Unit 1
Flip Folder
Early Human Activity
1. Hunter-gatherer Society
a. Also known as
____________ because…
b. Characteristics of huntergatherer society (size,
lifestyle, etc.)
c. Nomad (define)
d. Migration Patterns
2. Pastoral Society
a. Pastoralism (define)
b. Characteristics (lifestyle, etc.)
c. Where commonly practiced
3. Plant and Animal Domestication
a. Wheat (Where, When)
b. Rice (Where, When)
c. Corn (also known as ______,
where, when)
d. Animals Domesticated and
where
River Valley Civilizations
6. Mesopotamia
a. where (describe the
geography)
b. Political structure
c. Social Structure
d. Economic Structure
e. Cuneiform
f. Religion and role of geography
in religion
g. art/architecture/technology
7. Egypt
a. where (describe the
geography)
b. Political structure
c. Social Structure
d. Economic Structure
e. Hieroglyphics
f. Religion and role of geography
in religion
g. art/architecture/technology
4. Neolithic Revolution
a. Where, when
b. Role of environmental
change in the transition to
agriculture
c. Role of cultural diffusion in
the transition to agriculture
d. Stages of Metal Use and
advances in technology
8. Indus River Valley
a. where (describe the
geography)
b. Political structure
c. Social Structure
d. Economic Structure
e. Writing System
f. Religion
5. Impact of Neolithic Revolution
a. population growth- WHY?
b. social stratification- WHY?
c. Gender Structures (describe)
d. Craft specialization (describe)
e. Civilization- (define)
f. Impact of agriculture on
environment
9. Yellow River (Shang China)
a. where (describe the
geography)
b. Political structure
c. Social Structure
d. Economic Structure
e. Hieroglyphics
f. Religion
10. Zhou Dynasty
a. Political structure
b. Mandate of Heaven
c. Warring States Period
The flip folder is a Unit-long assignment. Students should work on it a little at a
time (as we go over the material in class). The completed flip folder is due on the
day of our Unit 1 test.
Unit 1
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11. Major Developments
a. Coin Money- WHO?
b. Simplified Alphabet- WHO?
c. Concept of Zero- WHO?
d. Monotheism- WHO?
Classical Greece and Rome
12. Persian Empire
a. where (describe the
geography)
b. Political structure
c. Social Structure
d. Economic Structure
f. Religion
13. Ancient Greece
a. where (describe the
geography)
b. Political structure
c. Social Structure
d. Economic Structure
e. Hieroglyphics
f. Religion
g. Persian War
h. Peloponnesian War
i. Philosophy
j. art/architecture/technology
14. Polis
a. definition
b. Athens (describe briefly)
c. Sparta (describe briefly)
15. Hellenistic Period
a. Alexander the Great
b. role of cultural diffusion in
Hellenistic Period
16. Rome
a. where (describe the
geography)
b. Political structure
***Distinguish between the
Roman Republic and Roman
Empire***
c. Social Structure
d. Economic Structure
e. Hieroglyphics
f. Religion
g. Persian War
h. Peloponnesian War
i. Philosophy
j. art/architecture/technology
Religions and Belief Systems
17. Polytheism
a. what is it?
b. cultures that practice it
c. animism (define)
18. Judaism
a. Who created, when created,
where created
b. Main beliefs
c. Monotheism (define)
19. Christianity
a. Who created, when created,
where created
b. Main beliefs
c. spread of Christianity
d. Missionary work (define)
e. Monasticism (define)
20. Hinduism
a. When, where created (include
details about Aryan Invasion)
b. Main beliefs
c. Caste System
d. reincarnation
21. Confucianism
a. Who created, when created,
where created
b. Main beliefs
c. Scholarly Gentry
22. Daoism
a. Who created, when created,
where created
b. Main beliefs
The flip folder is a Unit-long assignment. Students should work on it a little at a
time (as we go over the material in class). The completed flip folder is due on the
day of our Unit 1 test.
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23. Buddhism
a. Who created, when created,
where created
b. Main beliefs
c. Nirvana
d. Four Noble Truths, 8-fold Path
e. Monasticism
f. spread of Buddhism
24. Legalism
a. Qin Dynasty (briefly describe)
b. main beliefs
Classical Period in India and China
25. Mauryan Dynasty
a. briefly describe
b. Ashoka
26. Gupta
a. Briefly describe
b. Indian Numeral System
c. Advances in science and
technology
30. Cultural Diffusion
Basic Instructions and Suggestions for
the Flip Folder
 Cards should be organized in the
flip folder in the order
designated on this sheet.
 The front side of each index card
will include the number and topic
 The back side will include a brief
notes to address the items listed
on this sheet
 Make brief notes that get straight
to the point
 Write the notes in your own
words
 Do a little at a time preferably as
we go over the material in class.
 DO NOT wait until last minute.
 This is a STUDY Guide. USE it.
27. Han Dynasty
a. Political structure
b. social and economic structure
c. Confucianism
d. Advances in science and
technology
Trade and Interaction
28. Trade Patterns
a. Silk Road
b. Indian Ocean
c. Barter System
d. Metal Coinage
29. Migration
a. Early Human Migration
Patterns
b. Bantu Migration
c. role of environment in
migration patterns
The flip folder is a Unit-long assignment. Students should work on it a little at a
time (as we go over the material in class). The completed flip folder is due on the
day of our Unit 1 test.