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Practice identifying the features historians use to recognize early civilizations.
#world_history
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Sumerian temple officials kept lists of grain deliveries, debts, and workers on clay tablets. Which characteristic of civilization does that show?
A river-valley city organizes teams to dig canals, repair drains, and maintain walls used by the whole community. Which characteristic is being shown?
Priests in an early city lead offerings, keep sacred spaces, and explain how people should honor many gods. Which characteristic does this best show?
In one city, bronze smiths make tools all day and trade them for grain grown by farmers. Which characteristic of civilization does that show?
A ruler appoints officials to collect taxes, settle disputes, and organize irrigation repairs. Which characteristic of civilization is most visible?
Elite tombs in one early society contain gold and fine goods, while common graves nearby contain only simple pottery. Which characteristic does this suggest?
In ancient Egypt, pharaohs used officials and scribes to collect grain taxes and direct labor for royal projects. Which feature does this show?
Mohenjo-daro had planned streets and covered drainage systems. Which feature of civilization does that evidence support?
Sumerian cities such as Uruk and Ur held dense populations supported by nearby farmers. Which civilization feature does this show?
Shang oracle bones carried inscriptions that recorded questions used in divination. Which feature of civilization does this evidence show?
In Egypt’s social hierarchy, scribes ranked above artisans, farmers, and laborers. What gave scribes their higher status?
A mobile hunting band has no permanent city, but each year its members gather at a sacred cave to honor spirits. Which criterion of civilization does it meet even so?
A farming village has extra grain and permanent houses, but only a few dozen households and no full-time officials. Why might historians hesitate to call it a civilization?
Seasonal herders raise domesticated goats and share rituals, but they leave no towns, records, or officials. What best explains their borderline status?
At Göbekli Tepe, hunter-gatherers built large stone structures, but evidence for a city, writing, or officials is missing. Why is that site a borderline case?
A city controls its own government and the farms and villages around it. Which term best names this political unit?
After harvest, a community has more grain than it needs for immediate survival. Which term describes the extra food?
Over generations, people breed goats that are calmer, easier to herd, and useful for milk and meat. Which process is this?
A society ranks nobles, priests, artisans, farmers, and laborers into higher and lower status groups. What is that called?
Officials keep records, collect taxes, and carry out a ruler's orders across a kingdom. Which term best fits that system of administration?
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