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unit 2 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| canal | an artificial (man-made) water way for boats or for irrigation |
| civilization | the most advanced stage of human development and organization |
| code | a collection of organized laws |
| fertile crescent | fertile land in the middle east in a semicircle from the nile to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
| flooding | covering of filled with water |
| Indus river valley | major river valley in Asia in what is today Pakistan |
| irrigation | supplying with water by man-made methods |
| job specialization | members of a community perform the jobs that they are most suited for |
| law | a rule of conduct (behavior) enforced by the government |
| Mesopotamia | the land between the Tigris and Euphrates river |
| Polytheism | a belief in many gods |
| scribes | a class of scholars and copiers who were the basis of the government, the army and the priesthood |
| temple | a building for worship |