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ContentsSection 1Chapter 1: The Beginning of Time
1. Where Did Man Come From? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12. Sin Disrupts God’s Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33. Civilizations Develop and Scatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54. Archaeologists Study Ancient Civilizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85. Quiz 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 2Chapter 2: Early Civilizations
6. Scattered People Build Civilizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117. A Civilization Arises in the Fertile Crescent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148. Sumerians Write Without Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179. Empires Emerge in Sumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
10. Quiz 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 3Chapter 3: Abraham—From Ur to Canaan
11. Sumerians Face Troubled Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2212. Mesopotamians Fear Many Gods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2513. God Makes a Covenant With Abraham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2714. Famine Forces a Move From Canaan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2915. Self Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3116. Review for the LightUnit Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
This LightUnit goes with pages 1-47 of Across the Ages,
the textbook for Level 700 of Christian Light Education’s Social Studies Series.
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A History of Western Civilization
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Section x TitleSection 2 Early Civilizations
LESSON 6
SECTION 2.1Text pp. 18-21
Scattered People Build Civilizations
Read “Scattered People Build Civilizations” (pp. 18-21).
Study Exercises
Use the map on page 19 of the textbook to answer the questions.
1. Which civilization ended in 300 B.C.?
2. People of which civilization traveled through Asia to the Americas?
3. Which civilization lasted through the time of Christ?
Complete the chart.
Early Civilizations
People group or place of origin
Settlement or route Present-day country or continent
east and southeast of Sumer4. settled along the
River5. Northern India and
east and southeast of Sumer settled along the Yellow River 6.
Inuit and Plains Indians7. crossed the
Russia and Alaska
8. , Mayans, Central America
Norte Chico, Chavín, Incas 9.
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Lesson 6
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Complete the sentences.
10. The Egyptian and civilizations greatly influenced all Western civilizations.
11. Two ways large rivers helped villages develop into thriving cities included:
a. They supplied water for .
b. They served as highways for with other regions.
12. What were characteristics of the Polynesians?
a. They used ocean currents and to determine directions.
b. They could detect up to fifty miles from land.
13. The two continents were settled after Egypt, India, and China were settled.
Answer the questions.14. How did God cause people to leave Sumer and travel to other parts of the world?
15. What evidence is there that the Incan stone masons were more skilled than those of Central
America?
16. Were buildings in Central or North America of better quality?
Review
Match each item with its description. Each answer will be used twice.
17. the science of studying ancient writings
18. uses pottery artifacts to date the layers of a dig
19. includes knowing how ancient people wrote their language
20. the science of unearthing artifacts to study about ancient cultures
Answer the questions.21. What kind of writing uses signs or symbols to represent ideas?
22. What cycle did many ancient cities experience?
a. archaeologyb. paleography
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Complete the sentences using words from the word box.
artifacts balks ostraca sherds tells
23. Pieces of pottery with writing on them are .
24. are walls that separate an archaeological dig.
25. are man-made objects that have survived for many years.
26. Hills that have formed from years of human activity are known as .
27. Pieces of pottery that are the most common artifacts are known as .
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LESSON 7
SECTION 2.2Text pp. 22-25
A Civilization Arises in the Fertile Crescent
Read “A Civilization Arises in the Fertile Crescent” (pp. 22-25).
Study Exercises
Use the map on page 22 of the textbook to label each place on the map.
Black Sea Euphrates River Persian Gulf Tigris RiverCaspian Sea Mediterranean Sea Red Sea
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1. ___________________
4. ______________________
5. ____________________
2. ___________________
6. ___________________
7. ___________________
3. __________________________
Answer the questions.8. What area is bounded by five large bodies of water?
9. What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
10. What is a city with its own king and government called?
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Cross out the incorrect answer to each question.11. Which statements are true about the Fertile Crescent?
a. It was the capital city of Mesopotamia.
b. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow through it.
c. It is a land of low rolling hills curving across the Middle East.
d. The name is appropriate because of the rich farmland and shape of the region.
12. Which statements are true about canals and levees?a. They were built by workforces.
b. They were used to reduce evaporation.
c. The Sumerians built them to carry river water to their fields.
d. Sumerian kings used them to control the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Complete the exercises.13. Complete the two important activities of early Sumerian kings.
a. organizing to build canals
b. training to protect against invaders14. Describe how each part of the Fertile Crescent changed in the centuries after the Flood.
a. climate:
b. rainfall:
c. streams and rivers:
15. Put a check mark beside each tool or technology the Sumerians developed or invented.a. wheel
b. gunpowder
c. paper
d. glass
e. canals
f. plow
g. compass
h. underground irrigation channels
Review
Circle the letters of the answers to the question.16. Which two continents were the last to be settled?
a. Asia
b. Africa
c. Europed. North America
e. South America
f. Australia
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Complete the sentences.17. Because God confused their language, people left and began settling around
the world.
18. People traveled east and southeast of Sumer and settled along the River in
modern-day Pakistan and India, and along the River in China.
Write true if the sentence is true and false if the sentence is false.
19. Because rivers supplied irrigation water and served as highways for trade, they helped villages become cities.
20. Buildings in North America were of better quality than buildings in Central America.
21. All civilizations of the world were affected by the Sumerian and Egyptian civilizations.
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LESSON 8
SECTION 2.3Text pp. 26-28
Sumerians Write Without Words
Read “Sumerians Write Without Words” (pp. 26-28).
Study Exercises
Complete the sentences.
1. writing uses simple pictures to show events such as a hunt or a victory in war.
2. The two main forms of Sumerian writing included and pictographs.
3. Sumerian merchants traveled west as far as the shores of the
and east as far as .
4. Sumerians gained wealth from their extensive routes.
5. Sumerians used the first known standard measure of value, the bushel.
6. Sumerians divided the circle into degrees, the hour into minutes, and
the year into months.
Put a check mark beside each correct answer.7. Which three statements are characteristics of cuneiform writing?
a. Cuneiform writing used pictures to represent events.
b. Cuneiform writing used wedge-shaped characters to express ideas.
c. Cuneiform writing in clay tablets provided a semi-permanent record.
d. Cuneiform writing completely replaced pictographs in Sumerian writing.
8. Which four statements are true about Sumerian education?
a. Sumerian schooling was free.
b. Sumerian school days lasted six hours.
c. Sumerian schools were called tablet schools.
d. Sumerian students took years to master cuneiform.
e. Sumerians did not place a high value on education.
f. Sumerian students studied mostly language and math.
g. Sumerian students were mostly boys from wealthy families.
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Answer the questions.9. What shape was the reed used to write on their tablets?
10. When was the oldest known medical textbook written?
11. What did students use for tablets?
Review
Cross out the incorrect answer to the question.12. Which technologies or tools were developed by the Sumerians?
a. wheel c. pyramids e. plow
b. canals d. glass f. underground irrigation channels
Complete the sentences.13. The two basic activities of Sumerian kings were organizing workforces to build
and training armies to protect against invaders.
14. Canals and levees were important because they helped to control the flooding of the
and Rivers.
15. The climate of the Fertile Crescent changed after the .
Match each item with its description.
16. area whose name means “between the rivers”
17. city that operated as a state with its own king and government
18. a region of rich farmland between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
Match each body of water with its location.
19. Mediterranean Sea
20. Caspian Sea
21. Persian Gulf
22. Black Sea
23. Red Sea
a. city-stateb. Fertile Crescentc. Mesopotamia
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