unit 1 review: ancient civilizations

Unit 1 Review:Ancient Civilizations

How did the environment impact the development of Chinese civilization?

How did the relations between Egypt & Nubia change over time?

How did the Olmec & Chavin meet the challenges of their different respective

environments?

How did the kingship in Zhou China compare to that in Mesopotamia and Egypt?

Compare Confucianism, Daoism & Legalism

Compare human life for the Paleolithic & Neolithic Eras

How did the status of women in Nubia compare to that in other civilizations?

How did plant & animal domestication set the scene for emergence of civilization?

How did the Nile River environment compare to Mesopotamia’s?

How and why did writing develop and evolve?

Compare and Contrast the writing system in the Indus River Valley,

Mesopotamia, and Egypt

How did social standing and freedom change for women from hunter gather period to the time of

early Mesopotamia

What was the writing system of Ancient China?

What was believed to be the first monotheistic religion?

How did Egypt politically and economically alter Nubia?

Culturally?

Describe Nubia’s cultural shift when the capital moved from the North to the South.

Give examples of cultural diffusion

How is pastoralism different than the domestication of animals?

How did Mesopotamia’s conquest of other lands differ from that of New Egypt?

How is ancestor worship different than other religious systems?

What do scholars think happened to the Indus River Valley Civilization?

What are the strongest similarities between China, Mesopotamia, Indus River Valley, and

Egypt

How did China interact with outsiders?

Who developed monotheism in Israel, and why?