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western civ
Ch. 2 vocab
Question | Answer |
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professional writers | scribes |
a complicated form of culture | civilization |
to concentrate on one kind of work | specialized |
a skilled worker who makes goods by hand | artisan |
excess; more than is needed | surplus |
an ancient form of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols | cuneiform |
a mixture of copper and tin | bronze |
a long-lasting pattern of organization in a society. governments, families, education systems, and organized religions are examples of institutions | institution |
the process of bringing water to crop fields by means of canals and ditches | irrigation |
a political unit made up of a city and the surrounding countryside that is under the control of the city | city-state |
a form of trade in which people exchange goods not money | barter |
a Sumerian temple built in tiers | ziggurat |
a person who believes in more than one god | polytheist |
a state that conqures other territories and people and then rules them | empire |
a settlement in a new teritory by a group of people who keep their ties to their home government; a regiongoverned by a foreign power | colony |
the ability to read and write | literacy |
a person who believes in one god | monotheist |
a contract or pledge | covenant |
belief that proper moral conduct involves the worship of one god | ethical monotheism |
a messanger sent to reveal God's will | prophet |
a royal governor of a province in the Persian empire | satrap |