Starter quiz
- Which of these were 'cradles of civilisation'?
- Ancient Egypt ✓
- Shang ✓
- Rome
- Indus Valley ✓
- Sumer ✓
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- Match each type of ancient art to the material it was made from.
- sculptures and statues⇔stone or other hard materials ✓
- pottery⇔clay ✓
- jewellery⇔metals like gold and silver ✓
- What kinds of settlements did civilisations first build?
- tents
- caves
- cities ✓
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- Which statement is true?
- no early civilisations traded
- all early civilisations traded with people from far away ✓
- some early civilisations traded with people from far away
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- All early civilisations created ______ made by artists and craftspeople.
- 'art' ✓
- What materials did ancient artists use?
- clay ✓
- plastic
- stone ✓
- bronze ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which statement is true?
- Ancient civilisations had different gods and goddesses. ✓
- Ancient civilisations all had the same gods and goddesses.
- Ancient civilisations had no gods or goddesses.
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- Each ancient civilisation built ______ from stone or mudbrick.
- 'temples' ✓
- What keyword means to give up something valuable for a reason?
- 'sacrifice' ✓
- Match the writing with the civilisation.
- cuneiform⇔Sumer ✓
- hieroglyphics⇔Ancient Egypt ✓
- Which civilisation's writing has not yet been deciphered?
- Shang
- Indus Valley ✓
- Sumer
- Ancient Egyptian
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- What did ancient writing record in all early civilisations?
- their bedtimes
- their laws ✓
- their religious stories ✓
- their breakfast ✓
- their trade ✓
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Key learning points
- Despite having different gods and goddesses, all of these ancient civilisations built special religious buildings.
- Many of them, like the Shang, the Egyptians and the Indus people, offered sacrifices to their gods.
- All of these civilisations produced writing about trade, religion, laws and rulers.
- Archaeologists and historians have managed to understand this writing, apart from that of the Indus Valley civilisation.
Common misconception
Ancient writing was only for stories about rulers and gods.
Discuss the four different uses of ancient writing: trade, laws, religion and rulers. Discuss how these are similar to modern use, like laws needed for an ancient civilisation to develop, and think about the kinds of laws they would have needed.
Keywords
Decipher - to first understand a different language or code you must decipher it
Sacrifice - to give up something valuable for a reason is a sacrifice
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