Friday, December 11, 2009

Chapter 1 Review page 9 (Terms 1-13, Identification 1-7,Chapter Concepts 1-8)

Chapter 1 Review page 9 (Terms 1-13, Identification 1-7,Chapter Concepts 1-8)

Terms

1)B.C.-Before Christ

2)A.D.-anno Domini (In the year of our Lord)

3)Evolution-A fabled process of progressive change dependant on chance and time, with the origin of life on earth.

4)Government- An institution that has both authority and power to control, direct, and to rule the actions and affairs of others.

5)Sovereign- supreme power.

6)Deluge-a flood.

7)Capital Punishment-The death penalty.

8)Post Dulivan -After the flood.

9)Plain of Shinar-The resting place for the ark of Noah. Lower Mesopotamia.

10)Babel-City in Shinar. Tower of Babel was built here.

11)Humanism-Worship of man.

12)Nation-A group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a single entity.

13)Race-People groups

Identification

1)Focal point-The birth of Christ

2)1700 years

3)Shim, Ham and, Japheth.

4)Nimrod;the rebel.

5)The fall of the tower of Babel.

6)Sumerians and Egyptians.

7)Africa, Asia, Russia.

Chapter Concepts

1)The written memory of mankind. To learn where we came from.

2)Reason, speech.

3)Because we get better and mess up. Over and over again.

4)The creation of man, birth of Christ, the end of the world.

5)

6)People wanted to rule themselves so they created a government

7)To protect the people. The Bible instructs Christians to obey authority.

8)Man tried to reach the heavens and be like God with the tower of Babel so He struck them with different languages so they couldn't communicate.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Ch. 13 Online blog test

1.Celts , earliest inhabitaants of the british isles
2.Juts,angles,saxons- Formed anglland
5.Alfred the Great- 1st great king of england
8.Harlod godwin- King of England, died in battle of hastings
9.William the Conquerer- won the battle of hastings
19.Joan of Arc- Martyred, later connonized
25.Hugh Capet- First capetian king of france
26.Louis VI- strength, awnd power, lle de france
28.Louis IX- Improved French laws
30.Boniface VIII- Quarled with phillip the IV, Phillip had him arrested and beaten he later died from his wounds
33.Ferdinand and isabella- Married by an arrangened marriage, didn't see each other till wedding day; later financed columbus journey
39.Marco Polo- Explorer of asia, wrote journals of his times there
42.Columbus- discovered the americas, was financed by ferdinand and isabella to discover a passage to the indies

Who were the earliest known inhabitants of the British Isles? Celts

What were the dates of the Hundred Years’ War? 13337-1453

Which Germanic tribe conquered Spain in the 5th century? Anglo-Saxons
Which name did the Romans give to Spain? Hispania
These were Muslims from North Africa who invaded Spain: Moors
What does “reconquista” mean? To take back
Name 4 nations that developed in Europe during the Middle Ages. France,England,Spain,Portugal
What is the name of the monument in Southern England that may have been an ancient Celtic worship site? Stonehenge
Which Germanic tribe named England? Anglos
Which Anglo-Saxon poet lived in the 7th century? (Hint: There’s a Christian band named after him) Caedmons Call
Who was crowned king of France in 987 AD? Hugh Capet
Which French king was St. Louis, MO named after? Louis XIV
What was the French Estates-General composed of? (List them out) Clergy,Nobles,Commoners
Which peninsula is Spain located on? Iberian
Name 3 Germanic tribes. Anglos,Juts,Saxons
Which countries fought during the Hundred Years’ War? Who won? France and England, England Won!

