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media type="custom" key="5120269" =__Assignment 10__= Now that we are finished our unit about ancient India, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned. Please answer clearly and with details. Each answer must be at least two sentences. If you need reminders of what we did, just scroll through the assignments on this page or look through your notes.

1. The single most important thing I learned was... A: The single most important thing I learned was about the Ramayana. If I hadn't known a epic that is great as that, than in the future, some people will say "How can you not know that?", and become a person without important knowledge about history. The story was also interesting, so I thought that it might have took long for the people that makes the epic to make it, so I should know about for those people.

2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was... A: Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was how the Indians were able to make such an advantage in technology and knowledge than other places. Most of the empires by then were using herbs or just normal scissors and band aids to fix wounds, but in the mean time for the Indians, they were able too make medicine than cured hurt people and wrote down a lot of knowledge onto notebooks, which had helped us.

3. What surprised me the most was... A: What surprised me me the most was, just like number 2, the great advantage of technology and knowledge for Indians. I never thought that people in the ancient times were able to advance that far, and surprise the world with cleverness.

4. I would like to know more about... A: I would like to know more about ancient epics and other achievements the Indians made. They might have even made something beyond 'our' technology, or maybe they used computers, and other high tech materials.

5. The part that I think I will always remember was... A: The part that I think I will always remember was talk with the sages. The sages I had were funny and showed information that flows into my head directly, since they make it fun, or add more detail to what they say. __** Assignment 5 **__ Website: [|India-Government]

Use the website above to answer these questions.

1. Why would having a central government help in planning and organizing a city? A: ? 2. Who were Rajahs? A: Ragas were the rulers of the cities. 3. What is a Guru? A: A type of a teacher. 4. What subjects were taught in school? A: 5. Who was in charge of the government? A: Indus priest were in charge of the government. 6. Why did people look up to the priests? A; They look up to the priests, because they are the ones that give offerings to the gods. 7. Look up the word 'sage' in any dictionary. What does it mean and what word from questions 1-6 is it similar to? A: Sage means a wise person, and it is similar to the word priest. 1. What varna were you in during the caste system simulation? A: I was in the Varna which is Kshatriya, which is the second highest varna of all. 2. What was your favorite part about the caste system simulation? Why? A: The favorite part of our system was that when I was Kshatriya, I got to make up the punishment for both Vaisyas and Aryans, and it was fun making up ideas for punishments with my partners. 3. What part of the simulation made you angry, upset, or frustrated? Why? A: 4. Do you think this system is fair? Why or why not? A: Well, at first, I thought being a slave was unfair and cruel, but seeing that they will do anything for us makes it just even more crueler, so I don't think it is fair. 5. Do you think a society should organize people into social classes? Why or Why not? A: I think their should be only one ruler and everybody should be same, because if not, others will be keep same "its not fair", so if we say everybody is same, than they will need someone to take control of them, so one ruler might be fine. Think about the activity we did in class as archeologists in Mohenjo-Daro. Using the source above, your ideas, and the notes you took about archeologists ideas, answer the following questions __clearly__ and __completely__ on your wiki page. **Each answer should be at least two sentences long with specific information.**
 * __Assignment 4__**
 * Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.**
 * __ Assignment 3 __**
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1. What have you learned about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro from this activity? A: I learned Mohenjo-Daro had a more advanced life more than other civilization. If i compare Mohenjo-Daro with others, than I can know that its more advanced because they had complex sewer system, they had bathrooms, they played with the version of chess, and mostly women, like our country, wore more accessories. 2. Which characteristics of civilization do you see represented in the artifacts you looked at? Explain. A: Mohenjo-Daro represented the characteristics of religion, culture, system of government, and jobs. First, for religion, they had religious ceremonies in the Great bath, second, for culture, they had pictographs for language, and they had a version of chess, third, the sewer system is a very complex system, so they need an organization for it, and finally, for jobs, you can tell there were jobs because there were food for traders to sell, and a statue for a preist king, which is a job(priest, I think). 3. In what ways do you think Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city? A; The Mohenjo-Daro is like modern city, because just like us, they have the sewer system, had windows, had jeweleries, and everyone had bathrooms, just like now. Just like now, they had languags (though not same as ours) also. 4. Why do you think it is difficult for us to know exactly what life was like in ancient civilizations like those in the Indus-Sarasvati region? A: We can't know exactly, because the artifacts and surrounding items are all broken or got rusty and is unrecognizable. We can now some of the things, but being exact will be almost impossible unless you guess correctly. 5. What do you think might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro? 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Website: [|Indus Valley]

