civilization Flashcards
what are the five characteristics for civilization???
agriculture, cities, specialized labor, record keeping, complex institutions.
what is agriculture???
very important in the development of civilization,
farming helped people be able to settle in one place, dogs were first to be domesticated (33,000 years ago)
sheep were also deoesticated early on (10,000-11,000 years ago).
cities????
as people began to settle they formed communities, the villages formed villages and cities.
record keeping????????
was to mark down history, kings priests merchants and artisans needed record keeping to keep track of their affairs. earliest writing was found in Mesopotamia and is called cuneiform. complex institutions.
7 charectorisrtics of culture???
culture is:
learned, transmitted, based on symbols, changeable, integrated,ethnocentric,adaptive.
what is culture not????
innate (instinctual).
how is culture learned?????????
through living in a certain place for a very long time, also from interaction,observation,and imitating people.
characteristics of a civilization????
advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions,record keeping, advanced technology. a city ha a large population of people ad is the centre f trade.