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mesopotamia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the meaning of economy? | The system that a community uses to produce and distribute good and services . |
| What does the word civilization mean? | A complex society that has cities ,a well -organized govern-mean, and workers with specialized job skill. |
| What does the word resource mean ? | A supply of something that can be used as needed . |
| What does religion mean? | A set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers that created and rule the world. |
| What does social class mean? | Groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society. |
| wWhat does fertile crescent mean ? | Is a region of the middle East that stretches in a large, crescent-shaped curve from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean sea . |
| What does Barter mean ? | A trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money. |
| What does Mesopotamia mean? | A wide ,flat plain in present-day Iraq |
| What does polytheism mean? | The belief in more than one god |
| What does irrigate mean? | Supply water to , their crops |
| What does Zigguratn mean ? | In larger Sumerian cities, temples were pyramid-shaped brick towers |
| What does city- state mean? | An independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory |
| What does Cuneiform mean ? | A system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things |
| What does empire mean ? | A state containing several countries or territories |
| What does ally mean ? | An independent state that works with other state to achieve a shared military or political goal |
| What does cultural trait mean ? | An idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture |
| What does Hammurabi code meas ? | A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire |
| What does rule of law mean? | The idea that all members of a society-even the rich and powerful -must obey the law |
| What does cavalry mean ? | Soldiers who fight While riding horses |
| What does standing Army mean? | A permanent army of professionasl soldier |
| What does tribute mean? | Payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power |
| What does Currency mean? | Money that is used as a medium of exchange ,usually bills r coins |
| What does Stele mean? | A carved stone slab or pillar that stands on end |
| What does import mean? | A good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country. |
| What does Export mean? | A good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country's borders |
| What does Navigation mean? | The art of steering a ship from place to place |
| What does Colony mean? | An area ruled by a distant county |
| What does Cultural diffusion mean? | The spreading of cultural traits from one region to another |
| What does Alphabet mean? | A small set of letters or symbols, each of which stands for a single sound |
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