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