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Question | Answer |
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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? | civilization |
what is a supply of something that can be used as needed | resource |
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? | 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 classes |
what are a region of the middle east that stretches in a large, crescent shape curved from the Persian gulf to the Mediterranean sea ? | Fertile crescent |
what is a trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money? | Barter |
what belief is more than one god? | polytheism |
what technology did the Sumerians use to supply water to their crops? | irrigate |
what temples were pyramid-shaped brick towers known as? | ziggurats |
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 to stand for ideas or things ? | cuneiform |
what is a state containing several countries or territories? | empire |
what is an independent state that works with other states 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 the idea that all members of a society even the rich and powerful must obey the law? | rule of law |
what soldiers who fight while riding horses? | cavalry |
what is a permanent army of professional soldiers? | standing army |
what is payment made a show to a stronger power? | tribute |
what is money that is used as a medium 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 produced 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 the art of a ship from place to place? | navigation |
what is an area ruled by a distant country? | colony |
what is a spreading of cultural traits from one region to another | cultural diffusion |
what is a small set of letters or symbols, each of which stands for a single sound? | alphabet |