Notes

Question 1

Social organization

Answer 1

Social structure is created by organizing its members into smaller units
Family patters

Question 2

Social classes

Answer 2

Can be based upon income, occupation and/or ancestry

Question 3

Customs and traditions

Answer 3

Society’s unwritten rules of behavior

Question 4

Language

Answer 4

Cornerstone of culture

without language, there is no culture

Question 5

Arts and literature

Answer 5

Folk tales help pass in a cultures basic belies and ideas

Question 6

Religion

Answer 6

Helps people answer life’s most basic questions:
Where did we come from?
What will happen to us after we die?

Question 7

Forms of Government

Answer 7

People organize governments to organize common needs

Question 8

Monotheism

Answer 8

Belief in one God

Question 9

Polytheism

Answer 9

Belief in multiple gods

Question 10

The characteristics of civilization

Answer 10

Division of labor: fewer people had to work in fields

Advanced technical skills and learning to use metals: metals discovered by accident

Surplus of food: surplus crops became available bcuz of improved farming methods

Irrigation: dikes were used to keep the rivers within their banks in many river valleys

Question 11

The five themes of geography

Answer 11

#1: location 
#2: place
#3: interaction between people and their environment 
#4: movement 
#5: region

Question 12

7 Elements of Culture

Answer 12

Social organization
Customs and traditions 
Language 
Arts and literature 
Religion
Government
economic systems