River Valley Civilizations:
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Ancient India, Ancient China
October 20 – Nov 9
Unit Vocabulary and Key Terms:
Characteristics of a
Civilization
• Civilization
• Geography
• Cities
• Organized
Government
• Social Classes
• Job Specialization
• Public Works
• Art and Architecture
• Writing
• Religion
Mesopotamia
• Tigris and Euphrates
River
• Fertile Crescent
• Irrigation
• Ziggurat
• Cuneiform
• City-states
• Monarchy
• Sargon
• Legal Codes
• Hummurabi
• Epic of Gilgamesh
Ancient Egypt
• Nile River
• Nubia
• Dynasty
• Hieroglyphs
• The Fateful Test
• Rosetta Stone
• Demotic
• Vizier
• Pharoah
• Old Kingdom
• Middle Kingdom
• New Kingdom
• Pyramids
Ancient India
Ancient China
• Subcontinent Indus
• Ganges River
• Harrapan
• Dravidians
• Mohenjo-daro
• Deccan
• Monsoons
• Aryans
•Caste System:
Brahmins, Kshatriyas,
Vaisyas, Sudras,
Rajah
•Yellow (Huang He)
River, Yangzi Rivers
• Dynasty
• Xia Dynasty (1st
dynasty)
• Shang dynasty’s (2nd
dynasty)
• Zhou dynasty (3rd
dynasty)
• Mandate from
heaven
• Calligraphy
• Dynastic cycle
Unit Objectives:
1. Identify and describe the 9 characteristics of a civilization in various civilizations
2. Identify vocabulary words pertaining to the individual River Valley Civilizations.
3. Analyze how geography affects a civilization’s outlook, government, and economics.
4. Describe and analyze early technological developments.
5. Compare and contrast the River Valley civilizations.
6. Determine how early civilizations impact our world today
7. Analyze the successes and failures of these civilizations
Calendar: Look at the homework website for HW (kenwoodacamdey.org)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
October 20th
Friday
October 21st
Characteristics
of a Civilization
October 24th
October 25th
October 26th
Neolithic
Revolution –
Village Life
October 27th
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Egypt
NO SCHOOL
October 31st
November 1st
November 2nd
November 3rd
November 4th
India
India
Reading Test
China
China
November 7th
November 8th
November 9th
November 10th
November 11th
Review
Q1 Test
END OF Q1
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
October 28th