1. Essential Question:
How did early humans change through the Neolithic Revolution, rise of river valley civilizations, & expansion of empires?
Warm-Up Question: ?
AKS & Indicators for Unit 1:
30a - summarize the impact of the Neolithic Revolution
30b - explain how geographic features and cultural diffusion affected the development of ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egyptian River Valley civilizations
30c - analyze the development of Mesopotamian societies including religious, cultural, economic, and political facets of society including Hammurabi's Code
30d - describe the relationship of religion and political authority in Ancient Egypt
30e - explain the development of monotheism including the concepts developed by the ancient Hebrews and Zoroastrians
30f - identify and examine early trading networks and writing systems existent in the Eastern Mediterranean including the Phoenicians
30g - explain the development and importance of writing systems including cuneiform and the Phoenician alphabet
31a - explain how geographic features and cultural diffusion affected the development of the ancient Indian and ancient Chinese River Valley civilizations
31b - analyze the development of Indian civilization including the rise and fall of the Maurya Empire, "Golden Age" under Gupta, and the emperor Ashoka
31c - explain the development and impact of Hinduism and Buddhism on India and subsequent diffusion of Buddhism
31d - describe the development of Chinese civilization under the Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties
31e - explain the impact of Confucianism on Chinese culture including the Examination system, the Mandate of Heaven, the status of peasants, gender status, the status of merchants, and the patriarchal family and the diffusion of Chinese culture to Southeast Asia, Japan and Korea

2. World History Unit 1 Review
Groups will be presented a prompt and will list as many correct answers as possible within 1 minute
Groups earn 1 point for each correct answer
If any part of the response is incorrect, teams receive no points for that round
The winning group earns 105 points, others earn 100, 95, 90, 85…

3. Identify each of the following stages of early human development
Prompt
Identify each of the following stages of early human development
# # # #4

4. #1 People were nomadic hunters & gathers
#2 The Neolithic Revolution led to the rise of farming villages; People were farmers
#3 River valley people became civilizations
#4 Civilizations expanded into empires
# # # #4

5. Prompt Name the 4 river valley civilizations#2 #4 #1 #3

6. #1 Egypt
#2 Mesopotamia
#3 India
#4 China #2 #4 #1 #3

7. Prompt: Identify the characteristics of river valley civilizations
#1 Give a specific example of writing (name the writing & the river valley)
#2 Name 1 example of an advancement in a city (and name the river valley)
#3 Describe specialized workers in one of the four major river valley civilizations
#4 Describe one key technology of a river valley civilization

8. #1 Writing: cuneiform (Mesopotamia); Hieroglyphics (Egypt); pictograms (India, China)
#2 Cities: Walls (all); Ziggurats (Mesopotamia); Temples (Egypt); Brick sewers, plumbing (India); Wood buildings (China)
#3 Sp Workers: Kings, skilled workers, farmers, slaves (Mesopotamia & Egypt); Priests above kings (India); Peasants above merchants (China)
#4 Ziggurats (Mesopotamia); Pyramids, calendar (Egypt); Plumbing (India); Coins, paper, Grand Canal, Great Wall (China)

9. Prompt Identify these key government ideas:
#1 Mesopotamia: First written law code
#2 Egypt: Rulers who were king-gods
#3 China & Egypt: Ruling families
#4 China: System by which kings gain the mandate of heaven & are overthrown when they lose the mandate of heaven
#5 China: Ethical system that guided Chinese rule based on 5 relationships based upon respect

10. #1 Hammurabi’s Code
#2 Pharaohs
#3 Dynasties
#4 Dynastic Cycle
#5 Confucianism

11. Prompt Identify these key religious ideas:
#1 Mesopotamia: 1st monotheistic religion
#2 Egypt: The term that means “the worship of many gods”
#3 India: Religion based on the caste system, reincarnation, & moksha
#4 India: Religion based on Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path, & nirvana
#5 China: Honoring of deceased family members

12. #1 Judaism/Hebrews
#2 Polytheism
#3 Hinduism
#4 Buddhism
#5 Ancestor worship

13. Prompt Identify these key ideas:
#1 Mesopotamia people that simplified cuneiform & spread their alphabet
#2 Name the 1 river valley civilization that lacked natural, protective boundaries
#3 What was the nickname of the Yellow River?
#4 Which river had the most predictable flood cycle?
#5 In Hinduism, what was the term for someone’s “duty” in the caste system?

14. #1 Phoenicians
#2 Mesopotamia
#3 “China’s Sorrow”
#4 The Nile in Egypt
#5 Dharma

15. Prompt Identify these key ideas:
#1 Name 1 difference between an empire and a river valley civilization
#2 Which empire? King Darius, conquered Mesopotamia, Egypt, India
#3 Which empire? First empire in India; King Ashoka converted & spread Buddhism
#4 Which empire? Second empire in India; Golden Age included math, astronomy
#5 Which empire? Classical China

16. #1 Empires expand; Strong armies; Centralized governments
#2 Persia
#3 Mauryan Empire in India
#4 Gupta Empire in India
#5 Han Dynasty in China

17. Prompt Identify these key ideas:
#1 What Persian religion introduced the idea of good & evil and heaven-hell?
#2 In the Persian Empire, what was a “satrap”?
#3 What approach did the Persians use to govern their diverse empire?
#4 Name 1 of the 2 technologies that the Persians used to connect their empire

18. #1 Zoroastrianism
#2 A province managed by a governor
#3 Tolerance
#4 Standardized coins & roads

19. Prompt Identify these key ideas:
#1 Name the key difference between the Mauryan kings Chandragupta & Ashoka
#2 What is the key difference between Chandragupta & Chandra Gupta?
#3 How did the Chinese ensure the best people would get government jobs? (Be specific)
#4 What was the trade route that connected the Mediterranean, Persia, India, China?

20. #1 Chandragupta was Hindu & started the Mauryan Dynasty; Ashoka was Buddhist & expended the empire
#2 Chandragupta led the Mauryan Empire; Chandra Gupta led the Gupta Empire
#3 Confucian Examination System
#4 The Silk Road

21. Prompt Identify these key ideas:
#1 Name the 2 things on the unit organizer that need to be completed for extra credit on the test
#2 How many bonus points on the test is the unit organizer worth?
#3 Name 2 types of questions you expect to see on the Unit 1 Test

22. #1 Key Terms and the Essential Questions
#2 Five bonus points
#3 Multiple choice questions & short answer written responses