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=World History I - Unit I - Prehistory and Archeology=


 * Unit Notes and Handouts**

1. How does Archeology provide knowledge of early human's lives and its changes? 2. What were the characteristics of hunter-gatherer societies? 3. How did the beginning of agriculture and the domestication of animals promote the rise of settled communities? 4. How did physical geography influence the lives of early humans?
 * Essential Questions**

1. Life in early hunter-gatherer societies was shaped by their physical environment. 2. Early human societies, through the development of culture, began the process of overcoming the limits set by the physical environment. 3. The beginning of agriculture, including permanent settlements, was a major step in the advance of civilization. 4. Archaeologists continue to find and interpret evidence of early humans and their lives.
 * Main Ideas and Essential Understandings**