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7TH GRADE
Alan Ezcurra
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SECTION 1
The freezing temperature with many
mountainsides on the land it looks
as if it impossible to live in. Snow
covers everything, the trees and the
mountains. The landscape is com-
pletely covered in white . The place
is peaceful and calming from the
smell of pine. Trees are jumping
across the land like the wet paw
prints of a running dog, almost all
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Rszese
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the trees are destroyed just leaving sad looking
stumps scattered and the few alive ones look sad
and lonely covered in inches of snow. The ground
is as hard as concrete with a soft top layer and
miles of terrible snow underneath. Growing food
almost impossible saying that the night are longer
so they wont get enough sunlight. The sky
though is almost absolutely beautiful with its light
blue color with no clouds kind of like a calm river-
bed. The only warmth to get is in mountings
where its dark and can barley see. The land is way
above sea level the mountains look small but took
away the packed snow and it would be huge, and
just over those mountains is a place where bun-
nies hop and wolf run free with the cold snow of
the ground and air hit against there warm beauti-
ful fur.
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I was a terrible student. Still, I managed to get into college, but my daydreaming threatened to sabotage me. I
used behavior modication to break the cycle. I started by setting an arbitrary time limit on studying: for every
15 minutes of study, I'd allow myself an hour of daydreaming. I set the alarm.
Sandra Cisneros
CHAPTER 1
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MODIFICATIONS
SECTION 1
An Icy snowy place is the worst place to get lost
in and try to survive. We have so many prob-
lem for food we cant do much about it because it
impossible to farm. Its also very hard to hunt be-
cause although there are a few amounts of ani-
mals for we can live by. We dont have that big of
a problem in water because we can just eat the
snow, we just have to make sure its clean cause if
its not we could die. For clothes its a huge prob-
lem because we have to dress and there are not
HUMAN CHANGES TO THE LAND
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enough wolfs to get clothes from so we could just
die from hypothermia.
1. I live in an icy place and it is so hard to nd
food and thats because it is impossible to farm
but we could go and kill animals but than there
are not very animals because they are rare.
2. We have enough water because we can just
eat the snow, but the problem is that if its not
clean we are going to have huge issues because if
its not clean we would get disease and we might
die so water might be tough.
3. We have a huge problem because with not
enough wolfs to get there fur from we would
freeze to death. We could try to kill enough wolfs
for there fur and just save the meat but what I
think would happened is that all the other wolfs
would smell food and try to get some and without
many trees to get weapons from the wolfs would
attack and we would all die.
Part II - Proposed Solutions
Modication means that when humans change
the environment for themselves, example if you
kill an animal you are changing the ecosystem be-
cause what if it was good for the environment and
killed predators but did things for nature than
that place it was helping out would die and all the
animals with would die out and then if there is an
animal that just died out when extinct then the ani-
mals that ate would die and then the animals that
ate it die and pretty soon all the animals would
die and us humans would have to eat leaves but
since that animals died and a disease started it
spread and all food would go bad and might turn
poisonous and we would die from diseases our
not enough food.

