Bell Work: Please pick up your notebook and the test review
sheet on the back table. Take a moment to copy down the EQ and WOD
in your notebook. Then, look over the test review worksheet. Make a
note of any topics that you are unsure about or would like to
review.
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Bell Work: Test Review Sheet WOD inexorable Vocabulary Pyramid
Lecture: Asian Civilizations Group Review Summarizer Essential
Question: How did culture play a role in unifying populations? How
did social and gender identities develop pre-600 BCE? Homework:
Study for Unit 1 Test (Ch. 1-5)
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Change is the only constant in life. Heraclitus See how the
INEXORABLE change happening on our planet is viewed from space.
Video 01/22/2015, Block 1
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Cant spell it, say any part of it, say or imply that it sounds
like something just have to describe it.
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Ancient Chinese Society, Culture, and Political
Development
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Rivers Yangtze and Huang He (Yellow) Physical barriers Climate
zones Significance of Loess and flooding Benefit of Rice In what
way was Chinas geography like Mesopotamias? Egypts?
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Archeological evidence indicates: Farmed millet Pigs and
chickens Clay pottery Silk Bronze Xia Dynasty? Conclusion: China
went through a long process of development that allowed it to
become as advanced as any other civilization.
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Heavy emphasis placed on the family and the whole Ancestor
Worship and Divination Written language unified China (pictograms
and phonetic symbols) Big emphasis on life on Earth and education
compared to other civilizations Cities vs. Villages Defined Social
Hierarchy: 1) Ruler 2) Warrior nobles 3) Peasant Farmers
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Mandate of Heaven Good or Bad? New Social Hierarchy: 1) Ruler
2) Landed Nobles 3) Peasant Farmers Decentralization, expanded
bureaucratic development Warring States Period
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Confucianism Founder = Kongzi Analects are sacred writings
Applied ren to society as part of parallel between family and
state. Emphasized proper conduct in 5 main relationships.
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Legalism Human nature is wicked and people need strict laws to
keep them orderly. Requires written and public laws, power in the
institution, and hidden motivations and tactics of the ruler Arose
during Warring States Period
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Daoism Founder = Laozi Accept the world as it is, avoid useless
struggles, follow path of nature (Dao) Journey is the point; no
absolute morality or meaning Why might it appeal more than
Confucianism? Yin and Yang; Feng Shui
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Each team will send one representative to the front table for
each question. The first student to buzz in gets to answer the
question. We will rotate participants each question. Team 1 Icely,
Bodie, Gavin, Hannah, Cali Team 2 Lexi, Ben, Nick, Bailee, Caylee
Team 3 Sydney, Ryan, Jared, Melanie, Holly Team 4 Vashti, Cody,
Brandon, Lena, Reilly
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1. a relative social equality. 2. a ruling priestly class. 3. a
dominant class based on the private ownership of land. 4. a ruling
merchant class.
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1. Reincarnation. 2. Rebellion. 3. Matriarchy. 4. All of the
above.
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1. produce long cutting edges. 2. accumulate knowledge and
transmit it to new generations. 3. begin to fashion sharp tools
from animal bones. 4. devise means for catching fish from deep
waters.
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1. Principle of the Mandate of Heaven. 2. Lack of a social
hierarchy. 3. Development of a writing system. 4. Ancestor
worship.
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1. traded extensively with peoples as far away as Anatolia,
Egypt, and India. 2. lived an isolated existence and did not trade.
3. traded exclusively with the Egyptians. 4. traded extensively
until the time of the Assyrians, when trade dropped to
nothing.
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1. Required less time to obtain. 2. Required less labor to
obtain. 3. Was not as certain or secure. 4. Was less varied and
nutritious.
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1. Most of their houses featured private showers and toilets.
2. They traded extensively with the Mesopotamians. 3. They had
social distinctions. 4. Their writings have provided a wealth of
information for historians.
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1. Bipedalism, large brain, lower larynx capable of complex
speech 2. Bipedalism, inability to breed in all seasons, prehensile
tale 3. Large brain, ability to form social groupings, live birth
of young 4. Lower larynx capable of speech, live birth of young,
large brain
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1. The annual, predictable flooding of the Nile River led
Egyptians to believe their gods were benevolent and kind. 2. The
major cities of the Indus Valley were left deserted after the
drying up of the Hakra River. 3. Protected by deserts and large
bodies of water, Egyptian civilization developed hereditary
monarchies as rulers were rarely forced to defend or justify their
authority. 4. All of the above.
