1. Chapter 2 Part I Final Notes

2. Mesopotamia Egypt India China

3. Chapter 2.2 What do we call a societal ranking of people or groups of people according to their status, power or importance. Hierarchy

4. Chapter 2.2 Name of people who lived by hunting animals and gathering plants. Hunter-Gatherers

5. Chapter 2.2 King or queen who retains all power and has no limits on their rule is an ?. Absolute Monarch

6. Chapter 2.2 What do we call the process of taming animals and using plants for human use. Domestication

7. Chapter 2.2 What do we call a family of leaders whose rule is hereditary. Dynasty

8. Chapter 2.2 A societies beliefs, knowledge and patterns of living that people acquire by living together. A way of life for a group of people. Culture

9. Chapter 2.2 A pattern of living without much movement such as living in towns and cities. Sedentary

10. Chapter 2.2 Government formed around a town or city and the surrounding land City-state

11. Chapter 2.2 Early civilizations were located: Near rivers On land rich in resources

12. Chapter 2.2 Life of the hunter-gatherer What was life like for a H-G? How might the H-G have learned about/discovered agriculture? How was ag different from the experience of the H-G? How would ag change the life of H-G?

13. Chapter 2.2 Complex culture that has large cities with governments, surplus food and people who perform varied jobs. Civilization

14. Chapter 2.2 The time period between the emergence of stone tools and the appearance of metal tools is called (During the H-G): Stone Age

15. Chapter 2.2 Pastoral Nomads Focused on moving with their herds of domesticated sheep, cattle and goats

16. Chapter 2.5 Mesopotamia: Fertile Crescent (Iran & Iraq) Lasting impact – Law Code of Hammurabi

17. Chapter 2.5 Nile River Valley: Egypt Built pyramids for life after death. Hieroglyphs as a form of writing

18. Chapter 2.5 Indus River Valley: Pakistan Larger River Valley – Greater flood, larger flood plain

19. Chapter 2.5 Chinese Civilization: Yangtze and Yellow Rivers Shang Dynasty near the Yellow River

20. Chapter 2.5 Chinese Civilization: Writing consisting of pictograms (same idea as Egypt’s hieroglyphs) This included writing on oracle bones. Cattle bones or tortoise shells Used magic – heated the bones or shells to cause cracks and then Shang diviners would predict the future