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Chapter 1 – Illustrated Panels
Fold your paper into 8 equal-sized areas. Draw a picture showing each topic. To get
more ideas of what to draw, read the page in the Social Studies book. Give each drawing
a caption.
1. Archaeologists hunt for artifacts buried in the ground for clues about early
humans. (p.123)
2. The Paleolithic is known as the “Old Stone Age” .Prehistoric men and women did
different tasks. (p.125)
3. Nomads are people who often move from place to place (p. 125)
4. Settled villages were the result of the Agricultural Revolution. Jericho is one of
the oldest known villages. (p. 128, 130)
5. A mixture of copper and tin is called bronze, starting the period known as the
‘Bronze Age’. (p. 131)
6. The settling of towns and villages led to the emergence of specialization, the
development of different jobs. (p. 131)
7. Irrigation is bringing water to crops though waterways and ditches, allowing
farmers to grow plenty of food and support large populations. (p. 134)
8. Mesopotamia’s climate led to city states. Mesopotamia is known as the “cradle of
civilization”. (p.135)
9. Cuneiform was the Sumerian writing system. An epic is a long poem that tells the
story of a hero. (p. 136)
10. Hammurabi’s Code (a collection of laws) influenced the laws of later societies.
(p.139)
11. An empire is a group of many different lands under one ruler. For example,
Sargon conquered all of Mesopotamia creating the world’s firsts empire. (p. 139)
12. The Hittites developed a way of making iron strong enough to use for weapons,
allowing the Assyrians to form a strong army (p. 143)
13. A vast network of safe roads made it easier to trade in the Assyrian Empire.
Soldiers were posted along the way to protect traders. (p. 144)
14. Nebuchadnezzar was the Chaldean king who built the Hanging Gardens to please
his wife. It was quoted by one Greek historian, “In magnificence, there is no
other city that approaches it”. (p. 146)