Early Man – Unit 1
From Prehistory to the Early
Civilizations
Copyright 2006; C. Pettinato, RCS High School, All Rights Reserved
1. Lascaux Cave Paintings
2. Origins of Man
• 1. In the beginning – Africa
• 2. Migrations to Europe and Asia through
the Middle East
• 3. Migrations to western hemisphere
3. Jericho Man, 6th Century BC
(5th millennium)
4. A Cave in Jericho
5. Importance of Geography
• 1. Attraction of river valleys
• 2. Quality of life related to environment
• 3. Latitude and longitude
6. Climate Zones of the World
• 1. Arctic Zone – Northern Hemisphere
• 2. Temperate Zones – Northern and Southern
Hemispheres
• 3. Tropic Zone – Contiguous in Northern and
Southern Hemispheres
• 4. Antarctic Zone – Southern Hemisphere
7. Paleolithic Tools
8. Early Civilizations by Region
• 1. Nile River Valley
• 2. Mesopotamia (Tigres – Euphrates
Rivers)
• 3. Indus River Valley
• 4. Chang (Yellow) River Valley
9. Transition from Paleolithic to
Neolithic Man
• Paleolithic Man was:
A. in search of . . .
B. nomadic
C. migratory
D. religious
10. Early Man - Video
11. Cave Paintings in Sicily
12. Development of Civilization
• A. Why?
• B. How?
• C. Where?
13. Connecting to the Past
• A. Archaeologists
• B. Historians
• C. Early Writing
14. CroMagnon and Neanderthal Man
15. Important Terms
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A. prehistory
B .archaeology
C. artifact
D. technology
E. historian
F. geography
G. latitude
H. longitude
I. glacier
J. nomad
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K. bureaucracy
L. polytheistic
M. artisan
N. pictogram
O. scribe
P. city-state
Q. empire
R. steppe
S. cultural diffusion
T. “lucy”