Civilizations Day 1

You will learn about these civilizations this year

-Mesopotamia

-Rome

-India

-China

-Greece

-Aboriginals in Australia​

Before civilizations...

-People migrated in search of food

-People did not have a way to learn things

-People did not have permanent homes

Prehistory​--- Time before writing was invented

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​to learn about people living during prehistory archaeologists study artifacts.

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​Artifacts are tools, clothing, and decorations that prehistoric people used.

​Archaeologists

​Archaeologists are scientists who study the history of humans by looking at what man-made objects were left behind

Multiple Choice

What do we call the time before writing?

• Modern History

• Prehistory

• Ancient History

​Life during Prehistory

​Life focused on finding food and shelter.

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​People were hunter-gatherers -- hunted food and gathered plants.

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​People had no permanent home -- they were nomads.

Multiple Choice

We learn about prehistory by studying:

• People's writing

• Artifacts

• Old computer drives

Multiple Select

Choose three objects that artifacts from PREHISTORY.

Poll

Worst part of life during prehistory?

• No stable food supply

• No permanent homes

• No advanced technology

​Agriculture Changes the World

• 12,000 years ago, hunters and gatherers began building permanent homes and experimenting with agriculture.

  • ​Agriculture: the raising of crops and animals for human use.

• ​Most cities began cropping up around rivers. We all these River Civilizations.

Open Ended

In your own words, what is agriculture?

Agriculture is -----

​Importance of Agriculture

​Agriculture helped create a way for people to live in large groups without traveling to gather food.

• ​People began to domesticate animals (train to be useful).

• ​These animals helped make gathering easier and provided more resources.

Multiple Select

Agriculture is about:

(Pick 2)

• farming

• building palaces

• using animals for food

• paying taxes

​Agriculture --> Surplus

• ​A surplus is an extra supply of something.

• ​Enough crops were harvested to provide food for the entire year.

• ​Cattle provided a steady supply of meat and milk.

• ​Farmers can now provide food for all of the people of the civilization!

• ​But, farming was HARD!

Multiple Choice

A Surplus is...

• Extra supply of something.

• People trained to do a particular kind of work.

• Not having enough food.

• a farming method.

​Surplus --> Specialization

• ​Demands on farmers' time led to SPECIALIZATION.

  • ​People trained to do particular kinds of work.

• ​So, some people farmed, others made wheat into bread flour.

• ​Some made tools, bricks, pots.

• ​Farmers could exchange food for other products.

Multiple Choice

The definition of specialization is...

• People trained to do a particular kind of work.

• An extra supply of something

Open Ended

What is an example specialization today? (What is an example of someone trained to do a particular work?)

Multiple Choice

What was invented that ended prehistory?

• fire

• written language

• tacos

• permanent homes

What is a civilization?​

A civilization is a society with cities, a central government, workers who specialize in certain jobs leading to social classes, that has religion, writing, art and architecture.

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Multiple Choice

The G in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Government

• Geography

• Global

Multiple Choice

Which would be a topic of Geography?

• Rivers

• Hunters

• Kings

Multiple Choice

The R in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Region

• Retail Industry

• Rulers

• Religion

Multiple Choice

Which topic would be about religion?

• mountains

• belief in many gods

• inventions

Multiple Choice

The A in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Achievements

• Architecture

• Asia

Multiple Choice

What would be an achievement?

• invention of the wheel

• Desert

• Horses

Multiple Choice

The P in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Place

• People

• Politics

• Population

Multiple Choice

What topic would be in politics?

• Mountains

• farming

• Kings and Rulers

Multiple Choice

The E in GRAPES stands for _____ ?

• Environment

• Earth

• Economics

Multiple Choice

Which would be a topic in Economics?

• Invention of fire

• Taxes and money

• lakes

Multiple Choice

The S in GRAPES stands for:

• Society

• Success

• Supercalafragalisticexpealadosious

• Safety