Warm upGet back in your groups from yesterdayGet out your notebooksNumber and Label your notebooks

AP World History Cover Page (3-5 visuals)Page 1- left page- World Map handoutPage 2- right page- Building Blocks of Civilization flip

upPage 3- LP- 5 Marker Events from Chapter 1- Visual

TimelinePage 4- RP- Unit 1: Technological and Environmental

Transformation to c. 600 BCE- COVER PAGEPage 5- Jared DiamondPage 6- Guns, Germs, and Steel Video Questions

Go over your answers to the questions on the video

Discuss the Jared Diamond article

From Hunter-Gathers to Farmers

Hunter-GatherersNomadicLimited to what could be carriedYields less food, no surplusMore variety in diet; healthierChildren spaced four years apartLess disease from sparse populations and no

domesticated animalsNo formal government or social structureEgalitarian- no social structure, gender

inequalityLess development of technology

FarmersBegan around 11,000 BCEAbility to farm and domesticate animalsHad food surpluses which could be storedMore dependent on crops, less biodiversity,

less healthyShorter birth intervalDense populationMore disease due to contact with

domesticated animalsHumans begin to claim territories and not

shareEventually leads to cities

Contd. Need for authority; governments, armies,

lawsNeed for priestsSpecialization in jobsWritingSocial stratification and social statusInequality between men and womenFewer people live the good lifeMore technologyProduced “civilizations”

Let’s CompareHunter-Gatherers

Farmers

NomadicLess food, no

surplusMore variety in

diet; healthierChildren spaced

apartLess disease

because no domesticated animals and no tight living spaces

SedentaryMore food, surplusLess variety in diet;

unhealthierChildren close

togetherMore disease

because of domesticated animals and close living spaces

Still comparing…….

Hunter-Gatherers Farmers

No formal government

Egalitarian- no social structure, gender equity

Less development of technology

Need for authority, so development of armies, governments, laws, judges

Specialization in jobs

Social stratification and inequality between men and women

More technology