blog #29

section 7.1 review

1. the black sea,the aegean sea/west=ionian sea/attica and peloponnesus


2. minoans,mycenaeans and thr trojans. they flurished between 2000-1100 bc. minoans on creek,mycenaeans greek main land, trojans-the city of troy


3. minoans/minos and knossos


4. the mycenaeans


5. dorians/hellenes


6. homer,about acounts of the past


7. zues,father of the gods/apolo(sun god),poseidon(sea god), artemis(moon good)/they closely resembled people


8. tribes and villages joined to form polis/its a city


9. italy,gaul,n.africa


10. 490-479 bc


11. battle of thermopylae/xerxes I wanted greece/ the battle of salamis/the greeks had victory/it was a turning point in world history


12. it placed in absolute limit on the westward expansion of the persian empire

Identify

• hellespont-


• attica- promoted region of ancient greece


• pelloponnesus-another promoted region


• trojan war- 1200 bc, mycenaeans destroyed troy


• odysseus- brave greek warrior


• mount olympus- where the olympian gods lived


• heroes- human characters also played imp. roles in homers poems


• achillies- invincible greek warrior


• barbarian- people who didnt speak greek


• olympic games- held every 4 years in honor of zeus


• olympiad- time period between the games


• darius I- new persian king


• xerexs I- darius son


• leonidas- spartan leader
• themistocles- tricked xerxes to fight in a naval battle
• plataea-a battle

#28

adventures in ancient greece

Harley:6 right/

Brianne: 6 right/
8 item found in athen:
-hoplite
-young boy
-house
-young girl
-acropolis
-the phnx
-parthenon
-girls dont go to school.

8 items found in sparta
-boys didnt go to school
-trembler
-trees held weapons
-young soilders
-girls didnt work/go to school
-babies had to be healthy or they died
-boys stole
-mountains

we both got 7 correct

Ch.6 Study Guide

essay question

• What kind of progress was made while Africa was ruled by Europeans? - law and order, schools founded, roads/railroads consturcted, hospital established and new cities were built.

• What are Africians most pressing needs today? -the gospel(75% are still in africian religions, and many others are bound by the teaching of islam.) foods and shelter(need it because its so many wars,revolutions,plagues, droughts,and famines that thousands of ppl are homeless, starving and suffering),education,(50% of africian population cant read/write) stable civil government(states are politically unstable, the threat of communist takeover for military dictatorship is constant)

African Landscape

• deserts-2/5 of Africa
• Sahara-n. Africa
• kalahari-s. Africa
• Savanna-vast tracks of and characterized by wet&dry seasons.covered by grass and shrubs.
• Mountains-atlas mt. range & Mt.Kilimanjaro
• Atlas Mountain Range-Africas longest mountain range
• Mt.Kilimanjaro-Africas tallest mountain
• Nile River-longest river
• Lake Victoria-Africas largest lake
• Great rift valley-largest rift in earths surface

African History

• Began shortly 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,treasurer for Queen Candace of Cush,Philip lead this treasurer to Christ
• Eunuch-
• Edesius and Frumentius-around 300 a.d. these 2 were ship wrecked and taken to Ethiopia as slaves. Preached the gospel there. credited with bringing Christianity to Africa.

Early Christianity in Africa

• Alexandria,EGYPT-home to clement of alexandria.(150-215)
• Cyrene, LIBYA-simmon was from here and he carried the cross for jesus
• Carthage,TUNISIA-city of early church fathers tertullin(160-230) and cyprain(200-248)
• Simon of Cyrene-caried the cross for Jesus
• Clement of Alexandria-was from alexandria,egypt.,hymn:"shepherd of tender youth" is the oldest surviving christian hymn.
  

African Trade-

• Sea trade-early as 1500 b.c.,africans were trading w/ asians . Africa gave iron,ivory,gold.Asia gave porcelain,precious stones,silk.
• Inland trade-b/t 300 and 1200 a.d.,ghana was trading w/ middle east arabs. Ghana gave gold,ivory and slaves. Middle east gave salt, copper, dried fruits.
• Mali Empire-lasted from 1200-1500 a.d.,modern day gambia,guinea,mali and seegal.
• Timbuktu-important trading center for mahli empire,famous center for learning and culture.
• Songhai Empire-dominated west asia in 1500s/monopolized trade across the sahara.

Exploration & Missions

• "The White Mans Grave"-name for africa in the 19th centruy(1800s)/explorers in africa faced many obsticales:intense heat,malaria,sleeping sickness,&yellow fever.
• Mungo Park-Explored africa from 1768-1773/explored the nile river.
• Hugh Clapperton-explored africa from 1822-1824/1st european to to cross the sahara.
• Alexander Laing-explored africa from 1825-1826/first european to reach timbuktu.
• Robert Moffatt-explored africa from 1795-1883/one of the 1st missionaries to africa/he said,"I can see the smoke of a thousand villages where the name of Chirst has never been heard."
• David Livingstone-went to africa in response to moffatts call for more missionaries'1st european to see Victoria falls(largest waterfall)/worked in africa many years, then went missing/american newspaper sent a reporter,Henry Stanley, to find him.

Africa in Modern Times

• European Rule-by WWI(1914), only 2 african staes were independent.(Ethiopia & Liberia)
• Progress-what kind?-1st essay queation
• 1950s and 1960s-a move toward independence from European rule. began with Ghana in 1957.
• General Idi Amin-seized power in Uganda/ruled until 1979/devout muslim(killed and totured as many as 300,000 people)
  

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?more than 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 and storytelling


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/abderare range, mau escarpment/athi,galana,tana



Photo 1-archaeologist looking at bones in kenya
archaeologist discover fossils in northern kenya

Photo 2-africian women with jewelry
masai women reveal personal information with their jewelry

Photo 3 -people taking pictures of lions
tourist in kenya watch 2 lions

Photo 4 -a city
nairobi in africa found in 1899

Photo 5 -lake victoria
lake victoria is the largest lake in africa

Photo 6 -the flag (kenya)

African Games

African Map Game:


Harley-141seconds


Brianne-134seconds





Mini Game Demo & Glu Mobile Demo:


Brianne- This game was weird. we were just getting into it, then it cut off. good thing it was a demo because i was extremely confused. I didnt like it to much. But i will play it again\



Harley-These games were fun! i liked the first one. the second one was short though. so we didnt get to play much. but i would play both of them again. i liked them.

Africian clue game

brianne- i hated this game so much. it was confusing. it was long. it was very unentertaining. but i new maybe 3 of them

harley-i didnt like this game! i was hard! half of the clues didnt even help! it took us like 50 clues to finish!i dont want to play it again.

Chapter 6 Section Review 1 plus Identify

1. 2/5 , sahara (northwest), kalahari(south)/ sahara
2. atlas mountain range/ mt. kilamanjaro
3. lake victoria, the nile is its source
4. 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

africa geography game

harley-380

brianne-370

Mummy Maker

harley-
this game was cool! i liked it. it was cool how his name was spelled out! i like having to pick what went where and stuff!

brianne-
this game was fun. I had fun learning about the mummification again. i loved this chapter. i like to write our names in heiroglyphics