What criteria did you use to determine that it was civilized? Can you apply those criteria to other societies?

Identify a society you consider to be civilized.

1. What criteria did you use to determine that it was civilized?
2. Can you apply those criteria to other societies?
3. Can you think of societies that might not fit your criteria and yet be civilizations? Do the standards that you and others use reflect your own society’s norms and achievements rather than neutral, more universal criteria?

SECTION 2

• Impact of environment on civilization. How did it shape cultures?