Logan Mezz human geo blog

Longitude Specifies the east - west position of a point of Earth's surface Measured by imaginary lines circling the Earth and running through the poles, used to measure distance in degrees east or west from the prime meridian The Prime meridian passes through Greenwich, England and is given the position of 0 degrees longitude Crosses the equator at right angles Are known as meridians Are all equal in length Run is a North- South  direction

Was not in class today

Site is the physical character of a place Humans have the ability to modify the characteristics of a site These are all the notes we took today in class the rest we talked on it

In the test I got a 88/100, whenever I get a high 80 on a test it is hard because I was 2 points away from an A. I left one part totally blank, it was the "polis" question. I didn't understand what it meant, I thought it was asking for ancient Greek words that came from polis. Not what words today came from the ancient Greek word polis. On the bonus question about "Denali" I knew it was something like that but couldn't put my finger on it, So I just described what it used to be and why it got changed. I didn't get the credit though, which was fair, I didn't answer what the question asked. Overall I am content with the grade I got , I could have done better but I will make sure I will do better next time.

The difference between Mercator and Peters maps.  At first glance they both seem very different in the way they look. The Mercator map looks like the one you've been shown all your life, in school to learn where the continents are. The Peters looks very different from the maps we know. Neither of them are wrong, it's just the perspective. Peters map is accurate in terms to size of continents, Mercator map is accurate in the way of shape and direction of continents. The Mercator map has the shape of the world and direction of the continents correct but if you want a more real portraition of the continents and the actual size of the land.  sources-- https://www.quora.com/Is-the-Gall-Peters-projection-map-accurate                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall%E2%80%93Peters_projection

                                                                          Blog       Today in class I had to make up a test I missed because of a game, we lost 3-2 at Loyola. In the test I left a question blank because I forgot it, It was #8. Today has been a very long one, I had to pack lunch today so it wasn't as good as it usually is. I also forgot my soccer socks for practice today so I got in trouble. Last practice we had was really fun, we did this mile run and we had to throw a tennis ball to each-other on the run. If we dropped the ball we had to do 10 push-ups each, We probably ended up doing 100 push-ups that practice. Sorry of todays blog is more random than usual, just been a slow day.

                                                                     Blog:6 I wasn't in class cause I had a game

                                                                          Blog 5:        I sat down with my mom and asked her where she was on 9/11.  She said she was dropping off my older brother at pre-school when another parent mentioned that a plane hit one of the World Trade Center buildings.  She said everybody thought it was a terrible accident.  She went on to Target in Bel Air and heard people in the aisle talking about a second plane hitting the building.  Then everyone knew it wasn't an accident.  She then got a message to go back to school to pick up my brother early because they were closing school early.  She said it was very scary and everybody was glued to the tv for the rest of the day to see what was happening.

Agora - A public place for assemblies and markets in ancient Greece  Polis - a city state in ancient Greece used for philosopher purposes  The importance of the year 508 BC to the ancient Greeks -  Democracy was introduced in Athens by Cleisthenes Socrates -  Greek philosopher who laid down fundamentals of modern Western philosophy The death of Socrates-  poison, found guilty of refusing to recognize the gods recognized by the state and corruption of the youth The Socratic method-  a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue  Idiot in ancient Greece -Those who did not contribute to politics and the community

Logan Mezzatesta                                                                    BLOG: 4   " A message to Garcia " sold over 40 million copies     Was translated into 37 languages      Has been made into a film twice, (1916, 1936)    Setting- Spanish American War     Garcia- a revolutionary who was seeking Cuban independence     Rowan- An Army officer (West Point, class of 1881)    McKinley- President William McKinley, 25th president (1897- 1901)     McKinley was assassinated six months into his second term by a anarchist    The tallest mountain in North America was named after him (Mount McKinley)     2015 when renamed "Benali" after the Native American word for the mountain

Logan Mezzatesta                                                                          Blog:3               Today in class we read "A message to Garcia". I liked the story and it got me thinking after class how I would want to be like Rowan. To be a "go getter" and to not procrastinate. I tie that into a lot of aspects in my life, in soccer I will leave it all out on the field and do everything to succeed. Another way I can take what Rowan does is in school. I should not be like the clerk and try to get out of work, it would be easier if I just did it without complaining and get it done. I want to be more like Rowan and not the clerk, so in my life, all aspects, I will try to be like Rowan.

Logan Mezzatesta                                                                   Blog 2: Class           Today in class we set up the blogs, I was one of the people that didn't have it working. Alex helped me set it up. The problem was I had to create a new email so I could connect it to it. We got it working, thats why I can type this now. Human Geography has been my favorite class today. I like the people I sit with. I am starting to really get the hang of the school and the layout of where the rooms are.

Logan Mezzatesta                                   Blog: Best/worst part of the day?, do you like your seat or not?           There was a lot of good things today, I met new people and new teachers. I think the best thing about my day was when we went to advisory because its a good time to unwind after the morning classes and prepare for the next mods to come. For me the worst part of the day was the task of navigating through the halls for the first time. I mostly know how to get to all my classes now and today really helped. I like my seat because it is pretty much in the middle of the class. I like it because I am directly in front of the board I also have a couple of friends near by in the other seats.