2. The 7 Characteristics
1. Stable Food Supply
2. Social Structure
3. Government
4. Religious System
5. Highly Developed Ways of Life
6. Technology
7. Written Communication
3. Stable Food Supply
A Stable Food Supply is very important in our Modern day lives.
Not everyone in the U.S. has a stable food supply. Most people
do but not everyone. A stable food supply is important in a
civilization because food is one of the priorities to survival. If we
didn’t have a stable food supply, we wouldn’t be able to stay in
one place and we would have to keep moving around. This
would cause a lot of problems. There would also be a lot of
arguments over this. People would be fighting over some of the
spots that had a more stable food supply and it would feel like
all of America was at war.
4. Stable Food Supply
My first example of a stable food supply is a super
market. Super markets give the community a place to
go and they will always know there will be enough food
for them to eat. This helps a community because food is
very important in everyone’s lives.
5. Social Structure
A social structure keeps the civilization working
correctly.
A social structure can be a lot of different things. It
can be the different classes in our civilization such
as upper, middle and lower class but some people
disagree about classifying people that way. There
have been many arguments over this matter.
6. Social Structure
My example of Social Structure in the U.S.
is the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Occupy Wall Street is a protest movement
that began on September 17, 2011 in New
York City’s Wall Street financial district.
The protests are against social and
economic inequality and high
unemployment. The protests in New York
City have sparked similar Occupy protests
and movements about equality all around
the world. The people that were
protesting think it is unfair that they get
treated differently just because they have
less money. This is my example of the
Social Structure in the U.S.
7. Government
The government in a civilization makes sure that everything
is under control. This is important to a civilization because it
helps to keep the U.S. as one nation.
In the U.S.A., if you are 18 years old or older, then you are
allowed to vote for the president of the United States of
America. This is good because then, there aren’t as many
arguments about the president because the majority of the
people voted for him.
8. Government
The U.S. Government is like an umbrella!
On the top of the
umbrella are the
three branches
of our
government;
Judicial, Legislati
ve and Executive.
All three of the branches depend
on each other to cooperate and
work together. The government Beneath the umbrella are the citizens
is like the head of the U.S. and of the U.S. An umbrella protects you
protects the citizens by from the rain just as the government
enforcing all laws. protects the citizens of the U.S. from
any harm.
9. Government
The Judicial Branch
The Judicial branch includes the
Supreme Court. The Supreme
Court has nine members, hears
hundreds of cases a year, and
makes important decisions that
sometimes have wide-ranging
effects on the U.S. legal system.
It is also the highest court in the
U.S. This is the Supreme Court
building.
10. Government
The Legislative Branch
The Legislative branch includes the Senate. Voters elect 2
senators from each state. Only the Senate can approve or reject
treaties and presidential nominations for government offices.
This is the Capitol Building where all the Senators meet.
11. Government
The Executive Branch
The final branch is the
Executive Branch which
includes the president. The
president is the manager of the
Federal Government. The
president makes sure that the
government runs smoothly and
all laws are obeyed. Our current
president is Barack Obama.
This is the White House where
the president and his family
live.
12. Religious System
There are many types of religions and cultures in our
U.S. civilization. Religion is “a set of beliefs concerning
the cause, nature, and purpose of the
universe, especially when considered as the creation of
a superhuman agency , usually involving devotional and
ritual observances, and often containing a moral code
governing the conduct of human affairs.”
13. Religious System
A church is a place
of worship for A mosque is a
followers of place of worship
Christianity. This for followers of
is St. Bernard’s Islam (Muslim).
Church. This is Badshahi
Mosque
A temple is a place of
worship for followers
of Judaism. This is
Congregation B’nai
Israel.
14. Highly Developed Ways of Life
I think that this characteristic of our U.S.A.
civilization is the least important characteristic
because it just makes life more luxurious. Although
it includes education which is very
important, survival is more important.
15. Highly Developed Ways of Life
Education is one example
of a highly developed way
of life in a civilization. My
example of a highly
developed way of life in
our U.S. civilization is Gill
St. Bernard’s School which
is the school we go to. This
is where we get all of our
education. Some people
get homeschooled which
means their parents are
their teachers and their
home is their school.
16. Highly Developed Ways of Life
The Empire State Building is another
example of a highly developed way
of life. The Empire State Building
opened on May 1, 1931. It is located
in New York City. The Empire State
Building is 1,250 feet tall. At the time
that it was built, it was the tallest
tower in the world. The Empire State
Building is a highly developed way of
life because it is architecture.
Architecture is highly developed
because it went from tents all the
way to the empire state building and
architecture.
17. Technology
Technology helps to create a civilization in a lot of ways.
There are a lot of different types of technology.
We use it as a social network so you can talk to people.
Being able to talk to people will help make friends and
then, the friends will be able to help each other when one
of them is in need. We can use it for email, we cook with
it, we can travel in it, we can do lots of things with
technology and it helps the civilization out in so many
ways. Also, technology is getting more advanced as the
hour passes.
18. Technology
Here are some products invented in the U.S.
Products That Are Important Products That Make Life
in Our Everyday Lives More Fun
Microwave Oven Microphone
Car X-Box Video Game System
Cell Phone iPod
19. Written Communication
Written communication is very helpful in our
civilization. We have mail so if you want to send a
letter to someone, you can send it in the mail and it
will go straight to their mailbox. We also have
newspapers so you can hear the latest news and
know what is going on.
20. Written Communication
My example of written
communication in the U.S. is
the newspaper. As you can
see in the picture, this is a
dated newspaper but if you
weren’t in New York City and
you hadn’t heard about the
U.S. being attacked, you
could get the newspaper and
know that this had happened.
This means that if you read
the newspaper, then you will
be up to date on all important
current events.
21. Written Communication
My second example of written
communication in the U.S. is mail and
mailboxes. Mail is very handy when
you need to get a letter to someone
far away or even nearby. With
mail, you don’t have to do anything.
The mail truck will deliver the mail in
that person’s mailbox and then they
just have to open the mailbox and it is
right there. You get letters in the mail
and even magazines. Mail makes
communicating with other people a
piece of cake.
22. Conclusion
As you can see, all the characteristics are needed to make
up our U.S. civilization and we use those characteristics
almost every day yet we don’t realize it.
