Unit 1 Handouts

• Unit 1 Student Guide

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Unit 1 Presentations

• Early Peoples
• Characteristics of Civilizations
• Ancient China & India
• Tigris and Euphrates / Nile River
• Ancient Hebrews
• Phoenicians
• Olmec Civilization
• Bantu Migrations​

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Unit 1 Vocabulary

• Quizlet for Unit 1

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Unit 1 Crash Course Videos

• Agricultural Revolution
• Indus Valley Civilization
• Mesopotamia
• Ancient Egypt
• Ancient China

Unit 1: First Wave Agricultural Societies (to 500 BCE)
​Georgia Standards of Excellence

SSWH1 Analyze the origins, structures, and interactions of societies in the ancient world from 3500 BCE/BC to 500 BCE/BC.

a. Compare and contrast Mesopotamian and Egyptian societies, include: religion, culture, economics, politics, and technology.
b. Describe the societies of India and China, include: religion, culture, economics, politics, and technology.
c. Explain the development of monotheism, include: the concepts developed by the ancient Hebrews.
d. Identify the Bantu migration patterns and contribution to settled agriculture.
e. Explain the rise of the Olmecs.