Use the website above to answer these questions. Write your answers in **complete sentences** with **clear details** on your wiki page. 1. What was discovered during the excavations of Mohenjo-Daro? A: 2000 settlements were discovered during the excavations of Mohenjo-Daro. 2. How is Mohenjo-Daro similar to our cities today? A: The Mohenjo-Daro also had drains in the cities, and just like right know, the drain is big enough so that people can go in and unblock it. 3. What can we learn from archaeological discoveries (such as artifacts and city construction) in Mohenjo-Daro? A: By judging by the necklace artifact, we can know that gold was rare and valuable. 4. Give clear and specific information about how people lived in Mohenjo-Daro. In your answer, you have to talk about the artifacts that you discovered and put into the museum. A: Children played with the model carts, and others like model airplanes and cars. Also, some of the rich people bought valuable things like necklaces, or even figurines. 5. What do we know about the Priest-King? A: The priest-king's house was made of ornamental brickwork and niche walls. Some archeologist thought that priest-king was an important ruler or priest. 6. What was the Great Bath and how was it used? A: **Source: [|IndiaSubcontinentMapTrans.jpg]**
 * __ Assignment 2 __**
 * __ Assignment 1 __**


 * Directions: Look at the map above, read the text below, and answer the following questions on your wiki page:**

Early Indian agricultural settlements arose in the Indus-Sarasvati river region at least as far back as 6500 B.C.E. Like many other ancient peoples, the early Indians settled by rivers. They settled primarily on the banks of the Sarasvati River as well as along the banks of the Indus River. These rivers provided the ancient Indians with plenty of water, and the land near the rivers was fertile and excellent for growing crops. The rivers also provided the Indians with a convenient way to travel and trade among themselves and with other civilizations. Archeologists have found artifacts from the Indus-Sarasvati civilization - such as carved seals - in Mesopotamia's Sumer. These discoveries have led scholars to believe that the early Indians traded with Mesopotamia, possibly by traveling in ships down the Indus and Sarasvati rivers to the Arabian Sea and then west to Sumer and other locations. After the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E., the Indus-Sarasvati Indians moved to more habitable areas, such as the fertile banks of the Ganga river further east. Archeological evidence shows, however, that people settled by the Ganga River as far back as 5000 B.C.E.
 * I**n the 1990's, satellite pictures revealed an ancient, dried riverbed located in India's present-day Thar Desert. Geologists have identified this riverbed as the route of the ancient **Sarasvati River**. The Sarasvati lay east of the Indus River and generally followed the same course, originating in the Himalaya mountains and emptying into the Arabian Sea. Geologists believe that the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati evolved into the dry, hot desert that exists today.


 * Questions:**

1. In what ways is your map similar to the one that you see in the map above? A: The map above also shows the physiographic feature about India's.For example, Hindu Kush mountains, Thar desert, Gangi river, etc.÷≥… 2. What physiographic features can you identify on this map that are not on your map? A: I can identify the population of a place, for example, I can know that there were a lot of people living on the Indus river, and the map above has the Sarasvati river. 3. Why do you think settlements developed along the Indus and Saravati rivers? Explain with clear and complete details. A: The reason is because of the fertile land made by the river's silt, farming crops will be good there, and the weather will be just right thanks to the desert on the bottom and a mountain on the top, and the Hindu tush mountains were right above them so they can go through the Khyber pass which is the trade route. 4. Accurately label the ancient Sarasvati River on your map. A: 5. Why did ancient Indian people eventually migrate to the Ganga River? A: They migrated because the Sarasvati river dried up.

=__**Ancient India**__= =__Assignment 12__= Now that we are finished with the ancient Egypt unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about ancient Egypt. Please complete these sentences **clearly and with specific details**. Write the answers on your wiki page. If you need reminders of what we did, just scroll through the assignments on this page or look through your notes.

1. The single most important thing I learned was... A: about Ramesses the Great, because if I didn't know him, than I wouldn't have known that he was mighty and brave. If it wasn't for him, than I wouldn't have known who was keeping Egypt from danger, and that he even blocked from the so called 'Sea People'. 2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was... A: all those Pharaohs and where there were buried and what they did such as ramesses II protecting Egypt. I have to still look up in the books to exactly write down the information. 3. What surprised me the most was... A: that Ramesses had so many ancestors. I thought when they said they had about 5 or 4, but knowing that there were more than 7 was shocking. 4. I would like to know more about... A: What happened after the last pharaoh of Egypt. It was disappointing that we have to stop learning about Egypt after Ramesses II, and I am curious to know what happened to Egypt after that. 5. The part that I think I will always remember was... A: about the Great ancestors and the Great pyramid. When I knew how tall (the Great pyramid) and how big the ancestors were, I was amazed. =__Assignment 7__=

