Features of a Civilization Review

What is a group of people living and working together for the purpose of creating an organized society?

• society
• civilization
• country

Where were cities first developed around?

• highways
• rivers/water
• farms

What came along because early farmers began to grow a surplus of food?

• cities
• governments
• religions

Why were organized central governments so important?

• to help with economy
• to prevent flooding
• to make laws and protect the people

How was writing used in the past as a feature of a civilization?

• pictures representing words
• email
• newspapers

What feature was developed as farmers grew larger amounts of crops, less people were needed as farmers?

• social classes
• public works
• job specialization

As jobs became specialized people began to find different levels of respect or different status to different jobs.  What was this feature called?

• writing systems
• social classes
• public works

What invention was created to help with the feature of public works?

• writing system
• the wheel
• irrigation system

What invention was created to help with the feature of public works?

• writing system
• the wheel
• irrigation system

What type of religious beliefs were more common in ancient times?

• monotheistic
• antitheistic
• polytheistic