Do Now: Where did Judaism begin?
Vocabulary:
1. Prophet- person claiming to have a message from god
2. Descendant- offspring such ad children and grandchildren.
3. Monotheism- Belief in one god
4. Ten Commandments- code of behavior Jews and Christians live by.
5. Torah - sacred book of the Jewish people.
6. Israel- ancestral and modern home of the Jewish people created in 1947.
7. Diaspora- the dispersal of the Jewish people by the Romans.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
HW#4-2 Due Monday 11-1
Please choose a Chinese dish. Bring in the recipe as well as one spice used in the dish. Explain the part of China that makes this dish. Explain how the spice you have brought in is is grown , packaged and traded.
Aim: What is Buddhism?
Do Now:
1.What is Buddhism?
2. In what ways are Buddhism and Hinduism similar?
www.regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/beliefsystems/buddhism.cfm
Notes:
1. Reincarnation- Belief that the soul is reborn
2. Karma- good or bad deed.
3. Siddhartha Gautama- founder of Buddhism
4. Enlightenment- Wisdom
5. Nirvana- Buddha's word for release from selfishness and pain.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Aim: What is Hinduism?
Do Now:
www.regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/beliefsystems/hinduism.cfm
Notes:
1. Hinduism is NOT a polytheistic religion Hindu's believe in one divine entity. All the gods are facets of this one god
2. Hindus believe that each' person has a soul.
3. Hindus believe in reincarnation- the soul is born again into another body
after death.
4. Karma- what good or bad deeds.
5. Caste System- is a rigid class structure based on Hinduism which is found in India.
www.regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/beliefsystems/hinduism.cfm
Notes:
1. Hinduism is NOT a polytheistic religion Hindu's believe in one divine entity. All the gods are facets of this one god
2. Hindus believe that each' person has a soul.
3. Hindus believe in reincarnation- the soul is born again into another body
after death.
4. Karma- what good or bad deeds.
5. Caste System- is a rigid class structure based on Hinduism which is found in India.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Aim: How did the civilization develop in the Yellow River Valley?
Do Now: Complete worksheet
Notes:
1) Dynasty - series of rulers from the same family
2) Mandate of Heaven - Divine right (god's will) to rule
3) loess - fertile soil
4) Feudalism - Medieval Political system based on the relationship between lords to vassals
Notes:
1) Dynasty - series of rulers from the same family
2) Mandate of Heaven - Divine right (god's will) to rule
3) loess - fertile soil
4) Feudalism - Medieval Political system based on the relationship between lords to vassals
Aim: How did the civilization develop in the Yellow River Valley?
Notes:
1. Bureaucracy- Organization of government into agencies and departments.
2. Yin and Yang - powers that govern the natural rhythms of life and must be balanced.
River Dynasties in China: pages 50-56
1. Complete the following timeline:
____________________________________________________________________________
_________B.C. ___________B.C. 1500 BC
Ur is a flourishing Eygptian pyramids China builds its first cities
City and
Indus valley cities built
2. Part of the reason for the endurance of China’s civilization is China’s__________________________.
3. Name 6 of the geographic barriers that isolated China:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
4. What are the 2 major rivers of China?
5. Almost ____________of China’s land mass is either __________________or ______________________.
6. Where is most of the arable (suitable for farming) land located in China?
7. What was the attitude of the Chinese towards people who lived outside their civilization?
8. The Chinese saw their country as the center of the world and they called it the
___________________________________.
9. The English name for the Huang He River is the _____________________________.
Why is it called that?
10. The catastrophic effects of the flooding of the Huang He is why it is sometimes called
__________________________________________.
11. Humans have inhabited China for _________________________.
12. What was the first dynasty to come to power in China?
The dates of the Shang Dynasty are:___________________________________.
13. What are 2 important reasons why we have a lot of information about the Shang?
14. Which had greater value in Chinese culture, the individual or the group?
15. Duties were owed most of all to which 2 authorities?______________________and
____________________.
16. What was the most important virtue in Chinese society?
17. ____________controlled the family property and made decisions, while women were
treated as_______________________.
18. What was the only way a woman could improve her status?
19. The family in China was closely connected to _______________________.
20. Who had the power to bring good fortune or disaster to a Chinese family?
21. How did Chinese regard the spirits of the ancestors?
22. What was the relationship between the written and spoken language of China?
23. What was the advantage of their system of writing?
24. What was a major disadvantage of the Chinese system of writing?
25. Just to be barely literate, Chinese had to learn______________characters and to be a scholar required learning _______________characters.
26.. What effect did the Chinese system of writing have on their culture?
27. What group formed a special class in Chinese society?
1. Bureaucracy- Organization of government into agencies and departments.
2. Yin and Yang - powers that govern the natural rhythms of life and must be balanced.
River Dynasties in China: pages 50-56
1. Complete the following timeline:
____________________________________________________________________________
_________B.C. ___________B.C. 1500 BC
Ur is a flourishing Eygptian pyramids China builds its first cities
City and
Indus valley cities built
2. Part of the reason for the endurance of China’s civilization is China’s__________________________.
3. Name 6 of the geographic barriers that isolated China:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
4. What are the 2 major rivers of China?
5. Almost ____________of China’s land mass is either __________________or ______________________.
6. Where is most of the arable (suitable for farming) land located in China?
7. What was the attitude of the Chinese towards people who lived outside their civilization?
8. The Chinese saw their country as the center of the world and they called it the
___________________________________.
9. The English name for the Huang He River is the _____________________________.
Why is it called that?
10. The catastrophic effects of the flooding of the Huang He is why it is sometimes called
__________________________________________.
11. Humans have inhabited China for _________________________.
12. What was the first dynasty to come to power in China?
The dates of the Shang Dynasty are:___________________________________.
13. What are 2 important reasons why we have a lot of information about the Shang?
14. Which had greater value in Chinese culture, the individual or the group?
15. Duties were owed most of all to which 2 authorities?______________________and
____________________.
16. What was the most important virtue in Chinese society?
17. ____________controlled the family property and made decisions, while women were
treated as_______________________.
18. What was the only way a woman could improve her status?
19. The family in China was closely connected to _______________________.
20. Who had the power to bring good fortune or disaster to a Chinese family?
21. How did Chinese regard the spirits of the ancestors?
22. What was the relationship between the written and spoken language of China?
23. What was the advantage of their system of writing?
24. What was a major disadvantage of the Chinese system of writing?
25. Just to be barely literate, Chinese had to learn______________characters and to be a scholar required learning _______________characters.
26.. What effect did the Chinese system of writing have on their culture?
27. What group formed a special class in Chinese society?
Monday, October 25, 2010
Aim: How did geography affect the development of China?
Task 1:
On map, label:
Mongolia
Huang He River
Yangtze River
Himalaya Mountains
Gobi Desert
Pacific Ocean
East China Sea
South China Sea
Task #2
What physical features served as barriers that kept China from the outside world?
Task #3
Create a book about the yellow River
Page 1: Title
Page 2: Drawing of the Yellow River
Page 3: How did the river get its name?
Page 4: How does the river affect life?
On map, label:
Mongolia
Huang He River
Yangtze River
Himalaya Mountains
Gobi Desert
Pacific Ocean
East China Sea
South China Sea
Task #2
What physical features served as barriers that kept China from the outside world?
Task #3
Create a book about the yellow River
Page 1: Title
Page 2: Drawing of the Yellow River
Page 3: How did the river get its name?
Page 4: How does the river affect life?
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