Unit 2

Sun Rise Sun Set

Objective 2.01

• Compare how different geographic issues of the ancient period influenced settlement trading networks and the sustainability of various ancient civilizations

Essential Question

How did geography shape settlement patterns?

Concepts

• Civilization

• Resources

• Technology

Vocabulary

• River

• River valley

• Delta

• Mountain

• Desert

• Sea

• Silt

• Crescent

• Flooding

• Fertile

• Agriculture

• Civilization

• Irrigation

Quiz 1Write a paragraph that answers the question: How did

geography shape settlement patterns?

You must use at least 3 of the terms in your answer.

• Silt• Crescent• Flooding• Fertile• Agriculture• Civilization• Irrigation

• River • River valley• Delta • Mountain• Desert• Sea

Essential Question

1. How did the rise of institutions impact society?

Vocabulary

• Ziggurat• Polytheism• Sargon I• Hammurabi• Nebuchadnezzer• Monotheism• Saul• David

• Solomon• Cyrus• Zoroastrianism• Pharaoh• Indus Valley• Shang• Zhou

Ancient Civilizations

Region Names of Empires

Religion Government 3 SFI- Names, Places, Events

Near East

Nile

India

China

Quiz 2Pick 5 to identify.

• Ziggurat• Polytheism• Sargon I• Hammurabi• Nebuchadnezzer• Monotheism• Saul• David

• Solomon• Cyrus• Zoroastrianism• Pharaoh• Indus Valley• Shang• Zhou

Essential Question

1. What patterns of exchange and social structure did civilizations develop?

2. How did new technology like metal working, water control and engineering impact society?

Ancient Civilizations

Regions Economics Technology

Near East

Nile

India

China

Near East

• Sumer- Ziggurat, City-State, Polytheism, Cuneiform, 60 Minutes, Geometry, Wheel, Bronze Weapons

• Akkad (Sargon I)- First permanent army

• Babylon- Hammurabi’s Code

Fertile Crescent• Hittites- Horse Drawn War Chariot, Iron

Weapons• Assyrians- War Chariots, Foot Soldiers,

Cavalry, Battering Rams, Harsh Rule• Chaldeans- New Babylonian Empire,

Nebuchadnezzar II, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Calendar

• Phoenicians- Alphabet, Trade, Purple Dye, Glass Blowing

• Hebrews- Monotheism,

Persians

• Cyrus- Darius- Xerxes

• Zoroastrianism- Dualism, The World is controlled by the forces of good and evil Ahura Mazda or Ahriman

• Satraps- Governors

• Royal Road

Nile Civilizations

• Old Kingdom- Pyramids, Pharoahs, Theocracy, Noble Revolution

• Middle Kingdom- Hyksos, Bow, Chariot, Armor

• New Kingdom- Hatshepsut, Tut, Ramses the Great

• Kushites- Iron Smelting

Egyptian Culture

• Gods and Goddesses- Amon-Re, Osiris, Isis, Horus, Anubis

• Mummification• Hieroglyphics• Papyrus• Rosetta Stone• Surgery• Geography

Quiz 3Choose 5 to Describe

• Old Kingdom• Middle Kingdom• New Kingdom• Egyptian Gods and Goddesses• Mummification• Hieroglyphics• Papyrus• Rosetta Stone

Early India MapLocate the following on your map of Early India

• Harappa• Mohenjo Daro• Arabian Sea• Himalayas Mountains• Indus River• Deccan Plateau• Indian Ocean• Bay of Bengal

• Thar Desert• Hindu Kush• Ganges River• Color in the Indus

Valley Civilization

India

• Indus Valley – Vedic Period

• Vedas- Hymns of Praise to the eternal spirit• Rajas- regional leaders• Varnas- Social classes, castes system, Brahmin

were preists and teachers

– Hinduism• Brahman- the eternal being• Reincarnation, Karma, Dharma, Moksha

Buddhism

• Siddharta Gautama• Four Noble Truths

– Suffering is a part of life– Suffering comes from desire– Overcoming desire brings suffering to an end– Overcome suffering through the eightfold path

• Eightfold Path- Right way to live/Middle Way

• Nirvana- Perfect Peace

China

• Shang- Oracle Bones, Calendar based upon the moon, money system

• Zhou- Mandate of Heaven, Dynastic Cycle, Bronze, Chopsticks

Test Review

• Key Terms and People - Pages 33,63, 72, 93, 108

• Peoples of the Fertile Crescent – Page 58

• Major Periods in Egyptian History – Page 88

• Two River Valley Civilizations – Page 116