Monday, November 9, 2009

Monday, November 9, 2009
WH Blog Assignment #37
Hey WH Students,


Here is your Chapter 12 Study Guide. Be familiar with the following terms/people for your Chapter 12 Test on Wednesday. Complete this study guide and post your answers to your blog for 25 points:



1.feudalism- System of life based on land ownership
2.fief -land owned by a lord
3.lord -owned the land
4.vassal -worked the land and fought in the lord's army
5.knight - fought in the lord's army
6.chivalry - code of conduct for a knight
7.heraldry - coat of arms
8.castle - kings house
9.joust -medieval games
10.tournament- medieval games
11.manor- Lord/Noble house
12.serf - Servant
13.Truce of God - No fighting on friday to sunday
14.Peace of God - priests deny sacraments to those who stole from churches or killed non combatants in war
15.burg -communtiy of traveling merchants
16.middle class -burgers
17.trade fair - old flea market
18.guild - consisted of merchants artisans and craftsmen
19.black death -beubonic plague
20.Chaucer - Most famous author of medieval times; wrote Canterbury tales
21.trivium - grammar rhetoric and logic
22.quadrivium arithmetic music geometry and astronomy
23.scholasticism - theology,-roman catholic style; greek philosophy
24.Brethren of the Common Life - Christian group founded by Jerard Groote 1380
25.humanism - tried to mix christianitity and greek classics
26.patron - people who supported the arts with their own money
27.Sistine Chapel - done by michelangelo
28.Medicis - famous family of medieval times
29.Thomas Aquinas - called dumb ox but was trully brilliant
30.William of Ockham - educated at oxford said bible was ultimante authority
31.John Wycliffe - Translated the bible into common language; thought that the popes claim to absolute authority was wrong
32.John Huss - hussites; martyred burned at the stake
33.Gerhard Groote org. brethren of the common ppl.
34.Dante wrote divine comedy
35.Petrarch father of humanism
36.Bocaccio wrote the Decameron
37.Michelangelo renaissance man
38.Flanders in western belgium
39.Machiavelli - wrote the prince
40.Giotto famous artist of the renaissance
41.DaVinci - famous artist and inventor of the renaissance
42.Prague-italian renaissance

Monday, November 2, 2009

Medieval pictures




















Chapter 12 section review 1

1.Land ownership
2. Lord owned land, vassel used land and was lord warrior
3.Big ol' moat big castle wit a draw bridge
4. Tournaments and falconry
5. People who worked on the manor
6. Peace of God, Truce of God

Feudalism- way of life based on land ownage
King- Ruler master wup you up side da head
crown land- king's personal land
knight- kings gangsters
chivalry-code of conduct that knights lived by
heraldry- gang signs ya colors- represented yo family
manor- nobles cribs
demesne- Lords fields

Friday, October 30, 2009

Chapter 9/10 Test

PEOPLE

1.Messiah- Jesus
5. Domitian-Roman Emperer, proclaimed himself Dominus Deus aka Lord and God
9.Trajan-Startes the third persecution of Christians, made the profession of Christianity a crime.
13.Irenaeus-Martyred under the rule of Septimus Severus, he was a pupil of Polycarp and was the bishop of lyons in Gaul
17. Origen- Martyred under the rule of Decius; He was a Christian philospher and theologian from Alexandria, he escaped the persecution of Maximinus Thrax but did not escape the persecution of Decius.
21. Diocletian, Maximian- Started the tenth and greatest persecution of Christians. Proclaimed himself as well as his co- emperor Dominus Noster. Outlawed Christianity in 303 ad and demanded all Biblical manuscripts be taken and burned.
25. Aristides- EArly Christian Apologist; Early defender of the Faith.
29. Athanasius- (296?-373) Eloquently and passionately argued for the true deity of Christ at the Council of Nicea.
33. Theodosious I- (ruled 379-395) it became the only legal faith, the state religion of Rome.
TERMS
1.Synagogues- Jewish temple
2.Gentiles, Proselytes- Gentiles(Non Jews) and Proselytes( Converts)
3.Martyr- one who dies for their beliefs
4.Book of Revelation- Written by the Apostle John on the Island of Patmos. Book of end time prophesy concerning the end of the age/world, and the return of Christ.
5. Catacombs- underground tunnels that went for miles under the city of Rome; they were used for refuge, worship, and burial. It is estimated that 2 and 7 million Christians are buried in the catacombs.
6. Edict of Milan- given in 313 AD; extended legal protection and recognition to Christians throught the Empire.
7. Church Fathers-Early church leaders/ Early preachers and teachers of Christianity
8. Apologists- Defenders of the Faith
9. Monoarchianism- false doctrine that denied the doctrine of the trinity
10. Latin Vulgate- The common Bible of the early western church
11.creeds- " I believe..."
12. Apostles Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed- the apostles creed, the earliest creed, was developed between the second and fifth centuries.It is still used today. The nicene creed adopted by the Council of Nicaea in AD 325 rejecting the teaching of arianism a false doctrine that denied the deity of Christ. The athanasian creed was named for Athanasius, and was put together with the Apostles and nicene creed as the creed of the Early churches confessions of faith.
13. Council of Nicaea- Denied the false doctrine of arianism that denied the deity of Christ.
Chapter Concepts
4. It affected Christianity, in this way. It created many false converts because making Christianity the only legal religion forced people to become christians not becomce christians the write way.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

