What I liked
*jokes for no apparent reason
*the movies
*how you taught
*the tests
*everything else that is hard to remember because it's too specific
What I didn't like
(there is nothing in this subject)
Friday, January 17, 2014
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Talking about the movie a little more
Today we talked a little more about the movie, and we went a little deeper with the domesticated animals this time. There are about two million species of known animals on Earth, but there are only fourteen that people were able to domesticate. They are:
*Goats
*Sheep
*Pigs
*Cows
*Horses
*Donkeys
*Bactrian camels
*Arabian camels
*Water buffalo
*Llamas
*Reindeer
*Yaks
*Mithans
*Bali cattle
None of these animals came from Papua New Guinea, Australia, Africa, the whole continent of North America, llamas came from South Africa, the rest came from Europe, North Africa, and the best four, cows, goats, sheep, and pigs went to the Middle East eventually through time.
*Goats
*Sheep
*Pigs
*Cows
*Horses
*Donkeys
*Bactrian camels
*Arabian camels
*Water buffalo
*Llamas
*Reindeer
*Yaks
*Mithans
*Bali cattle
None of these animals came from Papua New Guinea, Australia, Africa, the whole continent of North America, llamas came from South Africa, the rest came from Europe, North Africa, and the best four, cows, goats, sheep, and pigs went to the Middle East eventually through time.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
talking about the movie
Today Mr. Schick came back, and the entire class we talked about the movie. Most of the time we talked about how the people in the Middle East live, and how they live with the food and style of living they have. They eat the inside of a sego tree, but it's low in protein, and you can't store it. They live in the middle of the forest, living like it is the 1300's, and that's okay, because if they are not developed, they are not developed. For the other half of class, we were talking about racism, and why the world is so cruel about it.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Guns, Germs, and Steel (the movie)
Today we watched a movie and it was really long... and it was about farming and a little about culture. There is a scientist whose mane is Jared Diamond, and his passion was birds. he went to Nigini regularly to study the birds there. Soon, he became interested in the people there, and started some research about why America has more cargo than those in the Middle East. The Middle East people were the very first farmers in the world, and goats and sheep were the first animals domesticated.
Friday, January 10, 2014
More Notes on Urban Geography
Today we took more notes on Urban Geography, and here they are:
-During the mercantile era, the cities that thrived were embellished by wealthy merchant families, who built ornate mansions, patrionized the arts, participated in city governments, and supported the reconstruction of city centers.
THE SECOND URBAN REVOLUTION
-a large scale movement of people to cities to work in manufacturing. made possible by:
1. second agricultural revolution that improved food production and created a larger surplus.
2. industrialization, which encouraged growth of cities near industrial resources.
-during the second half of the 20th century...
Nature of manufacturing changed and locations changed, too. Many factories have been abandoned, creating "rust belts" out of once-thriving industrial districts.
and that's all the notes we took today.
-During the mercantile era, the cities that thrived were embellished by wealthy merchant families, who built ornate mansions, patrionized the arts, participated in city governments, and supported the reconstruction of city centers.
THE SECOND URBAN REVOLUTION
-a large scale movement of people to cities to work in manufacturing. made possible by:
1. second agricultural revolution that improved food production and created a larger surplus.
2. industrialization, which encouraged growth of cities near industrial resources.
-during the second half of the 20th century...
Nature of manufacturing changed and locations changed, too. Many factories have been abandoned, creating "rust belts" out of once-thriving industrial districts.
and that's all the notes we took today.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Urban Geography Notes
Today we got more done on this unit, and I have the notes this time:
*cities- a city is a conglomeration (a gathering(like an agora)) of people and buildings clustered together to serve as a center of politics, culture, and economics.
*Urban- the build-up of the central city and the suburban realm- the city and the surrounding environs connected to the city.
*(test question) in the last few years, the first time in human history, more people living in urban areas than rural areas... over 1/2 of the population is urban.
*modern process of urbanization- a rural area can become urbanized quite quickly in the modern world.
*THE FIRST URBAN REVOLUTION*
*agricultural villages
^ before urbanization, people often clustered in agricultural villages
^a relatively small egalitarian (equal) village, where most of the population was involved in agriculture. about 10,000 years ago, people began living in agricultural villages.
