Civilization Quiz

What is civilization?

• A continent and region of the Western Hemisphere southeast of North America

• A system in which belief systems and rituals are arranged and formally established

• A region that includes Canada and the United States

• A stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced

During which time period did complex societies and civilizations develop?

• 3000 B.C.E. and 3500 C.E.

• 1100 B.C.E. and 1500 C.E.

• 500 B.C.E. and 1000 C.E.

• 2000 B.C.E. and 2500 C.E.

What is a city-state?

• A region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands and the surrounding coasts

• An area that has its own government and consists of a city and the land around it

• A system in which belief systems and rituals are arranged and formally established

• A stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced

What is organized religion?

• The words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them, used and understood by a large group of people

• A system in which belief systems and rituals are arranged and formally established

• The use of science in solving problems as in the area of public works

• Each person does a particular kind of work according to his/her skills

What is job specialization?

• The use of science in solving problems as in the area of public works

• The institutions that make laws and customs for a particular area

• The stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced

• Each person does a particular kind of work according to his/her skills

What is a continent and region of the Western Hemisphere southeast of North America and has much of it south of the equator

• Africa
• Europe
• South America
• Asia

The words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them, used and understood by a large group of people is called ________________

The geographic region extending approximately from central Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica is ______________