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CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Political maps show political boundaries at a particular instant in time.

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Political maps of the same area taken from different time periods can show evidence of continuity and change in the region. (Continued)

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Names and places on a political map can often provide clues about a regions past. (Continued) What type of government was common in Europe in the year 1000? The MonarchyYou can tell this by the names on the map: kingdom, empire, etc.

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Maps are a useful tool for seeing and understanding physical changes on Earth.

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Physical changes in the environment can have an enormous impact on the people who live in and/or depend on that environment. (Continued) What do you think happened to the people who lived here?

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Languages and cultures have been evolving for thousands of years. Many of todays languages evolved from common ancestors. Elements of one culture can often be detected in surrounding cultures.

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. The earliest urbanized areas were in the Middle East and Asia.

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Until the Industrial Revolution, the largest cities were mostly in Asia and had populations under 1,000,000. (Continued)

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. During the Industrial Revolution, the largest cities were in Europe and North America and reached unprecedented size. (Continued)

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Today, the largest urban centers continue to grow and appear in both developed and third world countries. (Continued)

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Growth can have both positive and negative effects. Higher standards of living and longer life spans are some positive results of growth. Global warming, overconsumption of natural resources, overpopulation, and pollution are some of the unintended negative results of growth.

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Political change has often occurred as the result of violence such as wars and revolutions. The Battle of Bunker Hill, American RevolutionThe Death of Louis XVI by Guillotine, French Revolution

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Nonviolent political change has developed partially through the growth of democracies and reliance on voting. (Continued) The Signing of the U.S. Constitution

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Cultural change can come about as a result of conquest. (Continued) When Spain claimed land in the New World, priests came over to set up missions and converted many Native Americans to Christianity.

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Nonviolent cultural change can evolve through trade communication between cultures. (Continued)

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Nonviolent political and cultural change can result from the introduction of new inventions and the spread of agricultural and industrial products and processes. (Continued)

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Change in the United States has been so rapid that it is possible, when viewing many photographs and pictures, to identify the time and place of the images.

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Despite enormous physical changes in the United States during its history, its government has been a force for continuity. (Continued) The Constitution of the United States is the oldest constitution currently in effect in the world. Over the years, while most of the Constitution is still a living document, some sections have fallen into disuse, and others have needed to be updated through the amendment process.

CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Despite rapid change and innovation, elements of American culture that have been developing over the past few centuries are clearly identifiable. (Continued)

Copyright © 2003 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. THE END Chapter Review QuizGED Practice Quiz Practice the skills you learned in this chapter by taking the Chapter Review Quiz or the GED Practice Quiz. CHAPTER 5: Time, Continuity, and Change