5/6/11

Today was a half day and we only had like a 30 minute class.  We took a test on Rome.  I thought it was going to be harder than it was but it was actually pretty easy. i hope i get a good grade so i dont have a D anymore my mom is starting to get really mad at me.

5/5/11

• 1st paragraph
  • The Etruscans had a written language which Romans took most of their letters from
  • Tarquin was their king and he was the last king they had.  People started to hate him
• 2nd Paragraph
  • many different forms of government put together
  • Carthage was in Africa
• 3rd paragraph 
  • latifundia- a huge estate of villa (taken away from farmers after the war)
  • Gracchus brothers-Tiberius and Gauis
    • plebeians  nobles
    • attempted to pass a lands reform that would redistribute huge pieces of patrician land among the plebeians
    • assassinated for their attempts
• 4th paragraph
  • he was appointed dictator for ten years 
  • Julius Caeser got money from Crassus
  • He entered a political with Crassus and Pompey (rich people) which was to dominate Roman politics for several years
  • he made a decision to cross a river into Gaul (the leader of Gaul said if they crossed it then that would be considered an act of war)
  • killed Caesar hoping to restore the government of republic
• 6th paragraph
  • Cleopatra
    • said she was a rencarnation of a goddess
  • Octavian Antony and Lepidus formed an official three-man govermnet called the second triumvirate
  • Cleopatra tried to take over Octavius power
  • Antony fell in love with Cleopatra

5/4/11

Today in class Mr Schick was not here.  We were told to look at his website and it said to finish out projects.  me and jordan were already done because i did all of the work the night before so we just sat there and talked.

monday 5/2/11

Today in class Mr Schick assigned us a paragraph of his rap.  jordan and I got paragraph number seven.  It is about gladiators, pax romana, and a chariot racing stadium. I think will do a good job ang get a A so i c an bring my grade up.

rome pictures

Julius cesar

Augustus

gladiators fighting

Hannibal the Carthaginian genearal

Octavian 

the Roman Senate

the Roman Calvary

roman 

infantry

roman century

the roman legion

this is Cleopatra

Rome Reading number 2

Vocab:

consul-officials that commanded the army and directed the government 
veto-reject or overrule
senate-the aristocratic branch of Rome's government
assembly-the democratic side of the government
dictator-a leader who had absolute power in comparison to the consuls and the senate
mercenary-soldiers who fight in any country's army for pay

1. Why were many plebeians dissatisfied with Rome's government in the early years of the republic?                      The patricians had too much control of the government and too much power.
2. How did they win reforms?                                                                                                                             They won reform by refusing to fight in the army unless they agreed to it.
3. What changes did they bring about in Roman government?                                                                           they gained access to many political offices, obtained more favorable laws, enslavement for debt was ended, and marriage between plebeians and patricians are allowed.
4. Why did Romans consider that they had a balanced government?                                                           because their government was partially monarchy, part aristocracy, and part democracy
5. Once Rome had conquered most of Italy, how did the Roman government win the support of the conquered people?                                                                                                                                      they were allies to Rome
6. At th start of the Punic Wars, why might Carthage have appeared the stronger power?                                 they were bigger had huge navy of 500 ships wealthy
7. Why was Rome, in fact, the victor?                                                                                                             draw on a reserve of more than 500,000 people more loyal and reliable troops directed energy at winning wars
8. Why was the Battle of Zama a major turning point in history?                                                                              if Hannibal would have won Carthage and not Rome would have become the greatest empire in the world
9. Why did the Greeks at first welcome Roman armies?                                                                                     the Romans freed them from the rule of Philip V of Macedon
10. Why did the Greek attitude change?                                                                                                                 they because greedy with freedom

rome hw

Vocab:

a. republic-a political unit that is not rules by a monarch and in which citizens with the right to vote choose their leaders

b. gravitas-weightiness or seriousness

c. pater familias-the oldest male of the family

d. toga-uncomfortable garment worn my the people of rome

e. patrician-people who were upper class because they claimed to have had ancestors that were founders of Rome

f. plebeian-common farmers, artisans,and merchants

g. legion-a massive military unit

h. century-100 years

1. How did geography help Rome                                                                                                               Rome was the center point within the central peninsula
2. Why was each of the following groups important to Rome's development?                                                 Latins-Rome was first started by a settlement of Latin shepherds Greeks-They established 50 colonies on the coast of southern Italy and Sicily Etruscans-They had an alphabet that the Romans eventually adopted.  The Romans were influenced by their architecture and trade. 
3. What were the values of early Roman society?                                                                                      discipline, strength, loyalty family
4. How was the Roman household organized?                                                                                                         the pater familias had all the power in the family protected the family
5.  What freedoms did women have in the family and in society?                                                                          they were in charge of the house they had a lot more freedom than the Athenian women she was a citizen she could own property and testify in court
6. How was the army linked to Roman society?                                                                                                    all male men had to serve in the army no one could hold public office w/out being in the army for 10 years

