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Mesopotamia Voc
Mesopotamia Vocabulary Quiz 6th Grade Social Studies
Term | Definition |
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1. DOMESTICATE: | TO TAME ANIMALS FOR HUMAN USE |
2. MONARCHY: | FORM OF GOVERNMENT WHERE THERE IS ONLY ON PERSON IN CHARGE |
3. NEOLITHIC ERA: | ERA OF TIME MARKED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF FARMING |
4. BARTER: | TO TRADE ONE GOOD FOR ANOTHER |
5. CITY-STATE: | A CITY AND ITS SURROUNDING LAND |
6. SURPLUS: | MORE THAN IS NEEDED OF A PRODUCT IN AN AREA |
7. IRRIGATION: | MAN-MADE WAY OF WATERING CROPS |
8. POLYTHEISITIC: | BELIEF IN MORE THAN ONE GOD OR GODDESS |
9. AGRICULTURE: | THE PRODUCTION OF CROPS AND RAISING LIVESTOCK |
10. HIERARCHY: | A SYSTEM OF RANKING PEOPLE ACCORDING OT THEIR SOCIAL CLASS |
11. MESOPOTAMIA: | EARLY CIVILIZATION THAT IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVER IN AN AREA KNOWN AS THE FERTILE CRESCENT |
12. CUNEIFORM: | FIRST FORM OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE, DEVELOPED BY THE SUMERIANS |
13. PYRAMIDS: | ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT THAT THE EGYPTIANS ARE KNOWN FOR |
14. ZIGGURAT: | RELIGIOUS TEMPLES IN THE RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATION |
15. SANSKRIT: | FIRST FORM OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE IN INDIA |
16. CASTE SYSTEM: | SOCIAL HEIRARCHY THAT YOU ARE BORN IN AND STAY IN |