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World History Chapter 1

World History Chapter 1. Foundations of Civilization. Geography. Study of people, their environments, and the resources available to them Useful in showing how people lived in different times and places, geographers have added to our knowledge of human history. 5 Themes of Geography.

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World History Chapter 1

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  1. World HistoryChapter 1 Foundations of Civilization

  2. Geography • Study of people, their environments, and the resources available to them • Useful in showing how people lived in different times and places, geographers have added to our knowledge of human history

  3. 5 Themes of Geography • Location Where a place is on the surface of the earth; Latitude and longitude • Place Physical features and characteristics; Climate, landforms, bodies of water, plant/animal life, etc • Human Environment Interaction people have interacted with the environment and have shaped and been shaped by the places in which they live • Movement  movement of people, goods, and ideas • Region Way to divide; politically, economically, and culturally

  4. Prehistory

  5. Studying the Past • Prehistory refers to the long period of time before people invented writing • In order to study history, historians must make use of artifacts objects made by humans • Clothing, coins, artwork, tombstones, etc

  6. Examples of Artifacts

  7. Anthropology • Field of study dedicated to the origins and development of people and their societies • Archaeology is a part of Anthropology • It focuses on past people and cultures through their material remains • Know any Archaeologists?

  8. Indiana Jones

  9. How Archaeologists Work • Archaeologists “dig”

  10. Digs • They hope to uncover lost artifacts that can tell them more about the past

  11. Discoveries • Mary and Louis Leakey

  12. Discoveries • First found ancient tools chipped from stone in Tanzania • Proved that these ancient civilizations had produced Technology • The skills and tools people use to meet their basic needs and wants

  13. Hominids • In 1959, they found a skull embedded in ancient rock at Olduvai Gorge

  14. Lucy • Discovered by Donald Johanson • Named after a Beatles’ song • Upright walker, 4 Ft tall

  15. Types of Hominids • Homo habilis “Handy men”; First to make stone tools • Homo erectus “Upright man”; Fully upright walkers • First to learn how to use fire • Homo sapiens Group to which modern humans belong

  16. The Neolothic Revolution • Chapter 1: Section 2

  17. Old Stone Age • 2 Million B.C. to about 10,000 B.C. • Also called the Paleolithic Period

  18. Old Stone Age • Early modern humans lived at the end of this period • They were Nomads people who move from place to place searching for food • Hunters and gatherers • The men hunted and fished while the women and children gathered berries, fruits, nuts, and grains

  19. Strategies for Survival • Made tools and weapons of materials they could find, stone, bone, and wood • Used animal skins for clothing • Developed a spoken language

  20. Religious Beliefs • Started burying their dead with great care • Provided their dead with tools and weapons; thought their “afterlife” would be similar • Animism believed that the world was full of spirits and forces that might reside in animals, objects, or dreams • Showed this through cave paintings

  21. Neolithic Era • New Stone Age • 10,000 B.C. to the end of Prehistory

  22. Neolithic Revolution • What marks the change from Paleolithic to Neolithic…The invention of farming • Important because they no longer had to be nomadic, could now stay in one place

  23. Domesticate • Able to raise plants and animals in a controlled way that makes them best suited for human use • Discovered by accident, realizing that seeds scattered on the ground would produce new plants the next year • Decided to round up animals they usually hunted; could use for food, clothing, milk, and eggs

  24. First Domesticated Animal?

  25. Change • Establishment of villages for the first time • Catalhuyuk (Turkey) • Jericho

  26. Catalhuyuk

  27. Catalhuyuk • Larger than Jericho • 6500 people • Included hundreds of rectangular mud brick houses, all connected and about the same size

  28. Work Divided by Gender • Men dominated family, economic, and political life • Councils of Elders made decisions • Warfare increased when food was scarce

  29. New Technologies • First calendars…why important? • Use animals such as oxen or water buffalo to plow fields • Used clay to create pottery for cooking and storage

  30. Quick-Write • In a minimum of 5-7 sentences, answer the following: • Which time period would you have preferred to have lived in and why? Or why not?

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