Today: The 5 Characteristics of Civilization

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Today The 5 Characteristics of Civilization

• 11/16/10
• BR When I think of civilization I think of

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Get out your homework

• Lets come up with a list of the things that we
  think of as civilization
• Copy the items on this list

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5 Characteristics of Civilization

• Advanced Cities
• Specialized Workers
• Complex Institutions
• Recordkeeping and Writing
• Advanced Technology

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Advanced cities

• more than large population centers, cities were
  centers of religion, politics, and trade for
  larger areas.

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Specialized Workers

• Also known as the division of labor, food
  surpluses allowed some people to develop skills
  other than farming. People made baskets,
  pottery, metal tools, etc., and traded them for
  food

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Complex Institutions

• Civilizations need long-standing ways to organize
  themselves. Examples of complex institutions
  include law codes, religion, government, and the
  economy.

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Record Keeping and Writing

• As institutions became more complex, people
  needed to be able to record information. Most,
  but not all civilizations developed writing to
  solve this problem.

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Advanced Technology

• All civilizations came up with new ways of doing
  things and discovered new materials to work with.
  Some inventions like the calendar helped
  organize people.

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Homework

• Take the items from our list and put them in the
  proper categories of the 5 characteristics of
  civilization