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SS Vocab 3
These are the vocabulary words and definitions that you need to know for Test 3.
Term | Definition |
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merchant | a person who makes money by selling goods |
civilization | a society with a steady food supply and examples of GRAPES: religion, achievements (technology, writing, art), politics, economics and social structure |
artisan | a craftsperson who creates a product by hand |
cuneiform | writing that uses wedge-shaped characters |
scribe | a person trained to write and record documents |
ziggurat | an ancient temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top |
culture | the beliefs and behaviors of a society or a group of people |
pictograph | a symbol that stands for an object |
city-state | a city that was like a small, independent country with its own government and laws |
irrigation | the process of supplying land with water |
code of laws | a collection of written laws and rules |
empire | a large territory of several groups of people, city-states, or countries ruled by a single leader or government |