Chapter 2 Part I Final Notes

1. Chapter 2 Part I Final Notes

2. Huang He River Mesopotamia Indus River Euphrates River Tigris River China Egypt Ganges River India Nile River

3. Chapter 2.2 • What do we call a societal ranking of people or groups of people according to their status, power or importance. •  Hierarchy

4. Chapter 2.2 • Name of people who lived by hunting animals and gathering plants. • Hunter-Gatherers

5. Chapter 2.2 • King or queen who retains all power and has no limits on their rule is an ? . • Absolute Monarch

6. Chapter 2.2 • What do we call the process of taming animals and using plants for human use. • Domestication

7. Chapter 2.2 • What do we call a family of leaders whose rule is hereditary. • Dynasty

8. Chapter 2.2 • A societies beliefs, knowledge and patterns of living that people acquire by living together. A way of life for a group of people. • Culture

9. Chapter 2.2 • A pattern of living without much movement such as living in towns and cities. • Sedentary

10. Chapter 2.2 • Government formed around a town or city and the surrounding land • City-state

11. Chapter 2.2 • Early civilizations were located: • Near rivers • On land rich in resources

12. Chapter 2.2 Life of the hunter-gatherer • What was life like for a H-G? • How might the H-G have learned about/discovered agriculture? • How was ag different from the experience of the H-G? • How would ag change the life of H-G?

13. Chapter 2.2 • Complex culture that has large cities with governments, surplus food and people who perform varied jobs. • Civilization

14. Chapter 2.2 • The time period between the emergence of stone tools and the appearance of metal tools is called (During the H-G): • Stone Age

15. Chapter 2.2 • Pastoral Nomads • Focused on moving with their herds of domesticated sheep, cattle and goats

16. Chapter 2.5 Mesopotamia: • Fertile Crescent (Iran & Iraq) • Lasting impact – Law Code of Hammurabi

17. Chapter 2.5 Nile River Valley: • Egypt • Built pyramids for life after death. • Hieroglyphs as a form of writing

18. Chapter 2.5 Indus River Valley: • Pakistan • Larger River Valley – Greater flood, larger flood plain

19. Chapter 2.5 Chinese Civilization: • Yangtze and Yellow Rivers • Shang Dynasty near the Yellow River

20. Chapter 2.5 Chinese Civilization: • Writing consisting of pictograms (same idea as Egypt’s hieroglyphs) • This included writing on oracle bones. • Cattle bones or tortoise shells • Used magic – heated the bones or shells to cause cracks and then Shang diviners would predict the future