Unit 1: Beginnings of Civilization Unit 1 pg 1 Global History and Geography Review
Unit 1: Beginnings of Civilization
Name______Unit 1: Beginnings of Civilization Unit 1 pg 2
Chapter 1: Unit 1 Section A: Early Peoples
1) The study of human culture is known as ______. 2) The study of past human life and culture by examining material evidence is known as ______. Paleolithic Age 3) A human made object is called an ______. spanned from A) Examples of artifacts are ______. ______to 4) A person’s unique way of life is called ______. ______Achievements of the Paleolithic period:
Another name for 1. Tools: ______Paleolithic Age is
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A form of culture noted for five characteristics is ______. A) Five characteristics of a civilization are: 1)______2)______Neolithic Age spanned from 3)______4)______to 5)______
Another name for Neolithic Age is:
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Comparing the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age Unit 1: Beginnings of Civilization Unit 1 pg 3
Old Stone Age New Stone Age (______) (______)
Give reasons why you believe that life expectancy might be shorter during the New Stone Age than the Old Stone Age
Turning Points in Global History The Neolithic Revolution Describe How Each of These Five Helped the Neolithic Revolution Become a Turning Point Permanent Settlements Agricultural Revolution Domestication of Animals
The Use of Pottery The Use of Tools
The Neolithic Revolution would lead to permanent settlements and finally civilizations. The first permanent settlements were found near ______. Unit 1: Beginnings of Civilization Unit 1 pg 4
Chapter 2 Early River Valley Civilizations River Valley Flooding proved both beneficial and disastrous. Too much rain would Civilizations destroy ______and ______. Too little would lead to 1) Mesopotamia ______and famine. The flooding did leave a layer of silt which provided ______for crops. Mesopotamia Egypt
1) Curved shape and richness of 1) Egypt was ruled by god-kings land led it to be called the known as ______. ______and ______. 2) The Egyptian form of writing was ______2) The city-state in southern called ______. rivers Mesopotamia was known as Indus River Valley ______. This city-state 1) Indus civilization is best known 2) Egypt ______river. had few ______for their ______and had to trade and their ______with other regions for lumber and ______. other goods 2) Indus Valley civilization is also 3) The Sumerians would soon be known as ______conquered first by Sargon of Akkad because of the many archaeological and then by Hammurabi of discoveries made at that site. 3) Indus River Valley ______. China ______and 4) The Mesopotamian form of 1) Floods on the Huang He were so ______. writing is called disastrous that they were given the ______which name ______translates to ______2) Only about 10% of China’s ______. heartland is suitable for 5) The religious temple was known ______. as the ______. 3) Divine approval to rule is known 4) China ______as ______of ______. and ______. Unit 1: Beginnings of Civilization Unit 1 pg 5
The Zhou and the Dynastic Cycle Step 1: New dynasty Step 2: Strong dynasty Step 3: In time dynast Chapter 2-4 gains power – restores establishes peace and declines and becomes The pattern of rise, peace, claims to have prosperity corrupt; taxes are raised mandate of heaven decline and the Step 4: Disasters such Step 5: Old dynasty is Step 6: Dynasty is replacement of as floods, famines, seen as having lost overthrown through peasant revolts, and Mandate of Heaven rebellion and dynasties is known as invasions occur. bloodshed; new the ______dynasty emerges. BACK TO STEP 1! ______.
1) Seafaring traders who developed 2) The ______Chapter 3 People an alphabet that is the basis for ours were known for their iron working On the Move were the ______. capabilities. 3) The ______settled in 4) The seafaring traders known as the area of the Indus River Valley the ______had and set up a strict social system a significant impact on the Ancient known as a ______. Greeks.
Phoenician Alphabet 1. Persian Empire Darius extended 2. The Assyrians accomplished their empire for 2,500 miles. His main large empire by means of a highly Chapter 4 The failure however, was his inability to advanced ______. First Age of conquer ______. Empires Shi Huangdi and the Qin Dynasty Unifies China 1) Legalism provided that a ruler 3) Shi Huangdi had citizens work on should provide rich rewards for great projects such as the those who carry out their duties and ______punish those who do not. and an irrigation system. Peasants 2) ______would soon rebel. The dynasty was used to control ideas. lasted only 40 years.
Darius