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Daily Unit Questions: Ancient Civilizations and Major Religions
August 25
August 26
August 27
August 28
Introductions
Syllabus/ PreAssessment
Pre History Body
Rituals Among the
Nacerima
Qs 1
Body Rituals
Among the
Nacerima,
Hominids, Homo
Habilis, Homo
Erectus, Homo
Sapiens,
Neaderthals,
Qs 2-5
August 29
Paleolithic Age,
Neolithic Age,
Agriculture Villages.
How a Civilization
Develops,, Tools,
Technology, Art
Qs 6-11
September 1
September 2
September 3
September 4
September 5
No School/Labor
Day
Mesopotamia,
Sumerians, CityStates, Sargon of
Akkad
Empire, Babylonian
Empire,
Hammurabi,
Hammurabi’s Code,
Medes, Chaldeans,
Nebuchadnezzar,
Egyptian, Nile
Delta, King Narmer,
Pharaohs, Pyramids,
Mummification,
Hieroglyphics,
Papyrus,
Egyptian and
Nubian Empires,
Hyksos, Hatshepsut,
Thutmose III,
Hittites, Ramses II,
Kush
September
10
September
11
September
12
Yellow and Yangtze
Rivers, Dynastic
China, Zhou, Qin,
Hou Legalism
Major Religions,
Western Faiths vs.
Eastern Faiths,
Judiasm,
Monotheistic, Basic
Beliefs, 12 Tribes,
Diaspora, Roman
Removal
Christianity, Sect,
Jesus, Conflicts in
Jewish Religious
Leaders, Messianic
Prophecy,
Mainstream
Religion
September 8
September 9
The Persian Empire,
Cyrus, Cambyses,
Darius, Royal Road,
India, Harappa,
Mhenjo Daro, IndoEuropeans, Sanskrit,
Caste System,
Kushan Empire,
September
15
September
16
September
17
September
18
September
19
Rise of Islam,
Muhammad, Mecca,
Medina, Hijra,
Kaaba, Abu Bakr,
Caliph, Umayyad
Clan, Allah, Five
Pillars, Conflict
between Western
Faiths
Hinduism,
Buddhism, Caste
System, Brahma,
Vishnu, Shiva,
Karma, Krishna,
Siddhartha Gautama,
Buddha, 4 Noble
Truths, Nirvana
Chinese
Philosophies, Ethical
Belief System,
Confucianism,
Analects, Daoism,
Key Ideals for
Behavior
Review
Ancient
Civilizations and
World Religions
Exam
1. Where did archeologists Mary and Louis Leaky find “Lucy”? How old are Lucy’s
remains and how can anthropologists be certain of the age?
2. Species that walk up right are known as what?
3. Identify the meaning for the following early humans: Homo Habilis, Homo
Erectus.
4. Physically, how are Homo Habilis and Homo Erectus different?
5. What does Homo Sapian mean? What and where were the two t types
discovered?
6. During the Paleolithic Age, what was the most defining characteristic?
7. What sparked the Neolithic Revolution?
8. The Neolithic Revolution brought an end to what lifestyle? What made this
possible?
9. With the end of the nomadic lifestyle, agriculture, villages, and towns first
emerged where? Why?
10. With the emergence of villages and towns, what was the new social order and
responsibilities for men and women?
11. List and describe the six characteristics of how a civilization develops.