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= **Ancient Greece** = =Assignment 6-1= Create physical maps of Greece and compare its geography to one of the other regions we have studied. Label and color a Map of Greece GreeceBlankOutlineMap.pdf with the following locations and physical features (//Create a **Map Key** for symbols you use//). You should include the following: =** Physical Features: **= Island of Crete Island of Thera Island of Rhodes Asia Minor Macedonia Mount Olympus Pindus Mountains = **Cities:** = Knossos, Mycenae, Sparta, Athens, Corinth, Thebes, Delphi, Troy

= Bodies of Water: = Sea of Crete, Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Gulf of Corinth //A view of the Northern Aegean// =Atlas or Map Website Resources to Use:= [|Ancient Greece Flash Map] (Zoom in for detail) [|Ancient Greece Flash Map] (Zoom in, but not as detailed) [|AncientGreeceMap.pdf] [|Map of Greece] (Zoom once - Relief & Political Map) [|Google Earth] (Download the FREE software and zoom in for satellite pictures of Greece)

=**Homework**= Read these pages: [|Ancient Greek Environment] [|Textbook pages 254-256] Create a venn diagram using Pages comparing and contrasting the geography of Greece with that of either Egypt, Mesopotamia.

= ****Ancient India**** = =__Assignment 4-6__=
 * Source:** Online Textbook pages 162-171


 * Directions:** You are a sage and you will teach your classmates a part of ancient India's history. The four parts (groups) are...
 * Group 1: The Mauryan Empire (page 162-163, 166)
 * Group 2: The Gupta Empire (page 164-165)
 * Group 3: Indian Achievements- Religious Art & Sanskrit Literature (page 167-169)
 * Group 4: Indian Achievements- Scientific Advances (page 170-171)

Each part has (or might have) pictures, illustrations, maps, dates, vocabulary words, and important people. Your job as a sage is to become an expert on your part so you will be able to comfortably and confidently teach others. Remember that if you don't understand the information, you won't be able to teach others properly. Follow these steps to become a great sage:

__**Steps**__ = = Rama poem:
 * 1) Read all the information on the pages you are responsible for. Don't just read the main parts, look at the other information such as maps or diagrams or pictures.
 * 2) Take notes in your notebook and answer the **//Reading Check//** question after each section to make sure you understand the information. You also have to answer the questions about your section from **page 176** (section 4 or 5).
 * 3) Decide how you are going to present the information to your students. Will you just talk about the information (this can be boring) or will you use visuals or give a slideshow presentation (this can be more interesting)? Remember that your students have not read the information and are counting on you to teach them in an interesting and educational way.
 * 4) How will you check if your students understood the information? Will you make up questions to ask them? What else will you do? Will you ask your students to create something that shows their understanding? Think about how you are taught at school and the activities you do in your classes.
 * 5) Your students must do the work you give them and they must do the following:
 * add at least three important events to their timelines (you choose the events)

__ Assignment 4-5 __
===Website: [|India-Government] Use the website above and what you have learned in class so far to answer these questions about the early Indus River Governments. 1. Why would having a central government help in planning and organizing a city?===

6. Why did people look up to the priests?
This is because they were the highest people, when it came to social levels, and because they were the one's who made offerings to the gods. = **After completing your** __** Understanding How Ashoka's Edicts Helped Unify India **__ sheet answer the following comprehension questions: = == 1. What are the main ideas expressed in Ashoka's edicts? == The main ideas expressed in Ashoka's edicts were to Buddhist values, security, justice, == 2. What are some of the ways in which Ashoka's leadership promoted unity in India? == Ashoka wanted all his people to believe what he was believing in, so he made edicts to make people understand his beliefs. == 3. In what ways did Ashoka's Buddhist beliefs contribute to the unification of India? == Ashoka's Buddhist beliefs contributed to the unification to believe in Buddhism. ==== == 4. In addition to the edicts, what else might have contributed to the unification of India during this time period? == Ashoka's kingdom was very powerful and strong because of their strong army. ==5. Explain how one of the edicts you examined could be catagorized another way == (i.e. instead of Buddhist Values it could also concern Justice) One of the edicts could be in security when its in Buddhist values because its talking about Ashoka protecting his citizens by medicine that he provides them with.

Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page. 1. What varna were you in during the caste system simulation? I was Brahman,in the high class. 2. What was your favorite part about the caste system simulation? Why? My favorite part about being a Brahman was that i get to control everything, make people do stuff for me, and make rules i want. 3. What part of the simulation made you angry, upset, or frustrated? Why? Nothing really made me angry upset and frustrated because i was the Brahman which only makes rules, stay calm, and not do anything in particular like the merchants, who have to do everything for the Brahman. 4. Do you think this system is fair? Why or why not? I think the system is fair because you can change the classes if you do good in this life when you get reborn. I think this system is fair for me because I was the Brahman. 5. Do you think a society should organize people into social classes? Why or Why not? I don't think the society should be organized because the people in the high classes would be controlling the whole society unfairly and what they want to do. I think the society I'm living in is fair. But sometimes i don't like how money is everything in this world. =__**Assignment 4-3**__= Source: Archeologists Ideas Mohenjo-Daro.pdf Think about the activity we did in class as archeologists in Mohenjo-Daro. Using the source above, your ideas, and the notes you took about archeologists ideas, answer the following questions clearly and completely on your wiki page. Each answer should be at least two sentences long with specific information.

1. What have you learned about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro from this activity? I learned that Mohenjo Daro was a very developed and advanced city that had all sorts of needs for the people to use.

