5 Characteristics of Civilization
Mesopotamia and Egypt
Greece
Rome
Random
100
What is the characteristic?
The birthplaces of the first civilization and the center of trade for a larger area; A large group of people living together
Advanced Cities
100
This was an Egyptian ruler thought of as a god
Pharaoh
100
The study of ideas about knowledge, truth, the meaning of life, etc.
Philosophy
100
The aristocratic branch of Rome’s government
Senate
100
This is the period of time before written records.
Prehistory
200
What is the characteristic?
Skilled workers who specialize in one area; development of skills in a specific kind of work (specialization)
Specialized Workers
200
This is a wedge-shaped writing developed in Sumer
Cuneiform
200
This was the Greek thinker who explored truth and justice and developed a method of questioning and answering.
Socrates
200
A farmer, artisan, or merchant; commoner in the Roman Republic
plebeian
200
This was the wide-scale transition of many human cultures from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement
Neolithic (Agricultural) Revolution
300
What is the characteristic?
Add technological innovations to existing technology; New tools and techniques to solve problems that emerged when a large group of people lives together
Advanced Technology
300
This is a pyramid-shaped monument; part of a temple in ancient Mesopotamia.
Ziggurat
300
Socrates’s student who wrote The Republic, a view of the ideal society
Plato
300
Upper-class Romans
Patrician
300
This is a system in which people or groups are ranked one above the other, according to wealth and power.
Hierarchy
400
What is the characteristic?
A long-lasting pattern of organization in a community
Complex Institutions
400
This is a system of writing that uses pictures instead of words, especially as used in ancient Egypt.
Hieroglyphics
400
This involves asking lots of questions in order to guide someone to knowledge they did not realize they had.
The Socratic Method
400
This man took power from the Senate after Julius Caesar's death and became an emperor, who was basically a king.
Augustus Caesar
400
This is an arc of rich farmland in southwest Asia between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea
Fertile Crescent
500
What is the characteristic?
Method of writing to keep track of important rituals
Record Keeping
500
This civilization invented papyrus (the first paper-like sheet for writing).
Egypt
500
What is Plato's message in "The Allegory of the Cave?"
The cave represents superficial physical reality. The prisoners in the cave are trapped in ignorance, as the chains are stopping them from learning the truth.
500
Why was Julius Caesar's death significant?
His death brought even more war / Rise of the Roman Empire
500
Write the following dates in chronological order (oldest to most recent):
1848 CE
2000 BCE
1607 CE
150 BCE
2000 BCE, 150 BCE, 1607 CE, 1848 CE