3. 1.What vocabulary do you need to know to understand the map? 2.What is the purpose of the map? 3.What information does the map provide? 4.Identify any patterns in the map. 5.Explain why those patterns might exist. 6.How have these patterns influenced the development of European and Asian cultures over time? 7.How have these patterns created modern patterns of cooperation or competition?

5. 1.What are the major differences between the two towns pictured above? 2.What does this say about the comparative social structure of the two different societies? 3.What does this say about the religious differences between the two different societies? 4. What might this say about political differences between the two societies? 5.What might this say about the differences in knowledge between the two civilizations?

12. 1.Why is the alphabet considered the greatest Phoenician accomplishment? 2.How is a Phoenetic alphabet different from a pictoral language like that of the ancient Egyptians or like the symbols of the Chinese? (Hint: We teach kids letter sounds) 3.How can a phoenetic alphabet aid and ease communication that might be occurring in different languages? 4.How does the chart above relate to the map on the last slide?