= The Old kingdom(2700 B.C.E - 2200 B.C.E): Pharaohs had absolute power and were considered gods on earth. But that's not why this kingdom is nicknamed "The Pyramid Age". for example,the biggest pyramid that was built in the old kingdom was made for the king Khufu, and the workers used 2 million limestone to build it, and it was 13 acres long and the height was 481 feet tall, but the pharaohs stopped building more pyramids because it was too easy to spot, so robbers can come and steal stuff in the pyramid like precious jewels or spices, and stuff.= = The Middle kingdom(2100 BCE - 1800 BCE): The middle kingdom was Egypt's Golden Age. The Egyptians were trading many goods, and the economy, and culture was boosting up again, and even the new pharaoh reunited Egypt once again fro the local nobles that were taking most of the parts of Egypt. Egypt building strong armies to defend itself from enemies from other places, such as Hyksos, and the Egyptians were expecting a good and wise Pharaoh. Some of the Pharaohs were buried in secret places, so the robbers couldn't find them, or even us in the modern time. = = **The New kingdom(1500 BCE - 1000 BCE):** After the war with the Hyksos and the Nubians, Egypt began its expansion period. Egypt's army got way stronger, and the land expanded all the way down to Nubia and Syria, the West and the East, and all the pharaohs were still buried in the Valley of the Kings. New pharaohs conquered the Egypt, such as the Queen Hatsheput, or even Ramesses II, who fought the Hittites. Egypt started to trade with even more far away countries for example, with Sinai Peninsula. They traded gold, leopard skin, and precious stones with other places. Even after the war with the Nubian, they became friends and showed Egypt their relationship by giving them gifts.= =**__Assignment 6__**= Joseph's Comic:

=__Assignment 5__= =__Assignment 4__=
 * Source:** How to Mummify Nefermaat
 * Directions:** Go to the link above to mummify a body. As you work to mummify the body, answer the following questions __**clearly and with details**__ on your wiki page.
 * 1) Why did Egyptians want to [|preserve] dead bodies?
 * A: They preserved it so the soul can recognize it after death.
 * 1) How did they [|preserve] bodies? What is this process of preservation called?
 * A: They preserved it by drying the body out several time, and covering it with bandages afterward, and it was called mummification.
 * 1) Explain how the brain was removed from the dead body. Why was the brain removed?
 * A: The Egyptians used a metal hook to take out the brain by the nose, and they removed it because they thought it wasn't that important.
 * 1) Name the four internal organs that were removed from the body. What was done with these organs?
 * A: They were named stomach, liver, intestines, and the lungs. After they take it out, they put it in a jar with a head of the four sons of Horus.
 * 1) What did they do with the heart? Why?
 * A: They left it in the body, because they thought that the heart was where the intelligence, feelings, and emotions came from.
 * 1) What is natron and why was it used? Using your scribble map of Egypt, name the area where natron came from.
 * A: Natron is salt that absorbs moisture, and I think it was from around somewhere called Qaret Agnes.
 * 1) How was [|linen] used during mummification?
 * A: They poured it around the body decay, and so bugs can't eat it, and if it does that, the spirit can recognize its own body and go to heaven through out the underworld successfully.
 * 1) What are [|amulets] and how were they used? Give two examples of amulets that were used and explain why they were used.
 * A: The Amulets represented some of the body parts for the mummy, such as the jar that looks like the heart, and it says that is for protection of the heart for afterlife.
 * 1) What happens to the body after it was mummified?
 * A: It is placed in the mummy case, and the mummy case is places inside the sarcophagus.
 * Part 1:** Go to this [|site] and read about the different Egyptian gods and goddesses . Choose one of these that you would like to be and explain why you would like to be that god or goddess . Then choose one that you would __**not**__ want to be and explain why. Make sure your explanations are **middle school quality explanations**.
 * Part 2:** Compare these Egyptian gods and goddesses with the [|Mesopotamian gods and goddesses]. Did you find similar gods? Name the gods/goddesses and clearly explain the similarities? Why do you think they are similar even though Egypt and the Mesopotamian civilizations were different?

A of Part one: I would like to be the god Khnum because if I was him, I would be able to make how I want the humans to be, and I could make them kind and not fight. I would not like to be the god Seth, because almost everybody feels hatred against him, and I don't want to be alone with hatred. A of Part two: I think the gods Shamash and Atun because they are both sun gods, but there different because of their look.

