8/23/10 turn your map over and label the following areas mesopotamia 1 india 2 china 3 egypt 4 do...
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8/23/10
Turn your map over and label the following areas
Mesopotamia 1India 2China 3Egypt 4
do you see the memory cue for remembering the 4 early civilizations??
as a cover page for the unit, draw a picture of a river and label the page
“Early River Civilizations”.
8/24/10Turn your map over and label the
following areas
Bay of Bengal A
Mediterranean Sea B
Persian Gulf C
Nile River D
Red Sea E
specializedworkers
record keeping
system of government
inventions
advanced cities
CivilizationsCivilizations
Write the following vocabulary words with 3 lines in between each word
1. pyramid 9. pharoah
2. ziggurats 10. delta
3. artisan 11. papyrus
4. hieroglyphics 12. Fertile Crescent
5. polytheism 13. scribes
6. monotheism 14. cuneiform
7. theocracy 15. dynasty
8. Hammurabi’s Code
**draw a memory cue for each word
8/25/10
List 3 of the 5 qualities that make up a civilization.
8/26/10Turn your map over and label the
following areas
ChinaRussia
Saudi Arabia
Spain
MesopotamiaMesopotamia – land between the rivers
Advanced technologywheelplowarch
math – 60 sec = 1 min, 60 min = 1 hour
Record Keeping - cuneiform
GovernmentTheocracy
1st set of written laws
Hammurabi’s Code*retaliation*protect property
Temples
*zigguratsSpecialized workers - scribes
8/27/10
List 3 contributions from Mesopotamia. Write them
on your map north of Mesopotamia, in the area of
modern-day Europe.
8/30/10Define the following words:
theocracy
Polytheism
monotheism
ANCIENT EGYPT NOTES
1
Nile River-longest
in the world -rich, fertile soil
for farming-Egypt is the gift of
the Nile-water for human travel, trade, war, moving stones for pyramids
2Technological Advances
*pyramids*geometry*astronomy*calendar based on Nile’s floods
-30 days/month-12 months/year-5 feast days
ANCIENT EGYPT NOTES
3
*organized
into city-states *Rulers were called Pharaohs *polytheistic *pyramids were built as tombs for the pharaohs who Egyptians believed had great power in the afterlife
complex institutions
8/31/10
Why did the Egyptians spend so much time and effort on their pyramids?
4Record Keeping
*Papyrus -reed-likeplant used tomake paper
*Hieroglyphics – symbols to representwords
ANCIENT EGYPT NOTES
5
*cities sprang up along the Nile
1. Thebes 2. Memphis 3. Giza
Advanced Cities
6Specialized Workers
1. traders
2. Farmers
3. Surgeons
4. Craftspeople
5. Stonemasons
6. mummification
9/1/10
List types of workers that are associated with the pyramids.
The Egypt packet is due Friday at the beginning of class for a
stamp. Please plan your schedule according. If you turn
it in early, you will get extra points.
9/2/10
Why is there a language program
today called the Rosetta Stone?
9/3/10
List one benefit of the Answan Dam or
the Suez Canal.
Mesopotamia vs Egypt quizNumber your paper 1 – 10. Write M or E (or both) depending on
which civilization is being described.
1. Built pyramids
2. Used papyrus
3.Used cunneiform
4.Polytheistic
5.ziggurats
6.Pharaohs
7.Advanced cities
8.Tigris R.
9.Nile R.
10.Land between 2 rivers
09 – 08 - 10
•Answer question #4 on page 55. don’t forget to use complete sentences!
Ancient ChinaHuang River
Rule by Dynasties-series of rulers from the same family-mandate of Heavenmeant that gods approvedof the ruler
-importance of ancestors
-supreme god & lesser gods
-priests interpreted bones & shells to answer questions put to the gods
Religion & Gov’t
Record keeping*characters to representa syllable*unified the large country*thousands of charactersto learn
2000 BC
Ancient ChinaSpecialized
workers-traders-farmers
Huang River
Contributions*silk*coined money*iron weapons*iron tools
Cities*walled cities to protect higher classes
*peasants lived in huts outside of the walls
2000 BC
underground army with horses & weapons made to protect the emperor 250 BC