Journal Activities

1/24/2013

The main biomes of Europe are mostly temperate deciduous forest, grassland, and a small amount of mountains.  The main temperatures of the area would be about average, 50 degrees, but much colder once you get closer to mountains and higher in elevation.  

1/25/2013

Europe's climate, for the most part, stays pretty much at a constant rate because of the ocean effect. The ocean effect is basically saying that water heats and cools slower than land does, so when wind currents go through Europe, it creates a constant temperature of around 40 degrees.  Europe also has a lot of precipitation, mostly around the mountain ranges, but also throughout the entire continent.

1/29/2013

The geography of Rome was more mountainous than the geography of Greece which was pretty much flat.  Because of this, Greece had a better opportunity to have a good agriculture, and raise livestock. Rome on the other hand, only had the opportunity to do a little terracing on the mountains.


1/30/2013

Rome fell because basically their empire completely fell apart.  They had a major case of inflation, the military became very untrustworthy, they were politically unstable, and many other reasons. Although Diocletian preserved the empire for a few years, he could not preserve it forever.  The empire then fell.

1/5/2013

If my parents left me all alone with no money/liquid assets, many problems would start to occur in my life.  First of all, many bills would be sent to the house that I would have to pay, but again, I have no money.  Another problem is how I would get from place to place because I don't know how to drive.  To solve these problems, I probably would just abandon the house to live with one of my aunt and uncle, who just happen to be my neighbors, and hopefully they will let me live there and care for my needs.  Another huge problem would be the sadness brought about yourself because your parents abandoned you.  I don't know if you would be able to solve that problem though, because you loved them so much.

1/14/2013

The Renaissance is the revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.

1/15/2013

An example of synergy would be having 2 solar panels powering the same object rather than just having one.  The 2 panels would attract twice as much sun to have a greater effect on electricity than just the 1 panel collecting solar energy.

1/25/2013

Cars, computer, phones, airplanes, electricity, air conditioning, heat, indoor plumbing, boats, appliances, telescopes, microscopes, thermometers, and lights.

3/11/2013
         Causes: Wide application of the Scientific Method, the rich do more experiments, and the Agricultural Revolution
         Effects: New inventions/innovations, and Europe became the most wealthy and influential area in the region.

3/15/2013
         Russian Revolution:
                   When Russians got their freedom from the czar by following under Stalin's rule.