section review 3 chapter 9

1. Clement of Rome; Polycarp; Ignatius
2.Aristides-
Justin Martyr
3.Irenaeus; Against all hereesy's
4.Tertullian
5. Origien
6.Translated scriptures out of hebrew and greek into the common language
7.Ambrose, Jonh Chyrsostom
8.Auustine; Confessions; City of God
9. Apostles creed, Nicene Creed,
10.Ad 325, Ephesus, Constantinople, Cghalcedon
11.Theodosius I, made false converts to christianity

Identify:
Church Fathers- Preachers and Teachers of the EArly Chruch
Apologists- One who defended the faith
Gnostiscm- Greek philosphy mixed with Christianity
Monarchism- Denied the Trinity
Creeds- confession of faith
Aianism- denied the deity of christ

Monday, October 26, 2009

Christian Persecution

RESTRICTED NATION-
This includes countries where government policy or practice prevents Christians from obtaining Bibles or other Christian literature. Also included are countries where government-sanctioned circumstances or anti-Christian laws lead to Christians being harassed, imprisoned, killed or deprived of possessions or liberties because of their witness.

The most restricted nations:
Comoros Mauritania Philippines Maldives.

Voice of thye martyrs, is a non-profit orginization dedicated to assissting persecuted churches through out the world. Founded by Richard Wurmbrand in 1967 after being tortured as a missionary for 14 years.

How can I help?
I or we can help by supporting persecuted churches financially, also we can pray for Missionaries who are being persecuted for spreading the
Gospel. This is two simple ways yet effective.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Papyrus fragments of the New Testament

1. Papyrus pic 1
2.Papyrus pic 2


3. Papyrus pic 3
4. Papyrus pic 4



5. Papyrus pic 5






Chapter 9 Section review 1

1.Vast empire spreading from Rome all the way over millions of square miles of land. Because of the Pax Romana there was peace in Rome and in the empire
2.Herod the Great
3.12 Apostles+Paul
4.100 AD
5.They were impressed that Christians were willing to die and not reject or renounce the name of Christ.

Synagogues-Jewish temple
Gentiles-Non-Jews
Proselytes- Converted Gentiles
Messiah- Jewish name for Christ(Greek)
Church- Body of Christ or place of meeting

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Section review 7 + Identifiy

1.Black and Aegean Sea; Ionian Sea; Gulf of Corinth


2.Minoans,Mycenaeans, Dorians


3.Minoans;King Minos of knossos


4.Mycenaeans


5.Dorians; Helenians


6.Homer; The travels of odysseus and the war between athens an troy


7.Athena-Wisdom Aries-War Apollo- Sun; They looked like people having human characteristics


