Chapter 1 Toward Civilization

1. What made settlements possible? 2. List the 8 features of a civilization.3. Where did the first cities emerge? Why?4. make a pyramid of the social class hierarchy5. Define bureaucracy. 6. Time line skills: which society rose first? What

events happened around 1500 BC?

First Civilizations: Africa & Asia 1. Who unified the kingdoms of the Nile? 2. Why did Sumerian city-states develop in the Fertile

Crescent? 3. Why and how did the Sumerians control the

rivers? 4. What was different about the Jewish faith?

Cont.

1. What accomplishments arose from each of the ancient Egyptian kingdoms?

2. What key geographic challenge did early Sumerians face?

3. How have laws and traditions helped Jews maintain close-knit communities while living outside of Israel?