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Unit 2
Ch. 2 - Early civilizations in the East -6000B.C. to 206 B.C.
Question | Answer |
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Able to grow crops | Fertile |
The science that deals with land, weather, bodies of watera and plant and animal life. | Geography |
Seasonal winds | Monsoon |
An open place in a mountain | Pass |
Land surrounded by waer on three sides | Peninsula |
A large piece of land that is somewhat smaller than a continent | Subcontinent |
A stone through which light can shine | Alabaster |
A certain area of a place | District |
An inner room open to the sky | Patio |
A rich layer of soil left behind after a flood | Silt |
To move from one place to another | Transport |
To bring water to fields and crops | Irrigate |
A picture symbol or figure; a type of exarly writing | Pictogram |
A flat writing pad | Tablet |
Growth of something | Development |
The amin religion of India that stresses the belief in the Vedas | Hinduism |
Having to do with a belief in a higher being | Religion |
A class of people in India | Caste |
To make something | Create |
Events that keep happpening, one after another | Cycle |
A son of praise | Hymn |
The rebirth of the soul into a new body | Recarnation |
To throw out of something | Expel |
To keep apart of away from others | Isolate |
A flat area that rises above the land close by | Plateau |
A waterway made by humans | Canal |
To attack or makrch into another country | Invade |
A person whho makes useful, and often beautiful, objects for everyday use | Artisan |
A family that rules a country over a long period of time | Dynasty |
The name for the tusks, or teeth, of animals like the elephant and the walrus | Ivory |
A precious stone that is usually green | Jade |
A type of grain | Millet |
A person fo high birth | Noble |
In language, a symbol that menas something | Character |
In ancient times, a person who could read and write | Scribe |
Something that stands for something else | Symbol |
To fall apart | Collapse |
A group of people whose members live together for the good of all | Society |