8.city states; acropolis,agora,gymnasium, and amphitheatre


9.Athens,Sparta,Eretria


10.490-479 BC


11. Thermoplylae- Darius's son Xerexes the first wanted Greece and they lost because of a traitor at Salimis the Persians arrive in athens to find an empty city athens defeated the persians in the first major navel battle

12. It placed a limit on westward expansion of the Persian Empire.

Identifiy-

Hellespont-City in troy.
Attica- Region of greece
Peloponnesus- Region of greece
Trojan war- 1200bc mycenans defeated the city of troy, on the coast of asia minor after a 10 year seige
Odysseus- Main characer of Homer's Odyssey
Mt. Olympus- Where the gods lived.
Heros-human chracters who played imprtant roles in homers poems.
Achilles- Invincible greek warrior.
Barbarian- Those who did not speak greek.
Olypic Ganes- Held every fourth year at Olympia in honor of Zeus.
Olypiad- The time between olympic games.
Darius 1- King of persia
Xerxes 1- Darius son.
Leonidas- Spartan leader.
Themistocle- Briallant athenian who tricked xerxes into fighting a naval battle.
Plataea- A battle fought in 479 B.C.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Africa Geography Clue Game

We get our points...remember?

Mini Game Demo and Glu Mobile Demo

You said to skip these games and that we get extra points. Ok...we get regular points..but...never mind.

Monday, September 21, 2009

African geography game

Drake-220sec
J.P.-221sec

Chapter 6 Section Review

1. 2/5, sahara desert northwest klahari southwest
2.Atlas mountains, kilimanjaro
3. Lake victoria
4.Rift

Dark continent-Africa because it wasn't explored until the 19th century
savanna- land characterized by wet and dry seasons
Lake tanganyika- longest and second deepest freshwater lake

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Study Guide

Sahara-Worlds largest desert
Nile-longest river
Egypt-northest corner of africa; seabed of african culture
Mizraim-Most ancient name for egypt
Land of Ham-another ancient name for egypt
Nomes-Small city states in egypt
Pharaohs-strong rulers of egypt
Menes-First pharoah of egypt united upper and lower egypt, and egypt became known as the kingdom of two lands
The gift of the Nile-another name for egypt from herrodotus greek father of history 485-425 BC
Hieroglyphics-language of ancient egypt, 700 symbols
Book of the Dead-most important egyptian work contained prayers hymns spells and info to guide through the after life was placed in tombs
Memphis-12 miles south of cairo known as noph in the Bible, two granite collassi and one alabaster sphinx
Thebes-Nothing remains except the vast cementary
Necropolis-City of the Dead
Pyramid-Tombs for pharoahs,or nobles
Monarchy-Kingdom ruled by a king
Theocracy-Kingdom ruled by one god/God
Humanism-Worship of humans
Naturalism-Worship of nature
Polytheism-Worship of many gods
Egyptian Tombs-Pyramids
Great Pyramids of Cheops-one of the wonders of the ancient world took 100,000 workers 20 years covers 13 acres and contains 2.3 million blocks
King tut-one of the worldest archealogical discoveries by howard carter in 1922
Mummification- the process of perserving a body
30 Dynasties-Ancient egyptian history is divided into 30 dynasties
Old kingdom-Dynasties 3-6 cheops,khafre,menkaure built giza
Pyramids at giza-Built by look up
Great sphinx-head of a man body of a lion a has the face of khafre
Middle Kingdom-11th dynasty king mentuhotep I established the captial at Thebes; around the time of abraham
King menuhotep-look up
Hyksos-asaitic warriors,conquered the middle kingdom, had chariot and horses
New kingdom-18th-20th dynasties King ahmose I droves hyksos out of egypt
Hatshephut-may have beene moses mother only female pharoah
Amenhotep II- thutmose III=ruler & amenhotep was his son; may have been p[haroah during the exodus
Later new kingdom- Ramses II most outstanding egyptian monarch->
Ramese II
Alexander the Great-Controled all of the known world ;332Bc conquered egypt
Alexandria-Most important city in his empire; Great library had over 700,000 scrolls
Lighthouse of Alexandria- 444 ft. marble tower wonder of the ancient world; burning pitch and a mirror reflecting the light for 35 miles

Friday, September 11, 2009

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Chapter 4 Section Review 1

1. Tigris and the Euphrates, the Indus, the hwang Ho; Indus Valley Civilization, Aryans, the Dravidians.


2. 1/3 of the land and 1/2 of the people.


