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-sea- greece borders the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea and the East Mediterranean Sea at 19-28 degrees East.

-greeks thought the sea was a beautiful element.

-they considered it as a freedom enviroment, and gained many things from it.

-they thought the sea

• Aristotle was a famous Greek philosopher, scientist, and educator.
• He was an adept student at Plato's Academy, where Plato often referred to him as the "intellect: of the school.
• Many of his theories can be seen as drawn from Plato's teaching, but he w

notes about Aristotle:

• While Aristotle's contributions in each subject were considerable for the time, his major contribution was to the overall study and teaching of such subjects, many of which had never been considered before. Two areas which he ad

we talked about the test and what the assigned blog is. The assigned blog is about 9/11 and what a horrifying day it was.

Aristotle Background:

• Greek Philosopher whose name means “ the best purpose”
• Very important founding person in Western Philosophy
• Wrote about physics, poetry, theatre, music, logic, politics, government, ethics, biology, etc
• Born in 384 BC in Stageira, C

Blog assignments are due Sunday. The topic is to recall details on nine eleven, and to try and remember that horrific day.  Five forum posts are due this week. Extra credit is now available, you have to create a video on your opinions concerning the

Homestead Act- When people were able to file to get land out west.
Harriet Tubman- African - American born into slavery. She ran away, but she went back for her family. She went through the Underground Railroad.
Great Awakening- It had to do with pri

Government

-What type of government?
Athens created the first democracy.  They were a direct democracy which meant the people vote to make their own rules and laws.
-Always this type of government? If not how it change?
No, by the 5th century, they chan

Lavrion mines

 We Reviewed the main historical events that impacted us up to 1877. Talked about the test tomorrow, and about our new assigned blog due that is due Sunday.

PLATO BACKGROUND INFO:

• Born around 428 BC into a distinguished, wealthy Athenian family
• Father traced ancestry to direct line to early king of Athens, Codrus
• Had 2 brothers and 1 sister
• Father died when young, mom remarried.
• Originally wanted to be playwr

Today we worked on our projects

Government

today, I added more notes and got some pictures for our presentation.

-What type of government?
Athens created the first democracy.  They were a direct democracy which meant the people vote to make their own rules and laws.
-Always this

today we worked on our projects. i have cost and time of buildings of the golden age in greece

One feat of engineering still widely known today is the Parthenon.

It cost over $3 billion in today's money

Built Between 447 B.c. and 432 B.c.

it was one of

Notes for power point on Athenian religion

• Many gods and goddesses
• Although gods were immortal, they were not all powerful. Fate ruled over all.
• Gods had human traits and emotions and manipulated humans
• Believed in an underworld where spirits went life a

My Political Views
I am a centrist moderate social authoritarian
Left: 0.74, Authoritarian: 1.1

Political Spectrum Quiz

I was suprised that the test said that I was to the left, and a little to the authoritarian side. I thought that I was going to be

My Political Views
I am a center-left social moderate
Left: 1.02, Authoritarian: 0.47

Political Spectrum Quiz

I was surprised by my results. My parents are republican, so I always assumed I was one too. I would have never thought that my views are m

My Political Views
I am a center-left moderate social libertarian
Left: 1.37, Libertarian: 1.07

Political Spectrum Quiz

My results do some what surprise me, but honesty i have no idea if I'm deomocrat or republicain in real life. I do agree in ways that

My Political Views
I am a center-left social libertarian
Left: 1.05, Libertarian: 5.99

Political Spectrum Quiz

I was not really suprised by the outcome of my test. I always figured I was more liberal and I definitely believe in less goverment control

I took the political spectrum quiz to figure out where I stood politically.

Here are my results- My Results

The results showed that I am slightly anti-war. I think that is pretty accurate because although I am not totally opposed to all wars, I am oppo