Characteristics of a Civilization

What development helped to create a stable food supply?

• Industrialization

• Agriculture (farming)

• Urbanization

• Transportation

What did a reliable food source allow families and communities to do?

• Focus on hunting

• Grow and expand

• Move frequently

• Decrease in size

What activities could people focus on with a stable food supply?

• Building and trading

• Hunting and gathering

• Traveling and exploring

• Fishing and farming

What was a key factor in allowing communities to focus on other activities?

• Unstable food supply

• Reliable food source

• Lack of resources

• Constant migration

What was one result of farmers growing food for everyone?

• Everyone became a farmer

• People could do different jobs

• Technology stopped advancing

• People stopped eating

What did writing allow people to do in highly developed cultures?

• Forget their history

• Record things for future generations

• Destroy old records

• Communicate only verbally

What was the Code of Hammurabi?

• A type of food

• A piece of art

• The first example of a system of laws

• A type of clothing

What did social classes help organize in ancient civilizations?

• The weather

• Society

• The animal kingdom

• The oceans

What did systems of government help maintain?

• Chaos

• Order

• Confusion

• Anarchy

What did enslaved persons represent in ancient civilizations?

• A lack of social structure

• A common feature in many civilizations

• The end of civilization

• A new form of government