1. An Introduction to Global History
Global I Review #1

2. How do we know about History?
Primary Source
Secondary Source
What is it?
Provide Examples
A historical account written during the time period
A historical account written after the time period by someone who didn’t experience it
Diary, newspaper, autobiography, journal, interview with survivors, original film footage
Textbook, modern novel of the past, lectures/ interviews by modern experts

3. Social Scientists Study and Interpret History
Studies RESOURCES & TRADE (natural resources, money, labor)
Production and distribution of goods and services
Economist
Geographer
Archaeologist
Anthropologist
Studies how people interact with the environment
Makes connections between people and topography
Find, study and interpret historical evidence from the past
Analyzes and examines historical artifacts to recreate a picture from the past

4. Types of Maps Shows topographical landforms
Physical
Political
Shows topographical landforms
Mountains, plateaus, deserts, lakes, rivers, etc.
Shows political boundaries
Countries, cities, empires, etc.

5. The total BEHAVIOR of a group of people (family, nation, country, etc)
What is Culture????
The total BEHAVIOR of a group of people (family, nation, country, etc)
behavior patterns, arts, religion, traditions, language and customs of a people

6. Cultural Isolation vs. Cultural Diffusion
Causes
Traditional Culture-
Effects
Geographically separated
Deserts (Sahara)
Mountains (Himalayas)
Islands (Japan)
Trade (Silk Road)
Migration (Bantu)
War (Crusades)
Spread of ideas (religion, inventions)
Economic growth  Golden Ages
Change occurs slowly
Live w/ extended families
Subsistence farming- growing just enough to survive

7. The Neolithic Revolution
MAJOR TURNING POINT!!!
Nomads
The Neolithic Revolution
Civilizations!
Africa-
River Valley Civilizations-
Steady Food Supply
***Permanent Settlements***
Advanced Technology
Record Keeping
New Social Class
Complex Institutions
Followed food
Did not settle in one place
Discovery of farming and domestication of animals in the Fertile Crescent in Middle East
Change the way people attained food
ALL Humans evolved from Rift Valley in East Africa
Followed food out of Africa and populated world
Relied on river for survival
Annual flood fertilizes land
1. Mesopotamia- Hammurabi’s Code
2. Indus (India)- urban planning
3. Yellow River (China)
4. Nile (Egypt)
Writing Systems