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Fifth largest continent (14 million square kilometers) Most isolated

and inhospitable areas in the world

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ANTARCTICA

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PALEOLITHIC/ MESOLITHIC /NEOLITHIC:
(Jericho, Israel)
Weaved cloth and fishnets
Made receptacles, pots,
jars, and dishes

A

NEOLITHIC

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Fourth largest continent (17 million square kilometers)

Generally tropical in nature

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SOUTH AMERICA

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  • the exact position of any point on the surface of the
    earth as determined by the coordinates
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Absolute Location

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Egyptians developed a form of picture or symbol writing known as __________made up of
about 800 picture-symbols.

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hieroglyphics

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  • (9000 BCE) At the West bank of Jordan River the city of Jericho was a
    thriving farming community. It has massive stone walls and tower structure to guard
    against flooding
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The City of Jericho

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Largest continent and the most populated continent

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ASIA

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Assimilation - complete adaption of new culture and rejection of old one

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Nebular Hypothesis - The sun and planets were formed through a process called_______________
. Matter collected into dense clumps and disk combined the influence of
gravity and friction

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ACCRETION

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PALEOLITHIC/ MESOLITHIC /NEOLITHICS:
Sedentary form of living
Domesticated animals
Engaged in hunting,

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MESOLITHIC

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PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:“Age of Reptiles”

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MESOZOIC

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  • leaving your own country for another permanently
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Emigration

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  • Also known as Human Geography. Studies the world, its people,
    communities
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Cultural Geography

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“The Walking Man”
walks upright
More human-like
qualities

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HOMO ERECTUS

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Indicates the humanity’s impact on the environment

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ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT -

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second largest and populous (30.3 million square kilometers)

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AFRICA

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17
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PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:Emergence of first amphibians:
Lobefins
Emergence of Pangaea
Therapsids - reptiles who
utilize internal heat from
digesting food in order to keep
themselves warm

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PALEOZOIC

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Sunni Ali - attacked and conquered
Timbuktu.

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SONGHAI -

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The extinction was caused by
global warming that left ocean
animals unable to breathe.

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THE GREAT DYING

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  • arriving in another country to live permanently
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Immigration

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21
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  • god of the Sky
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2.HORUS

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  • a great influencer of Muslim
    made Timbuktu major center of Muslim
    scholarship
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Mansa Musa

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“The Wise Man”
The species where
modern humans
beings belong to

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HOMO SAPIEN SAPIEN

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  • A slab of black rock carved in three languages was discovered -
    Hieroglyphics, Aramaic and Greek.
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The Rosetta Stone

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PALEOLITHIC/ MESOLITHIC /NEOLITHICS: People used flaked or crude tools and weapons Made arts in making pictures on the wall Formed families
PALEOLITHIC
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is the lifeline of Egypt.
The Nile River
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PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction An asteroid impact Extinction on the planet created a dust cloud that blocked sunlight for several months killing almost all species.
MESOZOIC/
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The evolution of Adaptation humans is one of _____________where one common ancestor gave rise to several varied descendants.
ADAPTIVE RADIATION
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He is famous for building the Great Pyramid at Giza.
Khufu -
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second smallest continent (10 million square kilometers) Small but with great historical significance
EUROPE
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The Formation of Life and the Emergence of Earth
1. The first signs of life emerged from oceans which is a one- celled organism called PROKARYOTES. 2. Formation of the Inner layers of the earth. 3. Continental Drift Theory - explains that the tectonic plates float above the molten layers beneath the earth and drift into different directions.
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1 - United Upper and Lower Egypt
.King Menes
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god of the Dead and the Underworld
3. OSIRIS -
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Societies progress into civilizations through a series of challenges that may be physical or social in nature.
THE CHALLENGE- RESPONSE THEORY
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The most complete and largest neolithic settlement found
Çatalhöyük (7000 BCE)
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Studies the natural sciences and deals with the studies of processes and patterns in natural environment.
Physical Geography -
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smallest continent (7.6 million square kilometers)
AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA
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- The commercial center in Africa
TIMBUKTU
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- A process of gradual changes in the characteristics of organisms over time leading to great diversity among creatures. (SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST)
EVOLUTION
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“The Thinking Man”
HOMO SAPIENS
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THE CHALLENGE- RESPONSE THEORY by___________
Arnold J. Toynbee (1943)
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PALEOLITHIC/ MESOLITHIC /NEOLITHICS:Practice their own religion Developed language Learned to make fire Made clothes
PALEOLITHIC
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MR. HELP
MOVEMENT REGION HUMAN ENVIORNMENT LOCATION PLACE
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PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:Dinosaurs were widespread and the first mammals appeared Nyasasaurus parringtoni
MESOZOIC
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PALEOLITHIC/ MESOLITHIC /NEOLITHICS: fishing, and pottery making Dogs became part of man’s life
MESOLITHIC
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It refers to the characteristics of and interactions among locations close to each other.
REGION
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PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:THE GREAT DYING The extinction was caused by global warming that left ocean animals unable to breathe.
PALEOZOIC
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describes our universe forming from a sudden and rapid expansion from which all known matter is said to have emerged.
Big Bang Model -
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- The king or ruler of Egypt and seen as a god
The Pharaohs
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- When Pharaohs die, the pharaoh was mummified and buried in a beautiful chamber along with his belongings.
MUMMIFICATION
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god of the Sun
4. RA -
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It is the discipline that studies the human and natural components of our planet.
Geography
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Relative Location - The position of an area in relation to any number of landmarks.
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PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:Emergence of chordates - animals with simple spinal cord Arthropods - creatures with joined exoskeleton
PALEOZOIC
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Third largest continent (24 million square kilometers)
NORTH AMERICA
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- Gold production and Traders
2. MALI
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- This assumes that modern humans evolved exclusively in Africa and their way out of the continent through various regions in the world.
“Out of Africa Adaptation Model”
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An asteroid impact Extinction on the planet created a dust cloud that blocked sunlight for several months killing almost all species.
Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction
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- richest man in the world at the time
2.Thutmose III
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The Dark Continent Portuguese began exploring Africa on the 15th century “Cradle of Humankind”
Africa
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It refers to travel and how people, products and ideas move from one place to another.
MOVEMENT
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PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:Primates and Cetaceans or whales emerged First Hominids emerged (1st human species)
CENOZOIC
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PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:Creation of several mountain ranges: Himalayas, Alps and Pyrenees Arctic Ice thickens
CENOZOIC
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“The Handy Man” Larger brain and less ape-like face, powerful hand
HOMO HABILIS
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PALEOLITHIC/ MESOLITHIC /NEOLITHIC: Learned to plant (Agriculture) Learned to herd animals settled in one place and formed a community
NEOLITHIC:
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The Egyptians wrote on ____________, the earliest form of paper
Papyrus
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King Tut or “The Boy Pharaoh”
King Tutankhamen -
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It refers to the human and physical characteristics of a location includes all natural and human-made features.
PLACE
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- adaptation process when two cultures meet
Acculturation
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- god of Preserving the Dead
1.ANUBIS
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grew near the marketplace of the gold traders. A king ruled the central government.
GHANA -
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PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:Emergence of Laurasia and Gondwanaland
MESOZOIC
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The sun and planets were formed through a process called ACCRETION. Matter collected into dense clumps and disk combined the influence of gravity and friction
Nebular Hypothesis -
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The relationship INTERACTION between humans and the environment and how each is mutually affected by such relationship.
HUMAN- ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
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PALEOZOIC/MESOZOIC/CENOZOIC:“Age of Mammals”
CENOZOIC
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t - She was one of Egypt’s few female pharaohs
3.Hatshetput

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