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Social studies exam
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Absolute Power | complete control over someone or something |
| Afterlife- | a life after death |
| Archaeologist- | a scientist who examines objects such as bones and tools to learn about past peoples and cultures |
| Artisan- | a skilled worker who practices a trade they were in Aztec culture |
| Babylon | the capital of Babylonia |
| Barbarian | a wild and uncivilized person |
| Bazaar | a market selling different types of goods |
| Caravan | a group of traders traveling together |
| Caste | a social class of people |
| Caste System | a Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life |
| Cataract | a large waterfall or steep rapids |
| Citidel | a fortress in a city |
| City-State | a city that has its own independent government and often controls surrounding land |
| Civilization | a society with cities, a central government run by official leaders, and workers who specialize in certain jobs leading to social classes |
| Confucius | a Chinese philosopher and teacher who's beliefs greatly inspired Chinese life |
| Cuneiform | a type of writing that uses lines and wedges used to write several languages |
| Delta | a triangular plane at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water |
| Dictator | a ruler who has total control over the government |
| Dike | a protective wall that controls or holds back water |
| Domesticate | to make tame |
| Dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
| Empire | many territories and people controlled by one government |
| Fertile | rich in substances plant need to grow well |
| Fertile Crescent | a region in Southwest Asia |
| Hieroglyphics | a type of picture writing in which some pictures mean ideas or things and others stand for sound; many cultures used them |
| History | the written and other recorded events of people |
| Immortal | someone of something that lives forever |
| Import | to bring in gods from a foreign country |
| Irrigation | a method of supplying lad with water through a network of canals |
| Isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger pieces of land |
| Loess | a yellow brown soil |
| Migrate | to move from one lace to settle in another area |
| Monotheism | the belief in one god |
| Muhammad | the prophet and founder of Islam |
| Muslim | a follower of Islam |
| Myth | a traditional story |
| Mummy | a dead body preserved in lifelike condition |
| Nomad | a person with no home who moves to different places looking for the necessities of life |
| Oral History | accounts of the past that people have past down by the word of mouth |
| Oral Traditions | stories passed down through generations by word of mouth |
| Papyrus | an early form of paper made from a reed like plant found near the Nile River |
| Pharaoh | a king of ancient Egypt |
| Polytheism | the belief in many gods |
| Prehistory | before history |
| Pyramid | a huge building with four sloping triangle, shaped sides; a tomb |
| Reign | a period of rule |
| Savanna | an area of grasslands with scattered trees and bushes |
| Scribe | in ancient civilizations it was a person who knew how to read and write |
| Seige | the surrounding and blockading of a town by an army intent on capturing it |
| Silk | a valuable cloth originally made in China from threads sun by caterpillars called silkworms |
| Silt | a fine soil found on river bottoms |
| Social Class | a group or class that is made up of people with similar backgrounds, income and ways of living |
| Song | a dynasty that ruled China after the Tang |
| Stone Age | a period of time where people made lasting tools and weapons from stone; the earliest-known period of human culture |
| Surplus | more of a thing or product that is needed |
| Tang | a dynasty that ruled China for almost 300 years |
| Terrorism | the deliberate use of violence to achieve political goals |
| Textiles | the woven or knitted cloths used to make clothing,blanket, and other goods |
| Tribute | a regular payment made to a powerful state or nation by a weaker one |
| Tyrant | a ruler in ancient Greece who took power by force, with the support of the middle and working class |
| Veto | the rejection of any planned action or rule by a person in power; the Latin word for "forbid" |
| Ziggurat | In ancient Sumeria the site of the temple to the main god or goddess of a city |
| Archipelago | a group or chain of many islands |
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