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World Studies

Bell-Ringer 12/3

•What are the five characteristics of civilization?

Bell-Ringer12/2

• Identify

Inca

Aztec

Maya

Rome

Greece

China

Indus

Egypt

Mesopotamia

Characteristics of Civilization

Winter Break Assignment

• Work on your flip-book!

• Try to complete the first four civilizations.

• Gather pictures or text for Greece and Rome.

(1 picture for each of the categories below)

Total of 5 Pictures

Cities were key features of the ancient civilizations. These cities were more than just collections of people. They were also centers of political, economic, and religious life.

Characteristics of Civilization

Advanced Cities

Specialized Workers

Complex Institutions

Record-Keeping and Writing

Advanced Technology

Characteristic Evidence

Advanced Cities

Cities are key features of the civilizations. These are more than just collections of people. They are also centers of political, economic, and religious life.

Specialized Workers

Surpluses of food allow people to specialize in jobs outside of agriculture. Specialized workers such as artisans, doctors, and soldiers strengthen and expand civilization.

Complex Institutions

Complex institutions such as law codes, religion, and an economy are characteristics of civilization. They organize, unite, and help civilization to prosper.

Record Keeping & Writing

Each civilization develops a system of writing. Laws and important religious beliefs and the rituals can be written down. Trade can be recorded. People can use a writing system to share thoughts and ideas, creating literature and written history.

Advanced Technology

The civilizations develop new ways of doing work and new materials to work with, such as metals, pottery, and plastics. They also developed a variety of tools to make the world more orderly.

Advanced Cities

•Cities are key features of civilizations. These are more than just collections of people. They are also centers of political, economic, and religious life.

Specialized Workers

• Surpluses of food allow people to specialize in jobs outside of agriculture. Specialized workers such as artisans, doctors, and soldiers strengthen and expand civilization.

Complex Institutions

• Complex institutions such as law codes, religion, and an economy are characteristics of civilization. They organize, unite, and help civilization to prosper.

Record Keeping & Writing

• Each civilization develops a system of writing. Laws and important religious beliefs and the rituals can be written down. Trade can be recorded. People can use a writing system to share thoughts and ideas, creating literature and written history.

Advanced Technology

• The civilizations develop new ways of doing work and new materials to work with, such as metals, pottery, and plastics. They also developed a variety of tools to make the world more orderly.

Advanced Cities

• What civilization is described here?

• The cities had middle class homes made of uniform-sized bricks built on a grid system and containing plumbing and sewers.

• Indus River Valley

• City of Mohenjo-Daro

Mohenjo-daro

Technology

• What civilization is this?

• The seed drill improved agriculture by planting seeds at the right depth and distance apart. More food could be efficiently produced.

• China

Seed Drill

Record Keeping/Writing

• What civilization is this?

• Cuneiform was used to mark clay with small wedges using a stylus. Clay could be reused or allowed to harden.

• Mesopotamia

Cuneiform

Complex Institutions

• What civilization is this?

• The government was a theocracy with religious leaders ruling the people. The pharaoh, or king, was not just a man, but also a god.

• Egypt

Pharaoh