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(WHI.3a) RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS (Page 14)
1. The first civilizations started where? ___rivers___ valleys in _______africa_____ and ____asia__
2. Why did people settle down near rivers? ( 3 reasons) __1. fish 2 meat 3.protection
____
3. Floods spread silt which made the valleys fertile , or good for crops (Agriculture).
4. What does fertile mean? ___embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills______.
5. Fertile soil allowed more crops to grow (Surplus). Having more food means:
1)____feeding growing population____
2)_____allowed the world's first cities to developed___
3) Rivers were used for irrigation. Irrigation brought water to _____the phoenicans_____ and led to more
surpluses of food.
What does irrigation mean? ___the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means
of channel____
6. Identify the following four River Valley Civilizations:
Draw a star
on the Nile River (Draw in the river too). Label a # 1 on the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers (Draw in
the rivers too). Draw a triangle, on the Indus River, and draw the river in. Draw a happy face on the
Huang He River, and draw in the river too.
7. Name the
Civilization
Northern Africa
Egypt
Southwest Asia _____mesopotamia______
South Asia ___indus_________
East Asia ___shang china__
(WHI.3a) OTHER EARLY CIVILIZATIONS, page 15
and
River(s) located in:
___nile river valley and delta____
__Tigris and Euphrates river valleys___
__indus river valley______
____huang he valley_____
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Name: ______________________________________ Date: _______________ Block:___________
What three civilizations developed from 2,000 to 500 BCE and where were they located?
“hebrews,phoenicians,people of nubia”
1. Hebrews, later known as the ____isreaelites____, settled along the coast of the Med sea and the Jordan
River.
The city of __jerusalem____ became their capital city.
2. Phoenicians settled north of the Hebrews. Known for making __glass out of sand___, and purple dye. They
became traders on the seas. This encouraged cultural diffusion of many ideas, especially the alphabet.
3. Nubia. Settled where? _southern__ part of the Nile River. They were traders too, trading products such as
ivory, gold, and slaves with ____egypt__. The Nubians and _____egyptians__ influenced each other.
(WHI.3b) SOCIAL, CHARACTERISTICS OF EARLY CIVILIZATIONS, page 16
1. What happened as cities developed? People began to ___specialize__ in certain jobs.
2. As a result of specialization, _____rigid___ ___class____ __systems__ developed. This means classes were
inflexible or firm – you could not move up in social class.
3. Fill out the following social hierarchy- list levels of social classes, with the lowest at bottom.
Priests & Nobles
Merchants &
artisans
Peasant farmers
Slaves
1. Scribes are people who _______a special class of people________.
2. Complex religions developed and people _worshipped____ many ____gods______.
3. _hereditary____ rule --- A system of leadership where ruling power is passed from one family member to
another.
4. An example would be the ______kings_____ in Egypt.
5. In China, the ruling families were called _____gods____
WHI.3b POLITICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EARLY CIVILIZATIONS, page 16
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1. What did centralized governments do as cities grew larger? Oversee_large projects, like rods and irrigation
systems_
2. Made __laws___ collected___taxes_______
provided __protection from invaders____
3. What kind of authority was the government based on in early societies? ___religious_____
4. Some early rulers claimed their right to rule came from the ___gods_____. Some even claimed they were
__gods_____.
5. In ancient Mesopotamia (the city of Sumer), the first written law code was _ Hammurabi______. This code
had nearly 300 laws (282) carved in stone.
6. The Hebrews believed God had given them law through Moses. This law code was called __Mosaic___.
7. What is an area that includes a city and surrounding lands called? _____city_____ - ______states___________.
8. What is a group of states or territories conquered by one ruler called? ___outside territories_____.
WHI.3b ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF EARLY CIVILIZATIONS, page 17
1. Early civilizations learned how to make _bronze___ ( a mixture of copper and tin) and later on, how to make
___extract iron from ore________.
2. The use of metals ___bronze____ and _iron__ led to ____advanced_____ weapons and improvements in
farming such as ___plows____, _____tools_____, and irrigation --- which resulted in _______surplus___ of food.
3. When people are no longer chasing animals or their food and have a stable food supply with surplus, they can
settle down in one place and develop the world’s first ____cities______.
4. The first cities were located near what geographic feature? _____rivers________________.
5. Most civilizations used a trading system where they exchanged one kind of goods for another. This is called
_____lydians and persians____________.
6. Slavery in the ancient world was not based on ___war________ (skin color or physical characteristics).
7. Most slaves were ______women_______, ______children___, or were sold into slavery to pay ____debts____
for poor families.
(WHI.3c) RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS OF EARLY CIVILIZATIONS p. 18
1. Most ancient civilizations believed in many gods- this is called _____Polytheism_____.
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2. Belief in one God is called ____Monotheism_______.
3. The first religious group to believe in one God was the ___________Polytheism________.
4. Match the Civilization with the belief:
1. Sumer:D
2. Egypt:B
3. Indus:E
4. Shang China:C
5. Phoenicians:A
6. Nubians:F
7. Hebrews:G
a. sacrificed first born
b. Pharaoh’s were Gods
c. Shang Di, Supreme God
d. built temples on platforms to honor
each city’s chief diety
e. certain animals, including a buffalo
and a bull were sacred
f. worshipped Apedemak, a warrior god
g. believed God gave them a set of laws
called the Ten Commandments
5. How were the civilizations (except the Hebrews) beliefs and practices alike?
6. How was the Hebrews beliefs and practices different from the others?
8. Is the title of the chart correct? Why or Why not?
because they all have diffrent beliefs
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(WHI.3d) JUDAISM p. 19
1. Another name for Jewish people is the Israelites or ____________hebrews___________.
2. The sacred text or holy beliefs of the Hebrews is called the ____judaism________.
3. The person who made a covenant or agreement with God is known as _______moses_____.
4. The covenant says that Abraham would be the father of a “multitude of nations”, according to the next to
last paragraph, did that come true?______________________________________________.
5. How long was the covenant with God supposed to last? _______________________________________.
6. What did God promise to give to Abraham’s descendants? ____________________________________.
7. This person led the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt: _____________________________.
8. The capital city for the Hebrews was ______________________________.
9. The two ways Judaism spread was: ___________________ to Babylon and migration of Jewish people to
different lands called the ___________________________.
10. What two major world religions were influenced by Judaism and also believe in just one God?
________________________ and ______________________________
11. Shown below are the Hebrew religious laws that stressed the importance of religious duties to God (Rules
1-4) and moral behavior to fellow humans (Rules 5-10).
These laws are called the _______________________________________.
(WHI.3e) LANGUAGE AND WRITING p. 20
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Name: ______________________________________ Date: _______________ Block:___________
1. What are simple drawings that look like what they represent called?
_____________________________________________________________________________
2. Wedge shaped marks on clay tablets are called _________________________________.
3. The ______________ in Mesopotamia invented this form of writing, ___________________, where the
marks represent syllables or whole words, not sounds.
4. Egyptians developed this system of writing: ________________________. Each symbol represents an object,
concept or sound.
5. Priests and scribes carved ___________________________ on stone or wrote on a material similar to paper
called _________________________.
6. The Phoenicians created the first __________________________, made up of 22 consonants. The Greeks
added vowels to these symbols. The U.S uses the __________ today.
What form of
writing is this?
7.
What form of
writing is this?
The civilization shown on the map were
sea-traders known for their purple dye
and the creation of what writing system?
_______________________
Hint: see page 15