First Civilizations
The earliest ppl on Earth were?
Hunter- Gatherer
What is an example of geographic feature?
Rivers
Mountains
Soil
Natural Resources
Judaism was founded by ______ as the first major
monotheistic religion.
Abraham
Valued Military and Fitness more than education
Spartan
Muslim place of worship
Mosque
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers allowed Mesopotamia to survive. This area is nickednamed
"The Fertile Crescent" or "Cradle of Civilization
Ancient Indian civilizations developed along the ?
Indus & Ganges Rivers.
_____ was an important trade city and center of Islamic learning.
Timbuktu
Women had few rights or freedoms.
Athens
series of holy wars between Christians and Muslims; Muslims won, more trade
crusades
Paleolithic ppl had many accomplishments, can you name 3 accomplishments ?
Controlling Fire
Developing a spoken but (not written) language
Creating stone tools to hunt and build things
Art
The earliest settlements in China were along the
_______ &_______ for farming
(most important) and trade.
Huang He (Yellow) and Yangtze Rivers
Ancient West African empires grew wealthy through the trading and taxing the ___ and ___
resources located in the empires.
gold & salt
Athens and Sparta
united to fight against Persia.
Greece won and was
strengthened
Persian War
Medieval social system based on giving land in exchange for loyalty/protection
feudalism
the BIG CHANGE in human history
when people stopped hunting and gathering
and began FARMING. They domesticated
(tamed) plants and animals for human use.
The Agricultural Revolution (AKA the Neolithic
Revolution)
What was the most important geographic feature for sustaining life in ancient China?
Hint: Think of the Rivers
The Huang River aka The Yellow River
_____ was important to ancient civilizations because it allowed civilizations to gain items they
couldn’t otherwise and grow wealthy. Civilizations were always looking to expand their trade
partners.
Trade
The _________ war was a major
war fought between Athens and
its allies and Sparta and its
allies. This fighting amongst
city-states led to the weakening
of Greece overall
Peloponnesian War
separating from religious institutions
secularism
Farming allowed people to live in settled communities. Soon, towns and civilizations emerged.
Farming allowed the first _____ to develop.
civilizations
The four major dynasties we learned about
this year are (in chronological order)
the Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty, the Qin
Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty.
______ and ____ were both Muslim Empires, but Ghana existed before the widespread growth
of Islam in West Africa, so they did not practice Islam as an official religion. Many citizens
within Ghana had converted to Islam by its fall, but Islam was not the official religion.
Hint : Think about the 3 kingdoms
Mali & Songhai
Republic- The Roman Republic started many
ideas that influence America’s government today.
Citizens voted for people to represent them in
government – this is known as a ?
representative
democracy or republic.
Torah/Bible story where Moses leads Jews out of Egypt to Canaan
Moses lead Muslims out of slavery
Exodus