Western Civilization

Today in Mr schicks class we did works from our books on the chapter review for greece. Classical Art: Values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion Tragedy: A serious Drama about common themes such as love, hate and war Peloponnesian war: A war that was between two city states, Athens and Sparta Socrates: Believed that absolute standards did not exist. Died from being poisoned Plato: A student of socrates, wrote down conversations he had with socrates then went on to write republic What is pericles impact on modern day society: His impact on the world was democracy, we would have almost have no rights without out it and be under a direct dictatorship. We may even have been cut off from society as north korea and other places with dictatorship are. What was Pericles main goals to fix Greece: 1) To strengthen Athens Democracy 2) To hold and strengthen the empire 3) To glorify athens Why would people be disturbed by the works of socrates: It would be the first t...

Today in Mr. Shicks class we took a test. It was pretty easy and straight forward. I didn't know what it was called when aristocrates got military help and I put down tyrant but i'm pretty sure that was not right. Other than that I thought the test was pretty easy and im exited to learn some about rome. I was the second one to finish the test but it's not because I was rushing it was because it was easy. Other than that Greece was pretty intresting unit

Today in mr. schicks class we reviewed previous slides about draconian laws and how people were put to death for things that weren't a serious crime. Alex thought that someone should be put to death for killing someone while driving under the influence, but I thought that was too harsh. We also talked about North Koreans living in draconian laws under their leader kim jong un, however they don't know it because they're sheltered from the real world. The class wondered why we didn't just try to save the people but mr. schick answered with, "because they have nukes." Since North Korea nuclear warfare isn't very advanced and could possibly not even reach America, they would take out our trade partner south korea for a revenge. However, since the too are so close together, the nuke would probably effect North Korea damage wise, and also start a nuclear warfare.

Today in Mr.Schicks class we read pages 134-139 and took notes. Here's what I got: -The main idea of the passage was: Cultural Interaction, Democratic Principles and classic culture flourished during Greece Golden age. -Why it matters now: As it's height, Greece set lasting standards in art, politics, literature, and philosophy -Important terms we should know the meaning of: - Direct Democracy - Classic art -Tragedy - Comedy - Peloponnesian war - Philosopher - Socrates -Plato Pericles plan was: - To create a stronger democracy while also introducing direct democracy

Today in Mr.Schicks class, we learned: - Polis: fundamental political unit, made up if a city and the surrounding countryside - Monarchy: rule by a single person -Aristocracy: Rule by a small group if noble, very rich, land-owning families -Oligarchy: Wealthy groups, who seized power similar to aristocracy -Tyrant: Powerful individual who seized control by appealing - democracy: when the people rule instead of higher up people - helot: peasants forced to stay on the land where they worked - hoplites: well armed soldiers we also talked about Draco and he ruled during 621 BC and these were some of his rules: - all Athenians are equal people under the law - death is a punishment for many of the crimes - work as a slave to pay debts is OK then a man named Solon came along in 594 BC and made some reforms: - outlaws debt slavery - all Athenian citizens can speak at assembly - any Athenian citizen can press charges

Today in Mr. Schicks class, we learned: - Only 20% of Greece land was arable which means that it's suitable for farming -Their diet consists of grains, grapes, olives and fish - Lack of resources lead to them colonizing and breaking off into their own groups - There temperature was 40 degrees in the winter and 80 degrees in the summer                          The Mycenaeans: - influence on Greece began in 2000 CE -Located in a rocky ridge on Peloponnesus protected by a 20-foot thick wall -The Mycenaean kings dominated from 1600-1100 BC                       Trojan War: - Greeks fought many wars over time - Trojan war- fought around 1200 BCE - Thought it was just a myth for the Greek culture until there was geographic evidence of a war                    Dorians -around 1200 BCE the mysterious "sea peop...