Greece is finally over

today we had a test on what we learned on greece. the test was pretty hard i think expecially the essays. i didnt like the three essay choices but i managed to get it done and i am hoping i got a good grade.

test review greece

today in class we are going over everyones presentation to form questions for the test here are some of them:

• What is a hoplite?
• citizen-solider 
• How long did the Pelopenisian War last?
• 27 years
• Who won the Pelepenisian War?
• Sparta
• What went wrong?
• someone had a plague when they had the wall around the city
• 1/3-2/3 died including Pericles
• What did Greek theater look like?
• semi-circle around stage
• staggered seats
• What did he want to do?
• he wanted to strengthen democracy and make Athens more beautiful
• Whats the thing in the center of town that people come to talk?
• agora
• What is frieze?
• is was 3D carving of regular people
• What were the styles?
• Doric-basic
• Ionic-fancy
• Corinthian-really fancy
• What was he charged with?
• corrupting the minds of youth
• going against the gods
• What he die of?
• poison
• Some examples?
• boxing, running, long jump
• Hoplitodromos?
• event that you have to run with armor
• Main phylosiphers?
• Socrates-thinking on reason; questioning
• Plato-founded school called Acadamy
• Aristotle-

Homer

Who was he?

•      Early Greek poet

Did everyone think Homer was real?

•     No

What did he write?

•      Iliad and Odyssey 

90/100

alexander's conquest

3
What did he rule?

•      Asia minor, Persia, Egypt, Greece and some of India

What was his horses name?

•      Bucepalus (Ox-head)

What did he spread around the world

•      Greek Culture

85/100

Greek Architechture

What was the earliest and plainest Greek architectural style?

•  Doric 

What is the most decorative and modern style?

•  Corinthian

What is the symbol of ancient Greece?

•  The Parthenon

82/100

The Golden Age of Pericles

What was he said to be born as?

•       lion

What were the religious festivles?

•      Panathenia-honored Athena
•      Dionysa- honored god of wine

What were Pericles three goals?

•      Strengthen democracy, make Athens more beautiful, and expand their empire

85/100

Greek poets/poetry

How would they present their poems?

•      in song form

Who wrote the first first point of view  poetry?

•      Sappho

Who wrote the Iliad and Odyssey?

•      Homer

100/100

Greek Drama

What do they do instead of scenes?

•       episodes

Types of Plays

•      Comedy, tragedy

Who is a Tragedy perform by and when?   

•   by men and in April

88/100

Greek Philosophers

Who were the main Philosophers?

•      Aristotle
•      Plato
•      Socrates

What is western Philosophy?

•      the thought an work of the western world and how it differs tot he Eastern world

What was Plato before he was a philosopher

•      he was a wrestler and poet

92/100

parthenon

Who was it for?
     The goddess Athena

Where is it located?
     Acropolis

What was inside?
     A giant statue of Athena



89/100

Alexander the Great's youth.

What was his horse afraid of?
     He was afraid of his shadow
Who was his teacher?
     Aristotle
He died at the age of 33 from ___Malaria___.
Never lost a battle.
98/100.

ancient greek

1.  what are the 3 styles for architecture? doric ionic Corinthians
2. why do they make sculptures? religious and cultural reasons.
3. what are the 3 types of paintings? panel painting, wall painting, polychromy painting.

grade 90%

ancient greek

1.  what are the 3 styles for architecture? doric ionic Corinthians
2. why do they make sculptures? religious and cultural reasons.
3. what are the 3 types of paintings? panel painting, wall painting, polychromy painting.

grade 90%

QUESTIONS ON PRESENTATIONS

peloponnesian war- how long did it last 27 years,  when did the war between sparta and athens end, 404 BC, what was a major factor in losing the war? athens had a plague which killed alot of the people.

