1. Bellringer
Answer the following question based on the graph to the right.
What factors do you think contributed to the rapid population growth of the 20th century?

2. Causes of Cultural Change
What factors contribute to cultural change?

3. Human as Hunter/Gatherers
Thousands of years ago humans were hunter/gatherers.
What factor caused this culture to change?
Agriculture

4. Agricultural Revolution
How would growing crops lead to cultural change?
How long does it take to grow crops?
For the first time Man was required to settle in a permanent location?

5. Agricultural Revolution
With mankind in a permanent location, what was necessary in order to ensure societal and cultural progress?
What would have enabled a society to focus on progress instead of their safety?
Why?
Areas of the world that had this are known today as Cultural Hearths.

6. Cultural Hearths
Are centers where man first settled in a Civilization.
Culture then spread to other areas.
What makes a civilization?
Permanent settlement
Government
“Technological” Lifestyle
Economic system
Cultural Significance

7. Cultural Hearths

8. Latin American Empires
Aztec- The Aztec developed several food staples.
Corn
Tomatoes
Chocolate
Were very well governed and powerful empire
Mayan- Used knowledge of astronomy to create calendars
Inca- were a very intelligent people.
-Built Roads
-Developed terraces
-Developed Irrigation
-Developed the Quipu for record keeping

9. West African Kingdoms Songhay- Mali- Ghana-
These kingdoms were very wealthy and attracted European and Asian traders for centuries.

10. Egypt/ Mesopotamia
Egyptians were able to adapt to the desert climate by using water from the Nile to irrigate crops.
Mesopotamians used the Tigris and Euphrates river for this purpose.

11. Asian Empires
Chinese- The Dynasty period is one of the most relatively advanced in the world.
Developed gunpowder
Developed paper
Domesticated rice
Indus River- very unique civilization
Preferred the simple life
Very sanitary and used irrigation techniques to drain sewage and circulate fresh water

12. Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution began in England in the late 1700’s
New technology and inventions transformed an agricultural way of life into a modern industrial society.
Enabled commercialization of society.
Products produced for profit, not need.
Production in mass quantities
Changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution drew workers away from the rural family economy to urban areas.

13. Technological Revolution
Began in the mid-to-late 1900’s.
What are some ways Technology has changed our culture?
Longer “Healthier” life
“Ease and convenience”
Corporate downsizing
21st century will require technological skill.
“Post-Industrial”

14. Cultural Diffusion
Cultural diffusion- the spreading out of culture, culture traits, or a cultural pattern from a central point.
One of the most significant periods of cultural diffusion came during the age of exploration and the Colombian Exchange.

15. The Columbian Exchange
The exchange of animals, plants, culture and human populations including slaves, communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres after 1492