The Movers and Makers

The Movers and Makers

• I can identify the Bantu migration patterns and contribution to settled agriculture.

• I can explain the rise of the Olmecs.

• I can explain how geography contributed to the movement of people and ideas, including the silk roads and Indian Ocean Trade.

​Learning Targets

Multiple Select

What three things are we talking about today?

• The Bantu

• The Chinese

• The Olmec

• The Egyptians

• The Silk Road

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Egypt​ ​

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Meso​potamia​

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China​

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India​

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Nile

Tigris

Euphrates

Huang He

Indus

Match

Match the root, prefix or suffix to its correct meaning

• Poly

• Mono

• Theo

• Archy

• Meso

Many

One

God

To Rule

Middle

• Many

• One

• God

• To Rule

• Middle

Categorize

Options (13)

365 Day Calendar

Papyrus

Wheel

Hieroglyphics

Cuneiform

Gunpowder

Paper

Great Wall

Pi

Sewer System

Plumbing

Sanskrit

1st Political Law Code

Organize the technology to the correct civilization

Egypt

Mesopotamia

China

India

Labelling

use the map to label the 5 civilizations we have covered so far

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Mesopotamia

Hebrews

China

India

Egypt

• Originated in West Africa about 4,000 years ago

• Developed Iron
  Forests to Farms

• Migration from 500 BC to 600 AD

• Swahili = Bantu + Arabic

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The Bantu

• Mesoamerican civilization

• Primarily Mexico

• 1200 BC - 400 BC

• Hereditary Monarchy

• Agricultural - corn, beans, squash

• Bloodletting and human sacrifice

• Famous for the giant heads

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​The Olmec

• Trade is very important

• Silk Road

• 100 BC - 800 AD

• 1200 AD - 1500 AD

• religion, horses, cotton cloth, glassware, spices, perfumes, slaves, new foods

• Indian Ocean Trade

• ​Long stays due to monsoons

• ebony, ivory, copper, myrrh, frankincense,

  dates, spices, jewels, cotton cloth, and silk

Trade Routes

Open Ended

What are some NON Tangible things that are spread through trade?

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Bantu

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Egypt

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India

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Hebrews

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Olmec

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China

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Silk Road

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Indian Ocean Trade

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Mesopotamia