The Beginning of Civilization

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UNIT 1

• The Beginning of Civilization

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Earth History

• Timeline how old is Earth?
• What do we know today thru artifacts?
• What were the early hominids?
• Australopithcine
• Homo Habilis
• Home Erectus
• Homo Sapiens
• How have we changed?
• How can we infer culture?

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Paleolithic and Neolithic

• Who lived in the Paleolithic Era?
• How did their technology advance over time?
• How did they adapt to their environments?
• Who lived in the Neolithic Era?
• Why was this era considered a Revolution?
• How did domestication aid in advancing culture,
  society and agriculture?
• What was the Bronze Age?
• - Who was Catal Huyuk?

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Chapter 1 Key Terms Sections 1 and 2

• Mary Leakey
• Louis Leakey
• Culture
• Artifacts
• Hominid
• Paleolithic Era
• Nomads
• Animism
• Neolithic Era
• Domestication
• Bronze Age
• Megaliths

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A Growing World

• What is beginning to change as the villages grow?
• Irrigation systems, allowed people to farm where?
• How were economies developing?
• What was the form of commerce? What kind of
  economy?
• Where were cities being formed?
• Name their characteristics
• How did this evolve culture?

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Early Civilizations

• Whats around early civilizations?
• SW Asia, Africa, South Asia and China
• The area between the Tigris and Euphrates is AKA
  ____________________ in the _________________
• Talk about some characteristics of the early
  civilizations
• How did culture spread?

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The Cradle of Civilization in Fertile Crescent
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Chapter 1 Key Terms Section 3

• Division of labor
• Surplus
• Traditional economy
• Civilization
• Artisan
• Cultural diffusion