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 endure...