2. Warm-Up
In your notes, write down these characteristics of civilization. Next to each one, identify an ancient example and a modern example.

3. Period 1 Review Activity

4. Identify characteristics of the Paleolithic Era.
QUESTION 1
Identify characteristics of the Paleolithic Era.

5. QUESTION 2
Compare how people interacted with the environment during the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras.

6. Compare Paleolithic and Neolithic societies.
QUESTION 3
Compare Paleolithic and Neolithic societies.

7. QUESTION 4
Identify reasons why Eurasia had an early advantage over the Americas during the Neolithic Era.

8. QUESTION 5
What is the name given to the group of people that spread farming, cattle- raising, and later ironworking technology throughout Sub-Saharan Africa?

9. QUESTION 6
What is the name given to the group of people that spread farming to the Philippines, Indonesia, Madagascar, and the islands of the South Pacific?

10. QUESTION 7
Why did pastoralism develop where it did? Why didn’t everyone adopt farming?

11. What made civilization possible?
QUESTION 8
What made civilization possible?

12. What changes did civilization bring?
QUESTION 9
What changes did civilization bring?

13. What notable “firsts” came from Sumer?
QUESTION 10
What notable “firsts” came from Sumer?

14. Identify the reasons why early civilizations were located near rivers.
QUESTION 11
Identify the reasons why early civilizations were located near rivers.

15. What were the PROS and CONS of living in Mesopotamia?
QUESTION 12
What were the PROS and CONS of living in Mesopotamia?

16. How did Mesopotamian civilizations affect the environment?
QUESTION 13
How did Mesopotamian civilizations affect the environment?

17. What led to the end of Sumerian civilization?
QUESTION 14
What led to the end of Sumerian civilization?

18. List, in order, the most powerful city-states of ancient Mesopotamia.
QUESTION 15
List, in order, the most powerful city-states of ancient Mesopotamia.

19. In what ways did Mesopotamia influence later civilizations?
QUESTION 16
In what ways did Mesopotamia influence later civilizations?

20. Who were the Hittites, and what were they known for?
QUESTION 17
Who were the Hittites, and what were they known for?

21. Compare Egypt and Mesopotamia geographically.
QUESTION 18
Compare Egypt and Mesopotamia geographically.

22. Compare Egypt and Mesopotamia politically.
QUESTION 19
Compare Egypt and Mesopotamia politically.

23. Compare Egypt and Mesopotamia culturally.
QUESTION 20
Compare Egypt and Mesopotamia culturally.

24. What characterized the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms of Egypt?
QUESTION 21
What characterized the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms of Egypt?

25. What led to the decline of the pharaoh by 2200 BCE?
QUESTION 22
What led to the decline of the pharaoh by BCE?

26. How did Egypt change politically and culturally over time?
QUESTION 23
How did Egypt change politically and culturally over time?

27. What enabled the Egyptian empire of the New Kingdom?
QUESTION 24
What enabled the Egyptian empire of the New Kingdom?

28. Compare Norte Chico to Egypt and Mesopotamia.
QUESTION 25
Compare Norte Chico to Egypt and Mesopotamia.

29. What features made the Indus River Valley unique?
QUESTION 26
What features made the Indus River Valley unique?

30. Compare the Indus River Valley to Egypt and Mesopotamia.
QUESTION 27
Compare the Indus River Valley to Egypt and Mesopotamia.

31. What enabled China’s continuity as a civilization?
QUESTION 28
What enabled China’s continuity as a civilization?

32. QUESTION 29
What were the first 3 dynasties in China’s history, and what did they contribute?

33. QUESTION 30
What were the characteristics of early Central Asian civilization (Oxus/Amu Darya River Valley)?

34. What were some characteristics of Olmec civilization?
QUESTION 31
What were some characteristics of Olmec civilization?

35. QUESTION 32
Why was civilization developed in some places, but not all places that had farming?

36. What was the role of cities in the ancient world?
QUESTION 33
What was the role of cities in the ancient world?

37. What were some features of early cities?
QUESTION 34
What were some features of early cities?

38. Why did inequality surface in early civilizations?
QUESTION 35
Why did inequality surface in early civilizations?

39. What are some characteristics of a patriarchal society?
QUESTION 36
What are some characteristics of a patriarchal society?

40. What checked the power of early states?
QUESTION 37
What checked the power of early states?

41. QUESTION 38
How did rulers legitimize/keep their rule during the first civilizations period?