Transcript of CultureGeography Early Civilization Vocabulary Persians/ Mesopo -tamians 10 20 30 40 50.
Culture Geography Early Civilization Vocabulary
Persians/ Mesopo-tamians
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• True or False: Egyptians believed that their kings were relatives of gods
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• True
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• What were Oracle bones?
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• Bones and/or turtle shells that were written on and then heated or touched with a hot poker by priests. The priests then interpreted the bones the cracks in the bones as what ancestors/spirits were trying to say. A way to talk to the other world.
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• What accomplishment is Hammurabi best known for, and did this accomplishment change the world then/shape the world we live in today?
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• Hammurabi’s Code. • One of the first legal codes
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• Sumer was polytheistic. What was polytheism?
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• The worships of many Gods (at least more than one)
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• What form of writing did the Sumerians use?
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• Cuneiform
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• Point to the area of Mesopotamia and Fertile Crescent
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• Name 1 geographical problem that Mesopotamia faced.
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• Unpredictable floods, • No natural barriers• Limited natural resources.
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• Most early civilizations formed around or near a _______ because the soil was fertile.
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• River
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• What were 3 areas where farming first occurred?
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• India• China• Egypt• Mesopotamia.
Question 2 - 50
• Point to Egypt, Nile river, and the Red Sea on the map
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Question 3 - 10
• What was 1 way the Indus River Valley’s cities were unique?
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• Laid their cities on a grid• Had a plumbing system
• Dynastic Circle was the rise, decline and replacement of dynasties that was regulated by the people’s interpretation of the mandate of heaven.
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• What natural disaster did the Indus River Valley commonly face?
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• Monsoons
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• What was the Mandate of Heavan?
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• The mandate of Heaven is when the gods/god gave someone the right to rule the empire. Someone could lose the mandate of heaven.
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• What were the Paleolithic Era and the Neolithic Era?
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• The Paleolithic Era was before people settled down (before farms). All people were nomads-hunters and gatherers. The Neolithic Era was when people began to farm, creating a surplus of food allowing for specialized workers.
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• What is the difference between Archeologists and Anthropologists?
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• Archeologists are people who study and excavate early settlements.
• Anthropologists are people who study culture.
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• What is the difference between primary and secondary sources?
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• Primary sources are testimonials, letters, journals, artifacts, newspaper articles and picture from the time of the event.
• Secondary sources are textbooks, encyclopedias and all other articles after the event happened.
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• What is Theocracy?
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• A form of government based off of religion/religious texts/views/values
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• What is prehistory?
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• Prehistory is any point in time before writing.
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• Who was the first emperor (that we studied) that made the Persian Empire?
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• Cyrus the Great
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• Persia is located in what modern day country?
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• Iran
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• How did the Persian Empire treat the people it conquered (Overall)?
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• Allowed people to practice their own religion.• People weren’t turned into slaves. • Treated people with kindness and toleration.
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• How did Mesopotamians fix drought problems?
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• Irrigation System
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• The land that Mesopotamia built its empire on was known as the ______.