Complex Civilization Formative

All civilizations needed the following characteristics to be successful, EXCEPT...

• Writing and Language

• A religious system and government

• A stable food supply and water

• Conflict among other groups

Temples and religious towers built in ancient Mesopotamia to worship the gods.

• Civilization

• Ziggurat

• Scribe

• Pictographs

A complex society that creates agricultural surpluses, allowing for specialized labor, social hierarchy, and the establishment of cities.

• Divine Kingship

• Government

• Agriculture

• Civilization

Which of the following statements is TRUE about Mesopotamia?

• One of the most recent civilizations.

• Located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

• Located in North America

• Did not have any writing or religion.

A way to keep records and better manage complex institutions.

• Religion

• Language

• Government

• Writing

The status between individual people and groups of people, with more unskilled people at the bottom and rulers at the top of the pyramid.

• Divine Kingship

• Pyramid

• Social Hierarchy

• Government

A system where people make decisions that impact societies, make and enforce laws, rules, and hierarchies to maintain and keep order.

• Government

• Religion

• Civilizations

• Legal Codes

List the following groups in order of complexity, from least complex to most complex.

• Hunter-gatherer, civilization, agricultural

• Agricultural, hunter-gatherer, civilization

• Civilization, agricultural, hunter-gatherer

• Hunter-gatherer, agricultural, civilization

The first civilizations appeared in areas where the geography was favorable.

• True

• False

• None of the above

What is the city and its surrounding territories called?

• City-state
• Polythestic
• Monothestic
• Narnia