PPT-Unit 1: Characteristics of Civilization

Unit Essential Question How does one characterize a civilization 5 Themes of Geography Review using Egypt as an example Lesson Essential Question How do the Five Themes of Geography influence the development of civilization. - - - - -. The . Donut. . Olympics. Beard AP World. 2014-2015. Rules of the Game. Choose the following roles: hand-raiser, speaker. I will read each question/clue out loud. When I finish reading the entire question/clue, I will call on the first hand I see. If your hand comes up early, I will not call on your group.. excerpt from. Tuesdays with . Morrie. “The Road Not Taken”. persuasive . writing. characteristics. “Glory . and Hope. ” & . “The New Frontier”. the epic. characteristics. excerpts . from the . i. Beginnings – reformation. August 30: Beginnings. Beginnings. Mesopotamia. Egypt. Beginnings. History of civilization: how to date?. Definition of “text”. Hunter/gatherer vs. producer/settler. and Literature. 1800-1855. What led to Romanticism?. Independence in religion and politics. Expansion in America. U. rbanization and industrialism (dehumanization). Confusion generated by science (Darwin, for example). excerpt from. Tuesdays with . Morrie. “The Road Not Taken”. persuasive writing. characteristics. “Glory and Hope” & “The New Frontier”. the epic. characteristics. excerpts from the . What makes a civilization tick?. How do we determine what IS a civilization?. Cities. People live together in groups and all contribute in some way. Cities serve a function with a common government and organization. in India and China. (2500 B.C.–256 B.C.). Copyright © 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved.. World History: Connection to Today . Cox Paisley IB. WHAP. Why Homer was used as the basis for Greek education. The . Polis,. or city-state, and how the city-states of Athens and Sparta differed. What the greeks meant by democracy, and in what way the Athenian political system was a democracy?. Meso = means middle. Refers to any cultures that lived in present-day Mexico & Central America. Olmec Civilization. One of the earliest Mesoamerican civilizations. Located near Gulf of Mexico. Knowledge of them comes from excavations of 2 main sites = San Lorenzo and La Venta . Know. Hercules (demigod) – Disney movie. Zeus (King of the Gods- Lighting/sky). Poseidon(Sea, trident). 12 Main Greek Gods (Pantheon). Hades (god of the underworld). Everything from Percy Jackson. Titans. How were the two civilizations we studied yesterday similar? How were they different?. Minoan . Civilization. Located on the island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea . EGYPT. Mesopotamia. Peloponnese . Emergence of Civilization. Control of Civilizations. IDs: Gilgamesh, Standard of Ur, Horus. Argument. In the . riverine. cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus River and China, civilization was based upon unions of kingship and religion and social hierarchies, in which elite groups controlled surplus production, building programs & writing. . As . agriculture spread, different . areas began . to grow different crops that were suited to their . environment. .. These . places where people began to settle down, grow crops, and start villages became known as the . Create Your Own Civilization. Your map must include the following:. Your name. The name of your civilization in big letters. The physical features you choose in Section 1 . Symbols to show what resources your civilization has from Sections 2, 3 and 4..