2. Which characteristics of civilization do you see represented in the artifacts you looked at? Explain. Stable food supply represent Mohenjo Daro because there is an artifact of a terra cotta which is a transportation used for crops from the farm to the city where they get to sell. They had transportation which bring food and crops so there must have been farming and food. This means that they had food and was stable for most of the time. Another characteristic that Mohenjo Daro represents is highly developed city. Mohenjo Daro have various weights to measure sizes and scale. There were bath tubs, accessorize, seals, houses with windows, games and transportation.

3. In what ways do you think Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city? I think Mohenjo Daro was like a modern city because they had everything that we have today but a little different or undeveloped than what we have right now. For example, transportation. We have cars, busses, taxi, airplanes, jets and all sorts of things. Transportation back then were used to move crops from farm to city. Accessorize we have today is the same too. They had accessorizes that decorated their body, same use as today.

4. Why do you think it is difficult for us to know exactly what life was like in ancient civilizations like those in the Indus-Sarasvati region? I think it was difficult because of the language and the seals they used. We have language like English, Korean, Chinese and other. But will the past ancient history use the same language we use today? I don’t think so. There may have been a problem in changing the words into the words we could have understand. What do you think might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro? Maybe the map of Mohenjo Daro. =__**Assignment 4-2**__= Website: Indus Valley Use the website above to answer these questions. Write your answers in complete sentences with clear details on your wiki page. 1. What was discovered during the excavations of Mohenjo-Daro?

2. How is Mohenjo-Daro similar to our cities today? It has lot of culture that the people could use. 3. What can we learn from archaeological discoveries (such as artifacts and city construction) in Mohenjo-Daro? That Mohenjo Daro was a very developed culture. The artifacts tell us the characteristics of civilization was very important. 4. Give clear and specific information about how people lived in Mohenjo-Daro. In your answer, you have to talk about the artifacts that you discovered and put into the museum. They had a very comfortable life, not a lot of difference from now.They had a model cart, necklace, stone weights, terra cotta, and the seal. What do we know about the Priest-King? The people thought that the sculpture may have been of a ruler who was an important man or priest. He has all sorts of decorations on this sculpture What was the Great Bath and how was it used? The great bath was used for the people to bath in. It was like a big bath room where a lot of people come and get themselves clean. =__Assignment 4-1__= Source: IndiaSubcontinentMapTrans.jpg

Directions: Look at the map above, read the text below, and answer the following questions on your wiki page:

In the 1990's, satellite pictures revealed an ancient, dried riverbed located in India's present-day Thar Desert. Geologists have identified this riverbed as the route of the ancient Sarasvati River. The Sarasvati lay east of the Indus River and generally followed the same course, originating in the Himalaya mountains and emptying into the Arabian Sea. Geologists believe that the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati evolved into the dry, hot desert that exists today. Early Indian agricultural settlements arose in the Indus-Sarasvati river region at least as far back as 6500 B.C.E. Like many other ancient peoples, the early Indians settled by rivers. They settled primarily on the banks of the Sarasvati River as well as along the banks of the Indus River. These rivers provided the ancient Indians with plenty of water, and the land near the rivers was fertile and excellent for growing crops. The rivers also provided the Indians with a convenient way to travel and trade among themselves and with other civilizations. Archeologists have found artifacts from the Indus-Sarasvati civilization - such as carved seals - in Mesopotamia's Sumer. These discoveries have led scholars to believe that the early Indians traded with Mesopotamia, possibly by traveling in ships down the Indus and Sarasvati rivers to the Arabian Sea and then west to Sumer and other locations. After the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E., the Indus-Sarasvati Indians moved to more habitable areas, such as the fertile banks of the Ganga river further east. Archeological evidence shows, however, that people settled by the Ganga River as far back as 5000 B.C.E.

Questions:

1. In what ways is your map similar to the one that you see in the map above? All the places that the map above mentioned is on my map. They talk about a lot of people living near the Indus river. 2. What physiographic features can you identify on this map that are not on your map? Sarsvati river 3. Why do you think settlements developed along the Indus and Sarasvati rivers? Explain with clear and complete details. The river provided the ancient Indians with plenty of water, and the land near the rivers was fertile and excellent for growing crops. The rivers also provided the Indians with a convenient way to travel and trade among themselves and with other civilizations. 4. Accurately draw and label the ancient Sarasvati River on your map. Why did ancient Indian people eventually migrate to the Ganga River? Because the Sarsvati river dried up around 1900 BCE. =**__Assignment__**=

Day 1 For each geographic area of the archeological site (A-H) on the  map, look at the //placard// and // picture // of each artifact(s) and answer the question printed on the placard by filling out the "My Ideas" section of the handout:  Notes About Ancient Artifacts and Ruins. You should have this completed from your last class. Day 2 Look at the picture of an artist's rendition of what Mohenjo-Daro might have looked like and answer the following Comprehension Questions on your wiki page (answers should be fully thought out and worthy of upper school).


 * [[image:ArtistsRenditionMohenjoDaro.jpg width="407" height="296" caption="ArtistsRenditionMohenjoDaro.jpg"]] ||
 * ArtistsRenditionMohenjoDaro.jpg ||

A. What have you learned about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro from this activity?  Mohenjo-Daro had a lot of materials and social things that human and people who lived there would feel comfort. For example games, Great bath, things to decorate their body, seals, sewer systems, houses, and other.

B. Which aspects of daily life do you see represented in the picture that the artist drew?  This daily life is at the market place where people work, sell, and trade.

C. In what ways do you think Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city?  Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city because of all the systems and service that helps the people.

