1. Early Man – Unit 1 From Prehistory to the Early Civilizations Copyright 2006; C. Pettinato, RCS High School, All Rights Reserved

2. 1. Lascaux Cave Paintings

3. 2. Origins of Man 1. In the beginning – Africa 2. Migrations to Europe and Asia through the Middle East 3. Migrations to western hemisphere

4. 3. Jericho Man, 6 th Century BC (5 th millennium)

5. 4. A Cave in Jericho

6. 5. Importance of Geography 1. Attraction of river valleys 2. Quality of life related to environment 3. Latitude and longitude

7. 6. Climate Zones of the World 1. Arctic Zone – Northern Hemisphere 2. Temperate Zones – Northern and Southern Hemispheres 3. Tropic Zone – Contiguous in Northern and Southern Hemispheres 4. Antarctic Zone – Southern Hemisphere

8. 7. Paleolithic Tools

9. 8. Early Civilizations by Region 1. Nile River Valley 2. Mesopotamia (Tigres – Euphrates Rivers) 3. Indus River Valley 4. Chang (Yellow) River Valley

10. 9. Transition from Paleolithic to Neolithic Man Paleolithic Man was: A. in search of... B. nomadic C. migratory D. religious

11. 10. Early Man - Video

12. 11. Cave Paintings in Sicily

13. 12. Development of Civilization A. Why? B. How? C. Where?

14. 13. Connecting to the Past A. Archaeologists B. Historians C. Early Writing

15. 14. Cro- Magnon and Neanderthal Man

16. 15. Important Terms A. prehistory B.archaeology C. artifact D. technology E. historian F. geography G. latitude H. longitude I. glacier J. nomad K. bureaucracy L. polytheistic M. artisan N. pictogram O. scribe P. city-state Q. empire R. steppe S. cultural diffusion T. “lucy”