Beginning of Civilizations Chapter 2

The system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services.

A complex society that has cities, a well-organized government, and workers with specialized skills.

A supply of something that can be used as needed.

<p>A set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers that created and rule the world.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in a society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>What goods and services are produced? How are they produced? Who uses them?</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rulers and priests, merchants, farmers, skilled workers, and slaves.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Uruk had a large population, a complex government system, and a more complex economy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cities arose in areas that had soil, water, and seeds available.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Large building projects that benefit society as a whole, such as roads and sewer systems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Trading allowed them to get goods they might not be able to produce. They also got wealth by selling surplus food.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Class was determined by the kind of work someone did.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A complete change in ways of thinking, working, or living.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To change the growth of plants or the behavior of animals in ways that are useful for humans.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>More than they need to feed themselves.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When people spend most of their time working at a single job or craft.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Domesticating plants and animals made agriculture possible.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cost: Starving if crops failed; Benefit: Less land used.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Farming made it so people could trade farming goods, and they didn't have to get food. People settled and built more permanent homes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pets, food, clothing, work, protection.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Benefit: Society can form a more advanced culture; Drawback: Individuals don't learn certain skills.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In hunter-gatherer societies, everyone worked for food, and people were nomadic, so they couldn't develop skills.</p> Signup and view all the answers