D. Why do you think it is difficult for us to know exactly what life was like in ancient civilizations like those in the Indus-Sarasvati region?  Because the city is all breaking down right now, and all the historical things has disappeared. Some is left so we can predict.

E. What do you think might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro?

= ****Ancient Egypt**** = = = ==  Now that we are finished with the ancient Egypt unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about ancient Egypt. Please complete these sentences  clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page. If you need reminders of what we did, just scroll through the assignments on this page or look through your notes.

1. The single most important thing I learned was... about the Sumerian achievements and the things we learned about when we had the river boat tour. 2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was... ( don't have anything that i don't understand) 3. What surprised me the most was... about Hatsepshut being a women. 4. I would like to know more about... Egypt's pharaohs and the tombs. 5. The part that I think I will always remember was about mummifying the body of a dead person. =__Assignment 3-5__= Read the information here about the three kingdoms  in ancient Egypt. The problem with these three paragraphs is that each paragraph does not have specific details or evidence. Your task is to find specific details and evidence from our textbook for the information presented in each paragraph about each kingdom. Then re-write the paragraph adding the new specific details and evidence you found. Write the new paragraph on your wiki page.

The Old Kingdom (2700 BCE - 2200 BCE) Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 98-100 in our textbook. Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...** ** The Old Kingdom (2700 BCE-2200 BCE): ** Pharaohs had absolute power and were considered gods on earth. But that's not why this kingdom is nicknamed "The Pyramid Age". Pharaohs were buried in pyramids //**only**// during this time period in history. After building a few pyramids, at great expense to the state, it occurred to pharaohs that pyramids were rather easy to spot, and thus, much easier to rob than a hidden tomb. Things changed during the middle kingdom Pharaohs were a very important part to the Egyptians. They were human gods. The Old Kingdom was the first to make pyramids. A pyramid is a large triangle stone tomb that has four sides shaped like a triangle and meet at the top. One very famous pyramid is the great pyramid of Khufu/Giza. It is the largest pyramid ever made. For each pyramid to be made, thousands of people had to work for decades on the same project. The workers were simple farmers. When they had nothing to do after farming they would come and help the project. The pyramids were very important and were not made just for anyone. The pharaoh's pyramid symbolized them going on their journey to the afterlife. The pharaoh needed to have a wonderful and peaceful afterlife. The pyramid stood for it.  Part 2
 * __Part 1__
 * Pyramids (definition, examples, construction details)
 * Workers
 * Importance of the pyramids

 my grade that i think: 4/4

Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-102 in our textbook. Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...** ** The Middle Kingdom (2100 BCE-1800 BCE): ** The middle kingdom was Egypt's Golden Age. Trade flourished, arts and literature flourished. Egypt built strong armies to defend herself against her neighbors. During the time period of the middle kingdom, pharaohs were expected to be good kings and wise rulers. And pharaohs were buried in hidden tombs, all over the place. Most probably, there are tombs yet to be discovered because they were hidden so well The difference between the middle and first kingdom was first, in the Middle Kingdom, trade, art, literature, and armies improved by the pharaoh. When this happened, the Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt were together. When the pharaoh couldn't collect taxes, the novels because rich as a pharaoh. Also, the people became wiser and hid the pharaoh's tombs in the pyramid.So it was very hard for the people to go look for them in the huge tomb. At the time of the middle kingdom, things started to fall apart. As in, the Hyksos started trying to conquer over Egypt. They won and ruled Lower Egypt for a while. But then the Egyptians fought them back and started to rule. While Egypt ruled their own kingdom, Ahmose was the pharaoh.
 * The Middle Kingdom (2100 BCE - 1800 BCE)
 * the difference with the Old Kingdom
 * what life was like during this time
 * wars or battles and who was involved

 my grade that i think: 3/4 ==  Part 1: Go to this  site and read about the different Egyptian gods and  goddesses. Choose one of these that you would like to be and explain why you would like to be that god or  goddess. Then choose one that you would  not want to be and explain why. Make sure your explanations are  middle school quality explanations. I sort-of want to be the god"Amun-Ra" because he is the king of the gods and have power. I want to be Nut, the god of earth because she seems so different then the other gods. She seems like she has full power, care and love for the people on earth. The coolest god was Tawaret because i've never heard a god that saved mothers from birth. It was very interesting because she was the one who keeps on helping the people to have babies to not stop reproduce our kind.

 Part 2: Compare these Egyptian gods and goddesses with the  Mesopotamian gods and goddesses. Did you find similar gods? Name the gods/goddesses and clearly explain the similarities? Why do you think they are similar even though Egypt and the Mesopotamian civilizations were different? Mesopotamian civilizations were different from Egypt by the looks of the gods. Mesopotamian gods have the looks of an animal a lot. = = = =

= = = __Assignment 3-3__= = = = __Assignment 3-2__=
 * Source:** How to Mummify Nefermaat
 * Directions:** Go to the link above to mummify a body. As you work to mummify the body, answer the following questions __**clearly and with details**__ on your wiki page.
 * 1) Why did Egyptians want to [| preserve] dead bodies? So that the soul will be recognized after death.
 * 2) How did they [| preserve] bodies? What is this process of preservation called?
 * 3) Explain how the brain was removed from the dead body. Why was the brain removed?Take a metal hook, put it into the dead pharaoh's nose and break the brain. Then pull out the pieces from the brain.The brain was removed because the Egyptians thought it was useless.
 * 4) Name the four internal organs that were removed from the body. What was done with these organs?intestines, stomach, liver, lungs
 * 5) What did they do with the heart? Why? Because they thought the heart was the center of intelligence, emotions, and feelings. They thought the heart was the brain.
 * 6) What is natron and why was it used? Using your scribble map of Egypt, name the area where natron came from.
 * 7) How was [| linen] used during mummification? To make the pharaoh plump.
 * 8) What are [| amulets] and how were they used? Give two examples of amulets that were used and explain why they were used. Because they thought dead people had another life and place to life in the after world. They thought they needed personal stuff to take when they died.
 * 9) What happens to the body after it was mummified? It goes to the after life.
 * Source: Pages 93 & 94 in your online textbook and refer to your river boat tour notes**
 * Directions: Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.**

