1/24/131. What is the climate of Europe like?Europe has mild weather. Europe's climate consist of rain, and a little snow. Europe usually has about 20-60 inches of precipitation each year as well.
1/29/13How was the geography of Rome different from that of Greece?Rome and Greece are similar in the how the land is. They both have mountain ranges and flat plains.The both are also located near water to probably help with the fertileness of the soil for agriculture. Rome is located in Italy and from a map of Italy, you can see that it has a lot of flat area meaning there is plains but toward areas of the water there is mountain ranges.There are some rivers in Italy though. There is although Italy does have the Apennine Mountains. Greece have the Terrain mountains. But do to where Rome and Greece are located Rome receives warmer weather because it being closer to the Atlantic ocean do to the coriolis effect.
Homework
2. Inflation- The drop in money made it hard to buy and trade and keep an army to protect the empire.Untrustworthy army- If the army is untrustworthy how are you able to get anything done.Political instability made it to where there could be no advancements3. Germanic invasions 4. It made things easier in protection ways because it is harder to defeat a stronger empire.8. Because it probably had a better economy and a stronger and more trustworthy army
7. Pressured by the Huns, Germanic Tribes abandon their land and
attempt to settle on Roman lands.
3. Trying to solve the problems Emperors begin to limit people’s
freedom.
5. As less people want to join the army Rome hires mercenaries, mainly
from Germanic tribes, to protect the borders of the Roman Empire.
1. Diocletian and later Constantine split the Empire in two to try and
make it more manageable. Both chose to rule from the East half.
10. Rome falls to German invaders in 476 AD, ending the Western
Roman Empire. The Eastern half will survive and become known as the
Byzantine Empire.
4. Because of limits and restrictions on personal freedom les people
support the Empire. This is especially true for the army as fewer and
fewer Romans are willing to join.
9. The Germanic tribes could easily invade Rome.
2. Without the Emperor in the Western half of the Empire, the West half
of the Roman Empire declines in importance.
6. The Huns migrated into Europe and begin taking land from the
Germanic tribes.
8. The German mercenaries paid to guard Rome’s frontiers allow other
Germans to pass through.
???? Fall of the United States ????
The Roman Empire eventually fell after hundreds of years of being one of the strongest if not the strongest of empires. They eventually fell to what seemed to me of been because of selfishness with in their drinking, partying, having prostitutes, and watching people fight to the death for their own satisfaction. Although Romans fell because of many actions; could it lead to the United States falling? Is it possible that we are falling the same ways the Roman empire did slowly? The roman empire fell so now do to many reasons the romans did is it time for the United state to be ended?
The Romans had fallen do to selfishness it had seemed. The decline in the roman values was how they were being selfish for their own satisfaction with the excesive drinking till ill, watching people fight to the death, prostitutions, and the parties they would have for days. The public and health of the people was not that great until they were the first to create medicine for the poor, although disease spread because of exposure to blood and other diseases. They also had a lot of trouble choosing new emperors. It wasn't consistent because to become emperor you had to have the highest bid for the throne. Many people even became unemployed. This happened because there was no more gold to create riches. So to even trade for goods they needed it was with other goods like food, clothing, etc. Then it even got to a point in to which prices on all goods were raised. Considering the people of the Roman empire who couldn't pay a 500 dollar fee a year to live on lower ground apartments, the people who couldn't afford that price had to have an apartment towards the top for 40 dollars a year, which was extremely hot, and dirty, dangerous, and crowded. Due to the need of relying on labor they didn't invent any new technology really. They also had to take freedoms away from people because no one wanted to join the army so they spent a lot of money getting people to join the army. To make it all worse the population was crowed to.
The United State going to fall? The United States has shown some mistakes of the fall of the Roman empire. Yet, it has done good compared to the Romans history. The United States has not really had a decline of morals and values because due to religious studies people focus on what they should be and less on focusing on themselves. However for the health of the United States we have health insurance to help with peoples health. Yet you have people that don't care and are just letting themselves fall apart. Another thing that is falling apart for the United States is our political side of things. What is going on is the fact during elections people try to earn votes by promising all these things but never once keep those promises most of the time. For example raising taxes on the lower class citizens. Which isn't a benefit of the society. Unemployment is a big problem of the United States. Jobs are going to China leading many people without jobs. Also having people wanting to sit around all day and get unemployment checks. Urban decay is another problem. Businesses go out of work every day and there is not money to put no more things in. Technology is a good thing for the United States however. We have more advance ways of communication like phones, text, and emails. As well as tools for jobs like farming and factories, etc, and making them easier. As well for our military spendings we just don't have enough money to provide everything they need. But unlike Rome we have people going out and signing up for war all the time. Our population is growing to fast as well do to immigration.
As for the fall of the United States, we could be close. We are falling into the same actions as Rome did. It seems to me money has always been a problem in falls of empires as well with greediness and selfishness. If we don't fix actions today we could /be invaded and taken over at any time even tomorrow.
2/5/13
Quiz
1. Because of the geography of Greece, the Greeks differed from Rome by (study)
a. concentrating more on agriculture than trade.
b. developing a very strong army while neglecting their navy.
c. centralizing power under 1 strong leader
d. developing city-states that were rivals at times as well as allies.
2. Which of the following is NOT one of the lasting contributions of Greek culture?
a. Religious values like the separation of church and state.
b. The use of columns in architecture.
c. The basic political idea of democracy.
d. Idealistic art expressing eternal ideas of perfect beauty, harmony and balance.
3. Who spread Greek culture to the Middle East when he conquered the Persian empire?
a. Julius Caesar b. Octavian c. Hannibal d. Alexander the Great
4. The rival city of Rome and opponent in the Punic Wars was
a. Athens b. Macedonia c. Carthage d. Sparta
5. The effect of the wars fought between Athens and Sparta was:
a. the weakening of the Greek states allowing them to be conquered by Macedonia
b. the strengthening of their armies which better prepared them to fight off the Persian invasion
c. an Athenian victory led to their dominance in passing on their culture to the Romans
d. great Hollywood movies were made about these wars
You arrive home today to find a note from your parents/guardians. The note says that they are taking all liquid assets and running away. You are now completely on your own. What issues are you now faced with? What will you do to solve them
I would try and find a friend to live with. If that didn't happen I would go to a lake or puddle get a bucket of water and boil it for water. Then I would get a job to provide things for myself.
1. Fief estate of land
Vassa.Holder of land
knight. Nobles worker/ military
chivalry The medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.Knights, noblemen, and horsemen collectively.
serf- people
manor large land
monarial idea of feudilism
system
selfsufficient for the benifit of your self
fallow piece land
2. Vikings
3.loyalty work and military service
4. military service
5. farming and loyalty
6. positive was protection and food and neg was nobody learned to fend of theselves
2/7/13
(study)
1. When were the Middle Ages? 500 Ad to the 1500's
2. What institution's power grew during the MIddle Ages? church christianity.
3. Describe the Feudal system, including the relationships between each class. The feudal system is giving land to people in order to get benefits of themselves. 1. kings gave land and title. 2 nobles who gave the king respect and military service and title to the knights. 3. knights who gave the nobles respect, loyalty, and military services. Then you would have the serf's people who lived on land and would farm and give loyalty.
