Differences in Geo

Have you ever heard the saying that things can change in the blink of an eye? You could have everything you've ever wanted one day and then without any warning it's gone. Well, an example of this saying could be life for everyone in the world right now. The corona virus is changing everything, including not allowing us to go to school. Many people, including myself took these things for granted, saying we hated school or that we didn't feel like going, but now that these things are gone, we can realize the true privilege that we had and that we shouldn't have taken any of it for granted. Before this pandemic, many of the conversations I would overhear in the hallways would be people complaining about school, talking about how they just wanted to go home, how tired they were, or how hard teachers graded. However, now that normal school has been stripped away, online schooling has led many people to actually want to go back to school and miss it greatly. The constant wo...

There have been many instances of history repeating itself. One of these examples can be the Corona Virus outbreak and the Athen's plague during the Peloponnesian war. During the Peloponnesian war, all of Athens was crowded together outside the city walls to get away from the Spartans. The close quarters and poor conditions led to disease spreading rapidly. More people were passing everyday, bodies covered the streets. The plague was a horrible time for Athens. We can relate the plague to the current pandemic of the Corona virus. Like the plague, this virus spreads easily in close quarters. Because of this factor, we have had to quarantine ourselves and shut down everything, including schools, so that the virus affects less people. Although this virus isn't as deadly as the plague in Athens, it still has caused many deaths all over the world. Especially in China where over 3,000 people have died from the virus. In order to stop this virus from becoming as bad as the plague, eve...

Alexander the Great was born on July 20, 356 B.C. His father was Phillip II and Queen Olympia. When Alexander was young, he had many tutors. One of which was the great Philosopher, Aristotle. Aristotle introduced the Iliad to Alexander, causing his dreams of being a hero to begin. When Alexander was 19 years old, his father was assassinated. After his death, Alexander used force in order for him to become king. Alexander, his army, and his mother murdered every heir that could get in Alexander's way. After Alexander became king of Macedonia, he wanted to gain control of the Corinthian league. However, he was not accepted right away and had to coerce the other city-states into letting him control the league by giving them treaties and convincing them in meetings. After his efforts to control the league, Alexander became the leader of the campaign against Persia. One of Alexander's most significant campaigns/conquests was the Asiatic expedition. During this campaign, Alexander de...

Have you ever had a best friend, or someone that you can't live without? Well, then you have something in common with Alexander the Great. Alexander was the son of King Phillip II and had an inseparable bond with a horse named Bucephalus. Bucephalus was a beautiful black horse with a white star on his forehead. Alexander’s life was greatly impacted by this one horse.             When Alexander the Great was young, his father, King Phillip II, was brought a horse by Philoneicus of Thessaly. The horse was much about three times more expensive than horses were usually sold for. The horse was also very wild and unmanageable. The king, thinking he wouldn’t be able to tame this beast sent it away and refused to purchase it. However, Alexander believed that he could tame the horse and said he would pay for it himself. When Alexander approached the horse, he realized why it was acting so wild. The horse was able to see its shadow...

Personally, I hate cyber school. Throughout this whole week it's caused me a lot of stress and the constant workload is too much. I would rather get up at 6 am and go to school than have to do hours of work everyday. I will admit that I like being able to have some flexibility with my work. I don't have to do it all at a specific time like I know many other schools have to do. However, I usually don't finish my homework until six hours after I start it. Some teachers are worse than others. My English teacher especially. She gives us a lot of work each day and it is very stressful to get it all done since it takes a little longer than math or science. Cyber school takes a lot of time out of my day that I could use to spend time with my family, spend time outside, or even taking care of housework. But, even though cyber school is a burden, I am grateful that we will not have to make up these days later in the year. I'm glad that we are still getting an education and learn...

