Matching Pairs Civilization Terms (Matching)Online version Contains terms students need to understand civilization. by Angelia Cline 1 Nomads 2 Scribes 3 Religion 4 Pyramids 5 Hunter-gatherers 6 Ziggurats 7 Hieroglyphs 8 Cuneiform 9 City-States 10 Agriculture 11 Writing 12 Polytheism 13 Monotheism 14 Cities and Government 15 Social Classes divisions in society based on wealth and power; arose from the division of labor created by farming which allowed people to do different jobs A person specially trained to read, write, and keep records a system of picture-like writing created by the ancient Egyptians; some pictures stand for ideas or things and other pictures stand for sounds a royal tomb built for kings during Egypt’s Old Kingdom; very large and triangular shape arose from questions early humans had about the world and consists of rituals for birth, death, and warfare; one of the four features of civilization the site of the temple to the main god or goddess; not only a religious center, but also a center of political activities early cities formed in river valleys with governments created to resolve conflicts over land, water, and trade; one of the four features of civilization Name for early humans who lived in small tribes and spent the majority of their time hunting for food to eat another word for farming and the foundation of civilization; led to the settling of river valleys where civilization began a form of writing that uses wedges and lines; created by the Mesopotamians the religious belief in, and worship of, one god A city that has its own independent government, as well as control of surrounding land people who stay on the move looking for food, without a permanent home the religious belief in, and worship of, many gods developed out of the need for record-keeping for trading and planting; one of the four features of civilization
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