GEOGRAPHY
WHEN YOU CUT DOWN TREES AND USE THE ASH FOR FERTILIZER
WHAT IS SLASH AND BURN FARMING?
WHERE DID THE FIRST HUMANS EMERGE?
WHAT IS AFRICA?
DIARY
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHS
THE MOUNTAINS IN THE NORTH & WEST HINDERED OTHER GROUPS FROM COMING INTO THEIR COUNTRY. GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES WERE BARRIERS
WHY WAS CHINA ISOLATED?
A SOCIETY THAT CHANGES VERY LITTLE (1 SINGLE BELIEF SYSTEM, PARENTS HANDED DOWN IDEAS TO CHILDREN, WORK WAS CONTINUED FROM ONE FAMILY MEMBER TO ANOTHER)
WHAT IS A TRADITIONAL SOCIETY?
A WAY OF LIFE OF A SOCIETY THAT IS HANDED DOWN FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT BY LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE
WHAT IS CULTURE?
WATER, FERTILE SOIL, AND FARMLAND
WHAT IS WHY DID PEOPLE SETTLE NEAR RIVERS?
3 EXAMPLES OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
OCEANS
MOUTAINS
DESERTS
RIVERS
PLATEAUS
FIRST SET OF WRITTEN LAWS. BASED ON RETALIATION. "EYE FOR AN EYE".
WHAT IS THE CODE OF HAMMURABI?
FARMING JUST ENOUGH FOR IMMEDIATE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS
WHAT IS SUBSISTENCE FARMING?
THE SPREAD OF IDEAS, CUSTOMS, TECHNOLOGIES, AND BELIEFS FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER
WHAT IS CULTURAL DIFFUSION?
RIVER VALLEYS
WHAT IS WHERE DID THE EARLIEST CIVILIZATIONS EMERGE?
3 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PALEOLITHIC AGE
HUNTERS AND GATHERERS
NOMADIC
INVENTED CLOTHING
DISCOVERED FIRE
LIVED IN CAVES
THIS PLACE HAD NO OBSTACLES TO MOVEMENT
WHY THE MIDDLE EAST WAS A CROSSROADS
"CARRIERS OF CIVILIZATION"
SPREAD IDEAS THROUGH TRADE/KNOWN FOR TRADING AND MANUFACTURING
GAVE US THE ALPHABET THAT WE HAVE TODAY
WHAT ARE THE PHOENICIANS?
STUDIES AREAS BY USING THE 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY TO LEARN ABOUT AREAS BY LOCATING PLACES USING LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE, HOW PEOPLE ADAPT TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT, AND WHY REGIONS CHANGE
WHAT DOES A GEOGRAPHER DO?
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO EARLY RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS
3 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
TRANSITION FROM HUNTING AND GATHERING TO SETTLED FARMING
FOOD PRODUCERS/SURPLUS OF FOOD
PERMANENT VILLAGES/GOVERNMENT
RELIABLE SOURCE OF FOOD/POPULATION GROWTH
TWO CITIES BUILT BY URBAN PLANNING (BUILT ON A GRID)
WHY HARAPPA AND MOHENJO DARO WERE SIGNIFICANT
THESE REFLECT THE VALUES AND BELIEFS OF A SOCIETY (2 THINGS)
WHAT DO ART & ARCHITECTURE TELL US ABOUT A SOCIETY?
WHEN MANY GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES EXIST IN ONE AREA IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNITE THE AREA AND THIS CONTRIBUTES TO CULTURAL DIVERSITY
HOW GEOGRAPHY CAUSES CULTURAL DIVERSITY
WHAT ARE THE FOUR RIVER VALLEYS? JUST THE RIVERS OF EACH
WHAT IS THE NILE RIVER, INDUS/GANGES RIVERS, TIGRIS/EUPHRATES RIVERS, AND HUANG HE/YANGTZE RIVER VALLEYS?
8 FEATURES OF CIVILIZATION
CITIES
GOVERNMENT
RELIGION
WRITING SYSTEM/LANGUAGE
JOB SPECIALIZATION
ART & ARCHITECTURE
PUBLIC WORKS
SOCIAL CLASSES
A TRADE ROUTE THAT CONNECTED CHINA TO THE MIDDLE EAST
NAME EACH OF THE CIVILIZATIONS WRITING SYSTEMS? AND WHY THEY WERE NEEDED?
EGYPT- HIEROGLYPHICS
MESOPOTAMIA- CUNIEFORM
CHINA- CALLIGRAPHY
INDIA- SANSKRIT
NEEDED TO KEEP RECORDS