1. Read the //If YOU were there section//. How do you feel about working for the pharaoh? I would have felt some proudness of myself for helping the pharaoh and some wondering if this is really what i am supposed to do, thinking of ideas that would help Hatshepsut to become a pharaoh by just changing her looks.. 2. Eventually the Third Dynasty began in ancient Egypt. The Third Dynasty was the beginning of what historians call ............. . When did it start and end? old kingdom. It was from 2700 BCE to 2000 BCE 3. Explain how ancient Egyptians felt about their country and their pharaoh. They respected their Pharaohs because they thought they were the person who came from the gods to help the country. 4. What were the responsibilities of the pharaoh? Collecting taxes so that there will be enough money to spend for taking care of the people and building stuff. 5. What is best known about the famous pharaoh, Khufu? Can you name a specific monument built for him? He built the Great Pyramid of Giza. 6.a Clearly explain the structure of society in the Old Kingdom. (Note: This should be a long answer.) The Egyptians thought ordered society made their kingdom better. So they started from the pharaoh, nobles, craftsmen, farmers, and last the slaves 6.b. What may be some advantages and disadvantages of such a large segment of the population being farmers, servants, and slaves? A disadvantage is that they are not able t study. An advantage is that they will be able to eat and have enough food. 6.c. What did farmers do during flood season? they worked on the pharaoh's buildings and building other architectures that the pharaoh said. 7. Clearly explain trading in ancient Egypt (what was traded and who they traded with). They traded with other lands for leopard skin, Ostrich feathers, gold, copper, ivory, slaves, wood, and stones because these were not produced in ancient Egypt. 8. Define the word //**acquire**//. Use //**acquire**// in an original sentence. Acquire:to buy or obtain something for oneself The ancient Egypt's pharaoh acquired a big pyramid. 9. Using the drawing of Egyptian society on page 94, explain where Viziers would be placed? The place for the pharaohs. =__**Assignment 3-1**__=


 * Sources:**
 * **Carefully read your online textbook pages 88 and 89.** **(Note: Make sure you scroll down on page 89 to see more information.)**
 * **Use the map above, the maps in the //Egypt Resources// wiki page, or your Scribble Map search function**


 * Directions:**
 * **Your task is to label a map of the Nile River and ancient Egypt on your current Scribble Map. You must mark, label, or represent famous sites, cities, and other objects. //Label everything carefully// .** (Note: //Mark// means use a marker, //label// means use a text label, //represent// means draw a symbol to show the item.)
 * **You must also provide an image and a description for some of the labels. Each description must be at least three sentences long and must be clear, detailed, and specific. Your description should give us clear information to help us understand the item or place and why it was so important for ancient Egyptians.**

1. Represent and label the Nile’s Sixth Cataract to the First Cataract.

2. Label the Red Sea.

3. Represent three mines and three quarries. **Provide an image and a description for each mine and quarry.**

4. Represent and label these historic sites: the Valley of the Kings, the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Sphinx, Abu Simbel, the Pharos (lighthouse in the port of Alexandria), the Bahriya Oasis and the Farafra oasis (include palm trees). **Provide an image and a description for each historic site.**

5. Mark these cities: Abydos, Thebes, Giza, Hermopolis, Memphis, Bubastis, Rosetta, Alexandria, Meroe, Khartoum, and Elephantine

6. Label these geographical features: the Western Desert, the Eastern Desert, the Nile Delta (include animals found here), the Sinai Peninsula, the Wadi el-Natrun, the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Suez, the Nubian Desert. Include animals of the desert. **Provide an image and a description for each geographical feature.**

7. Label Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt. =__Assignment 2-8__= = **Characteristics of Civilization**= = **Civilization Name:** Assyrians=
 * Source: Read pages 76 and 77 in your online textbook**
 * Directions:** Review Pages 76-77 and choose one of the groups below. Research the group you have chosen (two links are provided for each already) and complete **The Characteristics of Civilization Chart** for the civilization you have chosen. Write **clear and detailed** answers in the chart, on your wiki page.

Was it difficult to find evidence for the culture you picked? Why or why not? It wasn't that hard because the web sites helped a lot.
 * == **Six Characteristics of Civilization**== || == **Evidence for Characteristic**== || == **Explanation**== ||
 * A system of government that directs and controls some actions of the members of the society. || there was the assyrains king || The king orders to his people. Assyrian kings ruled their large empire through local leaders ||
 * A regular food supply that is not likely to suddenly change. || the people had to give some crops to the king || A lot of people is working on the farms and produces food for other people ||
 * Specialization of labor, in which members of the society perform different jobs. || there were medicine men, traders and etc || people practiced their specialized labor to make it better. ||
 * Different social levels, in which some members of the society are given higher status than others. || There was a king and other normal people || i believe that the emperors or the monarchs are in a much more higher place then just people. ||
 * A highly developed culture including art, architecture, music, literature, science, and writing. || In the old days people used to draw on the walls || the Assyrians had a strong army which effected the land because they conquered the fertile crescent. ||
 * A religious system, which might include priests and temples. || People could have went to the temples to pray. || People believed in gods and godness to make their family more pleasant and wealthy. ||
 * [[image:file:///Users/AHurst/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-2.png caption="moz-screenshot-2.png"]] ||
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 * [[image:file:///Users/AHurst/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-3.png caption="moz-screenshot-3.png"]] ||
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= **Assyrians**= [| http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/assyrians.htm]

