Quiz 5

In response to the final quiz question , I would say that all of the learning objectives were met.  In this  course I received a greater understanding of how people evolved and the way that their political systems and their socities came about.   This was evident throughout all of world history, from the romans to the greeks to the mongols, to the mesoamerican civilizations  and ect....  the building of societies and political structure is very interesting especially in the information about north america  and how our country came to be what it is today .   Also interestingly enough is the inhabitants of north america prior to the discovery by columbus.  Information in this class made me more aware of the treatment of the native americans  when the europeans reached this continent .   Also my mind has become more aware of how our society developed and evolved through these events and still remains to this day governed by historical documents such as the declaration of independence.  
Also of note the project that we completed on the speculation that the first to reach north america were sea fairings was an interesting study in researching archeological evidence and creating an analysis to determine  a solid position  in an argument .   With the use of the blogs it fostered the ability for me to communicate effectively the  knowledge of history and its reasoning.  Exercises conducted in  class such as the debate on whether the mongols were a civilization or not  helped me to build my skills of  communicating orally and to further my knowledge. 
The qualitative social science research project in which I  was fortunate enough to interview a person who lived through the iran iraq war proved to be fruitful for me .  in this project I learned about a piece of history and also was able to visualize it  from a person who lived through that event.  Through this course I was also able to read literature from the past such as the epic of gilgamesh.  This literature gave me a view  into the minds those from the past and how they  interpreted situations and made them into ethical ways to live . 
overall I have learned a great deal from this course, I actually view the world much differently today since I have a greater and more in depth of understanding of it .  I will forever be influenced by my new found knowledge of history .