August 30, 2010

Class Lessons

Critical Questions

Level 1 Questions

What 4 geography features were natural barrier for China?

Mountain, Desert, River
What benefits did Yellow River provided to China?
It provided means of transportation and irrigation for farming.
Within the Eastern part, why did the people preferred south to north?
Because while the north had adverse climate, the south had suitable climate for
farming.
Why did farming in Eastern part required cooperation among many people?
Because difficult tasks such as clearing out forests, storing water, and creating flat
surface.
How were documents preserved during the Xia period?
They were preserved in oracle bones.
During the Xia period, why did the King often traveled to different territories?
The king wanted to reinforce their royalty.
What were the 2 most influential philosophical systems of Chinese civilization?
They were Confucianism and Daoism.

Where was the Nubia civilization located?

They were located on the sub-Saharan Africa along the Nile River.
Why did Egyptian merchants endeavored to make negotiation with Nubia?
They wanted to obtain rare resources that abundantly grew in Nubia.
What did the Nile River provided to Nubia?
It provided means of transportation and agricultural good.
What role did Women of royal family play in Nubian society?
King was succeeded by son of his sister. Also queens ruled themselves, playing part
in warfare, democracy, and building architects.
Which city became the center after collapse of Egyptian reign in Nubia?
Meroe.
What were the resources that Nubia was richly endowed with?
They were rich with gorld, copper, and semiprecious stones.
What does the term Celtics refer to?
It referes to a branch of the large Indo-European family of languages found
throughout Europe and in western and southern Asia.
Where did the Celtics mostly inhabited in?
They lived in southern peninsulas of Europe which is now Spain, Italy, and Greece.
How was the Celtic society divided?
They were divided into the elite class of warriors and commoners.
What were the characteristics of a male Celtics?
They had burly size, long red hair, shaggy mustaches, and loud, deep voices.
What was the most influential civilization in early Mesoamerica?
Olmec.
How were the houses of elite Olmec differed from those of commoners?
 Elite lived in house decorated with finely crafted objects while commoners lived in
small structures constructed of sticks and mud.
What were the only domesticated beasts of burn in the Americas?
Llamas

1. What is the name of the period when many societies of the Eastern Hemisphere used
iron instead of bronze for tools and weapons?
Answer: Iron Age
2. Who were the people who became the foremost power in Anatolia from around 1700
to 1200 B.C.E.?
Answer: Hittites

3. Who was the woman who held the throne of New Kingdom Egypt when her husband
died and claimed the royal title for herself in 1473-1458?
Answer: Queen Hatshepsut
4. Which god did Ahkenaten believe only in?
Answer: Amon

5. What were the graves called that were deep rectangular and contained human bodies
filled with jewelry and other goods in the Mycenaean Greece?
Answer: shaft graves
6. What was the empire that developed in the western Asia and eastern Mediterranean
from 911-612 B.C.E.?
Answer: Neo-Assyrian Empire

7. What was the library that contained official documents as well as literary and
scientific texts of Assyria?
Answer: Library of Ashurbanipal
8. Who was the great leader that ruled Egypt for about 60 years?
Answer: Ramesses II

What text from Israel contains compilation of several collections of materials that originated
with different groups and advocated particular interpretations of past events?
Hebrew Bible

Cultural pattern of Israel is similar to that of which region?

Ancient Middle East

How was the relationship between nomadic Israelites and the settled people?
They were suspicious of each other and often created frictions.
What were some of the things that the Ten Commandments of Jewish prohibited?
Murder, adultery, theft, lying, and envy. It also demanded respect for parents and rest
from work on the Sabbath, the seventh day of the week.

What did Solomon build in Jerusalem.

The First Temple

What was women’s role in Israel.

They provided vital goods and services that sustained the family.

To which kingdom did most of Assyrian and Anatolia territory fell .

Most of the territory of the old empire fell to the Neo-Babylonian kingdom.