[| http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/egypt/a/assyriaintro.htm]

= **Hittites**= [| http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MESO/HITTITES.HTM]

[| http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/hittites.htm]

= **Chaldeans**= [| http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/middle_east/nebuchadnezzar.html]

[| http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MESO/CHALDEAN.HTM]

= = = ****Mesopotamia**** = = = =__Assignment 2-7__=
 * Source: Read pages 74 and 75 in your online textbook**
 * Directions:** Read the questions/directions carefully and write **clear and detailed** answers on your wiki page.

1. Read the "If you were there..." section on page 74. How will you advise the King?  I think that the noble needs to be more punished because the common people could be punished but what if the punishment is too strong for the person to handle? And what if the crime wasn't a really big thing? If so, the common person who needs to get punished will have a very hard punishment although the crime wasn't as much as the punishment.That wouldn't be fair. If you take a look at the noble side, nobles order and make choices. What if one of the choices that they made was wrong? What if there was a crime punishment for the nobles but not as strong as what they did wrong? Then that would be unfair because the nobles would only get the weak punishment when they did a huge and heavy crime and when the common people did a small crime, they will have a bigger punishment. And i count that as wrong.

2. What happened to Ur by 2000 BCE?  In 2000BCE, the Ur was almost ruined.

3. Where was Babylon located?  Euphrates River near what is today Baghdad, Iraq.

4. Who became the king of Babylon? When did he become king?  Hammurabi became king in 1792 BC.

5. What is a monarch?  A person whom is the head of the state.

6. After conquering all of Mesopotamia, what did Hammurabi call his empire?  Babylonian Empire.

7. Hammurabi was a great warrior and leader. What other skills did he have?  He was known for his laws. He over saw the irrigation, and also collected tax for the empire.

8. What is Hammurabi's Code? What areas of daily life did the code cover?  The Hammurabi's code had 282 laws in every part of daily life.

9. Give two reasons why Hammurabi's Code was important.  First, there was laws about everything in daily life. Second, it was written so that every body could see the laws when needed.

10. What eventually happened to the Babylonian Empire? How is this similar to what happened to the Akkadian Empire?  After Hammurabi died, the Babylonian power declined. The kings that followed faced invasions from people Hammurabi had conquered.

11. Read the different laws in the [| Code of Hammurabi on this site] and choose **three** that you think are interesting. __**Copy**__ the three laws and their **numbers** onto your page. Then for **each** law, explain why you think it's interesting. You can write about if you disagree or agree with the law or if you think the law is a good law or a cruel law.

= = =__Assignment 2-6__= After playing the Trader's Circuit, answer the following questions in complete sentences on your page. You can copy and paste these questions into your page. Then copy and paste your questions and answers onto your discussion tab. Then go to the **discussion tabs** of at least three other classmates and make **good quality middle school comments** about your classmates answers to the questions about the Trader's Circuit game. You can make comments to your classmates like if you agree or disagree or comments about how good their answers and ideas are. __**Trader's Circuit questions**__  1. What part of the game did you like the best? Why?  2. During the game, how did you feel and why did you feel that way?  3. What part of the game was difficult for you?  4. In your opinion, what advantage is there to having a monopoly of an entire product/resource such as dates or jewelry?  5. What part of the game would you change if you played it again? Why?  6. In this game, was it better to cooperate with another player or to be selfish and try to get all the products/resources for yourself? Why? answers: 1. I liked the part when all the other classmates got together and traded the things we had to other people who actually needed it. 2. I felt that way because when i was trying to look for jewelry for my monopoly, other people had what i needed and they needed my thighs to make their own monopoly. It was easier than i thought it would be. 3. Some of the trading didn't go very well for me because when i needed other people's things, i had nothing they wanted. 4. In my opinion, there are a lot of advantages to have a jewelry monopoly. If you had a monopoly, it means that you have a thing that anybody doesn't own. So if people want to come and buy the jewelry, they will come to you and buy the jewelry. You can increase the price if you wanted to and you will have more income. 5.I would want to change the trading things because if there a lot of the same things, the monopole is so easy. 6. I think it was better to cooperate with other people then just selfish and doing things by our own. Although you work so hard for the products and incoming all by your self, If some other people had the same thing as me that is not a monopoly because the costumer could have a choice in who to buy.

= = =__Assignment 2-5__= Use your online textbook pages 63 & 64 to answer these questions clearly and with details on your wiki page. Make sure to look through the **whole page** in your textbook and the links for the vocabulary when answering some of the questions.

