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__**Scientific Revolution:**__ I wrote these things because they

__**Posters:**__ __**Student Images:**__ Video games can go with achievements because that's something that we have achieved. World War II can go with growth of city states because it goes with fighting over land. Surfing can go with travel and commerce because you can travel to different pplaces to surf. Reading goes with humanism because scholars focused on education. __**Collage:**__

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 * **The kings**
 * **The barons**
 * **the open closed systems**
 * **http://www.historyguide.org**
 * **http://www.whitehousehistory.org**

3/22 **There isn't just one significant event. All of the events are just as important as the others. For example, the medieval fairs were important for the craftspeople & peasants for a place to buy & sell goods. Another thing is the feudal pyramid. It controlled everything that happened from the way that peasants made the best out of everything, to the way kings had everything done for them. The crusades were important because it involved a lot of fighting & ciaos. Christianity was also huge because they tried to control everything.**

3/21 **They had a very big impact on a lot of people because for the craftspeople this meant they had a place to sell what they made. For the peasants, they could go there to buy things. However, they had a negative impact on the Christian people because they didn't like the idea of business for profit.**

3/20 **Justice in the Middle Ages was very unfair & cruel. They made people guilty for a crime if they couldn't complete** **nearly impossible & outrageous tasks.**

3/19 **The craftspeople sold there goods at the Middle Evil Fairs. The Christians, however, didn't like the idea of business for profit.**

3/15 **Chivalry is the code of honor for the knights. It's sort of like the guide book for how they are supposed to live their lives.**

3/13 **Feudalism is a system of promise that governed the relationships between lords & vassals.**

3/12 **The Middle Ages had a lot of struggles. An example would be the wars & harsh punishments. However, it was a very simple time.**

3/7 **They all happened around the same time.**

3/5 **The picture suggests that there was a lot of war in the Middle Ages. There is clearly a battle going on. I think that they were very vicious with war.**

3/1 **I haven't finished the map yet.**

2/28 **The most interesting thing I learned about the middle ages is the crusades.**

2/27 *** cruel punishments-death * big dresses * fancy clothes * jousting * rich people * knights * Renaissance**

2/22 **Mecca is important to Islam because Muhammad was born there. Also, because it is part of one of the five pillars of faith is to travel there once in your life time.**

2/21 **The Qur'an is a book filled with the teachings & saying of God's prophet Muhammad. People believe that this book contains the word of God exactly how it was spoken to Muhammad.**

2/16 **__Muhammad is God's prophet. He is the creater of Islam & the leader. The Qur'an is filled with the messages he received from God himself.__**

2/15 **1) One God, his prophet is Muhammad 2) Pray 5 times daily 3) Give to poor 4) Fast during Ramadan 5) Travel to Mecca**

__The U.S. can learn a lot from Rome's mistakes & achievements. One of the big mistakes Rome made was that the U.S. can learn from is decline in morals & values. Rome got way too full of themselves. They started conquering way more land then they could handle, paying money to watch people fight to the death, & were favoring the rich citizens more than the poorer ones. The most important thing the U.S. needs to remember is not to get too caught up in the power.__ 1) It's unemployment because they are lining up to get a job which probably doesn't pay much money. 2) It's inflation because the price of the meat is getting higher & the women can't afford to pay. 3) It's military spending because the military guy is walking away with a lot of money & there is none left for other important things. 4) It's decline in morals & because the people are paying money to watch the two men fight for fun.
 * __Learning From the Fall of Rome...__**

__1) Decline in Morals & Values:__ One of the reasons Rome fell was because the decline in morals & values. They were paying money to watch people kill eachother for fun & were selling the thrown to the highest bidder. I don't think we have this problem in America because things have been the same for a while. If anything, it's increases. __2) Public Health:__ Another reason was their public health problems. The health in Rome was getting bad. The rich were having their water come to them through led pipes & they also ate with led utensils, causing them to get led poisoning. This, in my opinion, is not a problem in the U.S. at the time because we have a lot of medicines & treatments for most sicknesses & diseases. However, I think soon the diseases will evolve & there will be no medicine to treat them. This will cause us to have the same problem Rome had with public health. __3) Political Corruption:__ Another reason for Rome's fall is the political corruption. They had a hard time transitioning from emperor to emperor. They would sell the thrown to the highest bidder. There were 37 different emperors in a 100 year time frame, 25 of which were assassinated. This problem is beginning to show, somewhat, in the U.S. because of all the controversy with the election coming up. However, it is definitely not as violent as Rome, though. 4) __Unemployment:__Unemployment was one of the major reasons why Rome began to fall. There wasn't a lot of jobs available for people so it caused a lot of people to become homeless. This also increased the crime rate because people had to get money & food somehow. This is most definitely going on in the U.S. Over the past few years the economy has been dropping along with the number of well paying jobs. 5) __Inflation:__ Another reason Rome began to fall was because of inflation. This means that the prices were being raised. This caused the money to become less valuable. Instead of paying taxes in money, people payed them in fruits & vegetables. They actually payed for almost everything in fruits & vegetables. This, to me, is not happening in the U.S. right now. For a while the gas prices were rising really quickly but lately they have been dieing down. It seems like most things you can still get for the same price as you have for a while. 6) __Urban Decay:__ Urban decay is another reason that may have lead to the fall of Rome. The poor people all lived in "apartments", or what today we would call the projects. It was a series of rooms stacked on top of each other for miles. This was considered very poor living. People had to pay $100 a week to live in these horrible conditions. The higher up the story you lived on the less you had to pay. Also, the higher you got, the more dangerous, hot, & dirty it became. This lead people onto the street, raising the crime rate significantly. This is happening in the U.S. a little bit. The crime rate has been going up & down along with the economy. I don't think it was as bad as Rome though. 7) __Inferior Technology:__ Inferior technology was one of the reasons Rome fell. Rome wasn't making any technological advances & their population was quickly increasing. They relied too much on human & animal labor. This caused them to lose territory. This is not happening in the U.S. because we are always having some kind of new invention or an upgraded version of something we already have. 8) __Military Spending__: Military spending was another reason why Rome may have fallen. They started spending way too much money on their military. This is also what helped cause the inflation. The U.S. does not have too big of a problem with this. They spend just the right amount on every thing that is needed to protect or country. __9) Barbarians:__ Barbarians were a huge factor at Rome's ending. The barbarians were invading the cities around Rome which caused those people to run & hide in Rome. Soon after, the barbarians also came to Rome & destroyed them.
 * __Theories of the Fall of Rome...__**


