1. UNIT 1 Chapter 1 Section 1

2. PURPOSE
The purpose of our lesson today is to examine the work of scientists who examine and study our past.

3. ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Are scientists who learn about early people by excavating & studying the traces of early settlements

4. Are remains such as tools, jewelry, and other human –made objects
*ARTIFACTS
Are remains such as tools, jewelry, and other human –made objects
Non-Living Things
Tells us how they dressed worshipped

5. *ANTHROPOLOGISTS Study culture (people’s unique way of life)
Analyze the artifacts
At an archeological dig their job is to recreate early peoples cultural behavior
They recreate a picture of how people’s cultural behavior such as customs family life and social relationships

6. *Culture
A peoples way of life including diet, beliefs, language and art

7. Mastery Check Fill the first box on your mastery check work sheet.
This will be collected at the end of the class

8. Humans Try to Control Nature Section 2

9. *Nomads
*Paleolithic Hunters-Gatherers nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods
Bison painting from the Altamira caves have been places of worship and painting may have been a part of their religion. In Spain, prehistoric caves 300 years deep limestone cave. 25 images of various animals, bison, boars, horses deer, and a worlf.

10. *NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
Also known as the Agricultural Revolution
*The shift from food gatherers to food producers

11. CAUSES OF THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
INCREASED KNOWLEDGE
TOOLS
TEMPERATURE INCREASES
*CLIMATE CHANGED=FARMING CONDITIONS IMPROVED

12. *NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION – RESULTS
*Now they could settle in one place because of farming
Could now live in cities
Stone age axe. This type of axe dated from the Neolithic Age between B.C.

13. *Turning Point in History
Population increases
*Domestication of animals – taming of animals
Dogs, goats, sheep, pigs
Complex Civilizations
Divisions of labor

14. Originally created by J. Kinley
Mastery Check
Fill in Before/After section on your chart.
This will be collected at the end of class.
Originally created by J. Kinley

15. Patterns of Change: Civilization Section 3

16. Five Characteristics of Civilizations
Without these 5 characteristics you don’t have a civilization
Latin word for city

17. 1. *ADVANCED CITIES Center of Trade of that region
Barter-trading goods and service without money

18. 2. *SPECIALIZED WORKERS
TRADERS
GOVERNMENT WORKERS
PRIEST

19. 2. SPECIALIZED WORKERS
ARTISANS – SKILLED WORKERS WHO MAKE GOODS BY HAND (TOOLS, WEAPONS, POTTERY, JEWELRY)

20. 3. *COMPLEX INSTITUTIONS
A long lasting pattern of organizations in the community
Government
Religion
Economy
Temples became the centers for governments and religion

21. 4. *Record Keeping/Writing
*Scribes – professional record keepers
3000 B.C. the Sumerians were the first to write
Cuneiform- 1st writing
“wedge-shaped”
A Sumerian cuneiform tablet from the city of Lagash, B.C., from Ur III period. This tablet contains calculations of the area of fields for the town of Lagash.

22. 5. *Advanced Technology Wheel Plow Potters wheel 2,500 B.C. Bronze Age
Bronze – copper and tin

23. Mastery Check Fill in the last secton of your Mastery check.
Make sure your name is on the paper as it will be collected at the door