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Chapter 1: Toward CivilizationPrehistory-3000 B.C.
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
Section 2: The Dawn of History
Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
Summary: Scientists and __________ study the
past to see how early people ______
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
Human beings have always been interested about learning about the past We know the first people lived more than
______years ago in __________ times
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
Prehistory-
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
__________ 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
_______________
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
________ is a science that helps us learn about the past It is a study of how early people lived
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
Archaeologists are scientists that study ______ ___________ are things such as tools,
weapons, or __________, that early people left behind
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
By studying artifacts, archaeologists learn about the beliefs and actions of our ____________
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
_________ Like archaeologists, they study things that early people left behind
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
However, __________pay more attention to__________ artifacts such as letters and diaries They use records to explain how events
happened
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
__________ is the study of earth and its people Geography and history are linked
because geography shows how places influence the way people __________
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
Geographers ______________________________________
They also study the __________ of goods and ideas
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
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
Section 2: The Dawn of History
Summary: Old Stone Age (____________) people
made __________ and learned skills to survive
The _____________(Neolithic) brought __________ and settled communities
Section 2: The Dawn of History
The earliest people lived during the _______________ This period is also called the
___________
The Old Stone Age began more than _____________ years ago
Section 2: The Dawn of History
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
Section 2: The Dawn of History
Paleolithic people developed ___________ beliefs They thought the world was filled with
___________ They also believed in life after death
Section 2: The Dawn of History
Old Stone Age people buried tools and weapons with their dead so that they had what they needed in the afterlife
Section 2: The Dawn of History
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
__________________________________
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This change marked the beginning of the New Stone Age, or the _______________________
Section 2: The Dawn of History
Historians call these discoveries the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution because they changed the way people lived
Section 2: The Dawn of History
After the Neolithic _________________Revolution, there was more food to eat With more food the _______________
increased
Section 2: The Dawn of History
People lived together in ___________ These villages later led to the
development of advanced societies called ______________
Section 2: The Dawn of History
Old Stone Age
(Paleolithic Age)
2,500,000 B.C.
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Section 2: The Dawn of History
New Stone Age
(Neolithic Age)
10,000 B.C.
Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization
Summary: Civilizations share basic features Contacts between civilizations brought
_____________ change
Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization
By about 5,000 years ago, the first _______________ began to develop Historians have found basic features
common to most early civilizations: Cities Organized _______________ Social __________
Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization
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
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These river valleys provided: Water __________ (rich) soil ______________
Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization
Farmers living in river valleys could produce extra food More food helped the population to grow
As a result villages slowly grew into cities
Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization
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]
Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization
Civilizations also change through ___________________ ______________is the sharing of ideas
and technology __________results from war, trade, and the
migration of people
Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization
OrganizedReligion
SocialClasses
Art &Architecture
CitiesRoads,
bridges, temples,
etc
Systemof
writing
JobSpecial-ization
Central Government
What is a civilization?