*two components enable the formation of cities:
1. an agricultural surplus
2. social stratification (a leadership class)
*5 hearths of urbanization
1. Mesopotamia- 3500 BCE
2. Nile River Valley-3200 BCE
3. Indus River Valley-2200 BCE
4. Huang He and Wei River Valleys-1500 BCE
5. Mesoamerica- 200 BCE
*in each of these hearths, an agricultural surplus and social stratification created the conditions necessary for cities to form and be maintained.
* Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were two of the first cities of the Indus River Valley
^intricately planned
^houses equal in size
^no palaces
^no monuments
*Mesoamerica-Mayan and Aztec civilizations-
*many ancient cities were theocratic centers where rulers were deemed to have divine authority and were god-kings.
*between 300 and 900 CE, Alton Ha, Belize served as a thriving trade and distribution center for the Caribbean merchant canoe traffic.
*DIFFUSION OF URBANIZATION*
*the Greek cities
*by 500 BCE, Greeks were highly urbanized
^network of more than 500 cities and two towns
^on the mainland and on islands
^each city had an acropolis and an agora
*THE ROMAN CITIES*
*a system of cities and small towns, linked together with hundreds of miles of roads and sea routes
^sites of Roman cities were typically for trade
^a Roman city's Forum combined the acropolis and agora into one space
^Roman cities had extreme wealth and extreme poverty (between 1/3 and 2/3s of empire's population was enslaved)
and that was all the notes for the two days...
*cities- a city is a conglomeration (a gathering(like an agora)) of people and buildings clustered together to serve as a center of politics, culture, and economics.
*Urban- the build-up of the central city and the suburban realm- the city and the surrounding environs connected to the city.
*(test question) in the last few years, the first time in human history, more people living in urban areas than rural areas... over 1/2 of the population is urban.
*modern process of urbanization- a rural area can become urbanized quite quickly in the modern world.
*THE FIRST URBAN REVOLUTION*
*agricultural villages
^ before urbanization, people often clustered in agricultural villages
^a relatively small egalitarian (equal) village, where most of the population was involved in agriculture. about 10,000 years ago, people began living in agricultural villages.
*two components enable the formation of cities:
1. an agricultural surplus
2. social stratification (a leadership class)
*5 hearths of urbanization
1. Mesopotamia- 3500 BCE
2. Nile River Valley-3200 BCE
3. Indus River Valley-2200 BCE
4. Huang He and Wei River Valleys-1500 BCE
5. Mesoamerica- 200 BCE
*in each of these hearths, an agricultural surplus and social stratification created the conditions necessary for cities to form and be maintained.
* Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were two of the first cities of the Indus River Valley
^intricately planned
^houses equal in size
^no palaces
^no monuments
*Mesoamerica-Mayan and Aztec civilizations-
*many ancient cities were theocratic centers where rulers were deemed to have divine authority and were god-kings.
*between 300 and 900 CE, Alton Ha, Belize served as a thriving trade and distribution center for the Caribbean merchant canoe traffic.
*DIFFUSION OF URBANIZATION*
*the Greek cities
*by 500 BCE, Greeks were highly urbanized
^network of more than 500 cities and two towns
^on the mainland and on islands
^each city had an acropolis and an agora
*THE ROMAN CITIES*
*a system of cities and small towns, linked together with hundreds of miles of roads and sea routes
^sites of Roman cities were typically for trade
^a Roman city's Forum combined the acropolis and agora into one space
^Roman cities had extreme wealth and extreme poverty (between 1/3 and 2/3s of empire's population was enslaved)
and that was all the notes for the two days...
Monday, January 6, 2014
urban geography
today we started a new unit, called urban geography, we took a few notes on it today, but I forgot my notebook at school. anyway, we took notes about urban geography, some definitions, and what places have had urban geography since BCE. we talked about that for a while, and then we started talking about random things, like how we used to have exams after the Christmas break, then it changed to before Christmas break about two years ago. we talked about that for a few minutes, then continued with the notes, and that was it.
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