 I think that Sophists such as Protagoras and Socrates would start questioning traditional societal beliefs at this point in time because society and the government began showing their true selves after and during the war. For example, after Pericles' death Athens needed a leader of which many figures ran in the assembly. However, all they wanted was power and would do anything to get it, almost leading to mob rule since the Athenian crowds were given anything they wanted. This new flaw revealed about Democracy probably caused these Sophists to wonder if this really was the ideal government or if it wasn't good for the people at all because of all of the riots and issues being caused.  Another example of society and the government showing their true sides is, after the Athenians had won a sea battle against Sparta they were forced to come straight back to Athens due to the dangerous waters, forcing them to leave overboard soldiers at sea. When they returned to Athens, the lea...

As war between Sparta and Athens commenced, the Athenians knew they needed to have a plan to survive and beat the Spartans. Pericles had moved all of the Athenians out of Athens and they were living behind the city walls. He planned to use the Athenian fleets and Navy to have a chance of winning against Sparta. However, disaster struck on the Athenians. A grain ship had brought plague outside the city walls, where all the Athenians were crowded together. In the crowded conditions the disease spread, killing hundreds of Athenians and causing awful conditions everywhere, "the city must've looked terrible, smelled terrible, been awful to be in, and terror must've reigned everywhere"(Kagan).  The plague began with a heat in the head and red, inflamed eyes. Then, the disease moved to the bowels and stomach and caused ulcers and diarrhea.  Eventually, Pericles himself contracted the disease. He became very ill and had to rely on potions and spells to try and heal himself. H...

Pericles was a statesman who led Athens during the majority of its Golden Age (461 to 429 B.C.). Pericles had three goals for the city-state of Athens. These goals were to strengthen Athenian democracy, to hold and strengthen the Athenian empire, and to glorify Athens. To complete his first goal, Pericles introduced a direct democracy. In direct democracy, citizens rule directly and they don't have to go through representatives.  The male citizens in Athens who were in the assembly were able to create all of the laws important for the Athenian empire. However, any male citizen could rule in the assembly since Pericles increased the amount of paid citizens in the assembly. Then, in order to complete the rest of his goals, Athens developed the Delian League. The Delian league was a league uniting almost all of the Greek city-states (if they didn't resist) led by Athens. The money from the league's treasury was used to make Athens have the strongest navy in the mediterranean f...

Today in class, we spent the majority of the time talking about the Corona virus and online learning. We learned that each day teachers will post assignments onto veracross by eight a.m. and we will have to complete the assignments before midnight of that night. Teachers are able to use Microsoft teams or Skype to have virtual classes with us, but none of my teachers are going to do that since they have to get into business attire. We also learned about some of the symptoms of the corona virus such as back aches, leg aches, a dry cough, and a headache. In order to stop this pandemic, John Carroll is practicing social distancing by taking us out of school for two weeks. However, Mr. Schick thinks that we will be off of school for longer than this. We also learned that there is a 1 in 1000 chance that we will get the virus and die, but there is only a 1 in 10 chance for the elderly. Everyone needs to stay safe and isolated during the virus to help stop it from spreading.

Persian War and Themistocles -Lived in a tyranny under Darius (the Great King) -If Persia conquests Athens, the Athenian's way of life would be changed forever -During the first Persian war, Athenians were outnumbered 2:1 on the battlefield, however, they were able to kill 6,000 Persians and defeat them -After the first win, Themistocles was paranoid that the Persians might come back to fight the Athenians again, this time, stronger. -To defeat the Persians, Themistocles created the trireme which was a special ship used to destroy enemy ships, it was expensive to make but luckily, the Greeks had a vein of silver in their land that could be used for the building -After Darius' death, Xerxes rose to the thrown and vowed to destroy Athens -Xerxes created one of the strongest armies in the world at that time with almost 2 million soldiers -During the second war, Athenians were evacuated and sent to Troezen and Salamis -The Greeks won this war by having a fake Greek traitor...