3. Himalayan Mnts., Northern Plains, Deccan Plateau.


4. Caste system and religion.


5. Mauryas.


6. Siddartha Guatama; Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia.


7. Guptas.


8. Mogul Empire.


9. The British East Indian Trading Company.


10. William Carey.

11. Hostile bloody takeover, enslavery.

12. Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru.

13.Indira Gandhi, Rajvi Gandhi.

14.The zero, decimal number system, arabic numerals, algebra, Damascene steel, Calico.

Identify:

Mount Everest-Tallest mountian in the world located in Nepal.

Dead Sea-Salty sea between Jordan and Israel.

Indus Valley Civilzation-First arose in 2000 B.C. setteled in the the Indus river valley, built great great cities such as Harappa and Mohenjo Daro.

Aryans-Invaded India from the north.

Dravidians-Local's

Asoka-Greatest ruler maurya empire

Taj Mahal-Means "best of buildings" built my a mogul as a tomb for his favorite wife.

Pakistan-Was formed by muslims who fled from india.

Bangladesh-Formerly east pakistan

Hindustani-hybrid form of arabic and hindi
Sepoy Rebellion-When the Indian natives rebelled against British rule.
Adoniriam Judson-Father of American Missions in India.

Monday, August 31, 2009

World Capitals & Asia Map

Drake: 22500
Mat: 17400
J.P. : 1500

Drake: 83s
Matt:90s
J.P. :146s

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Game Scores

Hopping through History-Correct:50 Incorrect:8 Level:10

Kiana Orca Perserve-Correct:50 Incorrect:17

Battlestar Glaticgay-Correct:8 Incorrect:42(Matts fault)

Battle Brick- Correct:40 Incorrect: 17 LEVEL 5

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Chapter 3 Section Rewiew 2

1. Israel, Palestine, Canaan; Christianity, Judaism, Islam.
2. Israel and Judah
3. Placed in the center of the Middle East, to be the light of the Nations.
4. The Ten Commanments.
5. To be a theocracy, and to follow the The Commandments.
6. Semites
7. David and Solomon
8. Divided into two kindoms.
9. 70 A.D.

Identify:
Abraham-Patriarch of the Nation of Israel
Patriarch-Fathers of a Nation
Moses-Led the children of Irsael out of Egypt.
Covenant-A solem promise.
Theocracy-A Nation ruled by God.
Alphabet-System of writing where letters are put together to make sounds.
Sinai Script-The manuscript where the hebrew alphabet was developed from.
Literacy-The ability to read and write.
721B.C.-Notrthern kingdom of Israel fell to the Assryains.
586B.C.-Southern Kingdom fell to the Babylonions.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Section Review 1

1.Place Value Notation
2.Hammurabi's code of law
3.The Hittites
4.Assyrian Kings Shalmaneser V & Sargon II
6.Ashurbanipal
7.Cyrus the Great; Decreed to build a temple in Israel
8.Darius I & Xerxes I; Darius I
9.Xerxes I; Artaxerxes I
10. Persian ruler also under the law, unlike other Kingdoms whos rulers were above the law.

