Essential Question:

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• Essential Question
• How did early humans change through the Neolithic
  Revolution, rise of river valley civilizations,
  expansion of empires?
• Warm-Up Question
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World History Unit 1 Review

• Groups will be presented a prompt and will list
  as many correct answers as possible within 1
  minute
• Groups earn 1 point for each correct answer
• If any part of the response is incorrect, teams
  receive no points for that round
• The winning group earns 105 points, others earn
  100, 95, 90, 85

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Prompt

• Identify each of the following stages of early
  human development
• 1 2 3 4

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• 1 People were nomadic hunters gathers
• 2 The Neolithic Revolution led to the rise of
  farming villages People were farmers
• 3 River valley people became civilizations
• 4 Civilizations expanded into empires
• 1 2 3 4

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Prompt Name the 4 river valley civilizations
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4
1
3
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• 1 Egypt
• 2 Mesopotamia
• 3 India
• 4 China

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4
1
3
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Prompt Identify the characteristics of river
valley civilizations

• 1 Give a specific example of writing (name the
  writing the river valley)
• 2 Name 1 example of an advancement in a city
  (and name the river valley)
• 3 Describe specialized workers in one of the
  four major river valley civilizations
• 4 Describe one key technology of a river valley
  civilization

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• 1 Writing cuneiform (Mesopotamia)
  Hieroglyphics (Egypt) pictograms (India, China)
• 2 Cities Walls (all) Ziggurats (Mesopotamia)
  Temples (Egypt) Brick sewers, plumbing (India)
  Wood buildings (China)
• 3 Sp Workers Kings, skilled workers, farmers,
  slaves (Mesopotamia Egypt) Priests above kings
  (India) Peasants above merchants (China)
• 4 Ziggurats (Mesopotamia) Pyramids, calendar
  (Egypt) Plumbing (India) Coins, paper, Grand
  Canal, Great Wall (China)

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PromptIdentify these key government ideas

• 1 Mesopotamia First written law code
• 2 Egypt Rulers who were king-gods
• 3 China Egypt Ruling families
• 4 China System by which kings gain the mandate
  of heaven are overthrown when they lose the
  mandate of heaven
• 5 China Ethical system that guided Chinese
  rule based on 5 relationships based upon respect

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• 1 Hammurabis Code
• 2 Pharaohs
• 3 Dynasties
• 4 Dynastic Cycle
• 5 Confucianism

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PromptIdentify these key religious ideas

• 1 Mesopotamia 1st monotheistic religion
• 2 Egypt The term that means the worship of
  many gods
• 3 India Religion based on the caste system,
  reincarnation, moksha
• 4 India Religion based on Four Noble Truths,
  Eightfold Path, nirvana
• 5 China Honoring of deceased family members

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• 1 Judaism/Hebrews
• 2 Polytheism
• 3 Hinduism
• 4 Buddhism
• 5 Ancestor worship

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PromptIdentify these key ideas

• 1 Mesopotamia people that simplified cuneiform
  spread their alphabet
• 2 Name the 1 river valley civilization that
  lacked natural, protective boundaries
• 3 What was the nickname of the Yellow River?
• 4 Which river had the most predictable flood
  cycle?
• 5 In Hinduism, what was the term for someones
  duty in the caste system?

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• 1 Phoenicians
• 2 Mesopotamia
• 3 Chinas Sorrow
• 4 The Nile in Egypt
• 5 Dharma

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PromptIdentify these key ideas

• 1 Name 1 difference between an empire and a
  river valley civilization
• 2 Which empire? King Darius, conquered
  Mesopotamia, Egypt, India
• 3 Which empire? First empire in India King
  Ashoka converted spread Buddhism
• 4 Which empire? Second empire in India Golden
  Age included math, astronomy
• 5 Which empire? Classical China

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• 1 Empires expand Strong armies Centralized
  governments
• 2 Persia
• 3 Mauryan Empire in India
• 4 Gupta Empire in India
• 5 Han Dynasty in China

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PromptIdentify these key ideas

• 1 What Persian religion introduced the idea of
  good evil and heaven-hell?
• 2 In the Persian Empire, what was a satrap?
• 3 What approach did the Persians use to govern
  their diverse empire?
• 4 Name 1 of the 2 technologies that the
  Persians used to connect their empire

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• 1 Zoroastrianism
• 2 A province managed by a governor
• 3 Tolerance
• 4 Standardized coins roads

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PromptIdentify these key ideas

• 1 Name the key difference between the Mauryan
  kings Chandragupta Ashoka
• 2 What is the key difference between
  Chandragupta Chandra Gupta?
• 3 How did the Chinese ensure the best people
  would get government jobs? (Be specific)
• 4 What was the trade route that connected the
  Mediterranean, Persia, India, China?

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• 1 Chandragupta was Hindu started the Mauryan
  Dynasty Ashoka was Buddhist expended the
  empire
• 2 Chandragupta led the Mauryan Empire Chandra
  Gupta led the Gupta Empire
• 3 Confucian Examination System
• 4 The Silk Road

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PromptIdentify these key ideas

• 1 Name the 2 things on the unit organizer that
  need to be completed for extra credit on the test
  
• 2 How many bonus points on the test is the
  unit organizer worth?
• 3 Name 2 types of questions you expect to see
  on the Unit 1 Test

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• 1 Key Terms and the Essential Questions
• 2 Five bonus points
• 3 Multiple choice questions short answer
  written responses