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Grade 7This revision sheet
covers all the requiredmaterials.
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Required Materials:Chapter 5: Human Societies.Lesson 1 : The Earlies Human Societies.Lesson 2 : The Industrial Societies.Chapter 6: Environment.Lesson 1 : Deforestation.
Society:
➢Society: a group of people living together in an ordered
community.Society is an essential condition for
human life to continue.
➢The term “Society”: means “friendship”.
The Hunter-Gatherer society:
➢ Environment: plays an important role in the lives of humans.
➢ Hunting animals and gathering food from plants: were the
means of subsistence for this society.
➢ The characteristics of the hunter-gatherer society- They lived in small bands of about 30 people.
- They were nomadic , moving constantly in search of food and water.
- Hunting was mainly conducted by men.
- Females gathered food from plants , prepared food and raised children.
❑The hunter gatherer society controlled fire around 500,000 years ago.
❑ They used stone tools to hunt and cut food.
❑Cave paintings
1. More population need more food 2. The invention of the wheel
3. The invention of the plow to cultivate the land( The Agricultural Revolution).
4. The use of domesticated animals to pull wagons and plows to cultivate the land.
➢ The conditions that led to the development from the Hunter-Gatherer Into the Agricultural Societies:
The Agricultural Society:➢The invention of the plow: was the beginning of the agriculture revolution.
➢ The characteristics of the Agricultural Societies
1. They used technological advances
to cultivate crops.
The Industrial Society➢ The industrial Revolution: describes the massive changes in production and
manufacturing.
➢ The Industrial Revolution Begin in England.
➢ The invention of the steam engine: was the beginning of the industrial
revolution.
➢ The factors that helped bring about the Industrial Revolution.
- Political stability.
- The availability of money.
- Transportation.
- Raw materials and new markets.
➢ Before the Industrial Revolution: People lived in small villages, worked as a family and
consumed food from their farms.
➢ The Negative Impacts of the industrial revolution :
- Many farmers and people left their villages and farms to work in factories and lived in the
cities.
- Women and children were sent to work making up 75% of early workforce
➢The factory owners were willing to employ children for the following reasons:- Children were paid very little.
- Children were forced to work for long hours.
➢The Positive Impacts of the industrial revolution :
- Development of transportation.
- Electricity was effectively used.
- Industry process development.
wood for CookingWood for warmth
Deforestation
➢ Deforestation is the removal of trees from an area or land.
Why do you think people cut down trees?Causes of deforestation:
➢ Planting more Trees to stop deforestation
Ways for decreasing Deforestation
➢ Recycle and buy recycled products. ➢ Go paperless at home and in the office.
•Saves Trees.
•Saves Time.
•Saves Space.
•Saves Money.
Benefits of Going Paperless:
THE END