Create your civilization.

• Grab the paper off the podium• Use your imagination• Make sure you think about where in the world

you would establish your civilization (included this on the paper).

• You have 15 min • You can use the maps around the room to

assist you

Features of a stable civilizationPhysical

• Ocean, mountain, forest, ore (minerals) -Alaska

• Canada- trees• Coal traded for drugs-meat eaters

need live stock. Volcanos (defense) & oceans

• Good farm land

Human • Religious monarchy, capitalist

economy, governors, medical, laws are based off the religion

• Trade, hunter gather society, communist government/ socialist economy.

• religion based off children's shows. No government, trade with world powers

• Democracy, monotheistic religion-but practice toleration, open trade, edu for all.

Grab your new vocab off the podium and get started on the definitions. There will be binder

quizzes over this material.

Understanding Human Geography (population, culture and economy)

Chapters 5-6

World Population

• Population Distribution page. 89– People are not spread evenly around

the world-why?• Location of favorable settlement

areas• 90% of world pop Northern

Hemisphere • Civilization development page 119-124– Early humans• Hunted & gathered• Establish Permanent settlements–Agriculture–Animal Domestication

• permanent settlements develop p.120– Urbanization (growth of people living

in towns & cities) p.120• Not everyone farms

–Merchants –trade – Government

• Types of settlements page 121-122» Villages » Towns » Cities

• Near key factors (resources, defendable, transportation)

• Central Place Theory• Pattern of urban

development

• Urbanization Today page 123-124– Urbanization in undeveloped

nations is increasing • jobs

• Urban land use in cities – City center • (CBD) central business districts – Large stores, offices and

buildings–Center of transportation

– Outside city –edge cities (large buildings & store outside city)

– Suburbs -subdivisions• Urban problems – Pollution