World Civilization Quiz 2

Countries and Their Capitals:

1. Morocco - Rabat

2. Algeria - Algiers

3. Libya - Tripoli

4. Egypt - Cairo

5. Niger - Niamey

6. Sudan

7. South Sudan

8. South Africa

9. Nigeria

10. Madagascar

11. Democratic Republic of the Congo

3 Bodies of Water in Africa:

1. Nile River

2. Atlantic Ocean

3. Indian Ocean

4. Lake Victoria

2 Landforms in Africa (Updated):

1. Atlas Mountains

2. Sahara Desert

State Senator : Brenton Awa

City Council : Esther Kia’aina

House Rep : Lisa Kitagawa

City Council District : ii

State Senate district : 23

House district : 48

Earths tilt -  23.5

Antipode of Hawaii : Botswana

Earths distance from sun is 93 Million Miles

Both poles are equidistant from sun on Mar and Sept. 21

2 major factors in the climatee of a place are latitude and altitude

Hawaii is -10 HOurs gmt

Cycle 4 Day 3 February 12, 2025

Colonialism 

• Complete take over – annexation 

• Colony :  Under the complete control of a more powerful nation

• Only 22 countries (out of over 200) have not been colonized or invaded by britain

• The resources typically go from the colonies, to the controlling mother country 

  • Ex: south africa, taken over diamonds and gold, didn’t go back to south africa but back to britain

• The 2 biggest colonizers in africa (54 countries) are britain and France 

• There are over 2,000 languages in Africa, 3,000 ethnicities, 54 countries

• Imperialism : Control without annexation 

• Colonialism breeds resistance – revolution

• Guerilla : part of resistance movements

• Resistance movements do not need to be fought with violence (Gandhi)

• If a revolution is successful then they gain independence 

• Neo = New – Neocolonialism – where former colonies are now becoming dependet on the people who colonized them

• After independence, then there is likely a civil war, especially in new countries over disagreements on how to rule

Cycle 4 Day 2 February 5, 2025

• IRS – Internal Revenue Service 

  • Collects money for the government

  • There are checks and balances to see how the money should be spent

  • April 15 – Every employed person in US gotta pay – Tax Day

• Deficit : Debt

• Collateral – an asset which a borrower can offer as security for a loan to ensure the lender gets their money back if the loan isn't repaid

  • Collateral is worth more than or close to your loan

• Globalization : Refers to a world economy

  • 1. Standardization

    • Has to happen for manufacturing

  • 2. Interdependence 

    • Everything needs to work since they all are dependent on each other 

• Milton Friedman – Famous US economist

  • Market System

  • Me: Indonesia and Vietnam and China and China

• Video : Shift Happens 

Cycle 4 Day 1 February 3, 2025

• 3 levels in government funding

  • City/Local, State, Federal

• Contiguous: Connected 

  • There are 48 contiguous states (continental US)

  • Interstate highways go through/to another state

• Greeks (Greece) and Romans (Italy) : Earliest European civilizations 

  • 3 Greatest Philosophers from Greece, SPA : Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

  • 4 renaissance artists – think TMNT

  • Augustus was the first roman emperor

  • Julius Caesar's (dictator) death led to democracy

  • To unite the empire, the romans built ¼ million miles of roads throughout Europe

  • Every road led to a military base

• Calendar is based off of the time since when Jesus was born

• Eisenhower was the 1960’s president, signed the bill for the National Highway System

• 1959 – Hawaii became a state

• Daniel Inouye was the first senator – lost right arm, as a sniper in WWII

• 442nd Regiment, Japanese American Citizens, from concentration camps, highly decorated

• Highways in Hawaii

  • All of our federal highways lead to military bases

  • 1.3 Billion Dollars for H3

  • United States annual budget is 6.75 trillion dollars

  • Only raise 1.8 trillion less than that

  • So current total debt is 36 trillion deficit (owed to itself)

  • Out of every $100, we pay $6.25

Cycle 3 Day 1 January 24, 2025

• Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China are earliest recorded civilizations

• Prehistory is before recorded history 

• Egypt and mesopotamia are known as the cradle of civilization

  • Mesopotamia

    • The land between 2 rivers, Tigris and Euphrates 

    • Persian Gulf, Babylon

    • Was destroyed many times

    • Those from Iraq are not mesopotamia 

• Egypt

  • Water source – Nile River 

  • India

  • Indus river in pakistan 

• China

  • Yellow River

  • Only continuous civilization, longest surviving

  • They had dynasties which went from 2200 BCE to 1900

  • Till the last emperor got overthrown  

  • Sun Yat-sen's (punahou student then Iolani) over threw last emperor, Pu Yi

  • Didn’t last long since China got into civil war in 1949 – Between communists and nationalists

  • Communists won and nationalists got put in Taiwan 

• Infant mortality rate is the number of babies that die within one year for 1000 live births

Cycle 2 Day 3 January 22, 2025

• TED ED Notes from HW

• The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story

• Palestinian  poet :Mourid barghouti If you want to dispossess a people , the simplest way is to tell their story and start with secondly. Ex: starting with the story of the native americans attacking with arrows rather than what happened when the british first arrived. – not showing the whole story or the reason behind their action. 

