Download Guided Reading Exercises for Spodek Textbook: Chapters 2

Guided Reading Exercises for Spodek Textbook: Chapters 2-4
After Reading Chapter One: Write identifications for each of the terms listed below.
Pay close attention to the sample Identification, for future use in class.
Full Credit will be give for Acceptable Identifications: Example: Leaky Family
Louis and Mary Leaky were archaeologists who participated in excavations in East Africa in the 1930’s.
Their excavation of the Great Rift Valley has provided valuable information regarding the origins of the
species, as the discovery of the hominid called Zinjanthropus showed that some hominids are closely
linked to apes. The Leaky discoveries were a benchmark in the search for a missing link between human
species and apes.
No credit will be awarded for Unacceptable Identifications: Example: Leaky Family
The Leaky family were archaeologists that discovered hominids in Africa.
CHAPTER 2 EXERCISES:
Complete Identifications for the following term at the end of your Chapter 2 Outline:
Fertile Crescent
Neolithic (Revolution)
Mesopotamia
Sumer
Sargon of Akkad
Akkadian Empire
City-State
Gilgamesh
Ziggurat
Pictograms
Cuneiform
Code of Hammurabi
Complete the Following Short Answers at the end of your Chapter 2 Outline:
1. Why did humans settle down in agricultural villages? What are the advantages and
disadvantages of sedentary life, either with or without agriculture?
2. What is the role of religion in drawing people together into larger communities, and are the
comparable modern cases?
3. Why new problems faced humans when they started living in large urban groupings (5,000
people or more)? What are the problems of modern cities? Are they the same as the problems
of ancient cities?
4. What is the difference between an oligarchy and king? Which is preferable?
5. What are the differences between the people described in this chapter and those included in
Chapter 1?
CHAPTER 3 EXERCISES:
Complete Identifications for the following term at the end of your Chapter 3 Outline:
Nile
Cataract
Pharaoh
Menes/Narmer
Ma’at
Mummification
Pyramid
Old Kingdom Middle
Kingdom
Hyksos
New Kingdom
Akhenaten
Indus Valley Civilization
Harappa
Mohenjo-Daro
Aryans
Caste System
Complete the Following Short Answers at the end of your Chapter 3 Outline:
1. How was Egypt (culturally, economically) different/similar from Ancient Mesopotamia? How
was political organization different?
2. How was Egypt (culturally, economically) different/similar from Indus Valley? How was political
organization different?
3. Why did the Ancient Egyptians build pyramids? Compare to the purpose of ziggurat-building in
Mesopotamia.
4. How can you count for the continuity in Ancient Egyptian history?
CHAPTER 4 EXERCISES:
Complete Identifications for the following term at the end of your Chapter 4 Outline:
Xia Dynasty
Shang Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
Yellow River
Oracle Bones
Mandate of Heaven
Olmecs
Teotihuacan
Maya
Chavin
Mississippi Valley mounds
Nok Culture
Jenne-jeno
Complete the Following Short Answers at the end of your Chapter 4 Outline:
1. Discuss why the civilizations covered in this chapter are for the most part such recent
discoveries.
2. Discuss the rule of the ruler in Early Chinese civilization? How did the Mandate of Heaven
provide for a “smooth” transition from one dynasty to another?
3. How are civilizations in the Americas unique from other civilizations covered so far in the first
three chapters? How is it similar.