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=__Assignment 2__=
 * Source: Read pages 93 & 94 in your online textbook**
 * Directions: Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.**

1. Read the //If YOU were there section//. How do you feel about working for the pharaoh? A: I wouldn't want to work for him, because it would be hard if I would have to work even more, and plus, the citizens die without a tomb at war. 2. Eventually the Third Dynasty began in ancient Egypt. The Third Dynasty was the beginning of what historians call ............. . When did it start and end? A: The third dynasty was called the old kingdom, and it started at about 2700 BC. 3. Explain how ancient Egyptians felt about their country and their pharaoh. A: Most of the people treated him like a god, because they thought the gods sent the Pharaoh. 4. What were the responsibilities of the pharaoh? A: He was responsible for the crops that grew, and he was responsible for preventing wars, and Trading. 5. What is best known about the famous pharaoh, Khufu? Can you name a specific monument built for him? A: Khufu was best known for the monuments that were built for him. 6.a. Clearly explain the structure of society in the Old Kingdom. (Note: This should be a long answer.) A: The Old Kingdom Had a population of 2 million people. They were slowly building social classes, and the Egyptians thought that having a good social class will be good for their country. 6.b. What may be some advantages and disadvantages of such a large segment of the population being farmers, servants, and slaves? A: They advantage was that the Pharaohs had lots of workers, so the Pharaoh was comfortable, but the disadvantage is that there will be a riot among the country, and it will be a mess if there was a was between 80% and 20% of the country. 6.c. What did farmers do during flood season? A: Since they were poor, if they couldn't farm, they would work under the Pharaoh for the time being. 7. Clearly explain trading in ancient Egypt (what was traded and who they traded with). A:They traded Copper, gold, ivory, slaves, and stone for building with Nubia, and Syria. 8. Define the word //**acquire**//. Use //**acquire**// in an original sentence. A: The word acquire means to get something, or given something from someone. 9. Using the drawing of Egyptian society on page 94, explain where Viziers would be placed? A: Viziers should be between the nobles and the Pharaoh, because they are the ones that helps the Pharaoh. =__**Assignment 1**__=


 * Sources:**
 * **Carefully read your online textbook pages 88 and 89.** **(Note: Make sure you scroll down on page 89 to see more information.)**
 * **Use the map above, the maps in the //Egypt Resources// wiki page, or your Scribble Map search function**
 * **Use this check list to help you>[[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://kis6ss.wikispaces.com/file/view/Egypt+Map+Checklist.pdf"]] [|Egypt Map Checklist.pdf]**


 * Directions:**
 * **Your task is to label a map of the Nile River and ancient Egypt on your current Scribble Map. You must mark, label, or represent famous sites, cities, and other objects. //Label everything carefully//.** (Note: //Mark// means use a marker, //label// means use a text label, //represent// means draw a symbol to show the item.)
 * **You must also provide an image and a description for some of the labels. Each description must be at least three sentences long and must be clear, detailed, and specific. Your description should give us clear information to help us understand the item or place and why it was so important for ancient Egyptians.**

1. Represent and label the Nile’s Sixth Cataract to the First Cataract.

2. Label the Red Sea.

3. Represent and mark three mines and three quarries. **Provide an image and a description for each mine and quarry.**

4. Represent and label these historic sites: the Valley of the Kings, the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Sphinx, Abu Simbel, the Pharos (lighthouse in the port of Alexandria), the Bahriya Oasis and the Farafra oasis (include palm trees). **Provide an image and a description for each historic site.**

5. Mark these cities: Abydos, Thebes, Giza, Hermopolis, Memphis, Bubastis, Rosetta, Alexandria, Meroe, Khartoum, and Elephantine

6. Label these geographical features: the Western Desert, the Eastern Desert, the Nile Delta (include animals found here), the Sinai Peninsula, the Wadi el-Natrun, the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Suez, the Nubian Desert. Include animals of the desert. **Provide an image and a description for each geographical feature.**

7. Label Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt. __Assignment 13__ Now that we are finished with the Mesopotamia unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about Mesopotamia. Please complete these sentences **clearly and with specific details**. Write the answers on your wiki page. If you need reminders of what we did, just scroll through the assignments on this page or look through your notes.

