Guide Part 1 Short Answer Test Civilization a group of people living together who have organized systems of government education religion and a social structure Systems of Government Education ID: 917907
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Slide1
Fertile Crescent:
Unit Test Study
Guide
Part 1
(Short Answer Test)
Slide2Civilization
a group of people living together who have organized systems of government, education, religion, and a social structure
Systems of Government
Education
Religion
An Organized Social Structure
Slide3Desert
How did the geography of the Fertile Crescent affect the people of the Fertile Crescent?
Deserts provide natural barriers which help protect against invaders.
Slide4Regular flooding of the
Tigris and
Euphrates Rivers
The floods left rich silt deposits on the land (this made the soil fertile for farming).
How did the geography of the Fertile Crescent affect the people of the Fertile Crescent?
Slide5What other impact did the
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have?
Food Source (fish)
Trading
Transportation
Source of Fresh Water
How did the geography of the Fertile Crescent affect the people of the Fertile Crescent?
Slide6Plains
T
he flat area between the rivers made it easy to live and good for
farming.
How did the geography of the Fertile Crescent affect the people of the Fertile Crescent?
Slide7Mountains
How did the geography of the Fertile Crescent affect the people of the Fertile Crescent?
Mountains provide a natural barrier which help protect against invaders.
Slide8Why was it important that
nomads were able to become farmers?
People were able to stay in one place instead of following the herds of animals. Instead, people began to domesticate animals.
This led to
:
A surplus of food:
The surplus of food led to:
job specialization
(not everyone needed to farm – they could do other jobs
)
This led to the beginning of a civilization!
Slide9Why was the growth of
trade important?
both goods and ideas were exchanged
trade led to a rich life because of the sharing of ideas between cultures trade opened up the world to the people of the Fertile Crescent
Slide10Can you Explain the Class System?
King
Business People, Landowners, Government Workers
Artisans and Farm Workers
Slaves
Slide11Invention of Writing:
cuneiform
(Sumerian system of picture writing)
left a written record for historians
a new way of communication in the Fertile Crescent
taxes, arguments, literature, business transactions, etc. were now written down
What was the impact of the invention of writing?
Slide12Fertile Crescent:
Unit Test Study GuidePart 2
(Short Answer Test)
Slide13ziggurat
-- a huge, pyramid-shaped temple
believed to link/connect heaven and Earth
highest building in the city
a place to worship the gods
Slide14Hammurabi
King of Babylon
he governed a huge empire
he wanted laws to help him govern the empire in a new way
Code of Hammurabi:
rules to live by crimes had a punishment
(“an eye for an eye”)
Slide15Ten Commandments
Hebrew law providing guidance for the worship of God
they set down rules for moral behavior
The Code of Hammurabi is a set of laws with consequences.
The Ten Commandments were a guideline for living a good life.
Slide16Phoenicians
The Phoenicians were sea-going people.
They built large wooden ships.
They also helped to develop the alphabet.
Slide17Coins were
invented by the Lydians
.
Coins made trading simpler and easier.
Slide18Polytheism
vs Monotheism
Polytheism = the belief in many gods
Monotheism = the belief in one god
Slide19GRAPES
Geography
: Tigris River, Euphrates River, desert, plainReligion: Judaism, monotheism,
polytheism, ziggurats, Ten CommandmentsAchievements
: cuneiform, irrigation systems, coins, alphabetPolitical: Hammurabi, Sargon,
city-states, Code of Hammurabi, empireEconomic:
taxes, barter, artisans, scribeSocial: king, slaves, farmers, government workers
You will need to be able to write 3 items for each category
. Do not repeat an item once you have used it. Here are some samples: