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WORLD HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY 2009-2010, S-2
UNIT TWO: THE BEGINNINGS OF CIVILIZATION
REQUIRED READING: Ancient World History
Chapter One: Section 1, pages 6, 8-11; all of Sections 2 & 3.
Chapter Two: Sections 1 & 2, Pages 28-43.
VOCABULARY: Students are to know the definitions of these words, but writing them out to turn
them in is optional for extra credit of 10% of the Chapter Test score.
Chapter 1, Sect. 1
1. Culture
Sect. 2
9. Slash & Burn
12. Barter
2. Homo Erectus
6. Nomads
Farming
13. Ziggurat
3. Homo Sapiens
7. Hunter/Gatherers
10. Domestication
14. BC
4. Neanderthal
8. Agriculture
15. AD
Sect. 3
5. Cro-Magnon
11. Cuneiform
OBJECTIVES: The answers to these questions are to be written out and to be handed in on the day
of the chapter test. This is the normal homework for this class and should be done
on or before the day listed in the class calendar.
Chapter 1, Section One
1. Thought Question: Why is much of the time that people have existed called prehistoric? Why
would some people in the past be living in historic times and others living at the same time be
prehistoric?
2. According to your textbook, what three components make up a culture? How is culture learned?
3. What skills developed by Homo Erectus enabled them to successfully migrate great distances
from their origins? Which of these skills do you think was most important? Why?
4. What is some evidence that Neanderthal’s tried to explain and control their world?
5. About how long have modern (from Cro-Magnon) human beings been on the earth?
Section Two
6. What discovery ushered in the Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution?
7. What was the main reason the Agricultural Revolution would cause the world’s population to grow
rapidly?
Section Three
8. How did the development of agriculture make the development of cities and civilization possible?
9. What are the five characteristics of a civilization?
10. Why was specialization of labor so important in the growth of cities and civilizations?
11. How did the growth of communities create the need for governments?
12. Why was writing a key invention for the Sumerians? What did they write about? What did they
write on, and why is that helpful to historians today?
13. Why were cities essential to the growth of civilizations?
14. Why do we call this period the Bronze Age?
Chapter 2 Vocabulary:
Sect. 1
1. Fertile Crescent
2. Mesopotamia
3. City-State
4. Dynasty
5. Empire
Sect. 2
6. Pharaoh
7. Theocracy
8. Hieroglyphics
9. Rosetta Stone
10. Papyrus
Chapter 2 Objectives, Section 1
1. The world’s first civilizations developed along what four river systems? (Page 27)
2. Where did the Sumerian people live? What three challenges did they face where they lived?
What were the solutions they developed for these challenges?
3. How were the Sumerian city-states ruled?
4. How did the Sumerians view their gods? What relationship did the gods have with people?
5. List at least three inventions of the Sumerians that are used today.
6. How did a person’s social class affect punishment for violations of the Code?
7. Why was the Code a major advance for civilization?
Section Two
8. On what river did Egypt develop? Why was its very existence like a gift from the river?
9. Why were the pharaohs able to rule as gods?
10. Why were the pyramids built? In what time period? Why are they such an achievement?
11. Why did the Egyptians seem to have a more confident outlook on life than the Sumerians?
12. What did the Egyptians believe about the afterlife? Why were bodies mummified?
13. How did the way hieroglyphics were used, change over time?
14. What did the Egyptians use to calculate the length of the year and what was their calendar like?
What was it used for?
15. How was the game “senet” played?
CLASS CALENDAR
 Fri. Jan. 29: Take test on DeLaSalle Unit. Hand out Unit Two Sheet. Read section 1 and do
the objectives.
 Mon. Feb. 1: Hand out House History Project and discuss it. Map work on geographic terms.
Read section 2 and do the objectives.
 Tues. Feb. 2: Review how grading system works for each unit. Discuss your Picture Writing
Story project. Begin video on anthropology/archeology. Read section 3 and do the objectives.
 Wed. Feb. 3: Quiz on geographic terms. Video. Read Ch. 2, section 1 & do the objectives.
 Thurs. Feb. 4: Do a “show and tell” on stone tools and then show a video clip on the atlatl.
Show a type of atlatl. Discuss how technological changes affect a society.
 Fri. Feb. 5: View the video on the nomads. Class discussion about “Why civilization cannot
grow up on the move.” Read section 2 and do the objectives.
 Mon. Feb. 8: Discuss the development of cities and the development of writing and its’ impact
on civilization. Perhaps write your name using hieroglyphics or finish your Picture Writing
Story project.
 Tues. Feb. 9: Picture Writing Story is due. Video on Egypt.
 Wed. Feb. 10: Test on Unit Two. This includes the Unit Two Map.
 Fri. Feb. 12: Turn in House History Project.
Picture Writing Story (20 Points)
The goal of the project is to tell a story about something fun that happened to you or that you did this
summer, but to tell it with only pictures, no words. It should be about a real event and not be a made
up story. It will be put up on display, so make it look good and make it decent.
1. Use only pictures: numbers or letters are not allowed, except if they are part of a scene
that otherwise would be difficult to understand.
2. It must consist of a series of at least 10 to 12 pictures, not just two or three, and it may
need more than that.
3. You don’t have to try to say “I did” or “I saw” in describing the event. Those words are
understood to be there.
4. It must be able to be read as a story from one picture to another. Draw them in rows from
left to right and work from the top of the page down. Think of it as a comic series without
words.
5. There must be a written translation of the story on the backside of the sheet, describing
each picture.
6. Write your Name, Period, and Date on the backside of the sheet.
Sample layout with both sides of the paper for your Picture Writing Story:
FRONT
BACK
Name
Period
Date
Written Translation