Geography.....................................4-5

Economics......................................6-7

Government..................................8-9

Culture...........................................10-11

Religion..........................................12-13

River Civilizations.........................14-17

Age of Empires..............................18-21

Colonization..................................22-23

Modern..........................................24-25

My Favorite Subject....................26-27

Table Of Contents:

Welcome       You are here=

What we are learning about=

Geography

Population, Earths resources, hemispheres, latitude and longitude, directions, maps.

Population:

Birth and Death Rates- people

Migration- people moving

Urbanization- move to the city

Industrialization- moving culture

Globalization- cultures mixing

Equator

 Latitude goes east and west and longitude lines go north to south.

Prime Meridian

Compass:

    North

    East

    South

    West

Some Natural Resources

Map of the United States

Economics

Production, consumption, wealth. Money is all it is.

Trade- countries producing and giving goods 

GDP- Gross Domestic Products 

Economies- traditional, market, command, mixed

Traditional Economy:

-Non developed countries

-No technology

-Farming, hunting, gathering

-Men and women have different roles

Market Economy:

-Resources owned and controlled by individuals

-People compete for profit

-Supply and demand

-Determines supply and set prices

The governing people.

The people in charge.

Tribal Rule- Chiefs

Direct Democracy- Voting

Republic- Representatives 

Monarchy- King or Queen

Dictatorship- One Leader

Oligarchy- Group of People

Government

Tribal Rule:

-Members of the tribe make group decisions

-Chief or elders make final decisions

-Based on cultures customs or beliefs

Direct Democracy:

-All adults take place in every decision by voting 

-EVERY person= 1 vote

Republic:

-Governments run by representatives that the people vote for

-Representatives make laws

Dictatorship:

-A country ruled by a single leader

-The leader has not been elected and may use force to keep control

-Dictators usually deny rights to the people

Culture

Customs, arts, achievements, people or social groups.

-Beliefs

-Customs

-Ideas

-Homes

-Food

-Clothing

Ethnocentrism:

-The tendency to view your own culture as being better than others

Cultural Diffusion:

-The movement of customs and ideas

Acculturation:

-The process of accepting new ideas and fitting them into a new culture.

Language and Culture:

-All cultures have language to communicate

-People who speak a different language usually have different cultures

-Language preserves shared ideas and traditions

Religion

Belief or who you worship. You get it, right?

-Judaism

-Christianity

-Islam

-Hinduism

-Buddhism

-Religions of the world have many common traits

-Prayers and rituals

-Celebrate important holidays, places, and times

Hinduism:

-Polytheistic

-900 million followers

-Followers called Hindus

-No single founder

Buddhism:

-Does not believe in a god

-376 million followers

-Followers called Buddhists

-Founder is Siddhartha Gautama

Judaism:

-Monotheistic

-14 million followers

-Followers called Jews

-Founder is Abraham

Islam:

-Monotheistic

-1.5 billion followers

-Followers are called Muslims

-Founder is Muhammad 

Egypt, 
Mesopotamia, Indus Valley.

River Civilizations

Egypt:

-Formed their civilization around the Nile

-The Nile flooded every summer creating fertile soil

-First paper used: Papyrus

-The Pharaoh (Egyptian King) was believed to be a god

-Polytheistic: Believed in many gods

-Built pyramids for Pharaohs for the afterlife

-Writing was the Hieroglyphics

Mesopotamia:

-Polytheistic: Believed in many gods

-Worshiped in temples called Ziggurats

-There were different social rankings

-Created glass and artwork

-The first story written: The Epic of Gilgamesh

-First set of laws: Hammurabi's Code

-Invented the wheel

Indus Valley:

-Farming villages became major cities

-They had a writing system that we can't read

-They had seals used for trade and documentation

-Don't know if they had powerful kings or pharaohs 

-Archeologist believe that they believed in gods because their seals implied it

DISCLAIMER: We don't know much about the Indus Valley civilization because we don't know how to read their writing.