day 3

1. 

• civil war: conflict between groups within the same country
• julius caesar: a military leader
• triumvirate: a group of three leaders sharing control of the government
• augustus: the most powerful ruler of the. mightest empire also means exalted one
• pax romana: a period of peace and prosperotu throught the roman empire

3. econmic turmoil, and military upheavel

4. sound government, agriculture, and trade

5. free games, races, mock battles, and gladiator contests

day 2

today i was not in class because i had a basketball tournament in Virginia

day 1

• Rome began as a republic a government in which elected officials represent the people. eventually, absolute rulers called emperors seized power and expanded the empire
• at its heights, the Roman empire touched three continents - Europe Asia and Africa. for several centuries Rome brought peace and prosperity to its empire before its eventual collapse
• out of Judea rose a monotheistic or single-god religion known as Christianity based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth it soon spread throughout Rome and beyond

timeline

• 509 bc Rome becomes a republic
• 264 bc first Punic war begins
• 218 bc in the second Punic war Hannibal invades Italy
• 31 bc Octavian defeats the forces of Antony and Cleopatra (bust of Cleopatra)
• 284 ad Diocletian becomes emperor of Rome
• 476 ad western roman empire falls (roman horseman)

today

today we got our test back, I did really well, I got an A. we went over it, we all had to say an answer and we went around the room. After that Mr. Schick explained why he is going to be gone the next couple weeks. He's going to be getting surgery and afterwards, the doctors say he won't be able to stand for a week or two. So he has created a series of things we need to do on our blog regarding Rome. To prepare us for the test we have a couple days after he gets back. I really hope the surgery goes well

test day

oh boy, today was scary, I did not think that went well. I am really worried but anxious to get our results. Meanwhile, I didn't do to well on a math quiz, and if I don't do well on this, my spring break may not be to fun. but I'm glad it's over. No more school or work for a week, it'll be nice. I will miss everyone though.

review day

today we reviewed for our test tomorrow. Not super confident considering I wasn't here when we read two of the sections. But i'm going to study a lot tonight, so i'll be ready. Plus i got an off mod right beforehand so i can study then two. Also today we saw the picture of the black hole that was found, that's over 55,000,000 light years away. So that was pretty cool. But pretty chill class, until Ham got yelled at.

today

today in class we went over the other half of the worksheet i only got one wrong and i spent some of the class studying for Friday. It's nice that we won't have to worry about the test throughout spring break. Hopefully, i'll do well and keep my grade up and go into spring break feeling cool and calm. Besides that pretty chill day. Most of our classes have been pretty chill because not a lot of teacher want to start a new lesson that will be interrupted by spring break

greece worksheet

today we worked on the Democracy and Greece's Golden Age worksheet. I read through the text to find the answers. I did pretty well. Some of the questions will be on our test on Friday. I don't think I'm ready for the test on Friday at all. So that's fun. We went over half of it in class and I got them all right, so good sign there. But last week until spring break which is amazing! I just want to get this week over with so I can go on break.

textbook questions

1.  Philip II- became king of Macedonia at 23 years old- brilliant general and ruthless politician- transformed rugged peasants into a well-trained army- organized troops in phalanxes of 16 men across and deep, each one armed with an 18-foot pike, used to break through enemy lines and then used cavalry to crush his opponent
2. Macedonia-  located just north of Greece, with rough terrain and a cold climate- hardy people who lived in mountain villages- thought of themselves as Greeks
3. Alexander the Great- 20-year-old king - well prepared to lead- under Aristotle's teaching
4. Darius III- vowed to crush the invaders by raising an army of 50,000 and 75,000 men

3.   Philip II was able to concur Greece by using his phalanxes to get through enemy lines and then use Cavalry to crush his disorganized opponents.
4.    Alexander continued Philip II's campaign of conquest after achieving his goal because he wanted to expand his empire.
5.    Alexander's empire after his death continued through three ambitious leaders; Antigonus, who took control over Greece and became king of Macedonia; Ptolemy, who seized Egypt and became a Pharaoh and formed a dynasty; Seleucus, who took over most old Persian Empires.

today

today in class we went over the questions and what we read. Pretty boring class. Today we had it first mod so I was pretty slow. But a pretty boring class. We learned we have a test on Greece next Friday the day spring break starts. We learned a couple things that will be on the test. Everything today was pretty chill. Nothing excited and we didn't really do anything.

textbook questions

• Direct Democracy- a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives 
• Classical art- Greek values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion
• tragedy- a serious drama about common themes such as love, war, or betrayal
• comedy- contained scenes filled with slapstick situations and crude humor
• Peloponnesian War- between the two city-states Athens and Sparta. Athens had a stronger navy, and Sparta had a stronger army. Its location inland meant that it could not easily be attacked by sea 
• philosopher- determined thinkers seeking truth no matter where the search led them
• Socrates- a critic of Sophists- did not believe that absolute standards exist for truth and justice, he encouraged Greeks to question themselves and their moral character
• Plato- a student of Socrates- late 20's- wrote down the conversations of Socrates 
•  Aristotle- questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought and knowledge
• Pericles increased the number of public officials who were paid salaries.
• Athens' strategy was to avoid land battle with the Spartans and wait for an opportunity to strike from the sea. The Spartans' strategy was to march into Athenian territory and destroy their food supply
• Some people thought it was disturbing because he forced them to think about their values in life.

presentation day 2

today we finished up presentations. Our own group gave ourselves a B. To be honest, we had a lot of flaws, but we put a lot of work and time into it. I hope Mr. Schick will see that. We watched with video on Chariot racing, when they didn't have a green screen and stuff like that. Looked pretty painful. But today was super boring, we basically had half the period off which was pretty nice.