Environment: Challenges and Adaptations
This environmental challenge was common to the Mesopotamian, Indus, and Shang as a result of their location next to rivers.
What is flooding?
This is the turning point, or big change, that occurred at the end of Paleolithic Era and began the Neolithic Era.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
This belief system's deity is God/Jesus, the holy book is the Bible, and followers typically pray and go to church.
What is Christianity?
The first civilizations developed near this geographic feature because of its advantages for agriculture.
What is a river?
These are features that naturally occur on the face of the Earth (not man-made).
What are geographic features?
This adaptation that extends agriculture and controls flooding through man-made canals.
What is irrigation?
This is one change that occurred during the Neolithic Revolution, also known as farming.
What is agriculture?
This belief systems deity is Allah, the holy book is the Qur'an, and believers follow the Five Pillars
What is Islam?
The first civilizations are best described as these three river valley civilizations.
There are the four main directions on a compass.
What are North, South, East, and West?
This adaptation that allows for farming on a mountain or hill.
What is terrace farming?
This is one of the changes that occurred during the Neolithic Revolution, also known as taming animals.
What is domestication?
This belief system originated in Asia, is polytheistic, and uses the Eightfold Path
What is Buddhism?
The first civilizations shared many characteristics, including this one that can be seen with well-planned cities and written law codes. (King Hammurabi, Dynasties)
What is a strong government?
On the compass shown, which direction is South?
Point to it
This environmental challenge was unique to the Indus and is best described as a tropical storm or hurricane that comes in cycles
What is a monsoon?
This is one change that occurred during the Neolithic Revolution, also known as staying in one place.
This belief system originated in Asia, is polytheistic, uses the caste system, and focuses on karma, dharma, and reincarnation
What is Hinduism?
The first civilizations shared many characteristics, including this one that housed the majority of the population. (Babylon, Mohenjo-Daro, Anyang)
What are major cities?
On the compass shown, which direction is East?
Point to it
To adapt to a desert climate, people in the first civilizations would use this technique/technology to extend water into the desert land and grow crops
What is irrigation?
The Neolithic Revolution is best described as a change from what kind of living? (describe how people lived before the Neolithic Revolution)
From hunter-gatherers, nomads, stone tools, etc.
This belief system originated in China and does not have a deity, but emphasizes respecting elders (filial piety) and merit-based jobs (civil service exam)
What is Confucianism?
The first civilizations shared many characteristics, including this one that included calendars, wheels, currency, and metalwork.
What is advanced technology?
The first civilizations shared these three geographic features.
What are rivers, deserts, mountains?