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Characteristics of Civilization Quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Based on the source in the image, what characteristic is best shown?

a)

System of Tribute

b)

Government and Laws

c)

Job Specialization

d)

Infrastructure

2.

Based on the source in the image, what characteristic is best shown?

a)

Government and Laws

b)

Social Structure

c)

Belief System and Religion

d)

Infrastructure

3.

Having access to more food than a civilization needs, which allows them to trade and exchange goods

a)

Arts

b)

Economy

c)

Surplus Food

d)

Trade

4.

The belief system of a civilization including who they worship

a)

Religion

b)

Economy

c)

Accumulated Knowledge/Learnign

d)

System of Tribute

5.

The power that has control over certain areas, making the rules and laws for society to abide by

a)

Infrastructure

b)

Surplus Food

c)

System of Tribute

d)

Government

6.

An exchange of goods or services in return for something else

a)

Job Specialization

b)

Trade

c)

Technology

d)

Social Classes

7.

The creative and cultural expression of a civilization

a)

System of Tribute

b)

Economy

c)

Infrastructure

d)

Arts

8.

The physical foundations of a civilization, including buildings, bridges, roads, waterways, and more

a)

Surplus Food

b)

Infrastructure

c)

Economy

d)

Social CLasses

9.

The organization of citizens within a civilization, dividing people based on their wealth, religion, or power

a)

Job Specialization

b)

Infrastructure

c)

Social Classes

d)

System of Tribute

10.

Focusing on one career in order to become highly skilled in that area

a)

Accumulated Knowledge/Learning

b)

Arts

c)

Religion

d)

Job Specialization

11.

The tools used in a civilization to help them become more successful

a)

Technology

b)

System of Tribute

c)

Trade

d)

Social Classes

12.

What characteristic of a civilization does the image above show?

a)

Government/Social Classes

b)

Religion

c)

System of Tribute

d)

Arts

13.

Because the Inca did not know science, they had to attach powers to natural resources and worshipped such things as water streams or rocks, animals, and almost anything related to nature. This is an example of _________________?

a)

Arts

b)

Surplus food

c)

Religion

d)

System of Tribute

14.
Government, writing, and religion are characteristics of a civilization. 
a)
True
b)
False
15.
What was the most common reason in which ancient people chose to migrate, or move from place to place?
a)
They needed to find employment and an income
b)
To find resources such as food and shelter
c)
To explore the world.
d)
They needed to find better transportation.
16.

The pyramids of Ancient Egypt demonstrated the religious devotion of Egyptians and the power of their government.

a)

Public Works

b)

Art and Architecture

c)

Cities and Agriculture

d)

Central Government

17.

The first written records were created by the Mesopotamians and were known as cuneiform.

a)

Writing System

b)

Religion

c)

Public Works

d)

Central Government

18.

Which of the following shows evidence of a Stable Food Supply?

a)

Hanging Gardens

b)

Many gods with human personalities

c)

Taxes

d)

An irrigation system with canals and levees

19.

Which of the following shows evidence of writing in Sumer?

a)

clay tablets

b)

ziggurats with images of gods

c)

chariots

d)

the ship's sail

20.

Having more food than you need

a)

trade

b)

written language and learning

c)

art

d)

surplus of food

21.

Inventions that make life easier

a)

system of tribute

b)

technology

c)

religion

d)

surplus of food

22.

The time before people invented writing.

a)

Civilization

b)

Architecture

c)

Prehistoric

d)

Post Historic

23.

Making characters or letters to communicate.

a)

Writing

b)

Speaking

c)

Squirrel

d)

Government

24.

Interesting things to look at, created with skill and imagination.

a)

Government

b)

Video Games

c)

Books

d)

Art

25.

A place where many people live and work, bigger than towns or villages.

a)

Cities

b)

Government

c)

Neolithic

d)

Paleolithic

26.

The ‘new stone age’ when people made more useful stone tools as well as developed farming.

a)

Neolithic

b)

Paleolithic

c)

Cities

d)

Social Class

27.

Where did civilizations settle down by?

a)

Highways

b)

Water

c)

Soil deposits

d)

Volcanic sites

28.

Which Characteristic of a civilization is exemplified by the following description?


Exchange of a good or service for something else (typically a monetary exchange); goods must be moved easily (e.g., via waterways or roads); a food surplus results in trade opportunities

a)

Surplus food

b)

Planned infrastructure

c)

Trade

d)

Accumulated learning

29.

Achievements in communication, math, science, and technology are made by

a)

a food surplus.

b)

collecting taxes.

c)

building roads.

d)

gathering knowledge.

30.

Which characteristic of civilizations does this depict?

a)

Language / Writing Systems

b)

Religion

c)

Government

d)

Technology

31.

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

a)

Religion

b)

Job Specialization

c)

Technology

d)

Population

32.

This feature freed people from doing every task

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

a)

Job Specialization

b)

Writing System

c)

Religion

d)

Government

33.
Cuneiform is...
a)
a system of government
b)
the world's first system of writing
c)
a type of poem or story
d)
a seal
34.

What is one NEGATIVE effect of urbanization?

a)

People were protected by the walls in the city.

b)

They had easier access to the surplus of food due to irrigation.

c)

Cities were often overcrowded and disease spread rapidly.

d)

Everything people needed was in walking distance.

35.

Sumerians invented the plow to help them gather crops. This affected which characteristics?

a)

religion

b)

written language

c)

arts and entertainment

d)

stable food supply

36.

Which of the following civilizations developed between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Egypt

c)

Greece

d)

China

e)

Israel

37.

A complex society that has cities, a well-organized government and workers

a)

hunters and gatherers

b)

a civilization

c)

a village

38.
Which of the following is NOT one MAJOR
reason for why early civilizations were located in river valleys?
a)
lots of room for nomadic hunting and gathering
b)
protection from nomads
c)
water for crops
d)
fertile soil
39.
What does the word fertile mean?
a)
difficult to work with
b)
good for growing 
c)
at a high altitude
d)
near the river
40.
What were the main reasons that early civilizations developed religions?
a)
to have more trade partners in the same religion
b)
to make a more even and fair social structure
c)
to have a more democratic  and free government
d)
to explain forces of nature and their role in the world
41.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of early civilizations
a)
government
b)
religion
c)
writing
d)
transportation
42.

Those who learned how to write and became record keepers.

a)

Scribes

b)

Merchants

43.

This picture shows an area known as the ...

a)

Fertile Curve

b)

Fertile Crescent

c)

Green Region

44.

What's one thing farmers definitely need?

a)

Stone tools

b)

Fire

c)

Celery

d)

Water

45.

Why did early hunters live near rivers?

a)

There were a lot of thirsty animals to hunt

b)

So they could farm easily

c)

So they could travel easily

d)

It was a scenic landscape

46.

Which of these factors helped humans develop a stable food supply?

a)

The sheer amount of edible animals that were available

b)

Ancient methods for keeping raw meat fresh

c)

Excellent hunting equipment like spears and bows and arrows

d)

The domestication (taming) of plants and animals

47.

What is domestication?

a)

the process of changing plants/animals to make them more useful to humans

b)

farming

c)

creation of something

d)

movement of people

48.

Which society changed plants and animals for human use and settled in permanent locations?

a)

Hunter-Gatherer

b)

Early Agriculture

49.

What reflects a person's knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values?

a)

Agriculture

b)

Culture

c)

Domestication

d)

Artifact

50.

________________ is a signficant trait of a civilization because it keeps people safe and peaceful.

a)

Laws/Government

b)

Arts & Culture

c)

War

d)

Writing