Anthony's Blog One Western Civilization

1) The First Triumvirate was a group of three rulers. Along with Crassus, the other two leaders were Julius Caesar and Octavian. 2) After serving as consul for a year, Julius Caesar led his troops in conquering Gaul. His great popularity was a source of concern to Pompey, who managed to have him ordered back to Rome. 3) For the next several years, the armies of these two generals fought in various parts of the world. Julius was victorious in these conflicts and had himself appointed dictator, or absolute ruler. 4) On the Ides of March, March 15, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was assassinated in the Senate by a group of conspirators. 5) The Second Triumvirate was made up of three of Caesars's supporters: Lepidus, Octavian, and Mark Antony. They would rule for ten years. 6) Later, Octavian forced Lepidus to retire. Then he defeated the combined armies of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. 7) Eventually, Octavian accepted the title of Augustus, which means "exalted ones." 8) ...

1) A republic  is a form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders. One group was the  patricians , the wealthy landowners who held most of the power. The other important group was the  plebeians , the common farmers, artisans, and merchants, who made up the majority of the population. Rome's leaders allowed the plebeians to form their own assembly and elect representatives called tribunes  that protected the rights of the plebeians from unfair acts of patrician officials. Rome had two officials called consuls  that were like kings who commanded the army ad directed the government. The senate was the aristocratic branch of Rome's government. In times of crisis, the republic could appoint a dictator  - a leader who had absolute power to make laws and command the army. Roma soldiers were organized into large military units called legions . The Punic Wars  were wars between Rome and Carthage from 264 - ...

Main Ideas: 1) Power and Authority - Rome began a a republic, a government in which elected officials represent the people. Eventually, absolute rulers called emperors seized power and expanded the empire. 2) Empire Building - At its height, the Roman Empire touched three continents - Europe, Asia, and Africa. For several centuries, Rome brought peace and prosperity to its empire its eventual collapse. 3) Religious and Ethical Systems - 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 B.C. - Rome becomes a republic 264 B.C. - First Punic War begins 218 B.C. - In the Second Punic War, Hannibal invades Italy 31 B.C.  - Octavian defeats the forces of Antony and Cleopatra A.D. 284 - Diocletian becomes emperor of Rome A.D. 476 - Western Roman Empire falls Notes: - Legends say that Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by Romulus and Remus, twin son...

Etruscans came from north-central part of the peninsula metalworkers, artists, architects two foundation myths:  - Virgil’s Aeneid (where Aeneas escapes from Troy - sound familiar?) - the story of Remus and Romulus Greeks they had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea Romans borrowed ideas from them, such as: religious beliefs alphabet much of their art military techniques and weaponry the Latins! descendants of Indo-Europeans settled on the banks of the Tiber situated so trading ships - but not war fleets - could navigate as far as Rome, but no further a commercial port, but not susceptible to attack and... built on seven hills (esp. Palatine) many streams flowed into the Tiber there was a marshy area called the Forum,  between Palatine and Capitoline Hills Tarquin the Proud’s grandfather built the Cloaca Maxima (largest ancient drain), which channeled water into the Tiber urban legend says Washi...

I'm concerned. Someone please help. I'm no doctor, but Mr. Schick has an umbilical hernia, which sounds painful and really concerning to me at least. Belle had asked if he was pregnant, so now this is going to be joke. If he actually is pregnant, I was to know why I was lied too. I thought males couldn't be pregnant. I don't want to get pregnant. This all concerns me so here's the actual definition of an umbilical hernia: An  umbilical hernia  is a health condition where the  abdominal wall  behind the  navel  is damaged. It may cause the navel to bulge outwards—the bulge consisting of abdominal fat from the  greater momentum  or occasionally parts of the  small intestine . The bulge can often be pressed back through the hole in the abdominal wall, and may "pop out" when coughing or otherwise acting to increase  intra-abdominal pressure . Treatment is surgical, and surgery may be performed for cosmetic as well as health-related reasons...

Today we took our test. I thought the multiple choice questions were pretty easy. On the other hand, I feel like the essay questions gave me the bigger trouble out of the test. I'm hoping that the information I included in the essays were good enough to get me at least nine points on them. If not, at least eight. I do think I could've prepared myself a little better for the essay questions sine Mr. Schick did tell us what they would be on, so I'm a little mad at myself for that. I also got the paper back on how me and Sam did on our presentation. Mr. Schick said that the information we had on our PowerPoint were very similar to his PowerPoint. To be honest, that's true. BUT there is not much information to look at about Cleisthenes and Isagoras apart from the things Mr. Schick had in his PowerPoint. And I also agree that the vote we had did get a little out of hand, but what else would've happened? The class got way to crazy doing it, and Sam tried to explain how to...

