World History: Ancient Civilizations Note Guide PDF

World History, Unit 1: Ancient Civilizations Calendar and Note Guide Note-taking Guide:  Take notes on your own paper.  Be sure to write down section titles to help organize your notes.  Make note of all terms, names, events, documents, or themes listed as important for note...

World History, Unit 1: Ancient Civilizations Calendar and Note Guide Note-taking Guide:  Take notes on your own paper.  Be sure to write down section titles to help organize your notes.  Make note of all terms, names, events, documents, or themes listed as important for note-taking guide.  Any information that is listed on the outline could appear on quizzes and tests.  Use the Cornell notes method to capture the important ideas Essential Questions for Unit 1—Ancient Civilizations  What does it mean to be civilized?  How does the availability of resources affect the development of civilizations?  How do institutions affect human behavior?  How do geographic factors affect how people live? Geographical Info for Unit 1 Locate each of the following ancient civilizations or rivers on the map: China India Mesopotamia Tigris/Euphrates Egypt Indus River Nile River er Rivers Huang He River Israel Noteguide: I. Chronology—first three Chinese dynasties (include disputed one), Mesopotamian civilizations II. Documents—Book of the Dead, Epic of Gilgamesh, Hammurabi’s Code, Rosetta Stone, Ten Commandments, Torah, Vedas III. Events & Time Periods—Harappan period, Paleolithic Era, Vedic period IV. Geography—Euphrates River, Ganges River, Harappa, Huang He River, Indus River, Israel, Jerusalem, Judea, Mesopotamia, Mohenjo-Daro, Nile River, Tigris River V. People—Abraham, Aryans, Assyrians, Babylonians, brahmins, Chaldeans, Confucius, Cyrus, Darius, David, Dravidians, Hanfeizi, Khufu, kshatriyas, Laozi, Nebuchadnezzar, Saul, Solomon, sudras, Sumerians, Tutenkhamen, vaisyas VI. Terms—artifacts, barter economy, caste system, city-states, Confucianism, covenant, cultural diffusion, cuneiform, Daoism, dynasty, dynastic cycle, ethical monotheism, ethnocentrism, frieze, hierarchy, hieroglyphics, Hinduism, Legalism, Mandate of Heaven, nomads, oracle bones, papyrus, pastoral, patriarchal society, pharaoh, primary sources, sarcophagus, satrapies, secondary sources, sediment, stylized, usurp, veneration of ancestors, yin and yang, Zoroastrianism VII. Themes A. 1.1—How Civilization Began why Paleolithic people were nomads how the Neolithic Revolution led to civilization how BCE and CE dates work why we no longer use the BC/AD system eight features of civilization + descriptions B. 1.2—Mesopotamian Civilization why it makes sense that civilization would spring up near a river why the Epic of Gilgamesh may be similar to a Biblical tale what the Persians learned from the Lydians why the Phoenicians had good opportunities to cause cultural diffusion most important Phoenician achievement C. 1.3—Egyptian Civilization black land vs. red land how both black land and red land benefited Egypt why civilization could not exist in Egypt without the Nile Egyptian social structure what made Egyptian religion ethical how Ahkenaton changed Egyptian religion why some Egyptians were mummified characteristics of Egyptian art D. 1.4—Hebrew Civilization what the choice of a king by a prophet shows about Hebrew society why the diaspora occurred E. 1.5—Indian Civilization how Harappan Civilization got its name problem with Harappan writing what musical instruments and toys tell us about Harappan civilization how we know Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro must have had strong governments (2 reasons)  how Vedic Civilization got its name how karma and dharma reinforced the caste system F. 1.6—Chinese Civilization controversy over the Xia Shang metal- and stone-working technology another name for Zhou dynasty + why Confucius’s idea of good government Hanfeizi’s idea of good government Laozi’s idea of good government five relationships