click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
vega/mesopotamia
mesopotamia
Question | Answer |
---|---|
What is the system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods? | Economy |
What is a complex society that has cities as well-organized government? | Civilization |
What is a supply of something that can be used as needed? | Resource |
What is a set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers that created and rule the world? | Religion |
What are groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society? | Social Class |
What is a region of the Middle East that stretches in a large,crescent shaped curve from the Persian Gulf to the Miditerranean sea? | Fertile Crescent |
What is a trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money? | Barter |
In Iraq which fertile crescent is located there? | Mesopotamia |
What is it called when one person beliefs in more than one god? | Polytheism |
What is it called when you transport water or get water to your village? | Irrigate |
What is a large pyramid shaped tower made out of brick? | Ziggurat |
What is an independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory? | City State |
What is a system of writing that uses triangular shaped symbols that stand for ideas or things? | Cuneiform |
What is a state containing several countries and territories? | Empire |
What is an independent state that works with other states to to achieve a shared military or political goal? | Ally |
What is an idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture? | Cultural Trait |
What is a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire? | Hammurabi's Code |
What is it called when you have to follow the law no matter what? | Rule of Law |
What is it called when a soldier is riding a horse and fighting? | Cavalry |
What is a permanent army of professional soldiers? | Standing army |
What is payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power? | Tribute |
What is money that is used as a medium of exchange, usually bills or coins? | Currency |
What is a carved stone slab or pillar that stands on end? | Stele |
What is a good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country? | Import |
What is a good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country's borders? | Export |
What is it called when you go from one place and look for another place? | Navigation |
What is an area ruled by a distant country? | Colony |
What is the spreading of cultural traits from one region to another? | Cultural diffusion |
What is a small amount of letters used for words? | Alphabet |