Human Geo

Today in class we went over everything we needed to know for the test tomorrow.  You would tell us to ask questions that we thought were going to be on the test, then we would answer them or choose someone else to answer them.
We would ask questions like
When was the essay A message to Garcia published?  It was published in March 1899.
How many copies were sold?  40 million copies.
How many languages were they sold in? 37 languages.
What was the setting? Spanish American war fought in Cuba.
Then we did vocabulary.
Perihelion~. when something is at its brightest like when mars is closest to sun.
Slipshod ~. carless and stupidity.
Stenographer~. A person who takes dictation in shorthand.
Then we went over Ancient Greece.
Ancient Greece had a word for excellent it was Areté.
Areté ~the act of living up to ones full abilities and potentials available to humans.
Then we went over Socrates.
Agora~A popular political/athletic/spiritual/market.  You would get together and vote about thing.
polis~An Ancient Greek city-state especially as considered in its ideal form form for philosophical.
What was the importance of the year 508 BC to ancient Greeks? First time in recorded history when people revolted against there ruler.
Socrates~a classic Greek philosopher.
Death of Socrates ?A day in 399 BC the philosopher stood before a jury of 500 of his fellow Athenians charged with corruptions of youth and not believing in the Gods of the state.
Around 230/500 voted him guilty.
Idiot in Ancient Greece meet someone who was self considerate.
Idiots were born but they could be educated into citizens.
A famous quote is the unexamined life is not worth the living.



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