A Global View: Early Civilizations
Chapter 1 Section 1
Pages 2-11
Look At Pages 2, 3
1. How did the first civilizations evolve? Predict your
answer based on the red headings and the timeline.
Read Pages 2, 3 (5 min)
2. Fold paper in half: write the red headers at the top
of each section. Under each section paraphrase the
ideas In the Global View essay. (10 min)
Share your answer with your shoulder partner. (2 min.)
3. According to the timeline which society arose first?
4. Choose two events and two pictures from the
timeline below. For each, write a sentence
explaining how it relates to the themes expressed in
the Global View essay. (4 sentences total)
Read pages 4-5
5. When was the old stone age and what was it called?
6. Why were the old stone age people considered
nomads?
7. When was the new stone age and what was it
called?
8. What dramatic breakthrough allowed nomadic
bands to settle in villages for the first time?
Share your answer with your shoulder partner. (2 min.)
9. Read/Sketch/Draft the following: nomad,
bureaucracy, artisan, pictograph, empire
9. Read/Sketch/Draft the following: nomad, bureaucracy,
artisan, pictograph, empire
Read
Write the Word Here
Nomad
Bureaucracy
Artisan
Pictograph
Empire
Sketch
Draw a picture that illustrates
the meaning of the word.
Draft
Write a sentence explain it’s
significant.
Ex: Nomad’s were people who
moved from place to place to
follow game animals and
search for edible plants.
Read page 6 & 7
10. Define the key terms monotheistic and
ethics.
11.Name two geographic locations where early
civilizations developed?
12.Who was Hammurabi and what did he
publish?
13.What was this code?
Share your answer with your shoulder partner.
(2 min.)
Read page 8 & 9
14. What were some similarities between
Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro?
15. Name the five basic groups, or castes, into
which the Aryans divided people.
16. What was developed during the Shang and
Zhou periods in China?
Share your answer with your shoulder partner.
16. Read/Sketch/Draft the following: caste, polytheistic,
Brahman, mystic, dynasty, dynastic cycle
Read
Write the Word Here
Caste
Polytheistic
Brahman
Mystic
Dynasty
Sketch
Draw a picture that illustrates
the meaning of the word.
Draft
Write a sentence explain it’s
significant.
Ex: The caste is an
unchangeable social group
into which a person is born.