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my report on the olympics

The Olympic Games were a series of athletic competition that was held in honor of Zeus. Records indicate that the first Olympic Games were held in Olympia, in Greece in 776 BC. The Games were usually held every four years, called Olympiad because that was the unit of time that was used. During the Games, an Olympic Truce was enacted so that athletes could travel from their countries to the Games without being attacked by other countries. The prizes for the victors were olive wreaths or crowns. To compete in the Games you had to be in one of the many city states of Greece and a free man. Although there are some records that show a woman competing we don’t know if it is true.

The ancient Olympics were as much a religious festival as an athletic event. The Games were held in honor of the Greek god Zeus. On the middle day of the Games 100 oxen would be sacrificed to Zeus. Over time Olympia, the original site of the Games, became a central spot for the worship of head of the Greek pantheon and a temple, built by a Greek architect was erected on the mountaintop. The temple was one of the largest Doric temples in Greece. A sculptor created a statue of the god made of gold and ivory. It stood 42 feet tall.

Only free men who spoke Greek were allowed to participate in the Ancient Games. They could be considered international because they included athletes from the various Greek city-states. Over time participants were allowed to take part in the Games that came from Greek colonies. To be in the Games, the athletes had to qualify and have their names written in a list. It is said that only the young people were allowed to participate. A Greek writer states that one young man was rejected for seeming to mature and only his wife could convince the king of Sparta that he was still young, only after that was he allowed to participate. Before being able to participate in the Games, every participant had to take an oath in front of the statue of Zeus. They had to say that they had been in training for ten months.

At first, the Olympic Games lasted only one day, but over time grew to five days. The Olympic Games originally contained one event called the stadion race. This race was a short sprint that was between 180 and 240 meters or the length of the stadium. The runners had to pass five stakes that divided the lanes, one stake at the start, another at the finish, and three stakes in between. The diaulos was introduced in 724 BC, during the 14th Olympic games. The race was a single lap of the stadium, approximately 400 meters. A third foot race, the dolichos, was introduced in 720 BC. The length of the race was 18-24 laps, or about three miles. The event was similarly to modern marathons. The last running event added to the Olympic program was the hoplitodromos. Introduced in 520 BC and traditionally run as the last race of the Olympic Games. The runners would run either a single or double diaulos, approximately 400 or 800 yards, in full or partial armor. They carried a shield and also had a helmet. The armor weighed between 50 and 60 lb. The hoplitodromos simulated the speed and stamina needed for warfare. Due to the weight of the armor, it was common for runners to drop their shields or trip over fallen competitors. Over the years, more events were added: boxing, wrestling, pankration, (full-contact fighting, like today’s mixed martial arts), chariot racing, and more running events. Also there was a pentathlon, consisting of wrestling, stadion, long jump, javelin throw, and discus throw.

3/25/11

 Today in class we really didn’t do anything that great. Mr. Schick asked the class about what we were going to do for our spring break project. I’m not too excited to be doing this over the break because this is supposed to be a time to relax. But anyway i am going to use my go kart as a charioted race and reenact the games of the Olympics. It is going to be more fun if I can get Jordan and Joe to help me with the project. After we got that all situated we just talked about why Sam hates people, and I traded places with Colby.

3/24/11

 Today in class, we revised our test by going over answers around the class. It sucked because I got the answers wrong and I knew that I could have gotten them right. I am really glad that we went over the test because I feel like I understand the subject better and some answers that weren’t clear are now straightened out for me. The funniest part about today was when Sam asked Morgan about her nails when Morgan was trying to answer a question. Even though Morgan didn’t respond, Sam still continued to talk to her and answer questions. At the end of class we had to pick from Mr. Schick’s hand cards for what project we are going to do over spring break.

3/23/11

Today in class we took a test on ancient Greece. It was based on the people and the titles of important people and events during the ancient civilization of Greece. At the begging of the test it seemed really easy, I skipped the ones that I wasn’t sure about. I started to skip more and more of the questions. By the time I was finished the test my answers began to not match up considering my last answer stated that Xerxes was a Spartan ruler. The test was really hard and I got a 60 percent on it. It brought my grade down from a A to a B.

