PEGS!!!

Hmmm PEGS, PEGS, PEGS, PEGS!! If only I knew what PEGS were I could freeze my nemesis Gru!!!

Your honor, I promise I will learn my PEGS!! Please don’t put me in prison!!!

In a recent interview Kristen Stewart and R Patt couldn’t stop talking about PEGS!!!

Pegs will be the foundation of your success all year!!!

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PEGS is all about studying the past to improve the future!

But you won’t just memorize dead old guys or random dates to MASTER PEGS…

So are you all ready to learn PEGS????

CUE the notes…. time to start writing!

PEGS

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conomic

eographic

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P.E.G.S.Political, economic, geographic, and social

characteristics are the foundations of ANY civilization.

The development of a society’s P.E.G.S. began when:1. Common languages developed2. People speaking the same language followed

a leader3. Common customs and beliefs were formed 4. People worked together to develop a city5. Sets of laws and rules were practiced in the

city

In other words…Language +

Leader +

Customs and Beliefs +

City +

Laws =

A successful civilization!!

Foundations of a Civilization A civilization is a centralized society with

developed forms of religion, ways of governing and learning.

Often civilizations shared parts of their society with other civilizations, which is called cultural diffusion

A civilization depends on a stable food supply, common government and a division of labor.

Division of labor is where different members of society do different tasks based on their abilities and the group needs.

DIVISION OF LABORSince people could focus on other jobs than farming, new jobs

arose and trading began….

RISE IN POPULATION More food=more people!

SURPLUS OF FOOD

Due to better agricultural and farming methods

PEGS at its best!!

CULTURAL DIFFUSIONNew ideas and inventions were traded with other civilizations and

MORE ideas arose!!

BETTER TECHNOLOGY

Since people could focus one job, more time was spent on education which produced new ideas and inventions

Political The way people have a definite set of laws with a system of

government and defining a citizen’s rights

Characteristics:

GovernmentLeadersRules and lawsTaxesWars/conflictsCitizen’s rights

Economic The way people use their resources to meet their needs. It is what is grown, bought, traded, used and sold

Characteristics:

money, taxes, products, goods, merchants, trade routes, common currency

Geographic Early cultures differed because of their

location and available resources. HOW DOES WHERE YOU LIVE, AFFECT

HOW YOU LIVE Characteristics: Mountains, lakes, rivers, oceans, valleys,

temperature, natural resources, cities, deserts, plateaus, climate

SocialThe way human society is divided into a

structure of classes that form a common language and system of beliefs

Characteristics:language, culture, food, education, treatment

of women, clothing, art, literature, values, RELIGION!!

VocabularyArtifactsGeographicalBelief SystemCivilizationCultureCultural DiffusionDivision of LaborEconomicIrrigationPoliticalSocial