1. The single most important thing I learned was... A: The single most important thing I learned was that there was the Babylonian empire, and there was an Akkadian empire, because those two were the hugest information of history in the Mesopotamia section, so I would've have to learn this so I wont' be one of the people that doesn't know such a big thing that was in the past. 2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was... A: something that confused me or something I didn't understand was, why Hammurabi made so many rules, because its confusing if you made so much rules. 3. What surprised me the most was... A: What surprised me the most was,that there was such a big empire long ago,because there wasn't an empire this big in the past. 4. I would like to know more about... A: I would like t know more about more incredible people, because if they are more incredible than Sargon or Hammurabi, that means they are very incredible. 5. The part that I think I will always remember as. A: The part that I think I will always remember is, that so many people in the BCE were so violent because people right now isn't that violent right now like taking off their skin. =**__Ancient Egypt__**= =__Assignment 12__= =**Characteristics of Civilization**= =**Empire Name: _**= Was it difficult to find evidence for the empire you picked? Why or why not? =__Assignment 11__= Go to this [|site] and read about the different Mesopotamian gods, goddesses, demons, and monsters. Choose one of these that you would like to be and explain why you would like to be that god, goddess, demon, or monster. Then choose one that you would __**not**__ want to be and explain why. Make sure your explanations are **middle school quality explanations**. =__Assignment 10__=
 * Source: Read pages 76 and 77 in your online textbook**
 * Directions:** Carefully read pages 76-77 and choose one of the empires below. Research the empire you have chosen (two links are provided for each already) and complete **The Characteristics of Civilization Chart** for the empire you chose. Write **clear and detailed** answers in the chart, on your wiki page, then **answer the question** below the chart. You will also have to indicate on your Scribble Map where the civilization you chose came from.
 * ==**Six Characteristics of Civilization**== || ==**Evidence for Characteristic**== || ==**Explanation**== ||
 * **Culture** || Language`s. || The Hittites spoke Hindo-European ||
 * **City States and Kings** || Kings. || the kings ruled over the Hittites, and the citizens worked for their country. ||
 * **Religion** || Gods. || When the gods defeated ||
 * **Jobs** || Soldiers,farmer, blacksmiths, traders, etc. || The soldiers fought for the country(which is a job), the farmers grew crops, the blacksmiths made weapons,the traders traded goods, and etc. ||
 * **Social Level** || Kings, slaves, servants, noblemen. || The highest person was king, then noblemen, then soldiers, and finally slaves. ||
 * **Food Supply** || Irrigation system and farms. || They got crops from the farms,and they got water from the irrigation. ||
 * LIKE**: If I can be one of the gods or the demons, I would like to become the god Anu, because Anu is the king of all gods, and since he is the king of the skies, I can enjoy the breeze and the breeze from the sky too.
 * WON'T LIKE**: I wouldn't like to become the demon Bull of heaven, because, in the epic 'Gilgamesh', thebull of heaven dies by Gilgamesh,and I wouldn't like to get killed by someone that I like, and I wouldn't like to live as an animal because in all the books I read, animals always died, and had a rough life.
 * Source: Read pages 74 and 75 in your online textbook**
 * Directions:** Read the questions/directions carefully and write **clear and detailed** answers on your wiki page.

1. Read the "If you were there..." section on page 74. How will you advise the King? A: I think the common people should be treated the same as nobles, because we are same kinds of races, and we don't want to be racists. 2. What happened to Ur by 2000 BCE? A: Ur was in ruin because it was keep getting attacked by other foreign countries, so other countries were trying to take over Mesopotamia without Ur. 3. Where was Babylon located? A:Babylon is located near the Euphrates river, and the its now called Baghdad, Iraq. 4. Who became the king of Babylon? When did he become king? A: Hammurabi became king of Babylon in 1792 B.C.E. 5. What is a monarch? A: A monarch is a person that is the ruler of something, such as a country, or an empire. 6. After conquering all of Mesopotamia, what did Hammurabi call his empire? A: Hammurabi called his empire the Babylonian empire. 7. Hammurabi was a great warrior and leader. What other skills did he have? A:He took care of many buildings, irrigation systems, and he managed to help Babylon's tax collection to repay their depts. 8. What is Hammurabi 's Code? What areas of daily life did the code cover? A: The 282 laws that Hammurabi made covered trade, loans, and theft to marriage, injury, and murder. 9. Give two reasons why Hammurabi's Code was important. A: Hammurabi 's code was important because for example, for social class, if a rich person was murdered by a poor, there will be a great penalty waiting for the poor after the murder. 10. What eventually happened to the Babylonian Empire? How is this __**similar**__ to what happened to the Akkadian Empire? A: In the Akkadian empire, Sargon took food and drops from the citizen by force, but in the Babylonian empire, Hammurabi used fair laws instead of force. 11. Read the different laws in the [|Code of Hammurabi on this site] and choose **three** that you think are interesting. __**Copy**__ the three laws and their **numbers** onto your page. Then for **each** law, explain why you think it's interesting. You can write about if you disagree or agree with the law or if you think the law is a good law or a cruel law.

