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WHAP Unit 1 Chapter 1- 2 Reading Guide
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Read Chapters 1- 2 (Pages 2- 107) and Identify the following:
Diffusion:
State:
Mandate of Heaven:
Pharaoh:
Fertile Crescent:
Logophonetic:
Phoenicians:
Cuneiform:
Chiefdom:
Quipu:
Hebrews:
Pastoral society:
Ziggurat:
Hieroglyphs:
Civilization:
Shaman:
Hyksos:
Sumer:
Code of Hammurabi:
Hebrew:
Epic of Gilgamesh:
Patriarchy:
Zoroastrianism:
Vedic:
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Read Chapter 1- 2 and Gather the Key Concept Information:
Key Concept 1.1
Big Geography and the Paleolithic Era
I. Archeological Evidence: (Describe Era and where people migrated)
A. Humans used fired in what
ways?
B. Humans developed tools
and economic structures.
Key Concept 1.2
The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies
I. The Neolithic Revolution: (Describe Era)
A. Agricultural communities
had to work cooperatively to
clear land and create water
control systems needed for
crop production.
List the location of the early
river valley civilizations.
B. How did these agricultural
practices drastically impact
the environment?
II. Agriculture and pastoralism began to transform human societies.
A. Benefits of pastoralism
B. Specialization of labor
C. Technology developed
(examples)
D. Hierarchical
structures/Patriarchal Social
Organizations
Key Concept 1.3
The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural,
Pastoral, and Urban Societies
I. Core and foundational
civilizations (List and
describe all locations)
II. The first states emerged within core civilizations
A. Types of rule?
Rulers?
China:
Babylon:
Mesopotamia:
Egypt:
Indus:
B. Which States grew and
competed for land and
resources? Why the
competition?
C. List Early regions of
expansion or empire building.
D. New Weapons and modes
of transportation(examples)
III. Culture played a significant role in unifying states
A. Monumental architecture
and urban planning
(examples)
Indus:
Oxus:
Mesopotamia:
Egypt:
Olmec:
China:
B. Arts and artisanship
(examples)
C. System of record keeping
independently arose (types)
Mesopotamia:
China:
Egypt:
Andean:
Olmec:
D. Legal Codes (early
examples/location)
E. Religious Beliefs developed
(describe type for each
region)
Hebrews:
Olmec:
Andean:
Mesopotamia:
Indus:
Egypt:
China:
F. Expansion of trade
(local-regional-trans-regional)
Provide two examples of
regional and trans-regional
trade.
G. Social and gender
hierarchies (explain
development by region)
H. Literature
Indus:
Egypt:
Olmec:
China:
Mesopotamia:
Mesopotamia:
Egypt:
Chapter 1-2 “Big Picture” Reading Questions
1. What kinds of archeological evidence are available to show how humans migrated from East
Africa? (to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas)
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2. What types of tools were developed so that the migrants could more easily adapt to new environments?
3. Describe the economic structure of the groups that the migrants formed. What would happen if these groups were
not self-sufficient?
4. Chart the sequence of human migration across the planet during the Paleolithic Era.
5. The Agricultural Revolution marked a decisive turning point in human history. What evidence might you offer to
support his claim?
6. In what ways did agriculture spread? Where and why was it sometimes resisted? What changes did it bring to
humans in different regions?
7. How does the use of the term “civilization” by historians differ from that of popular usage? Describe the difference
between the usages.
8. In what ways might the advent of “civilization” have marked a revolutionary change in the human condition? In
what way did it carry on earlier patterns from the past?
9. Which early civilizations were disseminators of new weapons and modes of transportation?
10. Early civilizations promoted the creation of many forms of art and architecture – provide some examples. Also,
describe some types of systems of record keeping discovered and developed as civilizations emerged.
11. In what way did the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations differ from one another?
12. Explain how the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations were shaped by their surrounding neighbors and other
civilization?
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Map: On the map, label and highlight all of the “First Civilizations” discussed in these chapters.
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