1) For water we had a small problem, but to x
are problem we can make a big metal can to store
clean snow in it. My hope is that the sun would
heat up the metal can and the snow inside would
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melt from the heated can for then in side the can
we can have clean fresh water.
2) For food we have a huge problem but we
have a solution, but in the summer we can make
lettuce. We can do what the Mayans did and build
terrace steps on the mountains so we can have
more room to grow the lettuce. For meat we could
catch just enough wolfs for the winter we would
use there bones for weapons to protect our selves
from danger.
3) For clothes we could use the skin and fur
from the wolfs from what we got on the winter
we could use the sticky sap on the tree to make
sure or clothes stick to each other for we could be
warm.
4) We had a little problem on housing because
we did not have that much wood to build houses,
but we can make small igloos for maybe two or
tree people. We would all have to sleep together
to keep warm during the night because it gets bel-
low freezing.
Chapter 2 Lessons too learn.
From Athens we have learned a lot. They
made mistakes. They did things right. They have
a huge direct democratic that have power beyond
believe. Every body voted. Expect the women and
slaves or people who came from different places
outside of Athens. Before then that had as Frey
states, At rst, Greek Kings were chosen by the
people of the city state. When the king died, an-
other leader was selected too take his place. But
eventually it turned into the too the oldest son get-
ting to rule. Then they turned in an oligarchy and
the poor got poorer and the rich got richer. Eventu-
ally a tyrant raised and tyrants can be good for a
bit until they get power crazy. Then thats when
they turned into there big direct democracy.
Where they would have 500 citizens called the
council of 500 every day and 6000 every 10 day.
In Sparta we can learn from there government
because they had a democracy. Their democracy
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was corrupt and was more like an oligarchy because they had a council of elders it was 30 men 2 kings
and 28 kinds who were royal and over 60. It is a democracy so they did have an assembly it was 500
men over the age of 30 as Frey states, unlike the assembly in Athens, it did not debate issues. Members
of the assembly could only vote yes or no on laws suggested by the Council of Elders. But if the council
of elders didnt like that law and the assembly did they could veto and the law wouldnt be passed and
if a law is voted no the assembly could change it too yes.
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0&3,2'#%12 that have powei beyonu believe. Eveiy bouy voteu. Expect the women anu slaves oi people who
came fiom uiffeient places outsiue of Athens. Befoie then that hau as Fiey states, "At fiist, uieek Kings weie
chosen by the people of the city state. When the king uieu, anothei leauei was selecteu too take his place."
But eventually it tuineu into the too the oluest son getting to iule. Then they tuineu in an ,.14#'2"5 anu the
pooi got pooiei anu the iich got iichei. Eventually a %5'#-% iaiseu anu %5'#-%+ can be goou foi a bit until
they get powei ciazy. Then that's when they tuineu into theie big uiiect uemociacy. Wheie they woulu have
Suu citizens calleu the council of Suu eveiy uay anu 6uuu eveiy 1u uay.
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2,''7$% anu was moie like an ,.14#'2"5 because they hau a 2,7-21. ,8 &.0&'+ it was Su men 2 kings anu 28
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kinus who weie ioyal anu ovei 6u. It is a 0&3,2'#25 so they uiu have an #++&39.5 it was Suu men ovei the
age of Su as Fiey states, "unlike the assembly in Athens, it uiu not uebate issues. Nembeis of the assembly
coulu only vote yes oi no on laws suggesteu by the Council of Elueis." But if the 2,7-21. ,8 &.0&'+ uiun't like
that law anu the assembly uiu they coulu veto anu the law woulun't be passeu anu if a law is voteu no the as-
sembly coulu change it too yes.
In Rome the goveinment was a bit moie unbalanceu unlike Athens in Rome. 9S% of the people weie
pooiei anu lowei class they weie calleu the :.&9&1#-+, which mean "many" in Latin. The othei S% weie :#;
%'121#-+. They weie the people who took pait in the goveinment. :#%'121#-+ in Latin means "fathei" anu
they weie the fatheis they weie the only ones who took pait in goveinment but the :.&9&1#-+ uiu vote who
woulu be electeu anu this powei imbalance lasteu till the !,-<.12% ,8 ='0&'+. Which is when the :.&9&1#-+
went anu campeu outsiue of the city until they the :#%'121#-+ saiu they coulu take pait in the 4,6&'-3&-%
anu that they woulu wiite the laws uown anu so then the :.&9&1#-+ took pait in the 4,6&'-3&-% anu the
law weie wiiting uown foi all too see they weie calleu the %>&.6& %#9.&+.