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1. Increasing nutrition and health. 2. Dependence on wildlife
for survival. 3. Constant warfare with hunter-gatherers. 4. Trade
and craft specialization.
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Working in groups of 4, research and answer your assigned
essential question on the white board provided. Be prepared to
explain your response to the class as a group. (Note: Make sure
everyone in your group can explain the answer I will be calling on
group members to answer the question)
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1. How was the Neolithic Revolution a turning point or hallmark
event in human history? 2. Why did some peoples choose to remain
pastoralists/foragers even after the Neolithic Revolution? 3. Where
did the earliest civilizations form and why? 4. What different
forms of rule did the earliest civilizations use to keep order? 5.
What factors helped determine the social structures of various
early civilizations? 6. Explain the interconnection between
geography and religion in two early civilizations. 7. Was there
gender equality in early societies? If not, what prevented it?
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Sedentary Lifestyle Allowed for surpluses Changed gender roles
Allowed for specialization of labor Created a need for more
advanced government Humans took control of their environment
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Geographic limitations Poor climate for agriculture Inadequate
irrigation Lack of staple crops / Drought Cultural connections to
previous lifestyle Competition for resources
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River Valleys Nile Tigris / Euphrates Indus Huang He / Yangtze
Rivers provided irrigation, drinking water, and transportation Why
not other rivers?
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Egypt Divine rule; pharaoh = god; bureaucracy Mesopotamia
Lugals = Big Men; strong armies (Assyrians); use of priests India
Samsara and caste system (social institutions) China Mandate of
Heaven (Divine Right); Confucian beliefs (Social Roles)
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Free vs. Slave (Mesopotamia especially) Land ownership (China)
Occupation India Mesopotamia Egypt Gender
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Egypt Gods controlled environment beneficial flooding = nice
gods; unified religion due to geographic isolation Mesopotamia
Violent floods = Angry, vengeful gods; introduction of new
religions due to geographic openness China Mandate of Heaven
illustrated by natural disasters
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All Neolithic societies women no longer play as much of a role
in food acquisition China Confucianism held women in lower status
than any male India Aryan beliefs made women the equivalent to
lowest caste; sati Egypt Limited protections and rights for women,
but not equivalent of men (few female leaders) Mesopotamia No
female Lugals = no legal equality for women
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Lets see what youve retained from Unit 1
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1. a relative social equality. 2. a ruling priestly class. 3. a
dominant class based on the private ownership of land. 4. a ruling
merchant class. 0 of 30
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1. Reincarnation. 2. Rebellion. 3. Matriarchy. 4. All of the
above.
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0 of 30 1. produce long cutting edges. 2. accumulate knowledge
and transmit it to new generations. 3. begin to fashion sharp tools
from animal bones. 4. devise means for catching fish from deep
waters.
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0 of 30 1. Principle of the Mandate of Heaven. 2. Lack of a
social hierarchy. 3. Development of a writing system. 4. Ancestor
worship.
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1. traded extensively with peoples as far away as Anatolia,
Egypt, and India. 2. lived an isolated existence and did not trade.
3. traded exclusively with the Egyptians. 4. traded extensively
until the time of the Assyrians, when trade dropped to nothing. 0
of 30
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4Christian Carrera 4Anna Beiswenger 4Maria Aguilera 4Jessica
Caldwell 4Cassie Bolling
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0 of 30 1. Required less time to obtain. 2. Required less labor
to obtain. 3. Was not as certain or secure. 4. Was less varied and
nutritious.
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1. Most of their houses featured private showers and toilets.
2. They traded extensively with the Mesopotamians. 3. They had
social distinctions. 4. Their writings have provided a wealth of
information for historians. 0 of 30
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1. Bipedalism, large brain, lower larynx capable of complex
speech 2. Bipedalism, inability to breed in all seasons, prehensile
tale 3. Large brain, ability to form social groupings, live birth
of young 4. Lower larynx capable of speech, live birth of young,
large brain
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0 of 30 1. The annual, predictable flooding of the Nile River
led Egyptians to believe their gods were benevolent and kind. 2.
The major cities of the Indus Valley were left deserted after the
drying up of the Hakra River. 3. Protected by deserts and large
bodies of water, Egyptian civilization developed hereditary
monarchies as rulers were rarely forced to defend or justify their
authority. 4. All of the above.
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0 of 30 1. Increasing nutrition and health. 2. Dependence on
wildlife for survival. 3. Constant warfare with hunter-gatherers.
4. Trade and craft specialization.