A01_Ch01: The Peopling of the World

Purpose: Along with class lessons and activities, this assignment will help us address this
essential question: Where did early human beings originate and what were some of their
technological and artistic achievements?

INTERACTION WITH ENVIRONMENT
As early humans spread throughout the world, they adapted to each environment they
encountered. As time progressed, they learned to use natural resources.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
The earliest peoples came up with new ideas and inventions in order to survive. As settlements
started and expanded, new technologies developed to control the environment.

ECONOMICS
Pre- humans, and their modern human descendants, hunted animals and gathered wild plant
foods for thousands of years. Then, about 10,000 years ago, they learned to tame animals and
plant crops. Gradually, more complex economies would develop.

Given:
! Use the World History: Patterns of Interaction (POI) textbook to complete the assignment below.
! Refer to the to the course calendar to acquire due dates and other instructions.
# Students submitting this assignment via a Dropbox Shared Folder should label the le:
Pd#_LastNameFirstName-A00 (Ex.: 03_SmithJohn-A01). Remember, the period # must have two
digits. Therefore, Period 1 => 01, Period 8 => 08, Period 10 => 10. No spaces in the le label and dont
substitute a letter O for the number Zero, 0.

Task:

A. Human Origins in Africa
Read pages 5 11. On page 11

TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its signicance.
culture hominid Paleolithic Age Neolithic Age Homo sapiens

USING YOUR NOTES
Please explain which advance by a hominid group do you think was most signicant?

MAIN IDEAS
How did Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons differ from earlier peoples?

CRITICAL THINKING & WRITING
RECOGNIZING EFFECTS: Why was the discovery of re so important?
MAKING INFERENCES: Why will specic details about the physical appearance and the customs of early
peoples never be fully known?

B. Humans Try To Control Nature
Read pages 14 18. On page 18

TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its signicance.
nomad hunter-gatherer Neolithic Revolution domestication

MAIN IDEAS
What factors played a role in the origins of agriculture?
What were the rst crops grown in the Americas?

A01_Ch01: The Peopling of the World
CRITICAL THINKING & WRITING
SUMMARIZING: In what ways did Neolithic peoples dramatically improve their lives?
HYPOTHESIZING: Why do you think the development of agriculture occurred around the same time in several
different places?

C. Civilization
Read pages 19 23. On page 23

TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its signicance.
civilization specialization artisan institution scribe cuneiform Bronze Age

MAIN IDEAS
How did the social structure of village life change as the economy became more complex?
What role did irrigation systems play in the development of civilizations?
What are the key traits of a civilization?

CRITICAL THINKING & WRITING
MAKING INFERENCES In what ways does the ziggurat of Ur reveal that Sumerians had developed an
advanced civilization?