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WORLD CIVILIZATIONS UNIT 3: EMPIRES

SCHEDULE: 3.1 Feb 6-7 (Go Over Quiz) Rise of Rome 3.2 Feb 10-11 Rome: Expansion and Power 3.3 Feb 12-13 Silk Road: Trade and Communication 3.4 Feb 14-18 China/Quiz

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DAILY READING NOTESDIRECTIONS: Each day in class you will begin class with 5-8 minutes for a brief reading assignment. Please use the spaces below to take notes. (If you are absent you must make-up the reading.)

Date: Roman Civilization Develops (pgs 163-164)

Date: Life in Imperial Rome (pgs 177-179)

Date: Trade and Buddhism (pg 231)

Date: Expansion under Wudi & Han Decline (pgs 226-227)

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3.1 Rise of Rome DIRECTIONS: Take notes while we go through the presentation. If you are absent, the presentation will be on my website.

Geography of Italy – the benefits

Pre-Republic Rome

What’s a republic?

Take a look on page 166 of your text. How do you think the US’s checks and balances is different?

Terms: Tyrant:

Republic:

Patricians:

Plebeians:

Veto:

Forum:

Constitution:

Senate:

Consuls:

Dictator:

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3.2 Rome’s Expansion and Power DIRECTIONS: Take notes while we go through the presentation. If you are absent, the presentation will be on my website.

1. The ___________ _____________ started Rome on the path to conquer new territories and gain great wealth.

2. What are 3 problems that come to the Republic as they expand?a.

b.

3. What did Julius Caesar do as dictator?

4. Fill in the timeline below.

5. Who was a bad emperor? What did he do?

6. Who was a good emperor? What did he do?

7. What was the Pax Romana? What happened during this time?

8. What were some major advancements to engineering during Rome’s rule?

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3.2 Rome’s Expansion and Power (continued)9. On the map below, outline where Rome’s borders were at its height.

MOVIE NOTES

1. What did Rome get because they welcomed so many into their border?

2. What is so significant about the sewer?

3. How do the Romans make roads?

4. What does concrete do for Rome’s expansion?

5. What is so significant about aqueducts? What does it give to Romans?

6. Tell me 5 things about gladiators and the Colosseum you didn’t know.

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3.3 Silk Road WebQuest DIRECTIONS: Your task is to use the URL address provided in order to explore/research facts about the Silk Road. http://virtuallabs.stanford.edu/silkroad/SilkRoad.html Check of the items as you complete them.

1. Using the map provided first trace the routes of the Silk Road starting from Xi’an, China, using a marker.

2. Using the map provided next trace the other trade routes with a dashed line, using a marker.

3. Using the map provided trace the routes of Zhang Qian. 4. Using the map provided trace the routes of Xuan Zang. 5. Using this URL address http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/exhibit/trade/trade.html

and the map provided label the various products traded from the different regions of the Silk Road.

6. Create a Timeline using the Information from the “Silk Road Timeline”. Using a piece of printer paper, fold “hot-dog style”, draw a line down the crease, then input information along the range line starting with 3000 B.C.E. and ending with 600 C.E. (staple this to your packet)

DIRECTIONS:View video of Silk Road and find important information about the Silk Road.http://afghanistan.asiasociety.org/timeline/30/CE/300 Type the responses to these questions in a word document. Use at least 1-3 complete sentences. Print and attach to your packet.

1. According to the video, an intercontinental highway linked what 3 Empires? 2. What special interest did the Chinese need from Central Asia? 3. According to the video, besides the various products being traded along the Silk Road,

what was the other result of the Silk Roads?

4. According to the video, in order for the Silk Road to sustain, what two civilizations were important?

5. Why? 6. According to the video, why were the peoples of Central Asia & Afghanistan important to

the Silk Road?

Using this URL address below answer questions

http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/exhibit/index2.html

7. Describe the Silk Road.

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8. What were some of the other things other than trade goods that were exchanged along the Silk Road?

9. Examining the map provided, describe the geographic challenges faced by travelers/traders along the Silk Road.

10.Why were camels so important on the Silk Road? 11.What were some religions that were diffused along the Silk Road?

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3.4 China Crossword

Across1. The Huang He is also know by this name (2 words)4. Belief in a universal guiding force6. Rise and fall of ruling families (2 words)7. Term describing farm production regardless of crop9. Overland trade routes (2 words)11. Book of Confucius' teachings12. Dynasty of first writing system14. They spread because of trade15. In 221 B.C., he began unifying China (2 words)

Down1. The balance of forces that interact with each other (3 words)2. Belief in strong government3. Respect for parents (2 words)5. Early Chinese kings believed they contained messages from the gods (2 words)8. The Martial Emperor10. Invention that made books available13. Dynasty that set up a bureaucracy

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HOW TO MAKE A TIMELINEAfter you have gathered your facts, you are now ready to lay them out in chronological order to create a timeline. At the beginning of your timeline, mark the starting date and what happened on that date. Next, go to the end of the timeline and mark the ending date and what happened. In between these dates, mark the other important dates and what happened.

• You can't include everything that happened - choose what's most important or interesting to you

• Don't forget to list an event for every date on the timeline. • Step back from your timeline and ask yourself some questions about the timeline.

For example: What does the sequence of events suggest about history? How did earlier events affect later ones?

Creating a Timeline in MS Word http://www.microsoft.com/education/TimelinesWord.mspx

Plot History on a Line

1. Decide what the timeline will show: personal events, big political events, events related to a geographic area, randomly chosen events, and so on.

2. List the events in a sequence of earliest to latest. 3. Choose the period of time that the timeline will cover.

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