=**Assignment 2-4**= __Using **The Six Characteristics of a Civilization** (see below) **,** answer the following questions **clearly** and with **details** on your wiki page.__ = = 1. Is Korea/ the U.S. a civilization according to the six characteristics explained in class? Provide one example from Korea/the U.S. for each characteristic. Korea is has one of the 6 characteristics and that is #4.Different social levels, in which some members of the society are given higher status than others. Social levels are in every country. Some people are high and some people have low levels. In vietnam for example, has very different people in the high and low level. Some people in korea are very poor and are very dirty but a lot of people are civilized and are in the mid-high level.  2. Does a civilization, in your opinion, need to have all of the characteristics mentioned? Why or why not? I thing #1~5 is very important but i think #6 is not supposed to be there because religions are things that people believe and there are a lot of choices. A system wouldn't really work because there are so many religions that all the systems will be built by nothing. 1. A system of government that directs and controls some actions of the members of the society. 2. A regular food supply that is not likely to suddenly change. 3. Specialization of labor, in which members of the society perform different jobs. 4. Different social levels, in which some members of the society are given higher status than others. 5. A highly developed culture including art, architecture, music, literature, science, and writing. 6. A religious system, which might include priests and temples.
 * 1) Where did the Akkadians live? north of sumer
 * 2) What was their relationship with the Sumerians like before the 2300s B.C.E.? when Sargon sought to extend Akkadian territory.
 * 3) Who was Sargon and what did he do? He was the first ruler to have a permanent army. Sargon
 * 4) What did Sargon establish? He established to beu the world's first empire
 * 5) Define 'empire'. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly
 * 6) Explain two examples why Sargon is considered a great leader. He was the first leader to make a permanent army, he protected sumer from other city enemy. He inspired royalty. People respected Sargon.
 * 7) How long did Sargon rule his empire? More than 50 years
 * 8) What eventually happened to the Akkadian Empire? The empire lasted only a century after his death because later rulers could not keep the empire safe from invaders.
 * 9) Who eventually became the most powerful civilization in Mesopotamia again? Sumerians
 * 10) Using the picture of the City-State of Ur, what can you see in the picture that shows Ur was an advanced city? It had a wall from invaders coming inside the city. It had water coming into the city for the people to use.
 * The Six Characteristics of a Civilization:**

==  Please read pages 56-59 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page. 1. How did the Fertile Crescent get its name? The fertile crescent got its name when it was crescent shaped and it was good for growing crops. The land was soft and the plant and crops were very well every year. 4. How might running large project like the maintaining a large and complex irrigation system prepare people for running a government? Maintaining a complex irrigation system was important because it prepared people for leadership. 2. What was the most important factor in making Mesopotamia's farmland fertile? All the food supported the city states grow and helped them have enough food. 3. In what ways did a Division of Labor contribute to the growth of Mesopotamia civilization? It meant that one person could really concentrate on something only one job and don't worry about other things. Making one job your absolutely sure that you are a proo about. 4. How might running large projects like the maintaining a large and complex irrigation system prepare people for running a government? Maintaining a complex irrigation system was important because it made a lot of people get well together and learn leadership with all the people = = =__**Assignment 2-2**__=


 * Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) __clearly__ and with __details__ on your wiki page. Use the links above from the In Class Activity 2-1 called //Event C:// //Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System// & //Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities// to help you answer the questions.**

1. What was the first simple method farmers used to get water to their fields from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers? With a lot of people loading the water from buckets. 2. How did farmers prevent flooding? The farmers made canals and made dams to prevent the flooding. 3. Over time, carrying buckets of water to the fields was too difficult. Please __**clearly**__ explain how levees, canals, dams, and reservoirs were used to make life easier for farmers? The farmers made canals from the river connected to the field for the water to flow. They made levees for the water to flow in one path. The dams prevented the water not to flow and ruin the farming. 4. Which word means an extra supply of something such as food?
 * Event C: Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System**

5. What could happen if one canal was clogged? Than every canal will be useless to use because of the water for one canal to flow the amount of water goes into another farmers farm and starts to flood. 6. How did different villages take care of the complex irrigation system? They talked about it and wondered how to make the irrigation system easier and to not flood.

1. How did Mesopotamian villages help each other? They did farming together and they helped the other land have some water to make the land equal. 2. How were people, who lived very far apart, connected to each other? They were connected by the canals. 3. What did many villages grow into? Village grew into a city with other villages. 4. What do we call the region in Mesopotamia that had many growing cities and towns? What are the people called that come from this region? Sumerians 5. How could one city stop the water from reaching another city? The city people blocked other cities canals. 6. Why was it easy to attack other cities on the Mesopotamian plains? It was easy because there was no protection. 7. What defense plan is best to protect a city? To have mud-thick walls around the city and some farmer-guards. = = =**__Assignment 2-1__**=
 * Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities**


 * Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) clearly and with details on your wiki page.** **Use the links above from the Class Activity** **//to// help you answer the questions.**

1. What helped the human population to grow in //Mesopotamia// ? The cultivating crops and domesticating animals. 2. What does //cultivate// mean? to grow 3. By 5000 B.C.E. what major problem did the farmers in the Zagros hills have? The people kept on eating and eating so there was not enough crops to eat. 4. Using the choices in the critical thinking section of the activity, what is the best way to deal with the food shortage? Why? I think that staying in the same place and just increasing the amount of crops will help. Going to another place and making a valley will be very complicated. If the new place has floods all the time has dry land and the crops cannot grow well, that is worse because they are wasting crops and the starvation would not shrink.
 * //Event A: Food Shortage//**

1. What two major problems did farmers have as they tried to grow their crops on the Mesopotamian river //plains// ? They had plenty of water but the plains were very dry. 2. How did they solve these problems? The people figured out irrigation. It was kind of like delivering water to plains. They made a dam so that the water could be controlled. They made new paths for the water to go to the houses so that the plains will have much water as it needs. 3. Where did the melted snow that caused flooding come from? The mountains because they had the snow on top of it. =__Assignment 9__= Now that we are finished with the Early Humans unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about Early Humans. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page.
 * Event B: Uncontrolled Water Supply**

1. The single most important thing I learned was... That the people started agriculture and domesticate plants and animals 2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was... How were the humans made and Why is there myths about it. 3. What surprised me the most was... The people knew how to surgery at Catal Huyuk. They knew that cracking their bones made a injured person live again 4. I would like to know more about... How human was made. We had these stories in class to talk about but i want to learn more about how humans were made with scientific opinions and reasons. 5. The part that I think I will always remember was... is... The part i will remember is that the inside part of the house in Catal Huyuk. It was very fascinating and it was more i=mordern houses so i was surprised.

