CHAPTER 1: TOWARD CIVILIZATION

I. Themes in History

A. Continuity and Change1. What things are similar and different throughout history?

2. How have archeologists, historians, and geographers helped us learn about the lives of people at different stages?

B. Economics and Technology

1. How do societies maintain their lives?

2. What role did technology play as the oldest people on earth developed?

C. Religions and Value Systems

1. What religious beliefs were held by the earliest people?

2. What kind of religious practices did the earliest people participate in?

D. Political and Social Systems

1. What is a political system?

2. What is a social system?

These questions should be answered throughout the first chapter.

Directions

Go to page 10, and under Section 1 Review, do the vocabulary in question 1 in your notebooks! You have 15 minutes to complete this task!

Understanding Our Past

I. How Do We Know

A. There is not a lot known about prehistoric times because there is no written record of what happened.

B. 5000 years ago, people began to keep records.

1. Evidence

a. Archeology; learning from

artifacts.

b. finding tools, weapons, and other

artifacts help us figure out information about ancestors.

2. Archeologists at Work

a. Dig

b. The farther down, the older the

artifact.

c. Using detailed maps when items

are located help tell the story.

1. Flint Chips2. Gnawed Bones

3. Technology and the Past

a. Computers are used to study and

interpret findings.

b. Ariel Photography1. reveal patterns of

how land was used.

c. Geologists age the rocks close to

artifacts.

Assignment

Using the note taking skills learned today, outline page 10, the end of section 1.

Be ready to discuss your notes in class on Monday!