World Capitals & Asia Map

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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:

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.... :"(