1) There are indications early humans were not simply smart animals. Discuss these traits that made humans so special, especially in the Neanderthal and modern human eras.
2) How did humans go from being cavemen to practicing agriculture?
3) Why did agriculture develop as it did in different areas of the world?
4) What are the characteristics of Fertile Crescent agriculture?
5) Why is the Nile a special river?
6) What are a few of the differences between the Nile and the Tigris/Euphrates rivers?
7) Why is writing important?
8) Offer a few ways in which geography rules Greece, even more than a government.
9) How did Alexander 'change' Greece?
10) How did the Persian Wars end up making Athens powerful?