Characteristics of Civilizations

What is an example of specialization?

• People having different jobs in a society

• Everybody taking turns hunting

• Developing new farming methods

• Gathering berries as a family

What geographic feature did most civilizations develop near?

• Water

• Mountains

• Deserts

• Cities

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that all civilizations share?

• Religion

• Job Specialization

• Technology

• Population

Which characteristic of civilization divides society between a Upper Class, Middle Class, and Lower Class.

• Social Hierarchy

• Job Specialization

• Government

• Cities

Earliest form of writing ever invented?

• Cuniform

• Pictographs

• Hieroglyphics

• Demotic

This feature created laws, collected taxes, and

organized defense of the city.

• Writing Systems

• Job Specialization

• Government

• Religion

This characteristic was the result of surplus food,

which drew more and more people to settle in one place.

• Writing

• Cities

• Government

• Religion

This characteristic included royalty, priests, merchants,

artisans, workers, and slaves. Status relates to importance or wealth.

• Writing

• Religion

• Social Hierarchy

• Government

This feature freed people from doing every task

and allowed them to do the work they were good at.

• Job Specialization

• Writing System

• Religion

• Government

"The gods called on me, Hammurabi, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land."

Who gives Hammurabi the power to write his laws?

• The prince

• The gods

• The people

• He gave himself the power