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Chapter 2 Part I Final Notes

Chapter 2 Part I Final Notes. Huang He River. Mesopotamia. Indus River. Euphrates River. Tigris River. China. Egypt. Ganges River. India. Nile River. Chapter 2.2. What do we call a societal ranking of people or groups of people according to their status, power or importance.

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Chapter 2 Part I Final Notes

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  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

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