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mesopatamia-kristy
early cultrue and mesopatamia cultrue
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| whats an economy? | its a system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services |
| what is a civilization? | its a complex society that has cities,a well-organized government and workers with specialized job skills |
| what is a resource? | its a supply of something that can be used as needed |
| what i religion? | a set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers that created and ruled the world |
| what are groups of people that occupy different ranks or level in society called? | social classes |
| whats a fertile crescent? | a region of the middle east that stretches in a large crescent shaped curve from the Persain gulf to the mediterranean sea |
| what is a barter? | a trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money |
| what is mesopotamia | a wide flat plain in present day iraq |
| what is polytheism? | a beliefs in more than one god |
| what is irrigate? | to supply water to their crops |
| temples were pyramid shaped brick towers known as | ziggurats |
| a independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory is called a | city state |
| a system of writing that uses triangular shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things is called | cuneiform |
| a state containing several countries or territories is called a | empire |
| an independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal is called an | ally |
| an idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture is called | cultural trait |
| what is hammurabi code | a set of laws that governed life in the babylonian empire |
| what is the rule of laws | the idea that all the members of a society even the rich and powerful must obey the law |
| soldiers who fight while riding horses are called | cavalry |
| a permanent army of professional soldiers are called | standing army |
| a payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power is called | tribute |
| money that is used as a medium of exchange usually bills or coins are called | currency |
| a carved stone slab or pillar that stands on end is called | stele |
| a good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country is called | import |
| a good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country borders is called | export |
| the art of steering a ship from place to place is called | navigation |
| an area ruled by a distant country is called a | colony |
| the spreading of cultural traits from one region to another is called | cultural diffusion |
| a small set of letters or symbols each of which stands for a single sound is called a | alphabet |
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