Human geography

Today we continued reading the chapter. Aslo we took notes on the chapter. We noted during our notes how America still has a little theocracy in it and that we do not know if any religion id correct or not. Aslo how most people, religion, or culture, believe in a good and bad, yin and yang, opposing forces.

Today we took the Mesopotamia test and I think I did very bad on it.

Today we continued to review for our test. We watched a Mesopotamia song and Mr. Schick scared the living daylights out of me. We also watched a video on the difference between baseball and other sports. 

Today we went over the quiz review for our test Wednesday. I was made fun of twice and i admit i warranted the first once, but the second one just out of no where. military insulation- Tigris silt- soil left behind from a flood Gilgamesh- great flood paleolithic age- old stone age neolithic age- new stone age  advanced tool making agriculture modern day countries is fertile crescent- Iran, Iraq, turkey, Jordan Hammurabi's code- 1st set of laws created, 282, stone plaques all around city state 

The Origins and “Ages” of Human Beings 200,000 years ago a human species emerged in equatorial (central) Africa 14,000 years ago, a “worldwide” human race existed Earliest prehistoric age is the Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age) Neolithic Age (New Stone Age) was marked by advanced tool making & beginnings of agriculture Initially, humans were parts of migratory groups which hunted, fished, and gathered plants for food The Agricultural Revolution Also known as the Neolithic Revolution, this was a shift from itinerant hunting/gathering to more permanent settlements centered on agriculture (beginning in southwestern Asia) Populations rose due to increased ability to produce a surplus of food; thus feeding and caring for young children Hierarchies appeared in village life; the status of women was lowered as women were confined more to domestic duties Invention of wheel and plow made it possible to produce enough food for storage Villagers were polytheists, worship

Today we continued reading about Mesopotamia and taking notes. I realized the notes that I took were to detailed and erased a few, but also that a wrote bigger then i normally do and that i wrote lists different then I normally do. 5. everything that effected community, family relations, bushiness contact, and crime.

  a region between the Tigris and Euphrates river was given the name the fertile crescent because of its curl shape.  a land facing the Mediterranean sea and a plain was known as Mesopotamia. independent countries or areas acting like independent countries used to, instead of being called countries, were called city-states. Royal families try to keep within the blood line and pass on the crown to their sons (RARELY their daughters) and created a dynasty. Jared diamond gradually speaking and putting English words into the New Guinean language is an example of cultural diffusion.  the ancient Greeks believed in polytheism, worshiping many gods including: Zeus, Hera, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Demeter, Persephone, Hades, Poseidon, Ares, Hephaestus, Hestia, Hermes, Dionysus, Hecate.  The roman empire consisted of previous independent states, and nations under one ruler.  Hammurabi has a famous legacy of creating  a code of laws and he endured from 1792b.c. and the way t

Today in class we looked at all the people that would be in this class next quarter. It was very fun and in-lightning. We also watched jeopardy.

Today we went over our test. I got a 96 on it, and I am very happy. Bye. We also watched teen jeopardy.

Today we took the guns germs and steel test i studied for 2 hours and made a study guide blog. I think i did really well on the test, and that it was a good end to the quarter. 

domesticating animals/ plant- pushed from hunters/gathers to  advance society and live in the same place surplus of food- (store, grow, domesticating animals/plants) stable/permanent residence, people have time to do things they are good at (build weapons/armor/better shelters/ect.) author- Jared diamond professor at USLA college started as biologist  passion- studying birds began at 7  came to New Guinea (setting of movie) know is leading expert on bird life  they lived in New Guinea 40000 yrs more then people in continents but much poorer  Yali- asked question to diamond that lead to this book and movie and investigation of global inequality  why you white men have so much cargo, but we New Guineans have so little New Guineans- cargo - stuff that you have materials goods brought by Europeans/ Americans  symbol white men's power  colonist believed power was determined by race, saw themselves as genetically superior  doesn't take long for colonis

animal domestication  humans- breeding, feeding, movement- dependable food source- milk/protein , cloths/warmth, animal dung/ fertile  goats and sheep 1st animals to be domesticated plow- animals could pull it longer/better (horses and oxen plowed) New Guinean- only had pigs w/out muscle no hide or milk best domesticated animals large herbivores bc. carnivores need to grow animals to feed them elephants cant be raised bc. takes 15 yrs. to reproduce no steady supply cant raise enough of food to feed them ideal animal reproduce within 1-2 yrs. , social animals/ social hierarchy w/ leader that controls pack, get along w/ humans 14 farmed animals successfully domesticated that are 100 ibs + goats, pigs, cows, sheep, horses, bacterian camel, Arabian camel, donkey, llama, water buffalo, reindeer, yaks, mithans, bail cattle  none in New Guinea  South America had llamas the other 13 were from other places like Asia and Europe Middle east - best livest

farmers greater he HG bc can store and get more food 1st places on earth to domesticate plats / be farmers china-rice middle east-barley wheat  America-corn squash beans Africa-sorghum yams millet all of these = larger more advanced society area where farming didn't help advance society - Highland New Guinea bc. didn't have nutrition/calorie dense food (banana, sago, terro root)  low in protein, harder to plant, cant store for months/yrs., cant keep surplus so they don't have time to do other things besides obtaining food oldest system of farming almost 10,000 yrs old to get protein - eat giant spiders most advanced societies weren't just dependent on ability to farm but on what type of food they could farm most productive crops-most productive farmers/civilization w/ nutrition, store-able food so can do other stuff CRUCIAL TO GLOBAL INEQUALITY ALSO CRUCIAL TO GLOBAL INEQUALITY GEOGRAPHIC LUCK-difference between have's and have not's, deter

domesticating animals/ plant- pushed from hunters/gathers to becoming able to advance their society and live in the same place surplus of food- (store, grow, domesticating animals/plants) stable/permanent residence, people have time to do things they are good at (build weapons/armor/better shelters/ect.) conquest of the world by conquistadors (Europeans) w/ use of guns germs and steel whipped out native Americans - why they dominate the world  author- Jared diamond professor at USLA college started as biologist  passion- studying birds began at 7 in USA came to New Guinea (setting of movie) at 26  know is leading expert on bird life their  haves- advanced, immunity, good health care have not's- no immunity, little/no health care, not advanced, little tools, low life expectancy  same as saying sick and poor and healthy and healthy where you live your environment effect your life  global inequality- why still based on what happened 1300 yrs combination

Today we watched guns, germs, and steel, and took notes on it. It is a transition into western civilization. We also checked our midterm and what grades we got on each part of it.