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World
History
 
 
 
 
 

Reading
Guide:

Chapters
1:
The
Peopling
of
the
World



Part
1:

Specific
Definitions:

Chapter
1

For
this
chapter,
you
need
to
write
specific
definitions.

A

specific
definition
defines
a
person
or
thing
using
the
specific
context
of
the
text.

In
other
words,
the

specific
definition
describes
the
significance
of
the
item.


Example:

ARTIFACTS:

human‐made
objects.

(universal
definition)



Specific
definition:

Artifacts
are
human
made
objects
that
show
historians
how
people
might
have

lived
and
what
they
believed
in.

Artifacts
tell
about
culture.



NOTE:

Specific
definitions
are
in
your
own
words
and
tell
of
the
significance
of
the
term.






1.
 CULTURE:

The
unique
way
of
life
for
a
group
of
people.




 Specific
Definition:









2.
 PALEOLITHIC
AGE:

PERIOD
OF
TIME
IN
HUMAN
HISTORY,
FROM
ABOUT
2.5
MILLION

YEARS
TO
8000
B.C.






 Specific
Definition:











3.
 NEOLITHIC
AGE:

PERIOD
OF
TIME
IN
HUMAN
HISTORY
FROM
ABOUT
8000
B.C.
TO
3000
BC.




 Specific
Definition:











4.
 AGRICULTURAL
REVOLUTION:

Also
known
as
the
Neolithic
Revolution,
this
is
the

beginning
of
farming.




 Specific
Definition:











Part
2:
Questions.


Provide
an
answer
for
each
of
the
following
questions.



1. List
at
least
FIVE
developments
that
distinguished
the
Agricultural
Revolution.

















2. How
does
a
person
get
their
culture?











3. Components
of
culture.

Look
at
page
6.

After
reading
page
6
and
section
2,

complete
the

following
chart
making
comparisons
of
culture.

You
will
have
to
infer
many
things
based
on
what

you
already
know.





NEOLITHIC
CULTURE
 CULTURAL
TRAIT
 MODERN
AMERICAN
CULTURE


 
 

Unknown.

Most
likely
polytheistic
 Religion
 Various,
most
however
based
on

and
diverse.
 Judeo‐Christian
ideas.



 Monotheistic.




 
 

Language
 


 




 
 


 Symbols
 


 
 




 
 


 Arts
 


 
 




 
 


 Economy
 


 
 




 
 

Technology