5 KEY ELEMENTS OF CIVILIZATION

Centralized Government Organized Religion Job Specialization & Social Classes Arts, Architecture, & Public Works Writing

5 KEY ELEMENTS AND THE U.S. Centralized Government: Federal Government centralized in Washington, DC Organized Religion: Main Form = Christianity; Others include Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others

5 KEY ELEMENTS AND THE U.S. Job Specialization & Social Class: American jobs are specialized. For example, teachers, doctors, lawyers. American society is broken into classes. They are the upper class, the middle class, and the lower class. Arts, Architecture, & Public Works: Paintings, sculpture, music; Empire State Building, Golden Gate Bridge, White House; Smithsonian Museums, National Park System Writing: Americans use the English language to write. Famous documents include the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT A person or group of people who make and enforce laws in a society

ORGANIZED RELIGION A belief in some sort of higher being

JOB SPECIALIZATION & SOCIAL CLASSES Everyone has a different job that helps others & How much you make

ARTS, ARCHITECTURE, & PUBLIC WORKS A creative way a society expresses its values

WRITING A method of using symbols to keep records