The "common cause" is the name of a non-profit, non-partisan special interest group that serves as watchdog group to protect citizens from government corruption and influence peddling.
<u>Explanation:</u>
A watchdog group located in Washington, D.C. and founded half century ago by a Republican named John W. Gardner and named it as "common cause". It's recognized for its hard work to combat the Vietnam War and reduce the voting age from 21 to 18 years.
It is described as non-partisan, and supports policy reform with the reformist campaign for good government. It condemns and vigorously lobbies modern-day attempts to contact for a convention under Article V to introduce changes to the Constitution of the United States from both progressive and conservative activists.
A system of writing is NOT considered as a feature of a civilization. It is possible to have civilization without a writing system.
<h3>What is a civilization?</h3>
A civilization is characterized by developed and advanced urban areas; Administration by government authorities, which are elected by vote of public in the society. Moreover, communication systems are also important.
Though, writing system is an important part of communication for people in a civilization, it is not the only part of communication.
Thus, option C holds true regarding a civilization.
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Ferdinand Magellan was the first (at least his crew) to successfully lead an expedition to circumnavigate the world. (he died on the voyage, but ~3 sailors made it back i believe, forgot the number of sailors, but very little)
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He does not just happen to attend; he was the first one to receive a personal invite from Gatsby's butler. After that, he begins to form a friendship with Gatsby and goes to his parties regularly. Hope that helps :/
