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Grade 6 Social Studies Development of Societies

Grade 6 Social Studies Development of Societies. Chapter 5 Houghton Mifflin Social Studies. Features of a Civilization For a society to be a civilization, it must have 5 characteristics. Stable food supply System of government Specialization of labor Social levels Development of culture.

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Grade 6 Social Studies Development of Societies

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  1. Grade 6 Social StudiesDevelopment of Societies Chapter 5 Houghton Mifflin Social Studies

  2. Features of a CivilizationFor a society to be a civilization, it must have 5 characteristics • Stable food supply • System of government • Specialization of labor • Social levels • Development of culture

  3. How did societies develop? • Humans became food producers by domesticating animals and plants. • Animals became a reliable food source • People stayed in one place and developed settled communities

  4. Neolithic Settlements • Catal Huyuk • Ain Mallaha • Umm Dabaghiyah-small, not much farming, poor, dry soil, hunted donkey like animal called the onager • All located in the Middle East

  5. Catel Huyuk • Neolithic settlement located in the Middle East • Economy based on agriculture • Chief crop was wheat, peas, crabapples, juniper berries, acorns, nuts & almonds. • Raised cattle & hunted bears, deer & wolves

  6. More facts on Catel Huyuk • Approximately 100 mud houses, all the same size • No streets, traveled from house to house by walking on each others roofs. • Center for trade: traded obsidian (dark, shiny glass formed from volcanic ash)

  7. City of Ur • Located on dry plain between Tigris & Euphrates Rivers • River used for irrigation, irrigation brought specialized labor, develop stable food supply & population growth • Social levels & system of writing

  8. What is agriculture? • The science, art & business of raising animals & plants to supply food for humans • All Neolithic farming settlements way of life practiced agriculture

  9. Famine • Famine is a widespread shortage of food • Hunter gatherers stored grain to prevent famine from occurring.

  10. Irrigation • Irrigation is the act of supplying dry lands with water • Irrigation helped early civilizations by bringing a stable food supply. • Workers needed to irrigate the land, so it brought a specialization of labor.

  11. Domestication • To train or adapt an animal or plant to live in a human environment • By domesticating plants and animals it made them more useful to humans.

  12. Shrine • A shrine is a sacred place of worship • Catal Huyuk used obsidiian to create shrines. • Catal Huyuk buried people in their homes, evidence of shrines found in homes, therefore they had a form of religion

  13. Environment • All the living & non-livings things in a person’s surroundings • Hunters-gatherers found plants and animals that were found naturally in the environment

  14. Self-sufficient – being able to provide for oneself Surplus – an extra amount More Key Terms

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