Transcript Patterns of Early Civilization Chapter 2, Section 1

1. Team member names (on bottom of front page)
2. TEAM name – nice and big across the top
3. Description of your area – use prior knowledge,
the map and an atlas; write answers around
map.
10,000 BC!
1.
2.
Describe life.
How are you going to feed
everyone?
8,000 BC!
3. How are your lives different now?
4 What are people doing – if they
don’t have to gather and hunt?
7,000 BC!
5. Should you move? Why or why not?
6. Has settlement changed because of
this agricultural revolution?
6,000 BC!
7. What will people do with excess
food?
8. What will people do beside
farming?
4,000 BC!
5. What has changed due to farming?
6. Why is it called a “revolution”
WORLD HISTORY!
• Entire history of the world!!
• Theme for the YEAR = Making of
the modern world
• World History is about the 3 C’s:
– Change
– Comparison
– Context
NOMAD:
Back in the day, they would follow herds
of mammoth and bison,
and kill them for food.
Paleolithic Era
(10,000 BC to 2,500 BC)
• Humans were nomadic hunters and gatherers
who moved from place to place
Page 5 map - Key Development:
– humans migrated to all regions
Stone age people are able to hunt larger
animals such as mammoth & bison
New tools &
knowledge
(controlling fire)
The Agricultural (Neolithic) Revolution
takes place
Revolution
= relatively
fast,dramatic
change
EFFECT/RESULT:
People settle
& Civilizations
grow!
CAUSE:
• Farming &
Domestication of
animals =
Many of the first civilizations
developed in river valleys (p.10)
Yellow River
Nile River
Indus River
In River valleys b/c
Water IS life! Crops & animals
WHY????
Culture
• A people groups way of life.
• Learned behavior of a group
• Include characteristics such as: language, religion,
economy, government, family, location, etc.
• Read about the Nacirema (packet page 5 & 6)
– Follow directions.
– What are some examples of the characteristics
of this culture? (economy, religion, medical, etc.)
– What are your thoughts about this culture?
Civilization
• “a complex culture in which large
numbers of human being share a
number of common elements.”
(Spielvogel 12)
• Complete graphic organizer – The
Characteristics of Civilization
Priest were very powerful in many
early civilizations.
• A complex system developed to explain
various phenomenon – like the sun rising, rain
fall, etc. - -- PRIESTS therefore had POWER!
The priests
communicated with
the gods and made the
gods happy 
Early civilizations developed systems
of written communication.
* Record keeping
* Taxes!