!!!! :D) Anyways, blog stuff.

Jo=Green
Ralph= Pink (again)

HISTORY STUDY GUIDE:

KEY TERMS:
African Landscape:
Deserts- '2/5' of Africa continent is covered with desert
Sahara/Kalaharri- Sahara/Kalaharri are deserts in Africa; Sahara is the largest desert in the world
Savanna- Vast tracks of land characterized by WET and DRY seasons
Mountains- ATLAS MOUNTAINS AND MT. KILAMINJARO
Atlas Mtn. Kilaminjaro- Mountains in Africa
Nile River- Largeast River in the world
Lake Victoria- Largest Lake in the world
Great Rift Valley- Largest Rift on the Earth's surface

African History
Began after the? FLOOD
Ebed Melech- Helped prophet JEREMIAH when he was cast into prison by King Zedekiah
Unnamed Ethiopian- Most famous cushite in world history!!!!!!! ^_^
Eunnuch- ?????
Edesius- ?????
Frumentius- First bishop of the ethiopian christian church

African Trade
Sea Trade- Slaves, iron, ivory, gold, porcelain, precious stones, and silk
(Africa/Asia)
Inland Trade- gold, ivory, slaves, salt, copper, dried fruit
(African/Middle East)
Mali Empire- lasted from 1200-1500 AD
Timbuktu- Important trading Center for Mali Empire
Songhai Empire- Dominated West Africa in 1500s

YEAH! RANDOM JUNK ABOUT LIFE 3 is being worked on, should be up soon. :D ANYWAYS, RANDOM PHOTO STUFF TIME! ^_^

jo=green
ralph=turquoise

a. Tell me about Kenya's geography/landscape. Well, they find fossils there. :D
b. Where is Kenya? What's the capital? In Africa. Narobi
c. What lies WEST of Nairobi? Great Rift Valley
d. Tell me about the animals in Kenya. What's set up to protect them? They live in Africa. A boundary
e. What 2 bodies of water is Kenya located between? How does this affect the culture there? INDIAN OCEAN AND LAKE VICTORIA
f. Significance of N. Kenya & Tanzania? MAY HAVE BEEN THE ORIGINAL BIRTHPLACE OF HUMANS!!! =O
g. Tell me about slavery there in 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s. ITS BASICALLY ALL THE SAME: HORRIBLE!!!! >_<

Hey everybody!!!!! ITS TIME TO GET HAPPY!!!!!!!! :D :D :D (IDK, I feel hyper)-Jo

JO=Green
RALPH= pink

AFRICAN MAP GAME
WE FINSISHED IN 347 seconds!!!!
Ralph, quit giving yourself girly colors already!!! >_<

THE MOST IMPORTANT AFRICAN GAME ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH! :O (I AM S-M-R-T smrt!) YEAH! :]

JO= GREEN
RALPH= YELLOW

RALPH= -500 (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)
JO= -35

YEAH, RALPH IS DEFINITELY SMRT! :P
SIGNED:
JO AND RALPH (YEAH I KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT MORE SMRTICLES THAN YALL) :] :) :D :P

YEP, HERE WE GO WITH THE WHOLE CH.6 SECTION REVIEW 1 (RALPH IS GONNA GET GIRLY COLORS) :D

JO=GREEN
RALPH=PINK

1. 2/5, SAHARA & KALAHARI. SAHARA=NORTH & KALAHARI=SOUTH

2. KILAMINJARO, KI9LAMINJARO

3 .LAKE VICTORIA.

4. THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY

SIGNED:
JO AND RALPH (YEP, RALPH CHOSE GIRLY COLORS AGAIN! >_<) :] :) :D :P

WHY OH WHY DO WE HAVE TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT A MUMMY MAKING GAME???!!!! :p (RALPH IS STILL GIVING HIMSELF FREAKING GIRLY COLORS.WTC RALPH?!) >.<

JO= GREEN
RALPH= PINK

JO- Well, I got to learn some more stuff about mummification and go to watch it be done in an animated way. I thought the part where they put the hook up the dude's brain was pretty gross yet cool at the same time. I liked learning about it and it was awesome to learn about mummification. :D

A BLOG ABOUT A STUDY GUIDE FOR A STORY CALLED TEST 5!!!! (RALPH STILL GETS GIRLY COLORS!!!) =D

Jo=Green
Ralph= purple

Sahara: World's Largest Desert

Nile: World's Largest River

Egypt: IS IN THE CORNER OF AFRICA; CALLED THE SEEDBED OF AFRICAN CULTURE

MIZRAIM: MOST ANCIENT NAME OF EGYPT: ONE OF HAM'S SON'S Names;