3/21/11

Pericles - brought Athenian democracy to its climax (height)

He was born into one of Athens elite families - but he still let the people run their own government

He turned his attention to the acropolis

Pericles wanted reconstruct the temples burnt down by the Persians

Wanted to build the Parthenon (enormous statue/temple of Athena - she was 40 feet tall)

Inside around the walls were  friezes - narrow piece of marble that is carved out showing common people of Athens  (there were 500 feet of these around the temple)

(Democracy - when you have freedom, the people will almost always do better)

Aspasia - Pericles' new "partner" (he left his wife for her) and he treated her as an equal

It caused a scandal - she was a prostitute, she wasn't from Athens, and she was a woman (she supposedly wrote his speeches for him)

Pericles and his circle became the most influential groups in Western History

Twice a year, the Athenians went to watch shows at an entertainment place (theater) -they invented drama and the theater - they were overblown gestures

Two kinds of theater plays they showed- comedies and tragedies

movie notes

• lyceny was brought up to be a ruler, he set the Greeks on the path to Empire.
• Athen lays in the center of the peninsula, which we now call Greece. 
• reading and writing was a rare skill
• life expectancy was less than 15 years 
• aristocrats ruled Athens
• Aristotle wrote about Greece and how it is turned on its people.
• Greece does not have the physical unity for a really great civilization of the Ancient World.
• Greece was divided into City States
• Sparta was a City State
• Spartans were brought up from birth to be soldiers.
• Sparta conquered 4,000 sq. miles
• Sparta was a threat to all the other city states 

greek power point

today in class we started our new subject on Greek. mr Schick started reading us some book about the last stand in greece. it was like that movie 300 were they all died in the end. then we started on our power points on major Greek people and battles or places. i got the battle of marathon.

monday 3/7/11

i was not at school today because i was sick

review of egypt

Today in western civilization we reviewed all of the facts about Egypt for our test next week sometime. Mr. Schick made a prezi for us to study and to take notes on and he went over it in class today. I think that the Egypt test will be easy because i know a lot of things about Egypt and how they built the pyramids. That must have been backbreaking work to do that when they had no form of machines just human strength, and they are still standing here today almost I the same exact condition that they were when they were built so long ago. Mr. Schick also let us out one mod early because we were finished reviewing.

review of Guns, Germs, and steel

today i came in late because i didn't feel good, but i came in just in time for western civ. in class we went over the answers for the Gums, Germs, & Steel test from along time ago. we went over the answers and marked the correct ones so that we can study off of it for the finals. also Mr. Schick told the class that we will have a test on Egypt some time this week.

questions to ask....

1. What was your family's view on Mr. Murabek?
2. Were you a part of the protest?
3. Do you think that the protest was at the right time, or could it of waited or was it too late?
4. How many people are in your family?
5.  Did you like Mr. Murabek?
6. How old are you and what do you do for a living?
7. What part of Egypt are you from?
8.Do you think some people actualy did like Mr. Murabek but chose to go with the rest of Egypt? 
9. Do you like how Egypt is as of right now?
10.Did you help with the protest? 

sharing our raps

today in class we showed our raps to the rest of our class. it was really funny trying to watch people rap especially Kevin Davies. my rap was defiantly the best i got an A and didn't even have to say anything. i cant wait until Vinny raps thats going to be good. Kevin forgot his guitar.

Egypt Rap

A few thousand years ago in the land of sand,
came a smooth ruler Tut with a master plan.
Gonna build some tombs and monuments like none before,
gonna use lots of workers,
thirty thousand or more.

When the Nile was flooded,
they shipped the stone.
And every time they moved them,
there were broken bones.
Some workers might have been women but we're not for sure,
Some worked just for the pharaoh,
they went to local villages for more.

chorus: 2x

Polish stones broken bones
built the pyramids for the Pharaohs bones.

Architects and Priests
did some work too,
they laid it all out
for the others to do.

They squared up the temples
on just the right site,
to line up with sacred constellations
that they could see at night.

chorus: 2x

Polish stones and broken bones 

built the pyramids for the Pharaohs bones.

Imagine 4,000 pound stones of limestone grand, 

polished just right and moved through the sand.

Pushed up ramps and laid just right

fitting just perfect ,no machines, just might.

Gonna build them tall and straight 

not to the left of right,

using ropes to align the summit

keeping the peak in sight.

Can't believe they did it with no technology,

I once saw a show that said aliens could have helped, you see?

chorus: 2x

Polish stones and broken bones 

built the pyramids for the Pharaohs bones.

In the land of Giza, 

in old Egypt.

Lays a sick rock carving,

that's nobody's crypt.

