Chapter 1- Presentation Notes

Question 1

Things all River Valley civilizations have in common

Answer 1

• by water
• had water problems
• government
• polytheistic
• displayed all 5 traits
• adapted to life where they lived

Question 2

Mesopotamia environmental problems

Answer 2

• exposed
• flooding
• lack of resources

Question 3

Mesopotamia solutions to environmental problems

Answer 3

Flooding- irrgiation
Exposed-built mad brick walls
Lack of resources-trade

Question 4

Mesopotamia region

Answer 4

• oldest civilization

- Middle East

Question 5

City states

Answer 5

Common culture with own ruler and independent government

Question 6

Ziggurat

Answer 6

Temple, most important religious and government building

Question 7

What religion did mesopotamia have

Answer 7

Polytheistic (many gods)

Question 8

What type of writing did Mesopotamia have

Answer 8

Cuneiform

Question 9

Mesopotamia 5 key traits

Answer 9

Adv. cities- they had people, buildings like the ziggurat and traded resources
Adv. technology-wheel, plow, irrigation
Complex institutions- polytheistic religion, had a government
Record keeping-cuneiform
Specialized workers-potters, artists, ruler

Question 10

Babylonians

Answer 10

Famous king-Hammurabi- created Hammurabi's code
-1st written law code
-Harsh
-Government responsibility
-Applied to everyone, but not equally
Capital-Babylonia

Question 11

The Nile

Answer 11

Nile=life

• worshipped as a god
• predictable flooding
• unified through travel

Question 12

Egyptian Desert

Answer 12

Desert=Death

-isolated and protected

Question 13

Pharoah

Answer 13

God king -> theocracy

Question 14

Theocracy

Answer 14

Government and religion as 1

Question 15

Pyramids

Answer 15

Tomb for pharaoh

Question 16

Hieroglyfs

Answer 16

Writing

Question 17

Papyrus

Answer 17

Paper

Question 18

Calender

Answer 18

Developed by Egyptians. 30 days per month 365 days per year

Question 19

Math and geometry

Answer 19

Developed by Egyptians

Question 20

Harappan river

Answer 20

Granges and Indus-floods were common

Question 21

Egyptian river

Answer 21

Nile river

Question 22

Mesopotamian river

Answer 22

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 23

What were the Harappans known for

Answer 23

• City planning
• plumbing
• man-made islands
• oven-baked bricks

Question 24

Harappan language

Answer 24

-Still not translated

Question 25

Harappan culture

Answer 25

• Uniform
• no classes
• Toys-> had leisure time and wealth

Question 26

Trade in Harappa

Answer 26

Trade-plentiful

Question 27

China rivers

Answer 27

Yellow and Yangtze rivers: river floods

Question 28

What was China isolated by

Answer 28

Gobi desert, Seas, Mountains=Himalayas, Plateaus=Tibet

Question 29

China Environmental Challenges

Answer 29

Flooding, isolation for trade, but vulnerable to attack, only 10% of the land is farmable

Question 30

China settlements

Answer 30

• Shang cities were built of wood

- Surrounded by massive earthen walls

Question 31

China social classes

Answer 31

Nobels

Peasants

Question 32

Role of family in china

Answer 32

• family was central importance

- patriarchal or male dominiated

Question 33

China religious beliefs

Answer 33

• polytheistic
• used oracle bones
• mandate of heaven

Question 34

Mandate of heaven

Answer 34

Leaders of ancient china intertwined religion and government and called it mandate of heaven. Dynasty families were placed in positions if power by the gods and when dynasty ended, it was because the gods wanted it to end

Question 35

China tech advances

Answer 35

Roads, canals,coined money, iron