Chapter 1: Toward Civilization Prehistory-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 __________________________________

Section 2: The Dawn of History 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. \ \ \

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

Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization 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