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Stories in History -- Civilization Began in River Valleys p. 9-12
Stories in History -- Civilization Began in River Valleys p. 9-12
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Review of background of early civilizations!
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1
River valley cities were . . .
towns
villages
hunter-gatherer sites
complex communities
2
What modern invention that we use, did early civilizations also have?
plumbing
internet
aerodynamics
metal detector
3
What did early religious leaders do?
beheaded those who didn't worship
controlled the armies
huh? who am I and why am I playing Kahoot?
wrote hymns & helped people understand life's meaning
4
People in early river civilizations learned to control what?
domesticated mammoths
everyone who lived there
floodwaters of rivers
their armies
5
Why did early people think they needed religious leaders?
so they could earn money
to judge people
to keep the gods on their side
to punish people who broke laws
6
How did early man get food?
domesticated corn
grew it in gardens
went to Food Lion
followed herds of animals & foraged for wild plants
7
How many people lived in early river civilizations like Mesopotamia?
hundreds & sometimes thousands
millions
huh? What's a Mesopotamia?
less than 100
8
What did hominids discover that allowed them to stop foraging?
fire
what the haystack if foraging?
how to kill buffalo
they could plant seeds
9
Literature helps us understand other cultures.
true
false
10
Laws controlled what?
armies
land, people and domesticated animals
land, people and wealth
other kings
11
The earliest people lived in what kind of groups?
population groups
small family groups
crowds
huge family groups
12
Why did people originally develop writing?
so people could write love poems to each other
they didn't develop writing
to keep records of grain storage
to send letters to penpals
13
Once early man became sedentary, what kinds of things could they do?
they could raise goats, build homes & stay in one place
run around the globe
they could hunt better
they could forage better
14
Early river civilizations traded with far away countries.
true
false
15
Early river civilizations had huge temples, palaces, and grain storage buildings.
true
false
16
When people began living near each other, what did they discover they needed?
jails
more pets
more weapons
rules / government
17
How did early people travel over small rivers?
they didn't
they swam
bridges they built
canoes
18
Examples of specialized labor of ancient man?
hunting and gathering
building spaceships
conquering other
building grain storage & ships
19
Early leaders did what?
set up systems for organizing building projects
set up systems for keeping peace
used force and terror to control people
all of the above
20
Once there was a surplus of food, people could do what?
continue to hunt and gather
specialize in different areas
both 1 & 2
stop irrigating the land
21
Early cities never did become great empires.
false
true
22
Weaker cities that succumbed to powerful armies did what?
grew blueberries for the king
were never allowed to farm again
sent taxes to those who defeated them
got kicked out of the city
23
What did people discover about floods?
that floods had no benefits at all
that flood waters made soil fertile
nothing
that floods ruined the soil
24
Literature was often about heroes.
false
true
25
How were early cities joined?
roads
rivers
they were not joined
interstates
