The Development of Civilization

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Answer these questions from your text book

Complete the following sentence PAGES 4-8

1. Archaeologist learn how early people developed skills and tools by:

2. To help them analyze a site, archaeologist make:

3. Archaeologist study and interpret their findings using:

4. Historians study how people lived by examining:

5. By studying the lives of both famous and ordinary people, historians can gain:

6. Geography can be described as:

7. The five themes that sum up the impact geography has had on humans History are:

The word Civilization comes from:

The Latin word Civitas-meaning city

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At the end of the Neolithic period

Other developments happened

Religion GOVERNMENTSpecialized Skills

OccupationsSocial ClassesMethod of keeping Records

Early Cities developed around

6,000 B.C.E.

The developed by the 5 great river valleysTigrisEuphrates

Yellow RiverHuang He

Nile Ganges / Indus

Why did cities developed around Rivers?

For a food supply (fishing), watering crops, watering animals as well as having water for themselves and Transportation.

Define the following terms:

Pre-history: Nomad:

Artifacts: Glacier:

Technology: Cultural diffusion:

Latitude: City-States:

Longitude: Empire:

Paleolithic Age:

Ne0lithic Age:

Group Assignment: Be ready to Present at the end of class

You will be working in small groups:• Each group will NAME their own village• Using the 6 Key Neolithic developments you

will discuses and come up with your groups idea of building your village.• Government- what type?• Religion- what type?• Occupations- what are needed in building a

successful civilization?• Specialized skills- what type of “workers”

are needed to build your village / civilization?• Social classes- how are the divided? What

are they? What will you name them?• Record keeping… how will you keep track of

all the things that are going on in the village?