1. The beginning of Civilization
Do Now:
What does it mean to describe a society as
hunter-gatherers?

2. Who were hunter-gatherers?
People hunted animals and gathered food that grew naturally in the wild
People on all continents often lived as nomads (meaning they moved with their source of food).
People in warm climates with access to fish did not have to move

3. Hunter-Gatherers of Ridge High School
What would you hunt around here?
What would you gather around here?

4. 10,000 years ago some societies started
A REVOLUTION occurred- some societies stopped their hunting-gathering lifestyle. Why were they able to do this?
10,000 years ago some societies started
growing their own food crops
domesticating their own animals
They engaged in AGRICULTURE!

5. Why did growing crops and growing animals REVOLUTIONIZE how people lived?
A surplus was created – there was enough food for…
people to accumulate stuff – wealth was created
the population to increase
people to settle in one place
people to organize ways of governing their expanding population
the division of labor -people could do something other than farm
THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION MARKED THE BEGINNING OF CIVILIZATION!

6. Review -Create a list of the characteristics of civilizations
Review -Create a list of the characteristics of civilizations. What else might have been features of civilizations?
Civilization

7. Review -Create a web of the characteristics of civilizations
Review -Create a web of the characteristics of civilizations. What else were features of civilizations?
Development
of Cities
Complex
Institutions
Civilization
Specialized workers
Advanced
Technlogies
Record keeping

8. What did all ancient civilizations develop next to?
WATER/RIVERS
Why?
People need to drink water to survive.
Water also provides
Food – fish, etc.
Cleanliness
Irrigation for crops
travel for trade

9. Where were the first civilizations?

11. Conclusion: Civilizations developed because people began to…
Produce surplus food
Create large towns
Develop a division of labor
Create some form of government