UNIDAD EDUCATIVA MONTE TABOR – NAZARET Área de Social Studies Actividades de refuerzo académico I QM 2015 - 2016 NOMBRE: _______________________________ CURSO: 9 _______ FECHA: __________________ PROFESOR/A: Claudia Hahn Contenido: Caligrafía: Presentación Ortografía: 10 Instrucciones sobre las actividades de refuerzo: Estas actividades de refuerzo académico tienen como objetivo mejorar el desempeño académico de los estudiantes que han obtenido una nota inferior a 7/10 en el examen quimestral y/o en el promedio quimestral, lo cual indica de acuerdo a la escala cualitativa de evaluación que el estudiante está próximo a alcanzar los aprendizajes requeridos o no ha alcanzado los aprendizajes requeridos. La actividad desarrollada debe entregarse al profesor de la asignatura a partir del 13 de octubre en la primera hora de clases de esa asignatura. Se realizará una retroalimentación del trabajo y la calificación corresponderá como lección del primer parcial del segundo quimestre. Semana 1 a. Write 5 lines paragraphs to answer each of the following questions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. (5 points) Why were cities important in the development of a civilization? Why did the development of agriculture lead to the establishment of villages? What were the achievements of Homo erectus and Homo Sapiens during the Stone Age? What do you think was more important to the progress of human development- mastery of fire or the development of language? Defend you answer. How did the ability to create increasingly sophisticated tools and technology help early people to develop increasingly complex city life? How did Sumer´s location in the Fertile Crescent allow the civilization to have specialized workers? Why didn´t the priest establish dynasties? Why did Akkadians and other invaders adopt Sumer´s culture? What were the three main problems Sumerians had to face? How did they solve them? How did the Sumerians view the gods? b. Complete the following graph with the correct information of each civilization. Write 2 examples for each aspect (3 points) SUMER ENVIRONMENT POWER AND AUTHORITY (RELIGION) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EGYPT c. Write the letter of the term that best matches the description. a. Fertile Crescent f. loess b. pharaoh g. Indus Valley c. polytheism (1 point) d. Shang h. hieroglyphics i. dynasty e. Hammurabi j. pictographs ____1. What ruler was famous for a uniform code of laws that unified his empire. ____2. Which early civilization had the first planned cities with sophisticated plumbing? ____3. What is the region in Southwest Asia where the first civilization arose? _____4. In which form of writing did pictures stand for ideas? _____5. What is a deposit of fertile, windblown soil called? _____6.What is a series of rulers that come from a single family? _____7. Which ruler was considered to be both a king and a god? _____8. In which form of Egyptian writing did pictures stand for both ideas and sounds? ____ 9. What is the belief in many gods? ____10. Which king consulted the gods through the use of oracle bones? d. Complete the following chart Why do you think Homo sapiens were named “wise men”? What role did irrigation systems play in the development of civilizations? What were environmental problems of the Sumerians? How did being surrounded by deserts benefit Egypt? How did the pharaohs of the Middle Kingdom improve life for the common people? (1 point)