=__Assignment 9__= After playing the Trader's game, answer the following questions in complete sentences on your page. You can copy and paste these questions into your page. Then go to the **discussion tabs** of at least three other classmates and make **good quality middle school comments** about your classmates answers to the questions about the Trader's game. You can make comments to your classmates about if you agree or disagree with their point of viewor comments about how good their answers and ideas are. __**Trader's Circuit questions**__ 1. What part of the game did you like the best? Why? A: The part I like about the most is that I got to play the game with people I didn't really talk to, because i'll have to know a lot of people by next year to be relieved to ask them questions. 2. During the game, how did you feel and why did you feel that way? A: I felt excitement during the game because I like my card games club, and the trading game was like the game I played in the card games club. 3. What part of the game was difficult for you? A: I think it was difficult to rather choose if I should trade or not with the opponent's card. 4. In your opinion, what advantage is there to having a monopoly of an entire product/resource such as dates or jewelry? A: I think the advantage is that you will lose time to do the game more. 5. What part of the game would you change if you played it again? Why? A: I think that we should have more cards, have a dealer, let them have free cards, and if someone gets monopoly, just let them get another hand by getting it from the dealer, so we could save time ti play. 6. In this game, was it better to cooperate with another player or to be selfish and try to get all the products/resources for yourself? Why? A: I think its better to cooperate so you could turns winning and letting them win too. =__Assignment 8__= Use your online textbook pages 63 & 64 to answer these questions clearly and with details on your wiki page. Make sure to look through the **whole page** in your textbook and the links for the vocabulary when answering some of the questions.

=__Assignment 7__= Using **The Six Characteristics of a Civilization** (see below)**,** answer the following questions **clearly** and with **details** on your wiki pag = = 1. Is Korea/ the U.S. a civilization according to the six characteristics explained in class? Provide one example from Korea/the U.S. for each characteristic. A:Yes, because 1.We have Lee Myoung Bak as a president. 2.We get food from the farm like normal. 3.We have different jobs like businessmen, doctors, or artists. 4.Have different level people like poor people to norsinmal citizen, to rich people, to president, and so on. 5.Us Korea has art, architecture(designers), music(Big Bang, Dongbangi, etc.),literature, science, and writing. 6.Most Koreans belive in Jesus and is a christian, but there can be Buddhists too. 2. Does a civilization, in your opinion, need to have all of the characteristics mentioned? Why or why not? A:1. Yes, because the citizens will argue everyday on what to do. 2.Yes, because If you don't h 3.ave food supply, then we will starve to death. 4. 5. 6. 1. A system of government that directs and controls some actions of the members of the society. 2. A regular food supply that is not likely to suddenly change. 3. Specialization of labor, in which members of the society perform different jobs. 4. Different social levels, in which some members of the society are given higher status than others. 5. A highly developed culture including art, architecture, music, literature, science, and writing. 6. A religious system, which might include priests and temples. =__**Assignment 6**__= =__Assignment 5__= Using your sheet from class about Sumerian achievements, which achievements would go under each of these categories? (For example, devotional statues would be under the religion category.)
 * 1) Where did the Akkadians live?
 * A: They came from North of Sumer, which is Akkad.
 * 1) What was their relationship with the Sumerians like before the 2300s B.C.E.?
 * A: They were friends, and there was peace between them.
 * 1) Who was Sargon and what did he do?
 * A: He was the first ruler to have a permanent army.
 * 1) What did Sargon establish?
 * A: Sargon established the world first empire.
 * 1) Define 'empire'.
 * A: States or countries that are ruled by one rule.
 * 1) Explain two examples why Sargon is considered a great leader.
 * A: Sargon was a great leader because he was one of the first to use bows and arrows, and he ruled his empire for 5 years.
 * 1) How long did Sargon rule his empire?
 * A: He ruled it for about 50 years.
 * 1) What eventually happened to the Akkadian Empire?
 * A: After 1 century, the other emperor wanted to be the empire as big as Akkad.
 * 1) Who eventually became the most powerful civilization in Mesopotamia again?
 * A:Sumer became the most power fullest of Mesopotamia.
 * 1) Using the picture of the City-State of Ur, what can you see in the picture that shows Ur was an advanced city?
 * A: They built complicated canals, they built big massive walls, and
 * The Six Characteristics of a Civilization:**
 * **Government**:
 * City -states/ king√
 * Organized armies√
 * Written laws√
 * **Culture:**
 * Arch
 * Games√
 * irrigation
 * mathematics√
 * Medicine√
 * Cuneiform/ writing√
 * Music√
 * plow
 * sailboat
 * wheel
 * **Religion:**
 * Devotional statues√
 * Ziggurat√
 * **Jobs**:
 * Metalworking√
 * Plow√
 * Wheel

