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Unit 2 Geographic Luck
Scale: your life so far
Scale: Mr. Best’s life
Scale: Mr. Best’s grandfather’s life
Scale: Since the founding of USA
Scale: AD (last 2016 years)
Scale: last 10,000 years
Neolithic Revolution 9,000 BC
What was life like before?
What was life like before? Humans pursued their food Might change locations 3-4 times per year. Worked 4-7 hours/ day Endemic violence
Agricultural Revolution Humans started farming. Humans built first permanent settlements. Humans began to specialize. People develop a “skill” or “trade” 12,500 years ago in some areas
Farming: what do you see?
Settlements: what do you see?
Specialization: what do you see?