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Question 1. What are three important factors in the rise of civilization? How do these factors encourage the rise of civilizations?

Question 2. What are two differences in the rise of civilizations in the Old World versus the New World?

Question 3. Environmental conditions play an important role in the rise of civilizations. Yet, climate change and environment also play a significant role in the fall of civilizations. What are two environmental factors that played a role in the rise of civilizations and two that could have led to their fall? Why didn't the people living in these civilizations recognize these environmental changes as they were happening?

Question 4 Civilizations had different political and social organizations. What are two different political, religious, or social organizations described in the reading examples? How might we see the evidence of these organizations archaeologically? Give at least two examples of archaeological materials for each type of organization you identify.

Question 5. What relevance to our modern world may we gain from an understanding of the example from Copan?