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 • • • • • 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!