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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
Abraham Lincoln
CHAPTER 2
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Laws and Government
Code of Laws
The major threats in my civilization are a lack of food, warm
clothing, rewood, protected housing, and safety. The certain laws
I am about to tell you are very important for the safety of the peo-
ple in my civilization.
The ve laws to prevent the major threats in my civilization
are: 1. When someone goes hunting the food must be shared
amongst the people. 2. When someone goes to gather rewood it
also must be shared amongst the people. 3. Neighbors must check
on each other every morning to make sure nothing happened over
night. 4. Houses must be built in safe areas. 5. When fresh pro-
duced is collected it must be shared amongst the people in my civi-
lization.
The punishment of these laws will not be to
These laws above will create a successful civilization because
all laws help with the major threats that my civilization is worried
about.
The Great the Wonderful Julius Caesar
There are many important lessons to learn from the great Ro-
man leader Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar did a lot of great things to
help Rome, but just like the other leaders there is always that one
mistake that rulers can make. He acted too much like a King. The
Senators did not like this because they worked so hard to gain the
power of the democracy and they did not want the common peo-
ple to ght back. This means that they did every thing in their
power to make Caesar stop acting this way and that meant killing
him. On March 15, 44 B.C.E. Caesar entered the Senate building, a
group of Senators attacked him, stabbing him 23 times.
With that being said Caesar still did a lot of amazing things.
One of my favorites was that he gave work to thousands of Ro-
mans by starting projects to make new roads and public buildings.
This work program was very smart of him because it help stop an
uprising, for the citizens could not take over Rome. The people of
my civilization will act like him as much they can so to help us,
and not make big mistakes.
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Important Lessons from Caesar
There are many important lessons that can be learned from Cae-
sars son Caesar Augustus. Caesar Augustus in my opinion made
no mistakes he did everything in his power to make his people
happy. To show the prosperity of his reign, Augustus began a pro-
gram to make Rome safer and more beautiful. This included restor-
ing 82 temples and building new statues, theaters, and a large out-
door arena, or forum. The most famous of these buildings was the
Pantheon, built to serve as a temple to all of the gods of Rome.
Augustus also had other projects to improve the life within
Rome. For example, he made sure the water system was repaired
and two new channels, or aqueducts, were constructed. He also
wanted to provide safety for Rome so he established a re depart-
ment and a police force.
For the city, I would like for the rulers to be like Julius, but to
act like Augustus. This means that they would imitate Julius and
created jobs through work projects. The projects that Augustus cre-
ated for different people to work on.
Alan Ezcurra
Peeer Paragraph
December 19, 2013
You Had a Nice Run Western Rome
One of the main reasons that the Western Roman empire de-
clined was because it had tons of political corruption. In Ancient
Rome, when the emperor died the Praetorian Guard chose the next
leader and usually sold the throne to the highest bidder. This was
a terrible thing to do because the richest patricians would be the
emperor and would probably make bad choices because they
might have not been the best people for the job. As Frey states,
When an emperor died, ambitious rivals with independent ar-
mies often fought each other for the emperors crown (8). This
quote shows that anybody could become ruler with enough force,
and anybody could make force by paying mercenaries to ght for
rule. This is a problem because it is about money and power not
quality and ideas. In the civilization of Davidtopia we would make
sure this corruption wouldnt happen because we would have tests
to prove if you would be worthy to be the emperor of Davidtopia.
We would have our emperors be by merit.

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Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.
Thomas Paine
CHAPTER 3
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Belief Systems
SECTION 1
A civilization without a belief would be noth-
ing because belief systems are what lead a person
to know right from wrong. Without a belief sys-
tem, a civilization might be violent and mean spir-
ited. Belief systems is very important to civiliza-
tions because people would go no were in life
other then jail.

Figure 3.1 Belief Systems
Impact of Belief Systems
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In order to better understand the importance of
belief systems within a civilization and how they
can inuence the actions and decision of a people,
please consider the fallowing moral dilemma:
To Tell or Not to Tell
Judy is a twelve-year-old girl. Her mother
promised her that she could go to a special rock
concert coming to their town if she saved up her
baby-sitting money to buy a ticket to the concert.
She managed to save up
the fteen dollars the ticket
cost plus another ve dol-
lars. But then her mother
changed her mind and told
Judy that she had to spend
the money on new clothes
for school. Judy was disap-
pointed and decided to go to the concert anyway.
She bought a ticket and told her mother that she
had only been able to save ve dollars. That Satur-
day she went to the performance and told her
mother that she was spending the day with a
friend. A week
passed without her
mother nding
out. Judy then told
her older sister,
Louise, that she
had gone to the
performance and
had lied to her
mother about it. Louise wonders whether to tell
their mother what Judy did.
In the eyes of a Buddhist this would
be difcult, but they would know just
what to do in this situation because
they have had years to practice the four
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noble truths and the eightfold path. Buddhist
would not have told the mother unless the mother
asked. A Buddhist would be following right ac-
tion in the eight fold path witch says do not kill,
steal, or lie. Be honest (159.) This quote says that
she will keep her secrete, but if the mom asked di-
rectly she would have to tell. In conclusion to
avoid suffering a Buddhist will follow right ac-
tion.

A Confucian would tell the mother even if
promised not too. The rule that a Confucian
would follow is to Respect Elders any one who is
older than you and wiser than you; you must tell
them if someone else lied to them. In this case the
girl who when to the concert lied by telling her
mother that she had only been able to save ve
dollars. The older girl who the sister told would
tell the mother even if she did not want to.

For a hinduism it would be simple. The older
girl would not tell the mother until the mother
asked because even thought she broke the prom-
ise with the girl who lied she would be telling the
truth to the mother who asked so in the end it
would even out and youll get both bad karma
and good karma.
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"The man with a new idea is a crank -- until the idea succeeds." - Mark Twain
CHAPTER 4
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Power of ideas
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Section 1

Humanists comes to Rszese
The European society changed when many
people started becoming humanists. Humanist
could change peoples thinking by saying that
everybody could be treated with greatness and
respect. Humanism also believed in human life
and culture; every individual has dignity (is wor-
thy of respect). Every individual should be
prized, and look at human society with fresh
eyes. Humanists encouraged people to question
everything. Humanists changed art by taking
away more halos and catholic images, and in-
stead the humanist artists added nature and
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Humanism
The European society changed from the re-
sult that everybody was becoming a humanist.
Humanist could change people thinking by say-
ing that every body could be treated with great-
ness. Humanism changed art by taking away
more halos and catholic belief, and instead
added nature and more detail.
more detail. The medieval times showed that
the more important people were bigger and
showed basically no facial impressions, and the
art was very religious. The Renaissance was the
time humanism was starting to show up; the
Renaissance changed art forever. Renaissance
artist were the ones that we can relate to right
now. There art is more about beauty and feel-
ings than the church and just plain paintings.
They make sure that their art was in perfect de-
tail. The detail on the art made sure that there
were no missing details.
If humanists would ever walk into the civili-
zation of Rszese, they would think that the peo-
ple have done a very good job with the rules
and laws and the buildings that have been con-
structed. They would love how the peoples civi-
lization because the three rules are everyone
must be treated equal, Everyone must care for
human life and nature, and everyone must con-
trol only their own lives, so they cannot control
somebody elses.
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Role of the church in the Middle Ages
The Catholic Church made people be-
lieve in what they wanted them to believe
in exchange for salvation. The churched of-
fered the people education, it helped the
poor and the sick, and the church did a lot
for peoples daily lives. According to Frey,
In fact, religion was so much a part of
daily life that people determined the
proper time to cook eggs by saying a cer-
tain number of prayers (31). People did
things for the church to earn the benets
the churched offered like food and educa-
tion; two examples are when people went
to ght in the crusades because they were
told that they would go to heaven, and
when Pope Gregory made the Roman Em-
peror Henry IV stand barefoot in the snow
for three days before Pope Gregory forgave
him for trying to remove him as pope. This
is proof that church could make anyone do
anything that they wanted in order to get
power for the church and salvation for the peo-
ple.

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