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Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Equator
North Pole
South Pole

h. Tropic of Cancer
i. Tropic of Capricorn
j. Prime Meridian
A.North America-orange
B.South America-green
C.Asia-yellow
D.Australia-red
E.Africa-Pink
F.Europe-Purple
G.Antarctica-Black

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6th Grade Social Studies
Directions: Place the provided terms in the correct boxes.

Chapter 1 Section 1: Studying History

Essential Why is it important for us to examine history?

Question
Examine: to______ at closely and________ in order to
_________ how __________ something is
Source: an object that gives _______( about the _____)
Historians examine sources to determine how _______ and
________ it is
To examine sources, historians ask the following five questions:
1._______ wrote or made it?
A. Was the person ___________ and smart?
B. Example Who can write a better book about basketball,
Mr. Bian or Kobe?
11. ________ of source is it?
A. Is it a written source?
1. __________ source: a source with writing on them
2. Writing started around 300 D.C.
3. Examples: __________, diaries, and newspapers
B. Is it a _________ non-written source?
1. __________ source: a source that has ________ on them
2. _________: history before the time of 300 D.C.
3. Examples: ________, artifacts, oral orientation (spoken stories,
and paintings.
111. ________ was the source produced?
A.Is it a _________ source?
1. __________ source: a source that was produced during the
_______ period as the event; anything made right after something
happened
2. Examples: a painting made by a person watching a volcano
erupt
B. Is it a _________ source?
1. __________source: a source produced during a later______
time period by people who studied the primary sources

2. Example: ____________________

IV. __________ was the source provided?

A. Was it made by an ____________ or a person _______
From the event?
1. Even though a source is a primary source, it matters of
the author was actually there.
B. Examples:___________ and ________________
V.______ was the source made?
A. A source made _________ people might be more _______
and unbiased
C. A source made _______ or ______ might be_________
Photograph
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September 12th
Summary

It is important for us to examine history because__________

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Chapter 1 Section 2 Studying Geography

Essential Explain the differences between a physical geographer
Question and a human geographer?
Questions
I.
Studying Places and People
Geography
Geography
Physical
Human
Physical
Human
___________
____________
___________
____________
___________
____________
___________
____________
___________
____________
II. Geography and History
A.Geography Affects Resources
1. An areas___________ was critical to early settlements.
2. Early people settled in places that were rich in________
a. Included: water,__________, fertile________, and stone
for _______.
b. Over time people used other resources: copper,_______,
and iron.
B. Geography Shapes Cultures
1. Early people developed different cultures because of
their___________.
a. People who lived near rivers made fishhooks and______
b. People who lived near forests built_______ from wood.
2. Worlds first societies formed along________.

Summary One difference between a physical and human geographer is

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Another difference between a physical and human geographer
is_________________________________________________

Historians

Archaeologists

We will learn about __________,

People didnt know ____________

Wars, and people or the way they

so how will we learn about them?

lived.We learn about people through People drop things and leave objects.
________ , ________, and______. Slowly the things ____ or fall apart.
Other records are used to learn all

A man finds the wood and_______

about the king from his monuments he found the things and found out
with imprinted words.

they made iron fire and cows. They

left in a dry season. That was_____
The man was an ____________.

Australopithecus
Name means ___________
Appeared in Africa about ____________ years ago
Stand upright and walked on two legs
Brain was about 1/3 the size of modern humans.

Homo Habilis

Name means ___________.

Appeared in Africa about _________ years ago
Used only stone tools for chopping and scraping
Brain was_______ the size of humans

Homo Eretus

Name means___________.
Appeared in Africa ___________ years ago
Used early stone tools like the _________
Learned to control fire and ________ out of Africa to
Asia and Europe

Homo Sapiens

Name means __________

Appeared in Africa about __________ years ago
Migrated around the world
Same species as _____________ beings.
Learned to create fire and used many tools and
developed a language
The First People (pg.28, 29, 33, 34)

Historians call the time before there was writing prehistory. Mary
Leakey found bones in east Africa that were more than 1.5 million years
ago in 1959. They belonged to hominid, an early ancestor of humans. An
ancestor is a relative who lived in the past. Another interesting thing is
that Australopithecus is one of the earliest ancestors of humans. Donald
Johansson found bones from another early ancestor. The tests showed
that she was a two walking creature who lived more than 3 million
years. As humans developed tools and new hunting techniques, they
formed a society, or a community of people who share a common
culture. These societies developed cultures with languages, religions,
and art. Hunter gatherers are people who hunt animals, gather plants,
seeds, fruits, and nuts. Thousands of years ago people painted caves.
Scholars knew little about the beliefs of early people.

Paleo/Meso/Neo
Paleolithic

Paleo (old)

Paleolothic Era:
Lasted Until 10,000
years ago
Used stone tools
Created tools by
striking rocks
together
Started as hand tools
Developed into
spears

Lithic (rock)

Mesolithic

Meso (middle)
Lithic (rock)

Mesolithic Era:
Smaller and more
complex than the old
stone age.
Began 10,000 years ago
and lasted 5,000 years
ago
Used bone and stone
tools.(hooks, fishing
Neolithic
spears,Era:
and canoes.)
Began 10,000 years ago in
southwest Asia
Polished stone (sharpened them),
created fire
Biggest change in food production

Learned how to growcrops

Neolithic

Neo (new)
Lithic (rock/stone)

Essential
Question

Early
Human
Migratio
n

The Stone Age and Early Cultures(pg.36-39) S.S.

How do people adapt to their new environments?
Hominids and people started _____________ because
of__________ change in ___ and ______. The___ages
ended over a time about_______ years ago. These____
covered much of the earths land. They traveled oon these
sheets in order to get____________________. A land
bridge was formed after the sea level lowered down. It
connected two continents.
Hominids migrated from_______ to _____. Humans
started to ________ while over time_________________.
They traveled about 100,000 years ago. There was always
sea between Asia and Australia, some scientists think the
Hominids migrated from_______ to _____. Humans
started to ________ while over time_________________.
They traveled about 100,000 years ago. There was always
sea between Asia and Australia, some scientists think the
traveled on a__________. By 9000 BC humans lived on all
continents except________. Although____ helped keep
people warm in cold areas, people needed to keep warm so
they sewed_________. At first people took shelter in caves
but later built their own shelters. The houses were____ in

the ground with roofs of branches and leaves. Later, above

ground homes were built with wood, stone, clay. More
advanced tools such as bows, hooks, fishing spears, canoes
were used in the Mesolithic Era. This era began more than
10,000 years ago. They used rivers, lakes and made pottery.
Pets, clothing and shelter allowed people to adapt to new
environments but also had protection.
Summary

Name_______________________ Class_______ Date_______

The stone ages and Early Cultures, continued History and Geography
Analyzing Maps
1. Place What crop originated in South America?
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2. Region What crops are shown on the map? Where was rice grown?
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3-5.Human/Environment Interaction What do you think cattle were
useful for farmers to domesticate? __________________________________
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Neolithi
c Era
Tools

Other
Improvements

Summary