Identify:
1.Babylon- First empire to rule the middle east after Sumer.
2.Hammurabi- known for his code of laws
3.Enuma- Babylonian Genesis
4.Justice- use of authority and power to uphold what is right, just, or lawful.
5.Tiglath-Pileser- Assyria's first great monarch
6.Chaldeans- New Babylonian Empire
7.Hanging Gardens of Babylon- one of the 7 Great wonders of the ancient world; constructedby Nebuchadnezzar.
8.Daniel- One of the Jews taken captive by Babylonians, eventually became an important Babylonian official; In the Bible
9. Zoroastrianism- Persians false pagan religion

Middle East Geography Game Scores: Drake: -25
John Paul: 130
Matt:95

Thursday, August 20, 2009

August 20, 1911
First around-the-world telegram sent, 66 years before Voyager II launch.








Drake's Birthday Memory....

May 1, 1960
American U-2 spy plane shot down




Matthew's Birthday:

December 20, 1987
Ferry collides with oil tanker near Manila




JPT's Bday:
May 24
Brooklyn bridge Opens






Tuesday, August 18, 2009








El PHOTO NUMBRO UNO: Some random dude diving into some random water with his stanky feet!!!!
EL PHOTO NUMBRO DOCE: They be dem bee catcherz!!!! What you wear bee mask for?!
EL PHOTO NUMBRO TREC: EXCERCISE!!!! He be running down dem sters!!!!
EL PHOTO NUMBRO CUATRO: Women making grape jelly.....and NOT voting!!!!
EL PHOTO NUMBRO CINCO: Fuzzy woman is stealing rice......And a kid!!!!! SOMEONE CALL DA PO PO!!!!

Soooo.....The fo bodiez of wata be da Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, Red Sea and da Black Sea.
HERE BE DA PITCHAS:

Monday, August 17, 2009

a. Fact 1 - Iraq is dominated by which 2 rivers?
ANSWER: The Tigris and Euphrates.
b. Fact 2 - Rocky deserts cover about what percent of the land?
ANSWER: 40 percent.
c. Fact 3 - Are their protected natural areas in Iraq?
ANSWER: There are NO protected natural areas.
d. Fact 4 - What species are at risk in Iraq?
ANSWER: Wild goats, dugongs and cheetahs!!!! (MEOW) !!!
e. Fact 5 - Describe "carp" fish.
ANSWER: They weigh a whopping 300 pounds!!!!
f. Fact 6 - What's gone on in Iraq during the past 15 years?
ANSWER: International sanctions, occupation of foreign government, revolts, terrorism and WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
g. Fact 7 - What is Iraq's nickname?
ANSWER: "The Cradle of Civiliaztion".
h. Fact 8 - Who established the first known system of laws?
ANSWER: The SUMERIANS!!!!
i. Fact 9 - When did Babylonian rule end?
ANSWER: When the Persians took over.
j. Fact 10 - When did Iraq become an independent country?
ANSWER: Iraq became an independent country of the year 1932.
k. Fact 11 - What happened to Saddam Hussein?
ANSWER: He had a very terrible incident with a noose.
l. Fact 12 - True or False: Iraq is one of the most culturally diverse nations.
ANSWER: TRUE!
m. Fact 13 - Today, how many Iraqis can read/write?
ANSWER: 40%
n. Fact 14 - When were Iraq's first democratic elections held?
ANSWER: The year of 2005.
o. Fact 15 - What does Iraq have the "world's second largest supply of"?
ANSWER: OIL!!!
p. Fact 16 - What's the official name of Iraq? What is the capital city? How many people live there?
ANSWER: Republic of Iraq....Bagdad....26, 783, 383 peoplz.
q. Fact 17 - What is Iraq's money called?
ANSWER: New Iraq dinar.

GEOGRAPHY QUIZ SCORES.................

Soooo......

This last quiz WAS TERRIBLE!!!! (As least, for matthew)

Drake: 9 out of 10!!!! YAY!!! Good job....Not.
John Paul: 9 out of 10!!! WOOT WOOT!!!!! *Fist Pump*
Matthew: 4 out of 10.... :"(

Friday, August 14, 2009