Question

name: bella w date: 10/25
evidence of civilizations
directions: pick one of the civilizations below to research. check teams for links to info. then share notes with classmates to complete the rest of the boxes.
table with columns: china (shang dynasty), mesoamerica (olmec), tigris – euphrates valley (sumer); rows: economic (specialized jobs, complex technologies), social/cultural (cities, writing and record keeping, social classes, highly organized religions), political (central governments and law codes), environmental (agricultural practices, natural resources); with handwritten notes in each cell

Explanation:

Since the problem is about researching civilizations (Shang Dynasty, Olmec, Sumer) and filling out a worksheet with economic, social/cultural, political, and environmental aspects, the discipline is Social Science and the subfield is History (as it deals with studying past civilizations).

For the Environmental section (taking Sumer as an example, but can be applied to others):

To complete the Environmental section for a civilization like Sumer (Tigris - Euphrates Valley):

1. Agricultural practices: Sumerians used irrigation from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. They built canals, dikes, and reservoirs to control water for farming, growing crops like barley, wheat, dates, and vegetables.
2. Natural resources: The region had fertile soil (alluvial deposits from river floods), clay (used for making bricks and pottery), reeds (for building materials and writing tablets), and access to stone, wood, and metal through trade (as they were scarce locally).

Answer:

(Filling the Environmental section for Sumer as an example):

Environmental	Tigris - Euphrates Valley (Sumer)
Natural resources	- Fertile alluvial soil from river floods. <br> - Clay (for bricks, pottery, tablets). <br> - Reeds (for construction, writing materials). <br> - Scarce local stone/wood/metal, obtained via trade.

(If the task was to explain how to research or fill, this provides the key points. Adjust for other civilizations: e.g., Shang Dynasty had Yellow River for agriculture, used bronze, had forests (now depleted), etc.; Olmec had tropical climate, used jade, rubber, and farmed maize, beans, squash.)