Assignment 11

Franks Map game results 270 seconds

and

Franks World Capital Scores 16700

1. When did the Indus Valley civilization exist? ( between 2600 and 1900 B.C)

2. What countries did this civilization spread across? ( Pakastan, India and parts of Afganistan)

3. How many settlements have archaeologists discovered? ( 2000)

4. Which city may have been an important port city? ( Lothal)

5. Which city was excavated by archaeologists in 1920? (Harappa)

6. What does “Mohenjo-Daro” mean? (Mound of Dead )

7. Which is the biggest settlement archaeologists have found in the Indus Valley?

( Mohenjo- Daro)

8. What type of photographs do archaeologists usually take? ( aerial Photos)

9. What’s significant about “First Street”? (the largest street)

10. What were bricks used for there? (building houses)

11. Did their houses have drains? (yes)

12. What were the wells used for? (obtaining water)

13. What were the narrow drains used for? (draining old water)

14. What artifacts did you find using the “Excavation Map”? (seal)

15. Finish playing the game. Each person in your group should write a TWO paragraph summary
about this game and post it to your blog.

Assignment 9

Where is the Taj Mahal?(southern Uttar Pradesh and Agra)

When was it built? ( In 1631)

Who built it? (by Shah Jehan )

Why was it built? (as a tomb for Shah Jehan's wife, Arjuman Banu Begum)

What materials is it constructed from? (white domed marble)

Chapter 3 Section Review 2

1. Canaan, Palestine, and Israel/Christians, Jews, and Muslims


2. Dan and Beersheba


3. strategic geographic location


4. Ten Commandments


5. He would be a God to the descendants of Abraham


6. the Phoenicians


7. Solomon built the temple and David conquered many nations


8. Israel was divided into two kingdoms


9. 70 A.D.

Identify

Abraham- "father of a great nation"

Patriarchs- The founding faaathers of the naation of isreal

Moses- one of the greatest men in world history

Covenant- a solemn agreement

Theocracy- a nation ruled by God

Alphebet- phonetic system of righting in which letters are used to represent sounds

Sinai Script - the first true alphebet

Literacy- the ability to read and right

721B.C- Samaria fell to the Assyrian invaators

586 B.C- Jerusalem fell to the Babylonian Empire

Middle East Geography Game

Score: 170

Chapter 3 Section Review 1

1. algebra
2. relam of government and law
3. Hittites
4. Shalmaneser and Sargon II
5. Ashurbanipal
6. Nabopolassar
7. Nebuchadnezzar
8. Darius I
9. Xerxes, Artaxerxes
10. they respected the law

Assignment 3

Photo 1? (People having fun swimming)

Photo 2? (Husband and wife working with bees)

Photo 3? (Man walking down the steps of a ziggerat)

Photo 4? ( Lady voting)

Photo 5? (People walking in a marketplace)

WH Blog Assignment #2

a. Fact 1 - Iraq is dominated by which 2 rivers? (Tigris and Euphrates)
b. Fact 2 - Rocky deserts cover about what percent of the land? (40%)
c. Fact 3 - Are their protected natural areas in Iraq? (no)
d. Fact 4 - What species are at risk in Iraq? ( cheethas , wild goats and dungongs)
e. Fact 5 - Describe "carp" fish. ( they can grow up to 300 pounds)
f. Fact 6 - What's gone on in Iraq during the past 15 years? (two major wars and terorism)
g. Fact 7 - What is Iraq's nickname? ( the "craddle of civilization)
h. Fact 8 - Who established the first known system of laws? (Hammurabi)
i. Fact 9 - When did Babylonian rule end? (539 B.C.)
j. Fact 10 - When did Iraq become an independent country? (1932)
k. Fact 11 - What happened to Saddam Hussein? (exucuted)
l. Fact 12 - True or False: Iraq is one of the most culturally diverse nations. (true)
m. Fact 13 - Today, how many Iraqis can read/write? (40%)
n. Fact 14 - When were Iraq's first democratic elections held?
o. Fact 15 - What does Iraq have the "world's second largest supply of"? ( oil)
p. Fact 16 - What's the official name of Iraq? What is the capital city? How many people live there? (Republic of iraq)( Baghdad)(26,783,383)
q. Fact 17 - What is Iraq's money called?( New Iraq Dinar)

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