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The Neolithic Revolution

• The Development of Societies

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Key Vocabulary

1. Technology
2. Culture
3. Civilization
4. Domestication
5. Government
6. Cultural Diffusion
7. Nomad
8. Peninsula
9. Codify
10. Continent

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Critical Thinking Questions

1. What types of challenges did the early African
   people face when they migrated to all parts of
   the world?
2. List three things that the first civilizations
   throughout the world created or invented?
3. How did traders play an important role in the
   development of the human race? Explain.

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1.) What types of challenges did the early
African people face when they migrated to all
parts of the world?

• Crossing Seas/ Oceans
• Deserts/ Heat
• Mountains
• Snow/ Intense cold
• Long Journeys
• Lack of food/ fresh water
• Dangerous people

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2.) List the things that the first civilizations
throughout the world created or invented?

• Great Wall (protective walls)
• Irrigation Systems/ Advanced farming
• Armies
• Paper
• Simple boats
• Silk
• Domesticated animals

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3.) How did traders play an important role in the
development of the human race? Explain.

• Traders spread or exchanged
• Goods
• Ideas
• Inventions
• Religions
• Cultural Traditions (food, music, etc)

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Early Civilization Sumeria
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What is a Society?

• 1.An organized group of persons associated
  together for religious, benevolent, cultural,
  scientific, political, patriotic, or other
  purposes.
• 2.A body of individuals living as members of a
  community community.

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Features of a Society

• City planning (ex streets/ irrigation systems)
• Leadership (king, queen, nobles)
• Specialized workers
• Rich and Poor
• Trade
• Taxes
• Defense (protective city walls, army)
• Temples

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A Major River
Huang He, China
Nile River, Egypt
Tigris and Euphrates, Iraq
Indus River, India