Class Notes
1. Historical Thinking
1. Vocabulary
2. Geography
3. Evidence about Paleolithic People
4. What was life like during Paleolithic Era?
5. What was the Neolithic Revolution? What effects did it have?
6. When and where did the Neolithic Revolution occur first?
7. What was life like during the Neolithic Era?
8. Writing a paragraph describing life in the Neolithic Age
9. What is civilization? What led to the establishment of civilizations?
10. Where were early river valley civilizations located?
11. How did inhabitants of Early River Valley Civilizations innovate to meet their needs?
12. How did the innovations of the early river valley civilizations affect their inhabitants and later periods in history?
13. What were the historical circumstances and geographic factors that led to the creation of Hammurabi's Code?
14. What does Hammurabi's Code reveal about Mesopotamian society under the Babylonian empire?
15. What were the historical circumstances and geographic context for the founding of Judaism?
16. What were the beliefs of Judaism and their impact?
17. How did Judaism spread?
18. Review 1
3. Classical Civilizations
1. Ancient Greece
a. Notes for pamphlet to study
b. Google slideshow on Athenian Golden Age - period 4
c. Google slideshow on Athenian Golden Age - period 9
2. Ancient India
3. Ancient China
A. Three Schools of Thought
1. Confucianism
1. Confucianism - notes 1
2. Confucianism - notes 2
3. Confucianism - notes 3
2. Daoism
1. Daoism - notes
2. Daoism - notes 2
3. Legalism
1. Legalism notes
B. Qin Dynasty
1. Rise of Qin
2. Shi Huangdi
C. Han Golden Age
Study Guide - Ancient China
Answers to Review Questions
Answers to Review Questions 2
4. Ancient Rome
a. Geography
b. Rise to Power
5. Byzantine Empire
a. Rise of Christianity
b. Fall of Rome
c. Byzantine Empire - Justinian & Theodora
d. The Great Schism
REVIEW SHEETS
- Vocabulary
- What is History?
- What is the difference between a primary and secondary source?
- How do historians read sources?
- How and why do historians corroborate sources?
- How do historians determine if a source is reliable?
- What is context? How do historians use it to understand and write about the past?
- How do historians construct arguments?
- Review Sheet
1. Vocabulary
2. Geography
3. Evidence about Paleolithic People
4. What was life like during Paleolithic Era?
5. What was the Neolithic Revolution? What effects did it have?
6. When and where did the Neolithic Revolution occur first?
7. What was life like during the Neolithic Era?
8. Writing a paragraph describing life in the Neolithic Age
9. What is civilization? What led to the establishment of civilizations?
10. Where were early river valley civilizations located?
11. How did inhabitants of Early River Valley Civilizations innovate to meet their needs?
12. How did the innovations of the early river valley civilizations affect their inhabitants and later periods in history?
13. What were the historical circumstances and geographic factors that led to the creation of Hammurabi's Code?
14. What does Hammurabi's Code reveal about Mesopotamian society under the Babylonian empire?
15. What were the historical circumstances and geographic context for the founding of Judaism?
16. What were the beliefs of Judaism and their impact?
17. How did Judaism spread?
18. Review 1
3. Classical Civilizations
1. Ancient Greece
a. Notes for pamphlet to study
b. Google slideshow on Athenian Golden Age - period 4
c. Google slideshow on Athenian Golden Age - period 9
2. Ancient India
3. Ancient China
A. Three Schools of Thought
1. Confucianism
1. Confucianism - notes 1
2. Confucianism - notes 2
3. Confucianism - notes 3
2. Daoism
1. Daoism - notes
2. Daoism - notes 2
3. Legalism
1. Legalism notes
B. Qin Dynasty
1. Rise of Qin
2. Shi Huangdi
C. Han Golden Age
Study Guide - Ancient China
Answers to Review Questions
Answers to Review Questions 2
4. Ancient Rome
a. Geography
b. Rise to Power
5. Byzantine Empire
a. Rise of Christianity
b. Fall of Rome
c. Byzantine Empire - Justinian & Theodora
d. The Great Schism
REVIEW SHEETS