Land of Ham: EGYPT NAMED IN THE BIBLE

Nomes: A NUMBER OF SMALL STATES IN EARLY EGYPT

Pharaohs: STRONG RULERS; DIVIDED NOMES INTO LOWER/UPPER EGYPT

Menes: THE 1st PHARAOH OF EGYPT; UNITED UPPER?LOWER EGYPT

"The Gift of the Nile": THE NILE IS NEEDED SO EGYPT WOULDN"T BE AN EVERYWHERE DESERT. =O

Hieroglyphics: EGYPTIAN WRITING

Book of the Dead: MOST IMPORTANT EGYPTIAN WORK; IT WAS PLACED IN TOMBS. :D

Memphis: AN IMPORTANT CITY; KNOWN AS NOPH IN HEBREW BIBLE

Thebes: MEANS THE CITY OF THE DEAD; NOTHING REMAINS OF IT EXCEPT THE VAST NECROPOLIS

Necropolis: A VERY LARGE CEMETERY BELONGING TO AN ANCIENT CITY

Pyramid: A TOMB MADE FOR PHARAOHS

Monarchy: THE RULING OF A KING AND/OR A QUEEN

Theocracy: PRIESTS RULE IN THE NAME OF GOD OR A GOD

HUMANISM: THE WORSHIP OF "MAN"

NATURALSIM: THEY WORSHIPED "FORCES OF NATURE"

POLYTHEISM: THE BELIEF OF THOUSANDS OF "GODS OR GODDESSES"

EGYPTIAN TOMBS: PYRAMIDS

GREAT PYRAMID OF CHEOPS: One of the WONDERS OF THE WORLD;
took 100,000 workers NEARLY 20 YEARS to construct the pyramid

KING TUT: TEENAGE PHARAOH; DIED AT AGE 18 =O

MUMMIFIFCATION: THE PROCESS OF PRESERVING A DEAD BODY (PREFERABLY A PHARAOH)

30 DYNASTIES: ANCIENT HISTORY WAS DIVIDED INTO THESE

OLD KINGDOM: DYNASTIES 3-6; THE 3 IMPORTANT MONARCHS WERE:
1. Cheops
2. Khafre
3. Menkaure

PYRAMIDS AT GIZA: BUILT BY THE 3 PHARAOHS FROM THE OLD KINGDOM

GREAT SPHINX: BEARS THE LIKENESS OF ; HEAD OF A MAN AND BODY OF A LION

MIDDLE KINGDOM: 11TH DYNASTY; KING MENTUHOTEP I; ESTABLISHED CAPITAL AT THEBES

KING MENUHOTEP I: RULED DURING THE 11TH DYNASTY; ESTABLISHED CAPITAL AT THEBES

HYKSOS: Asiatic WARRIORS; CONQUERED the Middle Kingdom; They had chariots and and horses

AHMOSE I: PHARAOH WHO FOUNDED THE 18TH DYNASTY

NEW KINGDOM: 18TH-20TH DYNASTIES; KING AHMOSE I; DROVE THE HYKSOS OUT OF EGYPT

HATSHEPSHUT: THE ONLY FEMALE PHARAOH (WHOA!!! O_O)

AMENHOTEP II: THUTMOSE III=RULER; AMENHOTEP= THUT’S SON; may have been Pharaoh during the Exodus

LATER NEW KINGDOM: RULED BY RAMSES II

RAMSES II: MOST OUTSTANDING EGYPTIAN MONARCH

ALEXANDER THE GREAT: ANCIENT ROMAN KING; MADE ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST EMPIRES; FOUNDED ALEXANDRIA IN 332 B.C

ALEXANDRIA: THE CHIEF PORT OF EGYPT; IT WAS A MAJOR CENTER OF HELLENISTIC CULTURE; REOWNED FOR ITS LIBRARY AND PHAROS LIGHTHOUSE

LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA: A TOWER BUILT IN THE 3RD CENTURY BC BETWEEN 285 AND 247 ON THE ISLAND OF PHAROS TO SERVE AS A PORT LANDMARK.

YET AGAIN ANOTHER LONG BLOG ASSIGNMENT!!!!!!!!!!! O_o

a. What do Nile crocodiles resemble? What do they feed on?
b. How does the male croc get the female croc's attention?
c. Where does the female lay her eggs?
d. How many eggs does she deposit? Does she watch them?
e. How do the mom & dad croc know when the baby crocs are ready to hatch?
f. Where does mom bring them once they hatch?
g. How do crocs control their temperature?
h. What's the scientific name for crocodile? How long can they grow?
i. How long can they live? What kind of feet do they have?
j. Where do Nile crocs live?
k. How can you tell an alligator from a crocodile?
l. What do crocs use their tails for?
m. What do crocs eat? (mammals)
n. What type of huge prey do crocs kill?
o. Tell me about a croc's brain.
p. How do stones aid in digestion for crocs?

EDITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >_<

Jo= Green
Ralph= pink


Photo 1: Large ships steam through the Suex Canal in Egypt
Photo 2: Shoppers walk through an open air market in Luxor, Egypt
Photo 3: A Camel stands near the Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt
Photo 4: Crowded Cairo, Egypt has more than 18 million people
Photo 5: Two women fill their jugs with water from the Nile River
Photo 6: Egyptian Flag

Signed Jo and Ralph (What up Ralph?! You keep putting girly colors!! >_<) :] :) :D :P

yet another long blog assignment that is not so long this time!! yah!!! ^____^

JO= GREEN
RALPH=TURQUOISE

Photo 1- BOATS SAILING DOWN THE NILE RIVER. ^O^
Photo 2- AN EGYPTIAN GUY IS STARING AT A MERCHANT SELLING WATERMELONS. :p
Photo 3 - A CAMEL IS ALL DRESSED UP IN THE DESERT GETTING READY FOR AN EGYPTIAN PARTY. LOL JOKINGK (ITS JUST A CAMEL DRESSED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT.) :P
Photo 4 - THAT IS DEFINITELY A CITY FROM A HELICOPTER VIEW ^_^
Photo 5 - TWO WOMEN AT THE RIVER GETTING SOME DRINKING WATER TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES SURVIVE o_O
Photo 6 - THAT IS DEFINITELY THEIR STATE FLAG ^_^

SIGNED JO AND RALPH (RALPH ALWAYS GETS GIRLY COOLERS! lol) :] :) :D :P

THIS BLONG ASSIGNMENT IS LONGER THAN THE NILE RIVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i. Who invaded Egypt in 1882? What did they want? When did Egypt declare independence?

THE BRITISH CONTROL OF THE SEUZ CANAL 1952

j. 90 percent of Egyptians are what religion?

MUSLIMS

k. Why is overcrowding a problem in Egypt today?

BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM LIMTED RESOURCES


l. Why are children highly valued in their culture?

because they help with the farming and look after there parents



m. What type of gov't is Egypt today?

democratic


. n What is Egypt's largest single source of foreign income? Why do you think that is?

TOURISM

o. What is the official name of Egypt?

ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

p. What is the capital of Egypt?

CARIO
q. What is the population/official language of Egypt?
78,887,007

r. What's the currency in Egypt? (Money


GUIANY

A VERY LONG BLOG ASSIGNMENT!!!!!!!! (O.O)

a. Tell me about rainfall in Egypt, and the importance of the Nile River. Egypt would be a desert without rain and the Nile
b. Egypt is divided into what 2 sections? Upper and Lower Egypt
c. Tell me about Northern & Southern Egypt. Northern is up North and Southern is down South
d. Egypt is home to which animals? Which plants? Cheetahs' Hyenas, Crocodiles, and Cobras :P
e. What did the Egyptians leave paintings & carvings of? Large Animals
f. Civilization was established by what year? How long ago did they settle there? 8,000 years ago.
g. When did Lower & Upper Egypt unite? 3100 B.C.
h. When did Egypt fall under Roman control? When did Muslims take over Egypt? 1000 B.C.

Egyptian Questions (RALPH IS BACK!!!!!!!!!) :P

Jo=Blue
Ralph=Pink


Introduction- Thirty Centuries Ago. A living God. Mummification
Dead- Mummification. Slaves. EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!
Organs Removed- Lungs, Liver, Stomach, and The Intestines. Put them in funny looking jars with cool heads.
Get Stuffed- Your skin being all wrinkled and gross looking. Spices, and other stuff important to get stuffed!
Tomb Bound- EVRYTHING!!!!! Slaves. Your valuable possessions (My iPhone and Macbook Pro would definitely be in mine! ^o^)
Coffins etc.- Well, they were awesome looking. A Statue and something of theirs. The Pharoah's stuff.
Your Funeral- Nothin much. Bring the body to the tomb and then just leave.
Eternal Rest- They take stuff or study stuff from tombs. Steal stuff and valuable possessions.


Jo- Well, it was awesome to learn about mummification. I think the coolest tomb raider is Lara Croft even though she is n't real ^_^. So learnign about mummification was awesome!!!

