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social studies
lesson one vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fertile Cresent | a religion with good conditions for growing crops that stretches from the Mediterranean coast east through Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) to the persian gulf |
| Mesopotamia | wide flat, plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates descent. |
| city-state | independent state consisting of a city an its surrounding territory. |
| polytheism | worship of many gods or deities. |
| cuneiform | Mesopotamian system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things. |
| vocabulary | the body of words known to an individual person. |
| irrigate | to supply water. |
| barter | trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money. |
| prosper | gain in wealth. |
| distinct, | separate, different. |