The document provides an overview of world history from prehistory to 3000 BC. It discusses how geography is linked to history and how anthropologists and archaeologists study early peoples. It describes advances made in the Old Stone Age and the religious beliefs of early humans. It explains how the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution led to permanent settlements and civilization near rivers. Key features that distinguish civilizations are also outlined, and how cultures spread and changed over time through interactions.

1. World History: Connection to Today Chapter 1 Toward Civilization (Prehistory–3000 B.C.) Copyright © 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved.

2. Copyright © 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. Chapter 1: Toward Civilization (Prehistory–3000 B.C.) Section 1: Understanding Our Past Section 2: The Dawn of History Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization World History: Connection to Today

5. The Five Themes of Geography Place Region The Human Story Human-environment interaction Location Movement 1

15. Early people left evidence of their belief in a spiritual world. Animism is the belief that the world Is full of spirits and forces that might reside in animals, objects, or dreams. Cave paintings may have been part of animist religious rituals. Stone statues are believed to have had religious meaning. Statues of pregnant women suggest that early people worshiped earth-mother goddesses. Early people began burying their dead with care, suggesting a belief in life after death. They provided the dead with tools and weapons for the afterlife. The Dawn of History 2

16. The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution Neolithic Agricultural Revolution was the change from nomadic to farming life. PEOPLE BEFORE PEOPLE AFTER Learned to farm and were able to produce their own food. Settled into permanent villages. Learned to domesticate, or tame, animals. This provided a dependable source of meat. Relied on hunting and gathering. Nomads lived in small hunting and food-gathering groups. Waited for migrating animals to return each year. 2 This led to the development of civilization

22. What Are the Basic Features of Civilizations? Farmers began cultivating lands along river valleys and producing surplus, or extra, food. Surpluses helped populations expand. As populations grew, some villages swelled into cities. 3