Ralph-

Chapter 3 Review (WHERE THE HECK IS RALPH?!) >_<

Jo=Blue
Ralph=Turquose

1. into 30 dynasties (usually) from the time of Menes until Alexander the Great took over everything

2. Khufu, Khafre, & Menkaure; lots of stuff

3. King Mentuhotep I
4. Ahmose I; for his own reasons
5. Hatshepsut
6. It was established during the Asia period; Thutmose III, It was just significant!!!!
7. he was a socialist and nationalist, he was egypt's first president.
8. Anwar El-Sadat; NEgotiaed with the Isreal Prime Minister

I"M DONE!!!
Jo and "NOT" RALPH (WHERE THE HECK IS HE???!!! [O_o] {O_O}) :] :) :D :P

WALK THE PLANK OR ELSE NO CHINA FOR YOU!!!!! (RALPH STILL NOT HERE!) :[

Jo-Blue
Ralph-Pink


Jo- 40%
Ralph-0% (STILL NOT HERE!!!!!!!! >_<)


Jo and "NOT" Ralph (STILL NOT HERE!!!) :] :) :D :P

WALK THE PLANK OR ELSE!!!!!!!! :P

Jo=Blue
Ralph= weird pinkish color


Jo- 50% :[
Ralph- 0% (He is not here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)


Jo and "NOT" Ralph (Not here still!!) :] :) :D :P

Section 1/2 Review (Ralph isn't here) :[

Blue- Jo
Yellow- Ralph

1. Africa, Nile River
2. Meditteranian Sea north, Sahara Desert West, Red Sea east
3. Mizraim
4. Cultural Diffusion
5. Nomes
6. Mostly near the Nile River
7. It was the greatest power of the ancient world
8. Without the Nile River, Egypt would be a wasteland
9. consisted of 24 alphabetic symbols for consonants and semiconsonants; Jean Francoius Champollian
10. Memphis and Thebes
11. necropolis, because it just does! :]
12. They were humanistic, naturalistic, and polytheisticin their religious faith.


I'm done! :]
Jo and "NOT" Ralph (Hes not here. :[ ) :] :) :D :P

Egyptian Game Questions :p (Jo wasn't here yesterday) :[

Blue=Jo
Red= Ralph

a. What is a "stela"? It tells you what sort of person was buried (or mummified) in the tomb
b. What type of writing did Ancient Egyptians use?heiroglyphs (impossible to read)
c. Once you decipher the hieroglyphs, what does it spell? Priest
d. Once you descend into the tomb, what do you find? Statues, Jars, and a coffin (The content inside the jars were gross. =P)
e. What do the statues represent? Guard Dogs (I like cats better. lol)
f. Describe the gods of the Ancient Egyptians. Well they were special and mummified when they were found dead. (Died peacefully in their sleep successful, murdered with failure in their life, whatever it was they were always mummified.) :P
g. What are the "canopic" jars? What's in them? Differing animals. GUTS! (O_o)
h. What is the coffin made of? Wood (boring)


Jo's- Well, I learned some other information about Egypt playing this. It was pretty cool to find out about the guts in the jars even if it is a bit disturing. It was a pretty fun game and it taught me a little bit of information about how the Egyptians were when it came to mummification. :p

Ralph's- Well,


Jo and Ralph (But this time is was Jo, Ralph was tacking a test at the time) ^o^ ^_^ :] :) :} :D :P

History question

3.1



First empire to rule after sumer:babylon

Hammuarbi: King of babylon

Babylonian Genesis: mythical works of literature

Hittes:invaded babylon




4.1

Highest place in asia:Mt Everest

Lowest plac3 in asia: Dead Sea

India is called a subcointent because its geography is so seperated fom the rest of asia

3 magor land regions: Himalayan Mountain,Nothern plainsm,Deccan Plateau

SUMO + QUESTIONS= Too Many! :p

SUMO: Two people wrestling with nothing on except a lioncloth. (a bit disturbing! [O_O])

How do they win? By being the best of the best. Duh.

When did it start? A long, long time ago

Everyday life for a Sumo Wrestler. They have to excersise and are pampered.

Photo Analysis :p

Found all of the differences! ^______________________________________^

World Exploration Game

WE FINISHED IT ASAP because it was easy, but it had a few that were hard. We basically just guessed on most of them and I guessed most of them right (lol joking :p). So basically short story made shorter, we finished it really fast because it was easy. ^__________________^


Joel and Ralph (but mostly Joel.) LOL joking again :p

Japanese Games!! :D

Gesture- 3/4 :]

Picture Game- 8/10 :]

Picture game#2- all right :]

Matching game- Completed! :D

SEC review identify

Mt everest- himilaya mountain range

Section Review 1 (P.48) :-/

1.Tigres-Euphrates, Indus, and Hwang Ho
2. 1/3rd. over 3 billion
3. Himalayan Mountain System, Northern Plains, and Deccan Plateau
4. Highest Point of land- Mt. Everest
Lowest- Dead Sea
5. Mauryans
6. Siddhartha Gautma. Because its started in China, and its gonna stay in china. =(
7. Guptas
8. Mogul Empire
9. The British
10. William Carey
11. The work of Protestant Missionaries.
12. Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru
13. Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi
14. Math- made algebra.
Science- Advanced Chemical Principles
Technology- Damascene