1. Characteristics of a Civilization

2. Warm Up: In your journals:
Create a bubble map showing what you think would make a group of people a civilization? Brainstorm what makes a civilization.

3. WHAT IS A CIVILIZATION??? CIVILIZATION-
*NOTES*
WHAT IS A CIVILIZATION???
CIVILIZATION-
(1) group of people living and working together for the purpose of creating an organized society.
(2) “the highest cultural grouping of people which distinguishes humans from other species”
(3) “complex systems or network of cities that emerge from pre-urban culture”

4. "Civilization" defined...
Civilization - marked by developments in arts, sciences, government, and social structure.
Historians define civilizations as societies that have the following characteristics:
Agriculture (Stable food supply)
Social structure
Government
Religion (Complex)
The Arts
Technology
Writing

5. What is required?
1. Stable food supply - complex society can only thrive if its members have the food they need to survive

6. What is required?
2. Social structure - different jobs and social levels within a society

7. What is required?
3. Government - system to direct people's behavior and make life orderly

8. What is required?
4. Religion - system of a set of beliefs, usually in a god or gods, together with forms of worship

9. What is required?
5. The Arts - part of a civilization's culture, inluding creative forms of expression, such as painting, architecture, and music

10. What is required?
6. Technology - practical tools and inventions that make life easier

11. What is required?
7. Writing - developed form of written language

12. The first civlizations:

13. Under your bubble map….
In one paragraph (5-7 sentences), discuss two negative (bad) and two positive (good) consequences of civilization building. What types of issues do complex societies deal with?