Trevyn's Western Civ

Today in class we took notes on a powerpoint. It was about prehistory and Civilization. Before civilization 200,000 years ago a human species emerged in Central Africa 14,000 years ago a "worldwide" human race existed Earliest age is the Paleolithic Age  Neolithic Age was marked by advanced tool making  Started out as migratory groups  The Agricultural Revolution Population increased because of surplus of food Invention of wheel and plow made it possible to produce enough food for storage  Polytheistic  Mesopotamia Now- Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey the district know as Sumer occupied territory between rivers Population increased due to irrigation techniques  Cities had 40,000 people Storage of food allowed different professions  Created first writing known as Cuneiform Created time 1hr=60 mins  Epic of Gilgamesh (flood) The ziggurat was a Sumerian temple built on top of a mountain 

For each term, write a sentence explaining the significance. Fertile Crescent- The Fertile Crescent was land the thrived off the great natural land that it had. It was land trapped between two rivers called the Tigris and Euphrates. Mesopotamia- Mesopotamia was a settlement in the Fertile Crescent that had great success with the land. City-State- The city states acted as nations all throughout the Fertile Crescent. It gave different boundaries for groups of people. Dynasty- The Dynasty was given to a military leader that gained power and then with that power passed it down to their sons. Cultural Diffusion- Cultural Diffusion helped the Sumerians with the technology that they gained. It also shaped their culture. Polytheism- Polytheism is believing in multiple gods. The Sumerians believed in multiple gods that all represents different aspects of life. Empire- The first empire was built in Mesopotamia and kept the culture of the Sumerians. Hammurabi- Hammurabi created a set of 2...

Today was the first day of Western Civ so we were greeted and given assigned seats. Mr. Schick talked about the textbook that we will use and how it doesn't leave the room. He also talked about how we are using a flipped teaching method. We also were told about the blog post and how we turn them in everyday we have class. We also have them graded for 2 points everyday we have class. We set up our blogs and sent him the links. We also bookmarked his link that we need to see his blogs. We were told what to do if we are absent or sick. Mr. Schick also talked about how we need a note book. He also talked about how we don't normally have to write everything on the screen. Again we asked a lot of questions that we had and how he teaches his class. We learned about how he doesn't give participation points because introverts are punished while extroverts are awarded just because of their personalities.