Cultural Changes

NOTES
Give yourself a wide thinking column!
 Cultural Changes
• Constantly changing

• Cultural diffusion: spreading of culture (new knowledge,

skills, & ideas)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrixSTWc7Ag

Thinking column:
How does culture spread?
Development of Civilizations
– Hunter/gatherers,
nomadic
– Agricultural
Revolution: 10,000
years ago, learned
how to grow food
– Civilizations arose
(complex societies
with language, laws,
& jobs)
 Earliest Civilizations
• Iraq (Mesopotamia) by the Tigris
& Euphrates River
• India by the Indus River
• China by the Huang He River
• Egypt by the Nile River

Do you see a
pattern here?
 Other Revolutions = Change
• Industrial Revolution: 1700-1800
http://www.history.com/videos/the-industrial-revolition#the-industrial-revolition

– Goods no longer made by hand, but by

machine
• Information Revolution: computers store,
process, and send information all over the
world instantly
 Before you leave…..
Do the following on the slip provided

Read
Over your notes one more time……highlight or underline the 3
main points. Tell me what you choose to highlight.

Write
Write the definition of cultural diffusion in your own
words…..provide examples given by the teacher or in your notes to
support your definition

Think
Think about 1 way cultural diffusion has impacted your life today &
write a brief (1 sentence) summary of what you thought about.