Geography
Historical Thinking & Early Civilizations
Pre-History & River Valley Civilizations
Ancient Greece and Rome
SURPRISE
100

These regions below are considered to be (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Oceania)

What are continents?

100

Societies that come into frequent contact with others are more likely to participate in this exchange.

What is: Cultural Diffusion

100

Name 3 characteristics of a civilization?

Government, Cars, Religion, Specialized Jobs, Public Works, Technology, Writing

100

Which of the main city states in Ancient Greece focuses more on War

What is Sparta?

100

True or False?

A primary source is a description of an event by someone who was there.  For example:  "I saw that big dog."

True.  The person is telling you what he saw.

200

The features below can be categorized as: Mountains, rivers, forests, and deserts 

What are Geographic Features



200

What is the first civilization?

What is Mesopotamia?

200

The geographic feature that the earliest civilizations in Egypt, India, and China have in common.

What is: a River Valley

200

What was the main focus of Athens?

Education

200

An issue that exists across time.

What is an enduring issue?

300

According to the map: Buddhism, Confucianism, and Hinduism originated in this continent.

What is Asia?

300

What is the Mandate of Heaven? (Ancient China) 

It is when the Chinese Gods or Ancestors give favor to a certain family or dynasty to become emperor.

300

This is also known as a change in lifestyle from hunting and gathering to cultivating and permanent settlement. 

What is: The Neolithic Revolution

300

This form of government, developed in Athens, allowed citizens to vote directly on laws.

What is democracy

300

Hammurabi’s Code, the Ten Commandments, and the Five Relationships were significant to their societies because it established a code of ____________________.

What is a code of behavior?

400

Humans originated on this continent

What is Africa?

400

What ancient city located in the Indus Valley Civilization was known for its advanced city planning and organized government?

Mohenjo Daro

400

The writing systems used by: Ancient Egyptians and in Mesopotamia, which provided the basis for the development of recorded history.  

What are: Hieroglyphics and Cuneiform

400

This geographic feature played a central role in helping the Romans unify their vast empire by facilitating trade, communication, and defense.

What is the Mediterranean Sea?

400

Why did the Ancient city-states of Greece develop different cultures?

Because the mountainous topography forced them to grow separately.

500

These categories: The world in spatial terms, Places and regions, Environment and society, and Human and physical systems

What are elements of geography?

500

What were the earliest set of laws called?

Code of Hammurabi

500

The writing systems used by: Ancient Egyptians and in Mesopotamia, which provided the basis for the development of recorded history.  

Neolithic Era / Era Neolítica

500

_____ started the ______ Era which allowed the of Greek ideas into those areas.

Alexander the great, hellenstic culture

500

The belief that a person must be born many times, and live a life full of good karma so that their next life will be better is known as what?

What religions believe in this?

Reincarnation

Hinduism and Buddhism