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world geography

There are two broad categories of landscapes Physical Landscape: defined by the absence/minimal alteration of the landscape an range from common everyday sites to something spectacular  Human Landscape: defined by the physical alteration of landscape by humans in a human landscape. it includes man made features

Features on a global scale : Continents, Oceans Features on a national scale: Countries Features on a local scale: Cities 

why do societies form?

Neanderthals ad bigger eyes and bigger bodies to help them in hunting and foraging; however this left less room for social capacity  Humans evolve bigger brains which can store more information and process more complicated ideas  It has been theorized that this is to enable humans and other primates to be social living in societies need the ability to keep track of complex information this includes the number of individuals one can maintain relationships with because human brains are big, babies are big, and this means humans that humans need societies to take care of babies to help babies and ensure their safety  This led to the formation of bigger societies  allowed collaboration in other areas e.g hunting and gathering, making camp, moving 

Rise of early societies

Social contact Social contact is necessary for humans to function. Our brains are wired that way over the course of our evolution such that loneliness is bad for our health Sustenance The means of sustaining life; nourishment. Food is our basic sustenance.  Everyone is concerned about the production, acquisition and consumption of food, and these processes connect everyone  the two important points of sustenance        accessibility          variety    As society grew, the need for sustenance required larger numbers of people to cooperate and bind together to find the most efficient way to obtain a diverse selection of food needed for human development  Security  the need for defense  Forming societies allow for greater security as..... Ensures resources are well protected  A larger group of people would better defend their access to resources (Food, water, territory) Ensures survival of smaller groups  Some groups of people have to merge in order to defend themselves against larger societies  Allow specialization of roles Different roles played by different people within the society to ensure security

neolithic revolution

Problems of early societies: low birth rate  less babies born than any other given year  High infant/child mortality  higher infant deaths  Dangers of hunting wild animals  Over hunting and over-foraging of food supplies  Climate change  end of ice age 

Response/solution  develop farming societies  the advantages arising from having a stable source of sustenance helped some ancient societies