 * Pearl Harbor...**
 * 1) What should we learn from Pearl Harbor? **__That we need to be more careful with our security.__**
 * 2) How does what took place at Pearl Harbor relate to ideas and cultural beliefs of ancient Japan? **__That they fight for what they want and that they would do anything to protect their country.__**
 * 3) How has Pearl Harbor impacted our lives today? **__We know now to expect the unexpected and to be ready for anything.__**
 * 4) What are your feelings about the events on this day in history? **__That Japan could have been more civil about it and that we should have been prepared for it better.__**
 * __How did Japan benefit from the attack? How was America's economy effected and/or benefited?__**

__**Higher Level Japan Questions...**__ 1) What effect did China have on Japan? __2)__ Did Japan copy China's culture? 3) How did Japan's rise effect China 4) What was Japan's highest achievements? __5)__ What would Japan be like if there was no China?

__YOU WERE WRONG!__ Trina said my #2 was Confucius but it was Laozi everyone else got it right
 * __11/16/11__**

11/15/11 1) Kevin #3 This image represents Yin and Yang from Buddha. He has a balance of colors and shapes like Yin and Yang. 2) Trina #1 This image and writing represents Buddha because it looks like Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang is a symbol for balancing out life. 3) Bria #1 This image represents Laozi because he focusses on balance and happy and sadness. 4) Emmi #1 This writing represents Confucius because it talks about how you need to respect your elders. It says, "Your parents" and when I read that I knew it was Confucius. 5) Trina #1 This writing represents Confucius because it says, "well-mannered and shall be respected by others.” It also means to respect your elders and that is Confucius. 6) Trina #2 This writing represents Laozi because it says, flowing through a river," which is a symbol Laozi uses a lot.
 * __Guess Who? 3 Doctrines and Justification__**

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 * __3 Doctrines__**
 * __11/14/11__**

1) More than 4,000 years 2) Herbal medicine 3) Northern and Southern dynasties 4) 105 AD 5) Bamboo fiber 6) 1045 AD 7) 3000 to 5000 8) 8th century AD 9) sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter 10) rockets 11) 11th century AD 12) 600 CE 13) You just had to the the government exams 14) over 1 million people 15) it came as an idea from India through the silk road 16) Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism 17) China's age of invention 18) Marco Polo 19) 960 and 1279 AD 20) to have paper money and to have a standing navy 21) they stressed good behavior 22) a religion 23) a set code of behavior 24) ancestors and ancient rituals 25) human suffering 26) "the enlightened one 27) to find inner peace 28) a reward or a punishment 29) 300 million 30) 1. life isnt all unicorns and rainbows 2. the more attached you are the more you are going to suffer when it has to leave 3. you can detach yourself from something 4. when you detach from something you will suffer 31) 7th century BCE 32) protect China from intrusions 33) 4,163 miles long 34) one million people 35)you would be used as cement 36) World Conqueror, Emperor of All Men, Courage of gods 37) Mongol Empire 38) because earlier rulers were brutally land-hungry 39) Toluia, Sorghaghtani Beki, Genghis 40) Marco Polo 41) 1254-1324 42) 24 years 43) 1271 44) 4 languages 45) 17 years 46) 2 years 47) on the sea 48) The Description of World 49) it was kinda exaggerated 50) "I..."
 * __China Cyber Hunt...__**
 * __10/31/11__**

1) Sui Dynasty 2) Mongols 3) Muhammad begins teaching the beliefs of Islam 4) Tang Dynasty 5) Sui Dynasty 6) Because, she thought that her own sons were not able to rule. 7) Throughout Asia 8) Farmers build terraces to create level land for rice farming 9) It was a cheap and easy way of keeping records and made printing possible. 10) Fireworks and signals 11) they were easier to handle. 12)
 * __China Chapter Walk...__**

10/26/11 I know that China is a country in Asia.
 * __What I know about China...__**

10/21/11 Rachel- Because her project was very professional. Trina- Because her project was very creative and informative. Emmi- Because she was very descriptive with her project. media type="custom" key="10973450" media type="custom" key="10973258"
 * __Meso American Project...__**