Tuesday, September 29, 2009

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

Friday, September 25, 2009

(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

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

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!!!! >_<

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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!!! >_<



Monday, September 21, 2009

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

Friday, September 18, 2009

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