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History Test 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A mound made up of layered dirt and the remains of buildings | Tell |
| A tool that helped farmers | Plow |
| A name that comes from the Greek word that means “between the rivers” | Mesopotamia |
| One of the first civilizations in Mesopotamia | Sumer |
| A nickname for the area from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea with rivers to the north and the south of it | Fertile Crescent |
| A sediment of very fine particles containing rocks and minerals | Silt |
| Archaeologists who discovered artifacts from Mesopotamia | Leonard Woolley |
| What is the meaning of the word fertile and what does it mean to the area that is called the “Fertile Crescent” | Fertile means “good soil” The Fertile Crescent was called Fertile Crescent because of its soil and it looked like a creecent |
| Why would artifacts help people understand God’s Word ( The Bible ) | Some times an archaelogical discovery helps people understand the Bible better |
| What group of people left valuable evidence about the Sumerian economy through their careful record keeping? | Scribes |
| How did Sumerian merchants show their agreement to a business deal? | By rolling their seals |
| The largest social class in Sumer was the _______ class, with farmers, fisherman, merchants, traders | Middle |
| Discipline was _____ important to Sumerian parents and in education | Very |
| A skilled craftsman, takes raw materials and makes a finished good, like pottery or cloth | Artisan |
| The reason that new occupation and job specialization became possible | Food surplus |
| A group of people in society with the same social position, often determined by economic status | Social class |
| A system in which people exchange goods and services for other goods and services | Barter |
| Sumerian schools were called | Tablet houses |
| A city and the surrounding land and villages that it controlled | City-state |
| How can archaelogical discoveries support the Bible and how could it effects people’s belief | Archaeology confirms Bible history. It can effect someones belief by turning them away from God |
| There are several advances that the Sumerian civilization made during their existence to make improvements to daily life, write about 2 of them | Sumerians used irrigation, plow, the wheel, and bartering |
| Explain how batering works and why the Sumerians would use it their civilization and with other civilizations/villages | Bartering is a system which people exchange goods and services for other goods or services. Sumerians would use it for getting goods and services. Sumerians would trade with other civilizations/villages to get more goods and services |
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