Chapter 1

The olmec civilization was located in the modern day ____________________. It dates back to
1500bc. The olmecs are known for their huge statues of heads. These heads were made
of________________. The olmecs made fine pottery and developed their own calendar and
writing system. Their shamans, believed the human and animal worlds were mixed.

The oldest known city in the Americas is Caral, located in _______________________. It dates
back to 2627bc. The people there built pyramids. Their pyramids were built with stones and
_______________. The people of Caral ate vegetables and fish.

Basalt Peru Rafts Mexico Mud

1. What was one of the Olmec Gods?

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2. What was the name of the Olmecs method of writing?

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3. People of Caral used dried fish as______________________________ .

Chapter 2

As the pharaohs of the new kingdom lost power, the Kingdom of _____________________
grew in power and took over Egypt. When the Assyrians invaded Egypt, the Kushite people
were forced south. They moved their capital to a city called Meroe. Many
____________________ stopped in Meroe to trade goods.

Axum was in what is now ________________. It was located on the Red Sea. King Ezena
defeated Meroe, and Axum replaced Meroe as a leading trading center. The _______________
people lived in West Africa and made terracotta statues.

Nok Ethiopia Caravans Kush

1. What material did the Assyrians used to create their weapons?

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 2. What type of resources were traded on Meroe?

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3. What was the name of the product used by the Nok people to create statues?

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Chapter 3

Monte Alban was a ancient city in Central America. It is known for its ________________.
These carvings show human figures in twisted shapes.

The largest city in Central America at this time was _____________________. It had many as
100,000 people. The people of Teotihuacan honored many gods. They felt they needed to
please the Gods in order to stay alive. The Pyramid of the _________________ had five
terraces.

Another civilization, the Mayan, began to grow. They used a _______________ method for
farming and built raised fields.

Sacrifice Teotihuacan Slash and Burn Bas reliefs Sun

1. Why is there a temple called the Building of the Dancers?

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2. What civilization created Monte Alban?

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3. What type of things can you find on the Avenue of the Dead?

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4. What does the slash and burn consist of?

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 Chapter 4

The Chaldeans ruled after the Assyrians. They were followed by the Persians. The first Persian
king was ___________________. He was known for his tolerance. He let people keep their
customs. Another king _____________________ divided the Persian Empire into provinces.
The Persians built roads to improve travel.

____________________ introduced the Persians to new religious ideas. The Persians tried to
defeat the _________________________ but failed .The Persian empire lost power over the
next century and lost control of its vast land.

Cyrus Darius Zoroaster Greeks Marathon

1. What is the Daric?

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2. How did Cyrus applied tolerance in his kingdom?

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3. The Chaldeans took over the land of _____________________ and they rebuilt the city
of _____________________.

Chapter 5

The Minoans and the __________________ were early Greek civilizations. Later, Athens and
Sparta were two powerful city states. The Athenians had a direct ___________________. They
had much more freedom than the Spartans had.

After fighting the Persians, Athens and Sparta fought each other in the
______________________. Sparta won and ruled Greece. Later, Alexander the Great
conquered and ruled a huge empire. Greek _________________________ spread and
remained strong for 300 years.

Democracy Peloponnesian Culture Philosophy Mycenians

1. What book did Homer wrote?

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2. How are Athens and Sparta alike?

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3. How are Athens and Sparta different?

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Chapter 1: Mexico, basalt, Peru mud,

1R= Juguar, 2R=Hieroglyphics 3R=Money

Chapter 2: Kush, Caravans, Ethiopia, Nok

1R= Iron, 2R=Gold, spices and other goods. 3R= Terracota

Chapter 3: Bas reliefs, Teotihuacan, Sun, Slash and Burn

1R= Because the statues of the temple look like dancers

2R= Zapotec, 3R= Pyramids, temples and Palaces 4R= Cutting the crops and burning all
the waste to protect the land and for the soil to kee pall the nutrients.

Chapter 4: Cyrus, Darius, Zoroaster, Greeks

1R= System based on a gold coin, 2R= by protecting all their goods, and avoid hurting the
people, 3R=Mesopotamia, Babylon

Chapter 5: Mycenians, Democracy, Peloponnesian War, Culture

1R= The Iliad and the Odyssey, 2R=Same language, same gods, enjoyed sports

3R=Athens: Democracy, enjoyed dancing and theater ,Philosophy.

Sparta: centered around army, kids were trained to be warriors, lived under harsh rules