Charcteristics of Civilization

This characteristic of civilization led to population growth, specialization, permanent settlement, barter economy, and later civilization

• Stable food supply
• Government
• Religion
• Armies
• Social Structure

This characteristic of civilization unites people by giving them a common belief promotes good behavior, and helps explain how nature works.

• Religion
• Stable food supply
• Social Structure
• Writing
• Culture

A social hierarchy or ranking that is determined by a person's job

• Social Structure
• Religion
• Culture
• Government
• Advances in Technology

This characteristic of civilization provides organization with the making and enforcing of laws, providing protection with armies, the building, repairing and maintaining public buildings collecting taxes, and the distributing of food.

• government
• social structure
• religion
• writing
• advances in technology

This characteristic of civilization is defined by advanced art, architecture, literature, education, and music. (also food, religion, clothing, technology)

• culture
• social structure
• government
• advances in technology
• writing

This characteristic of civilization was invented for records of business transactions (trade), tax collection, laws, religious text, and sharing ideas.

• writing
• stable food supply
• government
• religion
• culture

This characteristic of civilization makes work easier and more efficient and improves the daily lives of people and future generations. It allows humans to produce more products with less labor and time.

• Advances in Technology
• Government
• Stable Food Supply
• Religion
• Writing

Steady supply of food, social structure, governmnet, religion, written language, advanced culture, & advanced technolgy are attributes of a

• Civilization

• Hunter-Gatherer Society

• Nomadic Society

• Tribal Society

A society has a stable food supply if

• it gives food to the king

• it has enough food for its people

• it buys food from other groups

• it gets food by hunting and fishing