chapter 1: toward civilization prehistory-3000 b.c. section 1: understanding our past section 2: the...

Chapter 1: Toward CivilizationPrehistory-3000 B.C.

Section 1: Understanding Our Past

Section 2: The Dawn of History

Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization


Summary: Scientists and __________ study the

past to see how early people ______


Human beings have always been interested about learning about the past We know the first people lived more than

______years ago in __________ times


Prehistory-


__________ peoples had no cities, countries, or organized governments About __________year’s ago, some

people in different parts of the world invented writing This event marked the beginning of human

_______________


________ is a science that helps us learn about the past It is a study of how early people lived


Archaeologists are scientists that study ______ ___________ are things such as tools,

weapons, or __________, that early people left behind


By studying artifacts, archaeologists learn about the beliefs and actions of our ____________


_________ Like archaeologists, they study things that early people left behind


However, __________pay more attention to__________ artifacts such as letters and diaries They use records to explain how events

happened


__________ is the study of earth and its people Geography and history are linked

because geography shows how places influence the way people __________


Geographers ______________________________________

They also study the __________ of goods and ideas


Archaeology History Geography

What is it?

Study of what happened and how people lived in the past

Study of Earth, people, & resources

Who does it?

Archaeologist

What do they do?

Study of artifacts, such as tools, weapons, clothing, pottery

Study where people lived and why they lived there

Why do they do it?

To learn how events happened


Summary: Old Stone Age (____________) people

made __________ and learned skills to survive

The _____________(Neolithic) brought __________ and settled communities


The earliest people lived during the _______________ This period is also called the

___________

The Old Stone Age began more than _____________ years ago


Paleolithic people were __________ ____________moved from place to

place, hunting and ___________ food They made simple tools and weapons from

stone, bone, or wood As time passed, they developed a _____________

language


Paleolithic people developed ___________ beliefs They thought the world was filled with

___________ They also believed in life after death


Old Stone Age people buried tools and weapons with their dead so that they had what they needed in the afterlife


Around ______________., people made two very important discoveries 1.) They learned to plant seeds to

__________food 2.) They learned to tame (______________)

animals These discoveries allowed people to

__________________________________


This change marked the beginning of the New Stone Age, or the _______________________


Historians call these discoveries the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution because they changed the way people lived


After the Neolithic _________________Revolution, there was more food to eat With more food the _______________

increased


People lived together in ___________ These villages later led to the

development of advanced societies called ______________


Old Stone Age

(Paleolithic Age)

2,500,000 B.C.

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New Stone Age

(Neolithic Age)

10,000 B.C.


Summary: Civilizations share basic features Contacts between civilizations brought

_____________ change


By about 5,000 years ago, the first _______________ began to develop Historians have found basic features

common to most early civilizations: Cities Organized _______________ Social __________


The most important feature of early civilizations was the rise of _________ The first cities developed as people

began to farm along _________________in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia


These river valleys provided: Water __________ (rich) soil ______________


Farmers living in river valleys could produce extra food More food helped the population to grow

As a result villages slowly grew into cities


All civilizations change as time passes Civilizations change when the

environment changes [For example, when all wood in a forest has

been cut, people must find new building materials]


Civilizations also change through ___________________ ______________is the sharing of ideas

and technology __________results from war, trade, and the

migration of people


OrganizedReligion

SocialClasses

Art &Architecture

CitiesRoads,

bridges, temples,

etc

Systemof

writing

JobSpecial-ization

Central Government

What is a civilization?

chapter 1: toward civilization prehistory-3000 b.c. section 1: understanding our past section 2: the...

Documents

past section

past prehistory slide

dawn of history section

early people

past archaeologists

past study of earth

past summary

death slide