= ****Early Humans**** =

= = =__Assignment 8__= Use these two videos about Catal Huyuk to answer these questions __**clearly**__ and __**completely**__ on your wiki page. 1. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk that surprised you? Why did they surprise you? One of the things that surprised me was the surgery that wukie had when he was badly damaged. It surprised me because i didn't know that in the Catal Huyuk people knew that surgery helped people to live once again after a bad damage. The second thing i was surprised was that the people knew how to do irrigation for the plants to grow because i thought if they had no rain and the ground has gotten dried up so that the plants couldn't grow, the people had nothing to eat in the winter. Not thinking about the ways to get water and start planting once again. the third is that the people was protecting the an-sister's brain's with some glue to preserve it. It surprised me because right now in the 20 century, i don't know a person who preserves brain's of old people. I've seen some in the museum, but never seen people put the brain in the glue all by themselves. 2. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk you knew already from class? One thing i knew was that i knew that the people in Catal Huyuk began to plant and harvest crops. Second thing i knew was that
 * Catal Huyuk video 1
 *  Catal Huyuk video 2

3. Jookie is a 12 year old living in Catal Huyuk. __**Explain**__ three ways her life is different than yours. (Note: Simply saying you have cell phones and she doesn't is an unacceptable answer.) One thing different from her and me is that our day life life is different. I go to school in the morning, come back from school in the afternoon, have a snack, then go to hakwons. After i come form my hakwon i have dinner and start doing homework. But in Jookie's daylife, i think she wakes up early before 7, helps other people gathering and planting. Maybe have lunch or breakfast and then goes back to work. I go to school and hakwons but all the thing Jookie does is that she helps other people crop food and gather food. It has a big difference. The second difference is that me and my family migrate all around the would and travel. But Jookie lives in the same place doing the same thing everyday. She cannot move around whenever she wants to. The third difference is that the things that the people do is very different. In the would i live in, the people have jobs. A office worker, a teacher, house keeper, scientist, firefighter, police, architecture person, and some other jobs. All the people have something to do but in the Catal Huyuk, the people only plant crops, farm, and domesticate animals mostly. = = = **__study guide__**= = **__Hominids and their Characteristics__**=

-Homo Sapiens:The brain size was the same of human being`s. They were called wise men. Developed language and migrated all around the world. They learned how to use tools. Appeared in Africa 200,000 yeas ago. -Homo Erectus: Appeared in Africa 1.5 to 2 million years ago. They knew how to control fire. They migrated around Europe and Asia. Called upright man. -Homo Habilis: means handy man. The brain size is half of the human being`s brain. They appeared in Africa about 2.4 million years ago. They knew how to use tools. -Australopithecus: called as southern ape. The brain size was 1/3 of the real human being. They appeared in Africa about 4-5 million years ago

Hominids appeared 3 hundred years ago. The hominids had larger brains.

= **__Aspects of Daily life effects notes__**= food supply-Paleolithic period:ones with the horns-neolithic period: one with the furry wool. In paleolithic period, humans did not know that wool was useful. But in the neolithic they needed to keep warm so they needed wool. The sheep with the horns had lower quality of wool and the one without horns had better quality. People in the neolithic period thought that the female one with the good quality wool and the male one with the good quality get to mates and have a baby which has a better quality of wool.

occupations- occupations were not free at the paleolithic period. The people had to do hunting and gathering when they didn`t know how to domesticate plants, crops and animals. But in the neolithic period, people learned to plant and farm. They did not spend a lot of time hunting and gathering. So the people had free time to do other stuff for example that they want. Like making tools and developing skills.

population and settlement- In the paleolithic period, there was not a lot of people. The people migrated for food. But as the neolithic period came, the people knew how to farm and they did not have to move around for finding food. They developed plants and became to find more interesting food for the people.

resources- In the paleolithic period, the people found one area and stayed there. After a while, the began to find the things from the place. not common things. People began to ue them and the stuff they found in the first place began to become very common. A lot of people knew about it and began to use it. But in the Neolithic period, the people found things to decorate their body and because they wanted other stuff rather than the stuff they have right now, the traded with other valley`s things. For example, the valley which settled down near the beach found a lot of seashells. But as they kept one using them, they got tired of using the same thing all over again and again. So they thought about trading the seashells with another valley which has other stuff in common.

shelter- The shelter in the Paleolithic period had less people so they had less things to store into. But as the population grew, the shelters began to get bigger and bigger. The shelters even developed into another shape rather than just putting stuff into the shelter to save. The shelters had ladders because of the natural disasters and the people could rest in the shelter.

technology- In the paleolithic period, the things the people used for example tools were made out of rocks. In the neolithic period, the tools were made out of metal which was much more stronger than just plain rocks.

= **__Vocabulary:__**= occupation-a job or profession paleolithic period-the period of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used. neolithic period-the period of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed. Much more developed then the paleolithic period. hunter-gathers- people who hunt for food and gather things. irrigation-supply water to (land or crops) to help growth, typically by means of channels. cultivated-to grow. domesticated-tamed or grow plants or animals. agriculture-the cultivation of plants and the domestication of animals obsidian-a black volcanic glass founded from the mountains shrines-special rooms hematite-red ore used in women`s make up

= **__Time lines__**=

In B.C.E, the time bigger numbers was older events that happened in before.
If you were born in the 19th century, you would be counted as if you were born in the 20th century or the 2 millennium.

