Transcript Bellringer

Bellringer
• What is the purpose of the Dynastic
Cycle?
LOTS to do today – the more we do,
the more prepared you will be for
the test
Daily Announcements
Objectives
10/20/10
Students will be able to…
20. Describe ancient Chinese
dynasties and religious beliefs.
21. Summarize the major features of
the Huang He river valley
civilization.
BINDER QUIZ #2
Huang He River Valley
Geography of China
Geography
• Huang He (Yellow River)
–“River of Sorrow”
• Lots of silt – good farm land
Geography
Mesopotamia
(Sumer’s disadvantages)
Huang He Valley
Unpredictable flooding Unpredictable flooding
No natural defensive
barriers
Deserts (Gobi) and
mountains (Himalayas)
No natural resources
Plenty of resources
Geography
• Add this note:
–China is isolated from the other
River Valleys
–Mesopotamia trades with India
and Egypt
Dynasties
• Shang Dynasty
–Invent writing
–Oracle bones
• Zhou take over
–Mandate of Heaven
–Work in bronze and silk
Religion and Society
• Ancestor worship, oracle bones
• Strength of family relationships
• Large peasant underclass
–Merchants not respected, unlike
Mesopotamia, why?
Summarize!
River Valley Review
Egypt Terms
• Pharaoh and theocracy
• Pharaoh, mummification, pyramids,
religion
• Upper and Lower Egypt
Sumer Statements
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Sumer was a Mesopotamia.
Sumer was a river valley.
Sumer was a polytheism.
Sumer was a country.
Sumer was an empire.
Sumer Statements
• Mesopotamia is in Sumer.
• Each city in Sumer had its own river
valley.
• There is more than one Fertile
Crescent.
• Sumerians spoke in cuneiform.
Skills Quiz Review
• Oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian,
Arctic
• Southern continent is Antarctica.
Ant- means the opposite
–(anti-; protagonist and antagonist)
Skills Quiz Review
• We are in 2010 AD. You could also
say 2010 CE. AD = CE
• BCE = BC
–Before Common Era; Before Christ.
Refers to same time period
Skills Quiz Review
• BC is before AD. BCE is same as BC,
not before BCE.
–There is no before BC
• BC works like negative numbers –
count down to 0, then up in AD
–600 BC happened before 400 BC
–400 BC happened before 600 AD
Review Time!
• First, complete the India-China map
• Then, get a review packet
–Complete all pages!
–Take it with you to study!
–Due the day of the test!