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