Studying the Ancient World



Studying the Ancient World

Chapter 1, Section 2

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Lesson Objective: __________________________________________________________

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Main Ideas

1. Using the ____________ they have gathered allows historians to draw ____________ about societies in the past.

2. Views of the past change because of new ____________ and new ____________.

USING THE EVIDENCE

Archaeologists, historians, and other experts ____________ what happened in the past.

They collect _______ and study them to reveal ____________ about past societies.

Finding out about a ____________ involves studying its ________ ___________.

____________ play a key role in social structure.

____________ and art often reveal a lot about family life in past societies.

Politicians’ speeches tell us about the ____________ of the past.

The speeches of ____________ politicians show that the ____________ valued democracy and freedom.

Clues exist in ____________.

If Roman coins are found in China and Chinese coins in Rome, historians can figure out that the Romans and Chinese had an ____________ connection.

Recall What is one thing that the Rig Veda tells us about ancient Indian society

Describe What kind of evidence can help us learn about economic systems?

Draw Conclusions How may the information that we learn from an ancient Greek speech be incomplete?

BELIEFS & VALUES

Many sources reveal a society’s ___________ and _____________.

The teachings of ____________ show the family’s importance in Chinese society.

____________ ancient languages is hard for historians.

The best-known example of how this can work lies in the ____________ ____________ of Egypt.

It contains the same message in ____________ and in two kinds of ____________ writing.

Scholars could read ____________ and that made ____________ the message possible.

A society’s _____ may reveal its religious beliefs.

Egyptians placed valuable items such as ____________ and ____________ in tombs.

That evidence teaches that Egyptians believed in ______ after death.

_______________ also suggest certain facts about a society.

Greek statues of ____________ suggest that the Greeks valued _________.

At times archaeologists find items whose ___________ is not ____________.

Experts often ____________ on the meaning of these objects.

Recall What did historians learn from the Rosetta Stone?

Make Inferences If archaeologists unearthed a city where the temple was the only place decorated with art, what could they infer?

Evaluate Why may sources tell different stories about a culture’s beliefs and values?

NEW DISCOVERIES

What we think about history is always ____________.

New historical ____________ can give us new ____________ about when events occurred.

Very old human bones discovered in Africa and the Americas tell us that human ____________ may have happened much earlier than had been thought.

New archaeological finds can ____________ our view of history.

Scholars once believed that the Maya wee peaceful, but recent findings of their writings show that Maya rulers often _________ with their neighbors.

Recall What might cause us to rethink history?

Predict What do you think would happen if historians found a Chinese sailor’s journal from 1400 that described the Grand Canyon?

NEW INTERPRETATIONS

Historians change their views based on the time, place, and ____________ within which they live.

We now see that ____________ played key roles in U.S. history, but in the past their contributions drew little notice.

An open, ____________ mind is necessary to help historians consider new evidence in evaluating the past.

Explain What are some changes in American society that have affected interpretations of history?

Draw Conclusions Why is it a good thing that historians now study how ordinary people lived?

Predict What dangers may reinterpretations of history present?

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