(4) Bigger Picture

1. The Unit Organizer (4) Bigger Picture (1) Current Unit River Valleys Classical India and China Geo and Early Humans (8) Unit Schedule (5) Unit Map is about Other Civilizations of the Middle East where the earliest civilizations sprang up Summer RG Sumer Hammurabi’s Code Mini Q and Project and their were many and the Tigris and Euphrates helped Egypt PP Indus Valley and Early China RT and the Nile River lead to the creation of and the Yellow River Valley and the Indus River helped to shape Quiz Other Civilizations Jig Saw Egypt India & China In Class Review Session Test & Essay Morning Review Session (7) Unit Self-Test Questions (6) Unit Relationships Explain how the Sumerian religion played into the everyday lives of these people. What was Hammurabi’s Code and what was its significance? Explain the difference between the Upper and Lower kingdoms of Egypt. How was religion used to help control the society of Egypt? Name the major technological advancements of the Indus Valley. What was the Mandate of Heaven and why is it so important in Chinese History? Name and give a brief explanation for each of the other Middle Eastern Civilizations. Tigris & Euphrates Yellow & Indus Nile Many

2. The Unit Organizer Unit Organizer River Valleys (9) Expanded Map Other Civilizations of the Middle East is about Sumer where the earliest civilizations sprang up Egypt What is a City-State? Explain why silt was important. Define: Polytheism - Who were the Indo-Europeans and which group of them was the first to make iron weapons? Define Monotheism and state what group of people started this form of religion. What were the thee major things the Phoenicians are known for? What was life like under the Assyrian Empire? Explain! What earlier culture and society did the Kush claim as their own? India & China What does, “The Gift of the Nile” mean? How is the Nile different from the Rivers of Mesopotamia? How was the religion of Egypt different from that of Sumer? Define: Theocracy - What was so special about the two major sites discovered in the Indus Valley? What from of origination / government do we believe the Indus Valley had? What two rivers make up the Yellow Valley? Name the two earliest Chinese Dynasties? Who was Hammurabi and why was he important? What is the basis for Hammurabi’s Code? (think punishment)