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civilization stack
the 7 characteristics of civilization
| Question | Answer | Example |
|---|---|---|
| a system to make decisions and maintain order | Government | A king ruling over his kingdom and making decisions for it. |
| a complex system of beliefs | Religion | The religion of Christianity that includes a giant story called "The Bible" that tells the story of the Gospel and God's people |
| Having enough food for everyone | Stable Food Supply | Having farmers that grow so many crops that every family can have a large amount of food every year, even with bad weather. |
| Tools and ideas, sometimes inventions, new ideas and tools, or innovations which are improvements | Technology | The airplane, wheel, fire, pencil, Chromebooks, and other things. |
| used to keep records | Writing | Libraries having many books on all kinds of events through history. |
| often used to express what a civilization valued, usually in large monuments and statues | Art | The Parthenon, aqueducts, statues made to honor people, many kinds of artifacts in museums. |
| Groupings in a civilization, usually based on job, often ranked | Social Structure | The hierarchy in medieval times, called feudalism, poor and rich, etc. |
| Includes government, religion, stable food supply, technology, writing, art, and social structure, and sometimes more | Civilization | A big city or state, country, neighborhood, even a family living in a neighborhood. |