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Chapter Introduction
Section 1 Early Humans
Section 2 The Neolithic Revolution
and the Rise of Civilization
Chapter Summary
Chapter Assessment
Places to Locate
• Olduvai Gorge ⇓
• Lascaux
(pages 19–21)
(pages 19–21)
(pages 19–21)
Before History (cont.)
(pages 19–21)
Early Stages of Development
• The earliest humanlike beings, called
australopithecines (“southern apes”) by
their discoverer, Donald Johanson, lived
in Africa three to four million years ago. ⇓
• Australopithecines were the first
hominids (creatures that walk upright)
to make stone tools.
(pages 21–22)
(pages 21–22)
(pages 21–22)
(pages 22–25)
(pages 22–25)
(pages 22–25)
(pages 22–25)
Key Terms
• Neolithic Revolution ⇓ • Bronze Age ⇓
• systematic agriculture ⇓ • culture ⇓
• domestication ⇓ • civilization ⇓
• artisan ⇓ • monarch
Places to Locate
• Jericho ⇓
• Çatal Hüyük
(pages 27–30)
(pages 27–30)
(pages 27–30)
(pages 27–30)
(pages 27–30)
(pages 27–30)
The Emergence of Civilization
• Culture is a people’s way of life. ⇓
• A civilization is a complex culture. ⇓
• Historians have identified six of the most
important characteristics of civilization:
cities, government, religion, social
structures, writing, and art. ⇓
• The first civilizations and cities developed
in river valleys.
(pages 30–31)
(pages 30–31)
(pages 30–31)
(pages 30–31)
Checking for Understanding
Define Match each definition in the left column with the
appropriate term in the right column.
__
E 1. the keeping of animals and A. artisan
the growing of food on a B. culture
regular basis
C. domestication
__
B 2. the way of life a people
follows D. monarch
__
C 3. adaptation for human use E. systematic
agriculture
__
A 4. a skilled craftsperson who
makes products such as
weapons and jewelry
__
D 5. a king or queen who rules a kingdom
Climate and
physical barriers
such as mountains,
deserts, or large
bodies of water
influenced migration.
They traveled
approximately
2,000 miles.
It is a Winkel-Tripel projection.
Louis Leakey
Objectives
After viewing “Before History,” you should: ⇓
• Realize that petroglyphs and cave paintings can be found
on every continent. ⇓
• Know some of the techniques that archaeologists use to
determine the age of rock art. ⇓
• Understand why early North
Americans may have painted and
etched images on rocks and
caves–and why present-day
people study these artifacts.
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