1. 1.Geography 2.Location 3.Longitude 4.Latitude 5.Topography 6.Mountains 7.Plains 8.Hills 9.Plateaus 10.Elevation 11.Climate 12.Vegetation

2. 1.Learned behavior of a group; way of life 2.Parent(s) and kids 3.Many generations 4.Belief in one god 5.Belief in more than one god 6.People have the power 7.One person has control usually by military force 8.Tool or skill people use 9.Spreading or movement of culture 10.Belief that one race is better than the rest

3. Etc. W1 Ethnocentrism – judging culture by one’s own culture

4. Patterns of Early Civilization Chapter 2, Section 1 A civilization is a “highly organized group of people with their own language & way of living” A civilization is a “highly organized group of people with their own language & way of living” (Ahmad, et al 28)

5. 1. Stone age people are able to hunt larger animals such as mammoth & bison New tools & knowledge (controlling fire)

6. NOMAD: Back in the day, they would follow herds of mammoth and bison, and kill them for food. Now, they travel around looking for food.

7. 2. The agricultural revolution takes place CAUSE: Farming & Domestication of animals = Revolution = relatively fast,dramatic change EFFECT/RESULT: People settle & Civilizations grow!

8. 3. Many of the first civilizations developed in river valleys. (p. 29) Nile River Indus River Yellow River WHY???? In River valleys b/c Water IS life! Crops & animals

9. 4. Priest were very powerful in many early civilizations. A complex system developed to explain various phenomenon – like the sun rising, rain fall, etc. - -- PRIESTS therefore had POWER! The priests communicated with the gods and made the gods happy

10. 5. Early civilizations developed systems of written communication. * Record keeping * Taxes!

11. The harness, invented in Sumer, made it’s way to China. (p. 30) 6. The harness, invented in Sumer, made it’s way to China. (p. 30) Diffusion How? Diffusion via trade routes Where? – Sumer – China

12. 7. China became a major world power during the late 1200s. P. 30 Controlled much of Asia Had a developed road system Inventions like paper and gun powder 8. European civilizations were less developed than Eastern civilizations. P.32 They were on the outside of trade routes

14. World Map 1914 – what happened? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eutUTVpd WDc