UNIT 1 The Beginning of Civilization Earth History

UNIT 1 The Beginning of Civilization

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?

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?

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

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?

Early Civilizations • What’s 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?

The Cradle of Civilization in Fertile Crescent

Chapter 1 Key Terms – Section 3 • • • Division of labor Surplus Traditional economy Civilization Artisan Cultural diffusion