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vocab words for ss
6th grade vocab and terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The fertile cresent | land in the shape of a semi circle it was in a great location for planting |
| Artifact | Hand made item that shows importance of history |
| Empire | A natoin ruled by an emperor |
| Domestication | To tame or convert |
| Irrigation | Taking water from a stream and making a path for the water to get to crops |
| Silt | fine dirt,dirt for planting |
| rural | country side,farm land |
| urban | city life |
| social hierarchy | leaders are ranked over each other |
| circa | aproximatley |
| polythiesm | the act of having many gods |
| hammurabis code | a code of laws these were diffrent because he did not believe in being a cruel leader |
| city-state | city in the center farms on the outside |
| primary source | a sourse that was there at that time in history |
| secondary sourse | a sourse that has not been in that time in history |
| delta | a stream tht splits in to lots of streams |
| dynasty | a genaratoin of kings |
| peasent | an avrege person |
| elite | very important person |
| mummy | preserved dead person |
| tomb | place were mummys are beried |
| rosetta stone | a stone with three languges that lets us understan egyption |
| heir | next in line |
| monothiesm | beleives in one god |
| puppet king | king who looks like he does all the work but does'nt really |