Go to this site ([|Sumerian Inventions]) and look at the //**Early Inventions**// section. Choose __**three**__ Sumerian inventions that you think are important for us today. In your own words, explain clearly and with details why these __**three**__ Sumerian inventions are important for us __**today**__. A:1.Wheel: We needed wheels to transport things more easier and comfortably A:2.Pottery: Pottery is still used right now in present, and it is also used for house decoration and right now, when guests come, they actually think the house is good A:3.Bronze tools: Materials got stronger, and it becamse more easier because tools didn't brake easily. 1. How did Mesopotamian villages help each other? A:They all cooperated together for the canals. 2. How were people, who lived very far apart, connected t4`ch other? A: By the canals. 3. What did many villages grow into? A: A city. 4. What do we call the region in Mesopotamia that had many growing cities and towns? What are the people called that come from this region? A: Sumer, and the peoples are called Sumerians. 5. How could one city stop the water from reaching another city? A: If the canal gets clogged, the other canals get clogged too. 6. Why was it easy to attack other cities on the Mesopotamian plains? A: There was no natuer barriers to protect the cities 7. What defense plan is best to protect a city? A: To make a wall around the city. Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) __clearly__ and with __details__ on your wiki page.** **Use the handouts from class called** **//Event C://** //**Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System**// **&** //**Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities**// **to help you answer the questions.** 1. What was the first simple method farmers used to get water to their fields from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers? A: The farmers used buckets to scoop water and bring it to their place. 2. How did farmers prevent flooding? A:They made a canal, and they made something like a dam that is called levees. 3. Over time, carrying buckets of water to the fields was too difficult. Please __**clearly**__ explain how levees, canals, dams, and reservoirs were used to make life easier for farmers? A: Levees: prevented the farmers crops from flooding. Canal:made a water way for the farmers. Dams: Something that is made from stone that is way stronger than a levees, and it can block floods way better. Reservoirs: Helps people store water. 4. Which word means an extra supply of something such as food? A: The word surplus means extra food. 5. What could happen if one canal was clogged? A: All the other canals will get clogged too. 6. How did different villages take care of the complex irrigation system? A: By cooperating with each other for the canals. = =
 * __Assignment 4__**
 * Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities**
 * __Assignment 3__**
 * Are you smarter than a Neolithic person?
 * Event C: Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System**
 * __Assignment 2__**
 * Are you smarter than a Neolithic person?? **
 * Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) __clearly__ and with __details__ on your wiki page.** **Use the handouts from class called** **//Event B: Uncontrolled Water Supply//** **to help you answer the questions.**

1. What two major problems did farmers have as they tried to grow their crops on the Mesopotamian river plains? A: The rivers flooded unexpectedly, and sometimes it was to dry for their crops. 2. How did they solve these problems? A: Dig the way through from the river, and ti the farm, and if too much water, make a dam. 3. Where did the melted snow that caused flooding come from? A: It came from the Zagros mountain, which had a lot snow covered on the top and that snow melted and made a big flood in the summer. __**Assignment1**__ Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary clearly and with details on your wiki page.** **Use the handout from class called //Event A: Food Shortage to// help you answer the questions.** 1. What helped the human population to grow in Mesopotamia? A: Zagros, which is in Mesopotamia, had abundant rainfalls and mild weather, and that helped farming become more easier, so the food storage increased and population grew bigger and bigger there because other people went there to grow better crops. 2. What does cultivate mean? A:Cultivate means to grow plants and crops. 3. By 5000 B.C.E. what major problem did the farmers in the Zagros hills have? A: The farmers didn;t have enough land for such population, so in result, they couldn't maintain their food supply. 4. Using the choices in the critical thinking section of your handout, what is the best way to deal with the food shortage? Why?\ A: I'll rather try going attacking villages so we can get more land to grow crops, get more food, and have houses to. =__**Early humans**__= Now that we are finished with the Early Humans unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about Early Humans. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page. 1. The single most important thing I learned was... A:The most important thing I learned was how much we improved from about 2 million years ago, because I didn't know that my early ancestors had a really small brain, and that It was really uncomfortable in the pas for our hominids. 2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was... A: Something that confused me was on how to read the years for decades, because i used to read the year 2009 the 201st decade. 3. What surprised me the most was... A: Something that surprised me was how we began to know so much during the 1,000,00oB.C.E., because from Australopithecus to homo Habilis, it took about 1,000,000 years to changed, 4. I would like to know more about... A: I would like to know more about my early ancestors, so I could tell my daughter or son, and they would tell they're son and daughters so they would know. 5. The part that I think I will always remember was... A: The part that I think I will always remember was the stone tool kit, because its hysterical, and it tells us that there wasn't anything but stone axes in the earlytimes. Use these two videos about Catal Huyuk to answer these questions __**clearly**__ and __**completely**__ on your wiki page. 1. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk that surprised you? Why did they surprise you? A: One thing that surprised me was the love triangle.It surprised me because I never thought about love in the stone ages which is in the way back in the B.C.. 2. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk you knew already from class? A:I knew that they used sharp stones in their daily life, they farmed, and thet they had hard houses because it was the Neolithic period. 3. Jookie is a 12 year old living in Catal Huyuk. __**Explain**__ three ways her life is different than yours. (Note: Simply saying you have cell phones and she doesn't is an unacceptable answer.) A:1.I learned every basic things in schools, but Jookie didn't. 2.Jookie had to work and move a lot, but for me, my parents did almost everything or me when I was young. 3.In jookie's time, other man had to give something bigger than the other man in order to marry the woman they want. 1. What was the main difference between life in the Paleolithic period and life in the Neolithic peri A:In the Paleolithic, they had to gather and hunt, but in the neolithic, they farmed.** A:**People didn't have to move a lot, and new things were bieng created.
 * Event B: Uncontrolled Water Supply**
 * Are you smarter than a Neolithic person?
 * Food Shortage**
 * __Assignment 9__**
 * __Assignment 8__**
 * Catal Huyuk video 1
 * Catal Huyuk video 2
 * __Assignment 7__**
 * Answer these questions** __clearly__ **and** __completely__ **on your wiki page.
 * 2. How did people's lives change as they began to domesticate plants and animals during the Neolithic period?
 * 3. What are some advantages and disadvantages of the changes in daily life that occurred as a result of the development of agriculture?**
 * A:Advantage:**1.can make better houses.2.can make or grow food easier.3.population will grow bigger.
 * Disadvantage:**
 * __Assignment 6__** **Use your online textbook (p. 40 & p. 41) to answer these questions** __clearly__ **and** __completely__**. Please put your answers on your wiki page.

