APW Chapter 3 and 4 Questions

Chapter Three:  Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations

1.      How did climate change impact the Sudan and Nile River Valley?

2.      What makes the Nile River Valley an ideal place for an early civilization?

3.      How, when and why does Egypt become unified?  What is the political significance of this?

4.      Answer the question on page 65

5.      How does the Middle Kingdom differ from the Early Kingdom of Egypt?

6.      Who were the Hyksos and how did they change Egyptian history?

7.      How is the New Kingdom different from the previous Egyptian kingdoms?

8.      Describe and assess the social and political cultures of Egypt

9.      What role did the Nile River play in trade and transportation?  With whom did the Egyptians trade, what goods were traded and what advantages did that give them?

10.  Compare writing in Egypt to that in Sumer

11.  Why is the Rosetta Stone considered one of the greatest archeological finds?

12.  What was the belief system of the Nubians?

13.  Who were the Bantu?

14.  Where, why, when and how did the Bantu migrate?

15.  How did agriculture spread through sub-Saharan Africa?  What foods were spreading?

16.  What religious beliefs were found in sub-Saharan Africa?

Essay:  C/C  Using the early Mesopotamian societies and the Nile River societies, compare and contrast agriculture, government, religion and technology.

Chapter Four:  Early Societies in South Asia

1.       Who were the Harappans and why do we know so little about them?

2.      Describe the Harappan society including: government, trade, social, technology and religion

3.      What brought about the end of the Harappan societies?

4.      Who were the Aryans?  (Not the Hitler kind, the Indus River Valley kind)

5.      What are the Vedas and what religious ideas and changes do they bring to the Indus River Valley?

6.      How does the Caste system originate and how does it work?

7.      Answer the question on page 98

8.      Where the teachings of the Aryan and Dravidians?

9.      Answer question on page 102

Essay:  C/C Using the religious ideas presented in all four chapters, compare and contrast the basis of the religions, the cultural implications and religious ideals in early societies.