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Lesson duration is: 120 minItems in this lesson
Slide 1 - Slide
Slide 2 - Link
Write in your notebook the title of this lesson
Go to the website:
http://www.historyshistories.com/mesopotamia-5-traits-of-civilization.html
Write in your notebook the five traits (characteristics) of a civilisation
Go to the website:
http://www.historyshistories.com/mesopotamia-5-traits-of-civilization.html
Write in your notebook the five traits (characteristics) of a civilisation
Slide 3 - Open question
4. Drag the texts to the correct pictures.
When the water level drops, the river leaves silt. The farmers use this to make their land fertile. They store some of the water in pools.
The river is at a low point.
There is not enough fertile soil for crops to grow.
Slide 4 - Drag question
6. Drag the following events in chronological order, from first to last.
Because of this agricultural surplus some people could
specialise.
Some farmers learned that they could dig small canals to make more land fertile.
The craftsmen and farmers traded their wares at markets for food.
Some of these craftsmen started to live in cities; this is how agricultural-urban societies arose.
Because of irrigation and floods, farmers grew more food than they could eat.
These people became craftsmen when they specialised in making products with their hands.
The river overflowed and left fertile silt. Farmers grew their crops there.
Slide 5 - Drag question
only in Sumer
only in Egypt
in both
9. Read: "Sumer and Egypt: the first civilisations"
pharaoh
highly developed civilisation
ruled by a king
Euphrates and Tigris
every city had a king
arose around river(s)
Slide 6 - Drag question
Slide 7 - Slide
Which language can NOT be found on the Rosetta Stone?
A
Hyroglyphic
B
Latin
C
Greek
D
Demotic
Slide 8 - Quiz
How many years (rounded of) are there between the time when the Rosetta Stone was made, and when it was discovered?
A
200 years
B
1600 years
C
1800 years
D
2000 years
Slide 9 - Quiz
Which of the following is something that Europeans who visited Egypt before the Rosetta Stone was decyphered could never know?
A
what mummies looked like
B
who built the pyramids
C
when Egyptians started farming
D
what Egyptian gods looked like
Slide 10 - Quiz
Which of these statements is correct?
I. the Sumerians used hieroglyphs to record spells and stories.
II. The story of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest storeis that was ever recorded.
I. the Sumerians used hieroglyphs to record spells and stories.
II. The story of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest storeis that was ever recorded.
A
only I is correct
B
only II is correct
C
both are correct
D
both are wrong
Slide 11 - Quiz
Papyrus was the only material on which the Egyptians wrote something
A
True
B
False
Slide 12 - Quiz
being a scribe was a specialised profession
A
True
B
False
Slide 13 - Quiz
Prehistory is the time of which we have
no written records
no written records
A
true
B
false
Slide 14 - Quiz
the Fertile Crescent was the only place in the world where people invented a writing system
A
true
B
false
Slide 15 - Quiz
Which answer is WRONG?
Without the written evidence of the Sumerians we would never know
Without the written evidence of the Sumerians we would never know
A
their stories
B
their architecture
C
their names
D
their thoughts
Slide 16 - Quiz
A source is primary when it was made in the time that we are studying
A
true
B
false
Slide 17 - Quiz
A source is primary or secondary.
But it is ALSO written or non-written.
Of each of the following sources choose the correct type.
click the green eye for more information
But it is ALSO written or non-written.
Of each of the following sources choose the correct type.
click the green eye for more information
A
primary + written
B
primary + non-written
C
secondary + written
D
secondary + non-written
Slide 18 - Quiz
A
primary + written
B
primary + non-written
C
secondary + written
D
secondary + non-written
Slide 19 - Quiz
A
primary + written
B
primary + non-written
C
secondary + written
D
secondary + non-written
Slide 20 - Quiz
A
primary + written
B
primary + non-written
C
secondary + written
D
secondary + non-written
Slide 21 - Quiz
A
primary + written
B
primary + non-written
C
secondary + written
D
secondary + non-written
Slide 22 - Quiz
A
primary + written
B
primary + non-written
C
secondary + written
D
secondary + non-written
