Topic 1 Origins of Civilization Test

Front

What are groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society?

Back

Social class

Front

What is a set of shared spiritual beliefs?

Back

Religion

Front

What is the system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services?

Back

Economy

Front

Who studies human life in the past by examining the things that people left behind?

Back

Archaeologists

Front

What is a COMPLETE change in ways of thinking, working, or living?

Back

Revolution

Front

What term describes the time before written records?

Back

Prehistory

Front

What is the practice of raising animals and cultivating plants for human use?

Back

Domestication

Front

What is the term for the surplus of goods that can be traded or stored?

Back

Surplus

Front

What is the process of dividing labor into specific tasks?

Back

Specialization

Front

What is the term for the beliefs in many gods?

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Polytheism