Starter quiz
- The ______ civilisation developed by the Yellow River.
- 'Shang' ✓
- Match the keywords to the definitions.
- cuneiform⇔Writing invented in Sumer ✓
- hieroglyphics⇔Writing invented in Ancient Egypt ✓
- Which is the correct definition of trade?
- creating beautiful objects
- buying and selling goods ✓
- writing messages to the gods
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- A religious building from Sumer was called a ______.
- 'ziggurat' ✓
- Sort the first development of these civilisations from oldest to newest
- 1⇔4000 BCE Sumer
- 2⇔3000 BCE Ancient Egypt
- 3⇔2000 BCE Shang
- Which materials did ancient artists use?
- clay ✓
- stone ✓
- plastic
- bronze ✓
- cardboard
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Exit quiz
- All ancient civilisations left a ______ lifestyle to live and settle permanently.
- 'nomadic' ✓
- Why was farming successful in early civilisations?
- They had tractors.
- They lived on fertile land. ✓
- They lived in the desert.
- They lived near rivers. ✓
- They learned to control river water. ✓
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- Which sentences are true?
- All ancient buildings were the same style.
- Only Sumer built cities.
- All early civilisations built cities. ✓
- Indus Valley did not build cities.
- All civilisations built cities in different styles. ✓
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- Cuneiform writing was first used to record ______ of goods.
- 'trade' ✓
- Ancient civilisations all had different styles of ______, writing and building.
- 'art' ✓
- What was bronze useful for making?
- art ✓
- houses
- tools ✓
- carts
- weapons ✓
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Key learning points
- All of these early civilisations left a nomadic lifestyle because they found ways of farming fertile ground near rivers.
- All of them built permanent places to live like cities, along with other buildings for the purpose of religion.
- All of these early civilisations traded with people from far away and developed their own forms of writing.
- All of these early civilisations made bronze and used this metal for tools, weapons and artwork.
- Despite all these similarities, all of these early civilisations had different styles of writing, building and art.
Common misconception
Nomadic lifestyles no longer exist.
Discuss the fact that many people in different parts of the world still live a nomadic lifestyle, some through choice and others as part of a continuing and ancient tradition.
Keywords
Permanent - something that is permanent stays the same
Style - the special way something is made or designed to look is its style
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