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eoc mesopotamia

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What is the system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services? Economy.
What is a complex society that has cities, a well-organized government, and workers with specialized job skills called? Civilization.
What is a supply of something that can be used as needed called? Resource.
What is a set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers that created and ruled the world called? Religion.
What are groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society called? Social Classes.
What is the region of the Middle East that stretches in a large, crescent-shaped curve from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea? Fertile Crescent.
what is the wide, flat, plain in present day Iraq Called Mesopotamia.
What is the Sumerian technique called where they supply water to there crops? Irrigate.
What is an independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory? City-state.
What is the trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money called? Barter.
What is the belief in more than one god called (In Greece they had a belief in more than one god)? Polytheism.
What are pyramid-shaped brick towers known as? Ziggurats.
What is the system of writing that uses triangular-shaped Symbols to stand for ideas or things called? Cuneiform.
What is an independent state that works with other states? Ally.
What is a state that contains several countries or territories? Empire.
What is an idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture called? Cultural Trait.
What is a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian Empire called? Hammurabi's Code
What is the idea that all members of a society-even the rich and powerful-must obey the law called? Rule of Law.
What are soldiers who fight while riding horses called? Calvary.
What is a permanent army of professional soldiers called? Standing Army.
What is a payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power called? Tribute.
What is the money that is used as a medium of exchange, usually bills or coins called? Currency.
What is a carved stone slab or pillar that stands on end called? Stele.
What is a good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country called? Import.
What is a good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country's borders called? Export.
What is the art of steering a ship from place to place called? Navigation.
What is an area ruled by a distant country called? Colony.
what is the spreading of cultural traits from one region to another called? Cultural Diffusion.
What is a small set of letters or symbols called? Alphabet.
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