Carved from the Giza plateau in the forth dynasty,

It's one of Khafre's things lining up with his pyramid you can still see.

It has the body of a lion,

and the head of a king,

there no longer is a nose on this giant thing.

It was once a giant monument of stone, not sticks.

If you ask me how old, i say four-six-three-six.

chorus: 2x 

Polish stones and broken bones 

built the pyramids for the Pharaohs bones.

Now we're back to Tut, he was called the boy king.

He was Pharaoh for just nine years,

and then there was his killing.

In the 18th dynasty is when he ruled.

He might of been just a kid, but don't be fooled.

He had big ideas and lots of land, 

and we still study his work in the land of sand.

His full name was Tutankhamun discovered by Carter and Herbert,

they shortened it to Tut just like Herb for Herbert.

chorus 2x

polish stones and broken bones 

built the pyramids for the Pharaohs bones

starting egypt projects

today Mr. Schick was not here because his daughter is sick. we broke up into groups and began to reasearch and create a power point on acient egypt. my group is doing it about the pyramids. i hope Mr. Schick's daughter gets better.

pyramid facts

An estimated 20,000 to 30,000 workers built the Pyramids at Giza over 80 years. Much of the work probably happened while the River Nile was flooded.Huge limestone blocks could be floated from quarries right to the base of the Pyramids. The stones would likely then be polished by hand and pushed up ramps to their intended positions.It took more than manual labor, though. Architects achieved an accurate pyramid shape by running ropes from the outer corners up to the planned summit, to make sure the stones were positioned correctly. And priests-astronomers helped choose the pyramids' sites and orientations, so that they would be on the appropriate axis in relation to sacred constellations.Some of the builders were permanent employees of the pharaoh. Others were conscripted for a limited time from local villages. Some may have been women: Although no depictions of women builders have been found, some female skeletons show wear that suggests they labored with heavy stone for long periods of time.

essay question B.

      It is important to have a surplus of food in a civilization because it frees up other people so that they can focus on improving other things. Because some civilizations had a food surplus they were available to make a great breakthrough, they discovered that they can heat up plaster with fire and use it to insulate their homes.

      Papua New Guineans on the other hand just focus on hunting and gathering because they never have enough food. It is constant hunting and farming for them because geographically were they are located there is not the right type of plants and animal to help them so they do everything by hand. They only have one domesticated animal, pigs, brought from Asia and all they really do is provide meat. That is why Papua New Guineans are still living in the Stone Age.

      On the other hand people that live in the Fertile Crescent have wheat, rice, and barley. These crops are easy to plant and harvest, they contain a high amount of protein, and they can be stored for a long time. They have many of the domesticated animals located there as well. They have horses and because of them people were able to invent a plow that the horses pull to till the ground. They have sheep and goats for their milk and there wool. They domesticated plants and made permanent shelters to live in. the civilizations on or near the Fertile Crescent always had enough food and time to invent and advance in technology. 

review day for the test

today in class we reviewed for the test. Mr Schick told us that there will be multiple choice some short answer questions like fill in the blank. also there will be one essay question. i am not looking forward to this. the quiz will be about what we have covered such as the guns, germs, and steel video, papua new guinie and how their major cities are starting to get into the 21 century. also it talks about why the rural areas are still living in the old times because they dont have the right plants and animals to advance.

great class

today in class Mr. Schick let us do homework and just chill.  We did  this because we are so far ahead of all the other classes. I played tetris the whole time and was very bored because i didnt have any homework to do.  He also told us that we have a test Thursday on the video Guns, Germs, and Steel, on modern Papua New Guinea, and on what we looked up on CIA Factbook.  We do not have class tomorrow but on Wednesday we will review on everything we learned so far.

notes on new guinea

today we gathered facts about new guinea on the cia factbook. New Guinea currently has a population of 6,064,515. They have picked up about 20% of their population in nine years.  They have almost nine-hundred languages.  They have about 12 religions.  Most of their religions are Christians.  Their most practiced religion is Roman Catholic.  They currently have 541 airports with unpaved roads and 21 airports with paved roads.  This means that they have a grand total of 562 airports.  They have 2 heliports.  They currently have 9,349 km of roadways.  In the way of natural resources they have a lot of precious stones and oil.  Their capital city has a population of 300,000.  Only about 18% of their population lives in urban areas.  The rest of the population lives in the mountains with their native tribes.  Their industrial growth rate is 10%.  The unemployment rate is only 1.8%.  Their literacy rate is about 57%.  Their New Guinea army is 2100 strong.

