Objectives

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Objectives
Explore!
The factors that affect the advancement of
societies
Why Europe became a dominant society
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Hook Who will succeed?
Scenario The Crushers and the Zingers are both
members of the same adult Houston soccer league.
Based on the following information, who do you
think is more likely to achieve long-term success?
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Helped or Hindered? Categorize Rank
Helped societies advance Did not help societies advance Explain Why the factor helped or hindered societies

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Research Your Region
Wow! I never knew that about Africa!!
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Research Your Region
Latin America Africa China Asia Europe North America
Geography Latitude and Climate Shape of the Continent Cities and Civilizations
Crops Wheat Rice Corn Sorghum
Animals Cattle Goats Sheep Pigs Llamas Horse Zebra
Germs Small Pox Malaria
Technology Steel Writing
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Doodle It
On a piece of white paper, doodle a quick picture
representing your region.
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Cheating Allowed
Africas Animals Latin Americas
Geography Chinas Germs Asias Technology Europes
Crops North Americas Animals
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Human Spectrum
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Physical geography help civilization develop
Physical geography kept civilization from
developing
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The region had crops domesticated animals
capable of supporting an agriculture economy.
The region had insufficient crops domesticated
animals capable of supporting an agriculture
economy.
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Advanced civilization resulted in the development
of disease technology.
Advanced civilization did not occur.
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This region is likely to be colonized.
This region is likely to colonize other regions.
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Sinker
What if Europe was missing one of the variables
(guns, germs, steel, crops, geography, animals)?
Would it still be able to dominate and colonize
the world? How important was each variable to
Europes ultimate domination? Create a spectrum
showing the importance of each variable. Write a
summary explaining why you placed each item where
you did.