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Social studies

Vocabulary cards for social studies

TermDefinition
Fertile Cresent A region of the Middle East named for its rich soils and golden wheat fields
Mesopotamia Region within the Fertile Cresent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Cuneiform A system of writing that used wedge-shaped marks
Sargon The ruler of Akkad
Hammurabi King of Babylon
Codify Arrange and set down in writing
Civil law Branch of law that deals with private rights and matters
Criminal law Branch of law that deals with offenses against others
Nebuchadnezzar Second king of Babylon
Barter economy Economic system in which one set of goods or services is exchanged for another
Money economy Economic system in which goods or services are paid for through the exchange of a token of an agreed value
Zoroaster Persian thinker
Sumer Site of the world's first civilization located in southeastern Mesopotamia
The Epic of Gilgamesh Mesopotamian narrative poem that was first told in Sumer
Colony A territory settled and ruled by people from another land
Alphabet A writing system in which each symbol represents a single basic sound, such as a consonant or vowel
Hierarchy System of ranking groups
Ziggurat A large,stepped platform thought to have been topped by a temple dedicated to the city's chief god or goddess
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