= = = **__Other notes:__**= About Catalhoyuk... -the homes made out of wood and called huts -the homes turned out into brick houses and had a bigger area inside -more children was born and less people died -the more the person own, the more money they have -domesticated plants and animals - if a drought came, the people had starvation so the people died -because of the food expansion the population grew

== make three test questions 1. What did Homo erectus were able to do when other hominids couldn`t do? Give 3 facts about Homo erectus. 2. What was the first tools made of and what do you think the people used with it? Write one paragraph and explain. 3. How was hunter-gathers different from farmers? If people began to made tools, what would a hunter-gather would do with a tool and what would a farmer do with a tool?

= __Assignment 6__= Use your online textbook (p. 40 & p. 41) to answer these questions __**clearly**__ and __**completely**__. Please put your answers on your wiki page.

1. Read the paragraph in the //Beginnings of Agriculture// section on p.40 and answer the question (How could this discovery change your life?). This discovery could change every part of your life. Before getting food by your own, people had to get it themselves. For example, you would have to hunt, gather and fight over food with other groups to get food. But if you found the way to make food, you don`t need to do the most dangerous stuff like hunting. It would make all the other people happier not to see their husband or sun go to hunt and watch them getting hurt. It would change the people`s lives. Read //The First Farmers// and //Plants// section on p.41 and answer these questions: 2. What is another name for the New Stone Age? The Neolithic Era 3. What kinds of tools did people make during this time? What do you think they used these tools for? They made tools which were made out of metal. 4. In the textbook it says that people during the Neolithic period could now __**make**__ fire. Which hominid would this be? Homo Erectus 5. When we changed from gathering food to growing food, historians called it the Neolithic Revolution. Why do you think it's called a revolution? It has been the first way how to make their own food. They never knew it before so it has must been a very big ceremony. 6. What is the definition for the word 'domestication'? When people domesticate wild animals or plants, they bring them under control and use them to produce food or as pets. 7. Using the map on p.41, which animals were domesticated in Asia? Cattle,Horse,sheep, and goat. 8. Using the map on p.41, where was corn first domesticated? North America Maize. 9. If you were a farmer, how would your life be different than a hunter and gatherer. Give three ways your life would be different. If i as a farmer, i wouldn`t do stuff like hunting for food. You might get killed for it. It would be like to live in a peaceful farm only taking care of my farm and crops. == Read pages 32-34 from your online textbook and answer these questions  clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.
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= = Please read pages 29 & 30 from your online textbook and answer these questions  clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.

1. On which continent were Lucy and other hominids found? In Africa 2. What is the scientific name of Lucy? Australopithecus 3. How long ago did Lucy live? 4. What was an important step in human development?They could walk on 2 legs. 5. Describe and explain how these hominids are different from each other. Use the charts about the hominids on page 30 to help you with the answer. Make sure your answer is clear and detailed.
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6. Which hominid are you? Homo sapiens

= = = =  Human Origins-The Puppet Play Project  Response Note you will have 3 class periods to prepare your plays. See  Resources-1 Answer the following questions on your wiki page. 1. What were your roles in the 'Creation of a Puppet Show' project? My role was the script manager. 2. What Problems did your group run into? Our group members did not bring the materials to class so we had to use some other paper to do the puppet show. 3. How did your group deal with these problems? The next class all of us bringed the materials so we started working. 4. Identify two similarities between all of the origin stories. The humans were made on the last scen. 5. Compare and Contrast any of the two origin stories presented in class (at least one paragraph). I will compair and contrast the China and Egypt puppet play. The first compair is that both stories started with a god and ended with the humans made. The second compair is that the gods were lonely at first so they made other creatures. The first contrast is that the China story`s god was made with half human and half dragon on the bottom. She had a husban too. The Egypt story had a god named Ra and he was turned from the creator of the dark seas. The second contrast is that in China, the humans were made by a tool that the god found but in Egypt, the human was made by the god`s tears. =**__Assignment 2/ due 2009.Aug.24 Just like the questions you were asked in class, please create five questions about the timeline we used in class. __**= Click here -> [| Timeline of Human History.pdf] to see a copy of the timeline. Write your questions **and the answers** on your wiki page.
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 QUESTION 1. How many events happened in 20,000B.C.E? A:4 events 2. The light bulb was invented in 1867 B.C.E After this event, the Automobile was invented in 1893 C.E. How many centuries passed? A: about 3 decades 3. Was he building of the Great Wall in China began first or did the castles built in Europe began first? A: The Great Wall of China was built in 4. In B.C.E, the numbers bigger is counted old or the numbers small counted first? 5. Which decade happened first? The 1967 or the 1761?? = = Click here ->  Timeline of Human History.pdf to see a copy of the timeline. Write your questions  and the answers on your wiki page.
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=  = Using your notes  and page 4 from your online textbook, answer the following questions  on your wiki page. 1. Were you born in a BCE year or an CE year? A: I am born in C.E 2. Put the following dates in order: AD 2000, 3100 BC, 15 BCE, AD 476, AD 3, CE 1215 A: 3100 BC,15 BC, AD 3, AD 476, CE 1215, AD 2000 3. If you read that an event happened c. AD 1000, what would that mean? Type in the content of your page here A: AD means after death so AD1000 means one thousand years after death.