• Things to know on Oahu 

  • 6 Towns, Honolulu, 2 BOW,  2 Landforms, 5 regions

• Labels on a political Spectrum 

  • Moderates/Centrists/Most willing to compromise 

  • Far to left or right are extremists/radicals

  • Conservatives – Stability

  • Liberals – Change 

  • If we circle the whole thing that is called mainstream

• 21 – 157

Cycle 2 Day 2 January 17, 2025

• Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumn Equinox, Winter Solstice

  • But in Southern Hemisphere for example Australia, the winter solstice is on June 21

• El Niño + La Niña

  • Trade winds always blow from East to West, always come from the East

  • Pushing the warm surface waters towards asia

  • The waters push the rest back towards south america

  • This brings flooding to US

  • Goes in a cycle

  • La Niña pushes (warm) water away from US – droughts

  • El Niño pushes it back towards US – Plenty rain

• WINDS AFFECT OCEAN TEMPERATURE

• OCEAN TEMPERATURE AFFECTS JET STREAM

• Roper Study

  • Sample Size : 510 18-24 year olds in continental US

  • In-home, face to face methodology

  • Conclusions : Most recent graduates of our educational system, appear unprepared

• Iran = Persia – Iran is the new name for persia (persian empire persia)

  • Persian rugs very expensive

  • Iran is bigger than Iraq

• Israel 

  • North – Lebanon 

  • North East – Syria

  • West – Jordan

  • South – Gaza (Leads to Egypt)

  • Biggest Backers are US 

• Japan

  • From top to bottom Islands , Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyusho 

  • Tokyo is capital

  • Little islands under Japan is Okinawa

  • 124.5 million population, but roughly same land mass as california (45 Million)

  • USS Missouri was where Japan surrendered 

  • Vietnam also was divided before

  • Sudan was latest country to be divided

Cycle 2 Day 1 January 15, 2025

• Two sides to court of law – Plaintiff + Defendant 

  • Plaintiff : Brings charges – Starts with opening statement

  • Defendant : Defend themselves against charges

  • Are those charges worth a trial?

  • Both need to make case and present evidence

  • End with clothing statement

• Scientific 

  • Define the problem

  • State hypothesis – Thesis

  • Design Experiment

  • Do it – Analysis – Supporting evidence – Body

  • Conclusion

• MLK Birthday today – January 15

  • Born in Atlanta, Georgia

  • Baptist preacher

  • 1955 

  • Famous “I Have a Dream” speech August 28th

    • Speech was part sermon part poetry

  • Not judged by color of your skin but by the content of your character

  • July 2, 1964 – Civil Rights Act Signed

Cycle 1 Day 3 January 13, 2025

• The earth and sun rays

  • Earth has a 23.5° tilt which causes the seasons

  • 70% of the earth is water – we are known as the blue planet because of that

  • Rotation : rotating around an axis or center.

  • Revolution : move in a circular orbit around

  • Direct rays of the sun only shine on tropic of cancer and capricorn

  • The longest day of the year for Northern Hemisphere – June 21 (Direct rays)

  • The longest day of the year for Southern Hemisphere – December 21 (Direct rays)

  • Twice a year the sun shines directly over equator – March 21 and September 21 

• World Populations and numbers

  • India has largest population of 1.4 billion – surpassing China of 1.3 Billion

  • World population 8 billion

  • USA population 330 million

  • Hawaii population 1.5 million (Oahu – 1 million)

• Time Zones

  • Every 15° one hour is added (to the right) or subtracted (to the left)

  • International date line is the center line – it is crooked because some countries choose to switch or stay with another timezone

    • Ex: American Samoa and Samoa have different time zones despite sharing an island

  • Hawai’i is at -10. 

Cycle 1 Day 2 January 9, 2025

Mnemonic Codes : Using letters to help memorize information

Ex: HOMES – for the Great Lakes of US 

• Solar System Planets – My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles

  • All exist in Milky Way galaxy

  • Light year – Distance traveled at the speed of light (983 million 571,000 ft/sec)

  • Alpha centauri – next closest solar system

  • NASA

  • Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 sent in 1977 – SETI 

  • Space X – Elon Musk

  • ISS – International Space Station 

  • Boeing : Based in Seattle – makes airplanes – #1 plane manufacturer  

    • Has 2 astronauts stuck up in space, supposed to be 4 weeks, now almost a year - SpaceX to rescue in March

  • Airbus : Based in France - Boeing airplane manufacturer competitor 

• Hawaii

  • Population of 1.5 million – 1 million live on O’ahu

  • Wyoming – .5 million – California – 45 million

  • People in the House are based on population – 435 Total