Title: What 3 things do people need to survive
1What 3 things do people need to survive?
shelter
water
food
2Prehistory
Before written records
3Early Man
Homo Sapiens Modern man, appeared during the
stone age
Hominid Early human like creature
4Nomads people who move from place to place in
search of food
Migration early animals and humans moved from
continent to continent
Land Bridges strips of land connecting
continents during Ice Age
5Later Developments
- More advanced tools
- Clothing
- Control fire
- Art
- Better hunting and fishing tools
- Domesticated animals (dogs first)
- Agriculture
6The development of Agriculture
Clearing forests to make fields Irrigation-
digging ditches to move water to crops
Able to grow more food than needed
Permanent settlements and villages
Increasing populations
Could develop other skills Could trade goods and
services
7Develop Writing trade required record keeping
History Begins
Trade develops people were able to trade their
extra goods (food, tools, etc.) and services
Develop Calendars
Develop Cities
Civilizations
8Four Characteristics of a Civilization
- People who live in an organized society
- Able to produce more food than they need to
survive - Have some form of government
- Division of labor
9Mesopotamia