Welcome to World History
Review Syllabus
Students will be expected to:
1. Come to class prepared, carrying a pen or pencil;
2. Participate in all academic tasks put together by teachers;
3. Try their best at every academic task;
4. Keep notes for their own benefit;
5. Complete all assignments in the time allotted;
6. Ask questions of other students or the teacher if unclear about a
topic being discussed, assignment instructions, or anything pertaining
to the class; and
7. Use technology in and out of the classroom to enhance their
learning experience.
Day 1:
Neolithic Revolution and
River Valley
CIVILIZATIONS
Agenda
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Introduction and Student Expectations (15 min.)
History (A-Z) (10 min)
SPRITE Notes (20 min)
Window-Panes (15 min)
River Valley Civilizations Map (15 min)
Introduction of Project (15 min)
History A-Z
• List all the letters in the alphabet (A-Z).
• Write down as many specific words that start
with each letter as possible. (5 Minutes).
• Round Robin-Share Out. (5 Minutes).
SPRITE- River Valley Civilizations
Social
Political
Religious
International
Technology
Economics
Teacher Choice:
As you go through the powerpoint,
have the students fill this chart. You
may also take Cornell Notes.
Academic Vocabulary
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Neolithic Revolution
Civilizations
River Valley Civilizations
Mesopotamia
Polytheism
Monotheism
Judaism
MESOPOTAMIA
• ***Mesopotamia is the valley between the Tigris
and Euphrates Rivers.***
• The land “between the rivers.”
• Rich soil and abundance of crops.
• ***Civilization emerges in the Fertile Crescent
because the rivers provided favorable conditions
for farming.***
Mesopotamia
• First Mesopotamian civilization.
• ***Mesopotamian societies a theocracy (government
based on religion) ruled by kings with divine power.***
• Early Civilizations were polytheistic (many gods)
• ***Oldest writing system, cuneiform, is credited to the
Sumerians.***
Code of HAMMURABI
• Kingdom of Babylon
• ***First ever set of written laws***
– Collection of 282 laws***
• “If a son has struck his father, he shall
cut off his hand.”
• “If a house collapsed and caused the
death of the owner, the builder was
put to death.”
ISRAEL
• The Israelites were Semitic-speaking people from
Palestine.
• ***Their religion, Judaism, was the first monotheistic
(one god) religion and it influenced Christianity and
Islam.***
EGYPT
GEOGRAPHY
• ***The Nile River is the
world’s longest river.***
– Over 4,000 miles
• Yearly floods left rich soil to
help farmers grow crops.
• Farming helped Egypt
become a powerful and
prosperous civilization.
• The Nile was also the
easiest way to travel and
communicate throughout
the empire.
RELIGION and GOVERNMENT
• ***Ancient Egyptians
were polytheistic.
– Believed in many gods***
– Egyptians were ruled by
Pharaohs (Monarchs) who
were the political and
religious leaders of their
nation.
ART
MUMMUFICATION
ANCIENT
INDIA
GEOGRAPHY
• ***India is made up of large mountain ranges, river
valleys, and dry plateaus.
– monsoons, a seasonal wind pattern, makes up
India’s climate***
• The Himalayas are the highest mountains in the
world.
– Mount Everest
• India’s two major river valleys are the Ganges and
Indus.
• ***Like Egypt India depended on the flooding of
rivers to maintain their civilization.***
SILK ROAD
• ***Trade route between Roman Empire and
China.***
• Stretched about 4,000 miles from China to
Mesopotamia.
• Only luxury goods were carried on the Silk Road.
• Goods Included: silk, spices, teas, porcelain,
ivory, textiles, pepper, woolen and linen clothes,
glass, and precious stones
ANCIENT
CHINA
GEOGRAPHY
• The two major rivers in China are the Huang He
(Yellow River) and the Chang Jiang (Yangtze
River).
• Most of China is made up of mountains and
desert.
• The mountains in China served as an important
barrier against outside forces like the Mongols.
ZHOU DYNASTY
1045—256 BCE
• The Zhou dynasty is the longest-lasting dynasty
in Chinese history.
– almost 800 years
• ***The Zhou dynasty believed it could rule China
because it possessed the Mandate of
Heaven.(Emperors could rule as long as they had
Heaven’s permission)*****
CHINESE PHILOSOPHIES
• Three Chinese philosophies emerged towards
the end of the Zhou dynasty:
– Confucianism
– Daoism
– Legalism
• These philosophies focused on helping people
with the world they lived in rather than
concerning themselves with the afterlife.
CONFUCIANISM
• Confucius is known as China’s First Teacher.
• The Confucian view of the Dao focused on two
things:
– Duty – Family and community came before self goals
– Humanity – “Do unto others as you would have
others do unto you.”
• ***Chinese history was based on the Confucian
belief that the government should be open to all
men of superior talent.***
DAOISM
• While Confucianists relied
on hard work to improve
life, Daoists believed in
letting nature take its
course.
• All people had to do was
follow the Dao.
– Not action but inaction.
LEGALISM
• Legalism proposed that
human beings were evil
by nature.
• The only way for
humans to follow the
correct path was
through harsh laws and
stiff punishments.
River Valley Civilizations
Fill out the map.
Make sure to locate the following
rivers: Nile, Euphrates, Tigris,
Indus, Yangtze, and Yellow.
Make sure to locate the following
civilizations: Egypt, Mesopotamia,
India, China.
Make sure to create a key.
Answer the following questions
1. Why did early civilizations
begin next to rivers?
2. Why did the ability to grow
food change the world?
Window Panes
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Neolithic Revolution
Civilizations
River Valley Civilizations
Mesopotamia
Polytheism
Monotheism
Judaism
Definition
Sentence
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Opposite