Name: ______

Hour: ______

Daily Unit Questions: Ancient Civilizations and World Religions

September 25
I can analyze the environmental factors that enabled human migration to other world regions.
V 1-3
SA 1 / September 26
I can analyze the ways in which people adapted to different environments.
V 4-8
SA 2 / September 27
I can locate on a world map places where farming occurred between 10,000 and 1500 BCE.
V 9-13
SA 3 / September 28
I can describe the characteristics of physical environments where settled farming communities.
V 14-18
SA 3 / September 29
I can explain domestication and why farming permitted world population to grow.
V 19-23
SA 3
October 2
I can analyze the differences between a hunting-gathering way of life and a settled agricultural one.
V 24-33
SA 4 / October 3
I can describe the development, characteristics, interactions and decline of civilizations in Afro-Eurasia.
V 34-38
SA 4 / October 4
I can explain how and where complex societies evolved and describe their significant characteristics.
V 39-40
SA 5 / October 5
I can locate the major empires of the period and analyze their relative importance.
V 41-47
SA 6 / October 6
I can define monotheism and its relationship to the Hebrews and the emergence of Judaism.
V 48-51
SA 7
October 9
I can describe the basic beliefs and practices of Islam.
V 52-56
SA 8 / October 10
I can define and explain the significance of the caste system in India as it emerged in the first millennium BCE.
V 57-58
SA 8 / October 11
Ancient Civilizations and World Religions Unit Review / October 12
Ancient Civilizations and World Religions Unit Exam / October 13
Ancient Civilizations and World Religions Unit Exam

Please write what you know in sentence form for each of the following:

  1. “Lucy”:

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  1. Oldavi Gorge:

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  1. Hominids: ______
  2. Homo Habilis:

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  1. Homo Erectus: ______
  2. Homo Sapien:

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  1. Paleolithic Age:

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  1. Neolithic Age: ______
  2. Domestication of Animals:

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  1. Tigris and Euphrates Rivers:

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  1. Nile River: ______
  2. Indus and Ganges Rivers:

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  1. Yellow and Yangtze Rivers:

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  1. Ancient Mesopotamians: ______
  2. Ziggurat:

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  1. Theocracy:

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  1. Hammurabi Code:

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  1. Cuneiform:

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  1. Ancient Egyptians:

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  1. Amon-Re:

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  1. Pharaoh:

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  1. Hieroglyphics:

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  1. Mummification: ______
  2. Ancient India:

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  1. Harappa and Mohendaro: ______
  2. Sanskrit:

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  1. Patriarchal Society:

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  1. Caste System:

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  1. Brahmin:

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  1. Kyshatriyas:

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  1. Vaisyas:

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  1. Sudras:

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  1. Untouchables:

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  1. Dynastic China:

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  1. Mandate of Heaven:

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  1. Warring States Period:

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  1. Qin Dynasty:

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  1. Legalism:

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  1. Polytheism:

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  1. Monotheism:

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  1. Judaism:

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  1. Abraham:

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  1. Christianity:

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  1. Jesus:

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  1. Islam:

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  1. Muhammed:

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  1. Five Pillars of Islam:

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  1. Hinduism:

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  1. Reincarnation:

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  1. Karma:

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  1. Moksha:

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  1. Buddhism:

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  1. Siddhartha Gautama:

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  1. Four Nobel Truths:

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  1. Eightfold Path:

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  1. Nirvana:

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  1. Confucianism:

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  1. Taoism:

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Short answer questions can be answered through the use of complete sentences, bullet points, thinking maps, or graphic organizers.

  1. List and examine the factors that separate humans from animals.
  1. Classify the differences between the following “types of humans” and “ages”: Homo Erectus, Homo Habilis, Homo Sapien, Paleolithic Age, Neolithic Age.
  1. Describe where the earliest farming/agricultural communities were located and explain how farming permitted writing and population growth.
  1. Compare and contrast the “Hunter-Gatherer” way of life and the “Farming/Agricultural” way of life. Analyze how each way of life would impact the groups ability to tell their history.
  1. Describe the “Six Factors of Civilization”.
  1. How would ancient life in the Middle East/Africa be both similar and different to ancient life in China and India?
  1. Outline the three “Monotheistic Religions” by identifying their: age, prophets, and basic beliefs.
  1. How did India’ Caste System reinforce the Hindi beliefs in reincarnation?