History
Task 1 Mapping Ancient CivilizationsThe world's oldest civilizations began in the Middle East, Egypt, India, and China. In this task, you will map the civilizations of South and East Asia. Open this blank map file and look at the maps for South Asia and China and then complete the following activities. Using the drawing tools, draw the outline of the Indus Valley Civilization in South Asia and the outline of the area occupied by the Shang Dynasty in China. Then shade in both areas. Label important physical features on each of the maps. Be sure to include mountain ranges, rivers, deserts, oceans, and seas. Include the major cities of both civilizations on your maps, labeling them and placing them in the proper location. Properly label the major cities of both regions on the maps. . To see a sample map and get some mapping tips, view this mapping guide. The tips Included in the mapping guide can be used as a reference but may not apply to all image or word processing programs. Your maps can be copied from their current file and pasted into the program you choose to use for completing this task. Save your map and upload it to dropbox.
Then the Northern people began to preach, to lecture, and to write about thesin of slavery... And when the territories were settled they were not willing forany of them to become slaveholding. This would have made the North muchstronger than the South; and many of the men said they would vote for a law tofree all the negroes in the country. The Southern men tried to show them howunfair this would be, but still they kept on In the year 1860 the Abolitionists became strong enough to elect one oftheir own men for president. Abraham Lincoln was a weak man, and the Southbelieved he would deprive them of their rights. So the Southern states seceded,and elected Jefferson Davis for their President. This so enraged PresidentLincoln that he declared war, and has exhausted nearly all the strength of thenation, in vain attempt to whip the South back into the Union. Thousandsof lives have been lost, and the earth has been drenched with blood; but stillAbraham is unable to conquer the "Rebels" as he calls the south. The Southonly asked to be let alone, and divide the public property equally. It would havebeen wise in the North to have said to her Southern sisters, "If you are not con-tent to dwell with us longer, depart in peace. We will divide the inheritance withyou, and may you be a great nation."-Geographical Reader of the Dixie Childrentextbook for schoolchildren in the Confederacy, 1863