1. Read the paragraph in the //Beginnings of Agriculture// section on p.40 and answer the question (How could this discovery change your life?).

Read //The First Farmers// and //Plants// section on p.41 and answer these questions: 2. What is another name for the New Stone Age? A:Neolithic Era 3. What kinds of tools did people make during this time? What do you think they used these tools for? A:Now people makes machine that makes weapons and other things that are comfortable. 4. In the textbook it says that people during the Neolithic period could now** __make__ **fire. Which hominid would this be? A:Homo Sapiens 5. When we changed from gathering food to growing food, historians called it the Neolithic Revolution. Why do you think it's called a revolution? A:Because it completely changed our lives and made us comfortable. 6. What is the definition for the word 'domestication'? A:domestication:animal kept for money or stuff like milk. 7. Using the map on p.41, which animals were domesticated in Asia? A:Horse, cattle, sheep, and goat 8. Using the map on p.41, where was corn first domesticated? A:North America 9. If you were a farmer, how would your life be different than a hunter and gatherer. Give three ways your life would be different.** A:You wouldn't have to move a lot,you could be healthy with vegetables. and you can be weak if you don't have meat.
 * __Assignment 4__**
 * Please read pages 29 & 30 from your online textbook and answer these questions __clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page__.**

A: They were found in Africa. A:Lucy's scientific name is the Australopithecus. A:about three million years ago. A:We made fire, rock made weapons, and the ability to walk on two legs.
 * 1. On which continent were Lucy and other hominids found?**
 * 2. What is the scientific name of Lucy?**
 * 3. How long ago did Lucy live?**
 * 4. What was an important step in human development?**
 * 5. Describe and explain how these hominids are different from each other. Use the charts about the hominids on page 30 to help you with the answer.**
 * Make sure your answer is clear and detailed.**
 * **Australopithecus**:1/3 of our brain
 * **Homo Habilis**:1/2 of our brain
 * **Homo erectus**:used fire and axes.
 * **Homo sapiens:made wise decision and made languages.**

A: We are Homo Sapiens. __**Assignment 3.**__ = = 1. What is your role in theI will try to use my 'Creation of a Puppet Show' project?** 1.My role is the stage manager. 2.I will try to explain clearly what is happening in the story and use my puppets instead of the narrator to tell what is happening. 3.Our group will try to vote on which idea we will have to do and if that doesn't work, than the director will have to choose what idea we'll use. 1:How many decades are between paper money invented and castles built in Europe? A1:9decades. 2:Write the exact years between thee last ice age and the 22-letters made by the Phoenicians. A2:43,900years. 3:Was the paper in China made first or was the castles in Europe built made first? A3:Paper in China was made first. 4:Was paper invented in China in the BCEs or the CE? A4:CE 5:Write how many events happened in the BCEs. A5:10** __**Assignment1**__ 1.I was born in the CE1998 year. 2. 3100BCE, 15BCE, AD3, AD476, CE1215, AD2000.(old to early).
 * 6. Which hominid is us now?**
 * Please answer the following questions on your wiki page.
 * 2. How will you make sure you perform your role well during this project?**
 * 3. How will you deal with problems (if they happen) in your group?**
 * __Assignment2__**
 * Make five questions and answer them(for time line).
 * Q1:Were you born in BCEyear or CE year?**__**^^**__
 * Q2:Put the following dates in order:AD2000, 3100BCE, 15BCE, AD476, AD3, CE1215**^^
 * Q3:If you read that an event happened,c.AD1000, what would that mean?**xx