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Today in class we are going to present our 8th grade presentations today.

GROUP 1: Bill,Brain,Taylor
1. The Land Bridge
-hunters crossed for hunting
-formed by ice during the ice age
-35,000BC and 6000BC
2. Colonies
-formed 1607
-English came over for

Today we watched presentations. The land bridge formed during the ice age, hunters crossed for hunting, happened from35,000 to 6000 BC. Colonies formed from 1607. English came to America for religious reasons. Brought more civilizations. Revolutionar

Today we are presenting our projects on the different political systems.

dicatatorship- one person has all the power- Adolf Hitler

aunarchy- when there is no government

democracy- represenative/direct represenative citizens who vote for leaders who make

Today we presented our group projects on democracy. My group went first. Communism is a system in which everyone is equal. Everyone is at the same level. Russia use to be, China,Cuba,North Korea, Vietnam are communist. Communism was made by Karl Marx

We presented our projects today. We could have elaborated a little more, but I think we did good.

Democracy- Representative- Citizens vote for leaders who make/change laws. Examples: U.S., Italy, Brazil, Germany, Argentina. Leaders: Barack Obama, Dilm

We started doing presentations today. We have Socialism and Capitalism. 1) Democracy has two examples of it representative democracy- citizens vote for leaders who make/change laws. Countries- United States, Argentina, Germany, Brazil, and Italy. Dir

today we started by presenting our projects and talked about the different political systems

dictatorship- when one person has all the control, Adolf Hitler

anarchy- when there is no government

democracy- representative/direct representative- citizens v

We presented 2 of the powerpoints and skits. Then discussed a little bit about them. Then the Democracy group (Michale and Jake) went. Representative Democracy is about Citizens voting fo leaders who will make or change laws. The U.S., argentina, ger

China- The Yellow River -city was mainly built of wood -the shang people needed walled cities because wars -poor people lived in huts -rich lived in timber framed houses with wall of clay and straw -the main reason why it is called the yellow river i

idus river

harappa built on a mud platform

they know how to read and right

mohenjoo-daro

means hill of death

geo

rain fall wat 5-20 inches

1976 miles long

mostly used for trading and irigation

mesosoptamia

means between the rivers

nile

they grew crops around the

We study history so it doesn't repet.

People in BC were hunter and gatherers called nomads.

The 4 early river valley place we will study are Mesopotamian, Nile, Indus, and China yellow river.

The end or the empire and what new kind of people came there

Nile River Valley- in northern africa, the 4000+ mile Nile runs through Sudan, and Egypt. the river is used for transportation, as well as sending goods and building materials from the south to the north. the economy was based off of farming, and the

NILE

Geography

-The nile would flood every year from July/November

-flooding would provide new rich soil for the Egyptians

-it would wash away waste

-the seas surrounded them and protected them from wars and disease

Importance of River

How river worked in t

                                                             Mesopotamia

City

• Uruk- in 5000 B.C.E the city was found, 50,000-80,000 people in the 6km walk which made it the largest city in the world.

• Nippur- considered as a sacred group, found in 5000 B

The Nile River Valley

-The nile is the longest river in the world-4,100 miles

• floods every year from july to november
• this brought rich soil and washed away waste
• used for transportation since it runs north and south
• valley contains deposits of granite, s

China yellow river

Civilization- Anyang was built ,ainly of wood, the city stood in a forest clearing. the rich people live in the timber house with walls of clay and straw. poor people lived in huts outside the city,

The main reason why its called the

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  • Goes through Egypt
  • 4150 miles long
  • Floods from July to November
  • Brought new soil
  • Surrounding seas protected them from war and disease
  • River was used for transportation, north and south
  • Valley contains granite, sandstone, limestone
  • Farming
  • Animals were large

Nile River Valley

• located in africa goes through egypt
• longest river in the world
• necessary for farming
• used for traveling
• floods july- november
• flood brought rich soil and washed away waste around the river
• surrounding seas protected them from war and dise

The Early River Valley Civilizations-

1. Mesopotamian Babylonian Empire was the most powerful state in the anichent world, had most fertle ground,  jews where there for 70 years, Babylon means gate of the gods, was in Mesopotamia between the Tigris an