In the beginning of Athenian civilization, ordinary people didn't have any say and didn't matter. The leaders who were at the time aristocrats only did things for themselves so they could stay in power. However, one day this all changed thanks to the tyrant Pisistratus. The story of how Pisistratus came into power is, one day he rode into Athens with a tall woman he claimed to be Athena. He then used 'Athena' to demand his rule. The Athenians obliged.  Pisistratus changed the past hierarchy of aristocrats and commoners by turning to the common people for support. Pisistratus treated the commoners very well. He reduced taxes and gave them free loans for farming. Pisistratus led to many expansions in Athens. For example, he led to more trade with the eastern Mediterranean which caused a growth in weals and prosperity. The expansion also led to one of the most important Grecian art forms, pottery. The Greeks created beautiful vases and pots and even came up with a new way ...

Today in class we began talking about Socrates and Plato, who are Greek philosophers. We learned about Socrates way of encouraging people to think for themselves and think critically. Then, to get a better understanding of Socrates and his teachings we had a class discussion on whether gay people should be allowed to get married. Mr. Schick asked us our opinions on the topic and whether we thought it should have been allowed or not. He caused us to think critically just like Socrates taught by forcing us to give our reasoning for our opinions and stating facts that could affect our opinions without being bias. This discussion took up about half of class so we didn't get very far in the powerpoint. However, we were able to learn a bit about Plato and some of the books he wrote on philosophy such as the Republic and Apology . We are going to finish the powerpoint tomorrow and finish talking about all of the most important philosophers, but todays discussion was very interesting and...

Greek Fighting and wars Sparta: -Known for their tough, ruthless infantry: soldiers who fought on land -Spartan boys trained since they were seven Athens: -Great infantry, better navy -Most effective weapon was the Trireme Trireme: -tech marvel, fastest ship in the world, rowed by up to 170 men on 3 levels, used as a battering ram, agile, fast -Phalanx- dense group of warriors armed with long spears and interloping shields, they advanced slowly towards the enemy until they broke their ranks. Persian Wars -Greece was much smaller than Persia, it also had less resources and people Greek army: -iron weapons meant citizens could afford to arm themselves -home field advantage -motivated to preserve democracy Persian army: -first archers (do damage from a distance) -then cavalry (disrupt communication between generals and soldiers) -then lightly armored infantry (spear, sword, bow) -biggest advantage: many soldiers -long way from home -professional army (soldiers fo...

Zeus- ruler of heaven and earth; father of Athena; god of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law, order, and justice; had a temper and threw lightning bolts. Athena- Goddess of wisdom, skill, warfare, peace, intelligence, battle strategy, and handicrafts. -Born fully formed in armor from Zeus' head -Athens is named after her -Patron of heroes Apollo- god of music, arts, knowledge, healing. -Zeus was his father and Artemis his sister -Apollo was associated with the sun and his sister was associated with the moon Poseidon- God of the sea, rivers, floods, and earthquakes. -Brother of zeus, king of the sea and waters Aphrodite- Goddess of love, beauty, desire, and sexuality. -Had many lovers such as Ares (god of war), Adonis (Demi-god of desire), and Anchises (mortal who fathered a baby of Aphrodite) Demeter- Goddess of grain, harvest, and agriculture. -Zeus' sister There are many more Gods than shown, but these are the most important.

Democracy began with a nobleman named Draco. Draco developed a legal code where all Athenians were equal under the law. This code also made debt slavery legal and death was the harsh punishment for many crimes under the law. The next leader that helped create democracy was Solon. Solon's code outlawed debt slavery, but it also allowed for all Athenian citizens to participate in the Athenian assembly. The top three classes could even run for political office. Next, Cleisthenes came into power. During his reign, Cleisthenes allowed citizens to submit laws to the assembly with the hope that they will be passed through. Cleisthenes also created the Council of Five Hundred which allowed for 500 random citizens to be part of the assembly, giving them more power than any leader gave them before. Though these leaders expanded democracy, it was still limited to free adult male property owners. However, eventually Pericles allowed for the poor to run for political office due to him giving po...