HW#7

Question#1
Fertile Crescent- the regions curved shape and what lead the scholars to call it this is the richness of its land.
Silt- a thick bed of mud that was left by the floodwater recended.
Irrigation- helps carry river water.
City-State- the surrounding land it controlled formed this.
Dynasty- a series of rulers from a single family.
Cultural Diffusion- processof a new idea or a product spreading from one culture to another.
Polytheism- a belief in many gods
Empire- brings together several people, nations or previously independent states under the control of one ruler.
Hammurabi- most enduring legacy is the code of lawws he put together.
Question#2

Challenge1

The challenge was that there was no transportaion and the solution was to make the sail and the wheel.

Challenge2

The next challenge was that there was no one to communicateand the solution was making the writing

Challenge3

The next challenge was that there was no tools for plantation and the solution was to invent the plow. 

Question#3

the advantage that the Sumerians had is that they had only on ruler.

The first video QuestionThe reason that they developed the written language ws because they had to keep record of what happened in there tribes.

The second video Questions 1.The symbol of Cuneiform represents is that they are wedge shaped.\

2.The surface that they writted on is a stylus because it is soft.

3.They drew on clay and they also drew on walls.

Current Events

Eric Carpio                                                                                                                 9/23/10 Ahmadinejad UN speech sparks walk-outs

23 September 2010

Website: BBC News and Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11402101

This article is about the speech that the president of Iran has said in the UN diplomatic marathon at its New York headquarters. One thing that the president of Iran said in the speech is that one of the September 11 attack v point is that it was carried out by a terrorist boo and that the American government supported and took advantage of the situation.

            The president of Iran said that would host a conference on terrorism next year and that 2011 should be the year of the nuclear disarmament. He also said that there were members of the UN Security Council that had equal nuclear energy with nuclear bombs. Mark Kornblau that is the spokesman for the US mission at the United Nation responded to the speech of the president if Iran and told the AFP news agency that instead of representing the goodwill of the Iranian people Mr. Ahmadinejad has chosen again to spout vile conspiracy theories.  

            The reason that I have decided to share this piece of news instead of another is because when I read the headline of the article it sounded really interesting to read about I say this because an Iranian presidents speech sparks and it had to be something very important to spark.

            The way that this article is related to the current unit we are studying in class is that the attack that the president of Iran is talking about affected a lot the civilization of New York and we were recently talking about civilization in class.

HW#6

Map Question 1
The continent were most of the earliest agricultural sites located is Europe.
Map Question 2
The geographic that favored the development of agricultural areas before 5000 B.C. is Africa.
Terms and names Question 1 
1. nomad- people that wander from place to place.
2. huntergatherer- nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant food.
3. Neolithic Revolution- far reaching changes in humans life resulting from beginning of farming.
4. slash-and-burn- groups which cut trees or grasses and burned them to clear a field.
5.domestication- the taming of animals.
Taking notes Queston 2
Neolithic Revolution

• farming was great food source 
• the weather was changing
• they had more food

HW#5

         The nation that the video focuses on the Ethiopia nation. The year that the discover was made was in 1974. Lucy is 3.2 millions of years old. What it means to be bipedal is it mean to be a human or a aminmal that has to feet.
          Hunter and Gatherers were constantly moving around because they were following the herd. What they collected will they were traveling was nuts, wild berries and greens. Yes I think that lucy was a hunter gatherer because she will also say and gather.

'H.W.# 4'

Absolute location is expressed in terms of latitude and longitude coordinates of a specific place on earth. Like the absolute location of Los Angeles, California is located at approximately 34 degrees North Latitude and 118 degrees West Longitude. Also the absolute location of Paris, France is located at approximately 49 degrees North Latitude and 2 degrees East Longitude. The absolute location of Capetwon, South Africa is located at approximately 34 degrees South Latitude and 18 degrees East Longitude.Relative Location describes a place in terms of its relation to other places and things around it. The Relative location of London, England is that the capital of the United Kingdom is located on the tams river a major waterway. The Relative location of Queens, NY is that it is the largest in the area and the second largest in population.

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