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Bellringer. What is the purpose of the Dynastic Cycle? LOTS to do today – the more we do, the more prepared you will be for the test. Unit 2 test Oct 10 th !!!!!!!. Agenda. Map Quiz Huang He River Valley River Valleys Review. Objectives. Students will be able to…
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Bellringer • What is the purpose of the Dynastic Cycle? LOTS to do today – the more we do, the more prepared you will be for the test
Agenda • Map Quiz • Huang He River Valley • River Valleys Review
Objectives Students will be able to… • Describe ancient Chinese dynasties and religious beliefs. • Summarize the major features of the Huang He river valley civilization.
Objective #21 Huang He River Valley
Geography • Huang He (Yellow River) • “River of Sorrow” • Lots of silt – good farm land
Geography • Add this note: • China is isolated from the other River Valleys • Mesopotamia trades with India and Egypt
Dynasties • Shang Dynasty • Invent writing • Oracle bones • Zhou take over • Mandate of Heaven • Work in bronze and silk
Religion and Society • Ancestor worship, oracle bones • Strength of family relationships • Large peasant underclass • Merchants not respected, unlike Mesopotamia, why?
Egypt Terms • Pharaoh and theocracy • Pharaoh, mummification, pyramids, religion • Upper and Lower Egypt
Sumer Statements • Sumer was a Mesopotamia. • Sumer was a river valley. • Sumer was a polytheism. • Sumer was a country. • Sumer was an empire.
Sumer Statements • Mesopotamia is in Sumer. • Each city in Sumer had its own river valley. • There is more than one Fertile Crescent. • Sumerians spoke in cuneiform.
Skills Quiz Review • Oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic • Southern continent is Antarctica. Ant- means the opposite • (anti-; protagonist and antagonist)
Skills Quiz Review • We are in 2010 AD. You could also say 2010 CE. AD = CE • BCE = BC • Before Common Era; Before Christ. Refers to same time period
Skills Quiz Review • BC is before AD. BCE is same as BC, not before BCE. • There is no before BC • BC works like negative numbers – count down to 0, then up in AD • 600 BC happened before 400 BC • 400 BC happened before 600 AD
Review Time! • First, complete the India-China map • Then, get a review packet • Complete all pages! • Take it with you to study! • Due the day of the test!