1. Geography2. Location

3. Longitude4. Latitude

5. Topography6. Mountains

7. Plains8. Hills

9. Plateaus10. Elevation11. Climate

12. Vegetation

1. Learned behavior of a group; way of life2. Parent(s) and kids3. Many generations4. Belief in one god5. Belief in more than one god6. People have the power7. One person has control usually by military

force8. Tool or skill people use9. Spreading or movement of culture10.Belief that one race is better than the rest

Etc. W1

Ethnocentrism – judging culture by one’s own culture

Patterns of Early CivilizationChapter 2, Section 1

A civilization is a “highly organized group of

people with their own language & way of living” (Ahmad, et al 28)

1. Stone age people are able to hunt larger animals such as

mammoth & bison

New tools & knowledge (controlling

fire)

NOMAD:

Back in the day, they would follow herds of mammoth and bison,

and kill them for food. Now, they travel around looking

for food.

2. The agricultural revolution takes place

CAUSE:• Farming &

Domestication of animals =

Revolution = relatively fast,dramatic change

EFFECT/RESULT:People settle

& Civilizations grow!

3. Many of the first civilizations developed in river valleys. (p. 29)

Nile River Indus River

Yellow River

WHY????In River valleys b/c Water IS life! Crops & animals

4. Priest were very powerful in many early civilizations.

• A complex system developed to explain various phenomenon – like the sun rising, rain fall, etc. - -- PRIESTS therefore had POWER!

The priests communicated with

the gods and made the gods happy

5. Early civilizations developed systems of written communication.

* Record keeping* Taxes!

6. The harness, invented in Sumer, made it’s way to China. (p. 30)

• How? Diffusion via trade routes

• Where? – Sumer– China

7. China became a major world power during the late 1200s. P. 30

• Controlled much of Asia• Had a developed road

system• Inventions like paper and

gun powder

8. European civilizations were less developed than

Eastern civilizations. P.32

They were on the outside of trade routes

World Map 1914 – what happened?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eutUTVpdWDc