Today we just reviewed in the class and went over The Allegory in the Cave. Since Mr. Schick didn't make a Google Slide :( for the topics we learned, he gave us worksheets to do that would help us review for the test. So today, he went over the correct answers for the worksheets and the questions we could do in the textbook. I did the last two lessons on my blog and the first one on a piece of paper. I feel ready for the test though. Mr. Schick also put on a video about Plato's Allegory in the Cave that we need to know so we can write an essay about it on Friday's test. It shouldn't be that hard since we got to discuss it today and the topics we discussed about it today kind of gave me a rough idea of what I want to include in the essay.

Questions on Page 149 #1, 3, 4, 5 1) The blending of Greek culture with influences of Egypt, Persia, and India created the H ellenistic culture. The Egyptian city Alexandria  became the foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization. Euclid  was a mathematician who taught in Alexandria and compiled a book of four hundred sixty-five geometry propositions and proofs. Archimedes  was a scientist who studied at Alexandria and estimated the value of pi and explained the law of lever, as well as creating the Archimedes screw. The Colossus of Rhodes  was a bronze statue located on the island of Rhodes that at one point was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, before it came crashing down due to an earthquake. 3) Trade contributed to the Hellenistic city of Alexandria by helping it grow to be the foremost center of commerce.  4) Euclid influenced some of the developments in astronomy because of his compile of geometry text that allowed as...

Questions 1, 3-5 on page 145 1) Philip II was a king of Macedonia who invaded Greece and conquered it, creating the start of his empire. The kingdom of Macedonia  was located just north of Greece, and provided rough terrain and a cold climate. Alexander the Great  was the son of Philip II who expanded his father's empire through lots of the Persian Empire and Egypt. Darius III  was the king of the Persian Empire at the time that Alexander conquered most of.   3) Philip II was able to conquer Greece by organizing his troops into phalanxes and cavalry. He used these groups as a tactic to first break through enemy lines with the phalanx and then the cavalry to crush his disorganized opponents.  4) Alexander continued his campaign conquest after his goal had been achieved because he wanted to expand his empire to be bigger. 5) After Alexander's death, his generals fought over who would lead the empire. It resulted in three winners, each given to rule...

Today Mr. Schick felt the need to give us a pop quiz on what we learned from reading the text yesterday. Despite it being a pop quiz, I was ready for it unlike some of the others he has given us in the past. He got them into Veracross relatively quickly after class and I saw that I got a hundred percent. I also had a Jesus Christ Mission and Minostrg test today as well as a Spanish quiz. I know I aced the Religion test because Mr. Huber graded that like a few minutes after everyone was finished it. Spanish I haven’t gotten a grade on yet but knowing me since I got two one hundred percents today, I probably messed something up. Mr. Schick also went over the lesson we had to read today, so it was a pretty easy class in my opinion. Now I don’t get to have another one of his classes until Monday.

Democracy and Greece's Golden Age - From 477 to 431 B.C., Athens experienced a growth in intellectual and artistic learning. - Drama, sculpture, poetry, philosophy, architecture, and science all reached new heights. - Pericles was a wise and able statesman. - He led Athens during much of its golden age. Held onto popular support for thirty-two years. - He was a skillful politician, an inspiring speaker and a respected general. - Dominated the life of Athens from 461 to 429 B.C. (Age of Pericles) - Pericles had three goals: 1) to strengthen Athenian democracy, 2) to hold and strengthen the empire, and 3) to glorify Athens. - To accomplish the first goal, Pericles increased the number of public officials who were paid salaries. - This meant anyone from any class, even poor, could serve if elected by lot. - Athens had more citizens engaged in self-government than any other city-state in Greece. - Direct Democracy was a form of government in which citizens rule directly and...

Today me and Sam got to present our project to the class. We were the second group to go today. I feel like we did pretty good and I think some of the kids actually enjoyed the presentation. The only thing that I wish we could’ve done better is that we should’ve organized the vote better than how it turned out. To me it was a little clustered at several points and some people didn’t seem to understand what Sam’s words meant about coming up. Pulling away from my project, out of the three that finished up today, I liked Sean, Trent, and Kyle’s  project the most. They had the most humerous presentation yet and they had quite the amount of facts to go along with their video. My favorite scene from their video was when Kyle was the chef and Sean tried stealing his bread and Kyle started yelling at him and swinging his spatula around. I think all of the projects that went today deserve A’s (disclosing mine because I’m not judging my own).