Thursday, January 28, 2010

BELL RINGER: ANALYZING PRIMARY

1.form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through represntatives, eas an important legacy of periclean athens

Monday, January 25, 2010

Hinduism/Buddhism Review

Hinduism / Buddhism Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe How Hinduism Began: Hinduism is a collection of religious


Describe the Religious teachings of Hinduism: Hinduism religion as a way of liberating the soul of illusions


How has Hinduism changed over time? Gods have changed over the years with brahma seen as splitting into three gods and eventually trading white the forms of the devil and the mother goddess



Describe Hindu culture: Hindu today are able to chose the daily they worship


Describe Jainism: Jainism believed everything in
The universe

Describe the founding of Buddhism: Buddhism as born out of same period


Describe the Religious Beliefs of Buddhism: tha Gautama The founders siddha

"Lost Pyramid" Movie Questions

1. Khufu
2. Pharoah's power
3. becuase of the number of blocks used
4. located inside Military Area
5. it's on a hilltop
6. murdered his way to power
7. carved images of Jadhifri
8. Egypt's oldest pyramid
9. in tombs
10. a palace
11. directly beneath the pyramid's pinnacle
12. corridors and burial chamber
13. because robbers wanted to get to the burial chamber
14. granite
15. Jadhifri statue's destroyed
16. His sister
17. why is was so far away from other pyramids
18. path by which stone reaches the top, pharoah's path to afterlife
19. east and west with the sun
20. b/c it was north and south
21. Quarry
22. ship granite from Aswan
23. Canals to bring stones
24. conscripts and skilled masters
25. score surface and use copper saws
26. polished Granite casing
27. put granite on outside to endure and for showmanship

India Review

India Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the Geographic Challenges in the Indus Valley:
Floods were unpredictable and spread good soil all over

Describe the first evidence of people in the Indus Valley:
Laid bricks for first buildings

Describe the cities of the Indus Valley:
Sophisticated and included plumbing

Describe Harrapan written language:
Similar to heiroglyphics

Describe Harrappan Culture:
Close ties to religion and strong trade

Describe Why the Harrapan Culture declined:
earthquakes from shifts in tectonic plates

Phoenician Review

Phoenician Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe how Phoenicians organized:
City-states

Describe the Phoenician shipbuilding and travel achievements:
1st to travel the Strait of Gibraltar

Describe the settlement of Phoenician lands:
City-states spread all over

How did the settlement of Phoenician lands effect trade:
Opened up new areas to trade with

Describe the Phoenician Alphabet and how it spread
Symbols represented sounds, spread as a way to record trade

Egypt 1 Review

Ancient Egypt 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the farming culture in Egypt:
Farmers planted fields after the Nile flooded

Describe how Egypt Unites:
United into upper and lower Egypt by Narmer

Describe Pharaoh’s and how they rule:
Thought to be man and god, ruled with religious authority

Describe the Religious Belief of Egyptians:
Polytheistic, Ra being the most important

Describe the class system in Egypt:
Upper class: royals, rich, priests, army
Middle class: artisans, merchants
Low class: farmers, laborors, slaves


Describe the Innovations in Egypt including writing:
Developed system of pictographs, hieroglyphics, papyrus paper

Mesopotamia Review

Mesopotamia Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe Geography of Mesopotamia:
Desert

Describe why people came to region and what they did?
To form civilizations and to farm

Describe how city-states were organized and who were their leaders:
City states had a temple in the center and were led by priests

Describe the religion of Mesopotamia:
Polytheistic

Describe Hammurabi’s Code:
First written code of law

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Bell Ringer 1-20-10

1. They start at the Yellow Sea and end in the Plateau of Tibet

2. Qin Liang