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World history chapter 1 outline

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Chapter 1: Nature, Humanity, and History: The First Four Million Years Introduction Creation myths?various themes Purpose of creation myths Nineteenth century?impact of science on Creation Myths African Genesis Interpreting the evidence Neanderthal?40,000 years ago?Europe Charles Darwin Australopithecus africanus (African southern ape) Human evolution How should humans be defined? Three major traits distinguish humans from other primates Why did biological changes take place? Migrations from Africa Homo erectus Homo sapiens Minor evolutionary changes History and Culture in the Ice Age Food gathering and stone technology Food gathering Tool making The hunters Gender divisions and social life Gender division Lived in small bands

World Civilizations: The Global View Chapter 1

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Chapter 1: From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age (2.5 million-12,000 BCE) Typified by the use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence Nature of the human species gradually changed with a more erect posture and growing brain capacity Now termed Homo erectus and it is thought that the species originated in eastern Africa about 500,00 to 750,000 years ago Developed and spread in Africa, then to Asia and Europe Newest human breed, Homo sapiens sapiens, originated 240,000 years ago, also in Africa Men hunted only 7 hours a day, 3 days a week while women worked harder to gather fruits and vegetables, but there was significant gender equality Population growth was slow

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? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Chapter 1: Basic Concepts The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Defining Geography ? Word coined by Eratosthenes ? Geo = Earth ? Graphia = writing ? Geography thus means ?earth writing? ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Contemporary Geography ? Geographers ask where and why ? Location and distribution are important terms ? Geographers are concerned with the tension between globalization and local diversity ? A division: physical geography and human geography ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Geography?s Vocabulary ? Place ? Region ? Scale ? Space ? Connections ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Maps ? Two purposes ? As reference tools

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? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Chapter 1: Basic Concepts The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Defining Geography ? Word coined by Eratosthenes ? Geo = Earth ? Graphia = writing ? Geography thus means ?earth writing? ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Contemporary Geography ? Geographers ask where and why ? Location and distribution are important terms ? Geographers are concerned with the tension between globalization and local diversity ? A division: physical geography and human geography ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Geography?s Vocabulary ? Place ? Region ? Scale ? Space ? Connections ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Maps ? Two purposes ? As reference tools

Rubenstein Ch 4 Reading Guide

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List the group of people What do they eat? Why do they eat it? Folk and Popular Culture: Key Issue 1 Where Do Folk and Popular Cultures Originate and Diffuse? Rubenstein, pp. 104-111 1. Read the case study on page 106. 2. Who was Vidal de la Blache? 3. What does his quote mean? ? ORIGIN OF FOK AND POPULAR CULTURE 1 1. List elements of the origin and characteristics of FOLK MUSIC. 2. List elements of the origin and diffusion of POPULAR MUSIC. ? DIFFUSION OF FOLK AND POPULAR CULTURE 8. How was soccer transformed from a folk custom into popular culture?

Rubenstein Ch 1 Reading Guide

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Thinking Geographically: Key Issue 1 How Do Geographers Describe Where Things Are? Rubenstein Ch. 1 pp. 1-12 1. Read the introduction on pages 2 and 3, Give a personal example of globalization and local diversity in your life. 2. Read the case study on page 4. Identify key three points from the section. 3. Define map: 4. Define scale: 5. Define cartography: ? MAPS 6. Give two purposes of maps. (a) (b) 7. Who first demonstrated that the earth was round? How? 8a. Who was the first to use the term ?geography.? 8b. List three of his contributions in geography at that time. (a) (b) (c) 9. Provide an example of developments in geography for each of the following: Chinese Muslims Age of Discovery (16th Century)

The Earth and Its Peoples Ch 1-4

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Unit 1 (8000 B.C.E to 600 B.C.E) Key Concepts and IDs Unit 1, Chapters 1-4 1. Archaeological evidence indicates that during the Paleolithic era, hunting-foraging bands of humans gradually migrated from their origin in East Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas, adapting their technology and cultures to new climate regions. Within societies, artwork and tools were passed from society to society. This established culture. Culture includes living spaces, artwork, their clothing, and their values. (Page 6-7) When foraging groups were in colder climates, animal skin was used as clothing which was an advancement of the time. (Page 8)

CCOT Essay Packet

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Name: ___________________________________ Period: __________ Date: _____________ CHANGE AND CONTINUITY ESSAY PACKET UNDERSTANDING WORDS This essay asks students to access how larger global issues and themes such as gender, trade, technology, and environment have changed and remained the same. If any one essay will give students difficulties, it is likely that this essay will. Students will not only have to identify areas of change, but also areas of continuity across chronological periods, and will have to compare two or more chronological periods within one geographic area. Students will all have the same prompt but will be able to choose between different geographic regions to answer the question.

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