finished the movie

at the begginign of class today we talked about what we have learned so far then we continued to watch the movie.    About 1000 years after the villages the villages became abandoned.  These villages became abandoned because the people were not aware of hurting the environment they over-farmed it.  Because they are on a piece of land that is very wide east to west, they were able to spread east and west.  They spread east and west because the climate and environment is pretty much the same.  This means they can grow the same animals and food as they were earlier.  New Guinea's problem is that they are isolated and on an island so they don't have anywhere to go.  The people spread to East Asia, Europe, and Africa.  These people carried their methods and resources to these parts of the world which caused huge sparks of civilization.  These people than brought the stuff to everywhere else in the world like the Americas.

2/3/11 continued to watch video

in the beggining of class we reviewed what we have watched so far in the Guns, Germs and steel video. Scientists begin to see a transformation between the animals and humans. Besides meat, animals can be used for wool hides and milk.  Raising the goats gives the people a lot of. Now people are banding together and not separately hunting and gathering for their survival. Goats and sheep were the first animals to be domesticated. A horse or an ox could allow farmers to grow more food because they are domesticated animals. The Papua new Guineans however do not use plows for farming because they don’t have the right animals with enough strength to pull the plows that is why they do all of the work. Animal domestication is whether or not a human can control and tame a certain animal. There are only 14 species that are domesticated for farming; pigs, goats, sheep, horses, camels, water buffalo, donkeys, other camels, llama’s, reindeer, yaks, cows and  mithans.

back to school again!

Today we were back in school. I didn't want to wake up but i had to anyway. Today in Mr. Schick’s class we continued to watch the movie guns, germs, and steel by Jared diamond. Were we got to today the movie told us that the Middle Eastern countries had the best plants to grow and survive and most of the animals that can be domesticated. In Papua New Guinea though there are no such plants that provide as much nutrition as wheat or barley. The only animals that they can domesticate are pigs and they were brought over from Asia. They have no animals that can pull plows or use them for milk, they only have human power. That’s why Jared diamond says that the Middle East has the best chance to thrive in the early time and they did while the new Guineans were stuck back and did not advance

back to school...

today in class we began by switching seats, then we talked about how to set up our blogs and subscribe and email Mr.schick. some people have not created their blog yet and we got that all situated. after that we continued to watch guns germs and steel, here are my notes. Jared Diamond is a professor at UCLA and he is a biologist by training, a specialist in human physiology, but his real passion has always been about the study of birds. He makes regular trips to Papua New Guinea to study birds and is now a leading expert of studying birds on the island. During his stays in New Guinea though he has begun to study the people there. He has learned several of their languages and much of what he knows about birds he has learned from the natives. A man called Nellie asked the doctor “why come you white man have so much cargo and why we New Guineans have so little”. Doctor Diamond has been trying to answer that question for 30 years now. New Guineans are among the most adaptable people in the world they have survived for more than 40,000 years and are still in the Stone Age. The U.S. has only been established for 500 years and we have the most modern technology.

gun germs and steel notes

diamond has been trying to answer why some civilazations evolve faster than others
barley and wheat are more nutrisous than sago.
archeologists found the first set civilazation and the first form of a granary.
when humans change the features of a plant called demestocation

no school

today we didnt have school again because of the snow.

SNOW DAY!!!

today we didnt have school because of the snow. hopefully we dont have school tommarow.

Guns, Germs, Steel

Jared Diamond is a professor at UCLA and he is a biologist by training, a specialist in human physiology, but his real passion has always been about the study of birds. He makes regular trips to Papua New Guinea to study birds and is now a leading expert of studying birds on the island. During his stays in New Guinea though he has begun to study the people there. He has learned several of their languages and much of what he knows about birds he has learned from the natives. A man called Nellie asked the doctor “why come you white man have so much cargo and why we New Guineans have so little”. Doctor Diamond has been trying to answer that question for 30 years now. New Guineans are among the most adaptable people in the world they have survived for more than 40,000 years and are still in the Stone Age. The U.S. has only been established for 500 years and we have the most modern technology.

first day in western civ.

today in class we set up our western civilization blog. also after we did that we began to watch part one of guns steel and gurms. its going to be an exciting class.