Ancient Civilizations By Mr. Hernandez

Each slide should have a title, and some information about your ancient civilization Each slide should have at least 1 animation or media/picture with it

What is the major river source that runs through Egypt?

–What cities were built along these river sources?

–What were the positive and negative effects of the flooding of these 2 rivers?

Give 5 facts about these river sources.

How did your civilization survive? Were they hunter-gatherers? Were they agricultural?

How did your civilization improve their farming techniques?

What is irrigation farming? How did ancient Mesopotamians use this technique?

What kinds of foods were grown during the time of your ancient civilization?

What kind of government did your civilization use to rule? Were they a dictatorship? Was it a democracy? Was it a republic?

What kinds of laws existed at the time of your civilization?

How were crimes solved? How was punishment decided?

How was the leader of your civilization chosen, elected, or determined?

What was the basis of religion during the time of your civilization? –Were they polytheistic? Were they monotheistic? –What was the social structure of the gods/goddesses? Who was the most powerful? –Name 7 gods and 7 goddesses. Provide pictures, if possible.

Were they polytheistic? Were they monotheistic?

What was the social structure of the gods/goddesses? Who was the most powerful?

Name 7 gods and 7 goddesses. Provide pictures, if possible.

Who did the ancient Mesopotamians trade with?

What trade routes did they follow?

What kinds of items did the Mesopotamians trade away? What did they trade for?

How did Mesopotamians influence other cultures through trade and goods?

Provide a map that shows the trade routes used by your civilization.

Find 5 examples of paintings, sculptures, or other works of art. –Find 5 examples of Egyptian architecture (buildings). –How did Egyptian art and architecture influence modern art and buildings?

Who was Alexander the Great?

How did Greek art and architecture influence modern art and buildings?