1. Mrs. Vara Global History & Geography I Directions: 1. Take out a sheet of paper. 2. Fold paper horizontally (make a tent)! 3. Write your name on it! Thank you! Name

2. Dividers: 1.Foundations 2.River Valley 3.The Classics – India & China 4.The Classics – Greece & Rome 5.Byzantine Empire 6.Islam 7.Middle Ages 8.Asian Empires 9.African Kingdoms 10.Ren/Ref/Sci Rev 11.Age of Exploration 12.Age of Absolutism

3. Do Now: What will we be learning about in Global History/Social Studies?

4. Do Now: Classify the following issues as either political, economic, or social: 1.Government 2.Voting 3.Availability of goods 4.Religion 5.Fashion/dress 6.Standard of living 7.War 8.Prices

5. Period of time before people invented writing systems, cities, countries or government. - Prehistory - How do we know about prehistory? Artifacts: physical remains studied by archeologists (Archeology: the study of artifacts)

6. Early Discoveries – Human Remains

8. Picture of Lucy's remains Museum in Ethiopia AFRICA Lucy: Oldest Complete Human Skeleton 3.2 Million Years Ago!

9. “Paleolithic” --> “Old Stone” Age  “Paleolithic” --> “Old Stone” Age  2,500,000 BCE – 10,000 BCE  Made tools  1st to use fire hunting/gathering  hunting/gathering  NOMADIC (moving from place to place) The Paleolithic Age

10. Why does society change? Why doesn’t everything just remain the same? Continuity, Evolution, Interactions, Pandora’s Box

11. Neolithic Revolution what is a revolution? What would allow for this change?

12. Neolithic (Agricultural) Revolution 1)discovery of seeds 2)domestication of animals

13. 1. What was life like during the Paleolithic Age? 2. How was life different during the Neolithic Age?

14. Effects Neolithic Revolution ↑ Food Supply ↑ PopulationSettlement Greater Interaction Advances Early Communities ↑ Possessions