Powerpoint Notes

We didn't start class right away because Mr. Schick had to set up cameras for Holocaust Day today. While he was gone, we started working on on the textbook notes that we were doing some day before. Then, when Mr. Schick came back from setting up the cameras, he started talking about Holocaust Day and how he thinks it's very interesting and important. He said he's really appreciative that the survivors come to speak to all of the seniors, so we don't lose their stories. I think it's really interesting and super cool to learn about. After Mr. Schick was done talking about Holocaust Day, we started taking notes on his powerpoint of Greece. Our new unit is Ancient Greece and I'm so excited to learn about it. Here are the notes on the powerpoint we took today: 

• Great Civilizations/Key Rivers
• Mesopotamia - Tigris + Euphrates Rivers
• Egypt - Nile River
• India - Indus River
• China - Huang He River
• Greece's Geography
• location: east of Italy, north of Egypt
• topography: lots of mountains
• More Geography + Its Significance
• mountainous peninsula (covers 3/4 of Greece)
• about 2000 islands in the Ionian and Aegean Sea
• this combination shaped Greece
• many skilled sailors + shipbuilders
• also farmers, metalworkers, weavers, potters
• had poor/limited natural resources --> so have to trade
• was difficult to unite ancient Greeks bc of terrain
• developed small, independent communities (city-states)
• what they were loyal to