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(DMS) River Valleys
Vocabulary terms related to the geography of river valley civilizations.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The business of farming. | Agriculture |
| The study of human culture, past and present. | Anthropology |
| A region in extending from Iraq and Syria which included the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Greek for "between the rivers". | Mesopotamia |
| Way of life for a large group of people, such as a cities or a nation, which includes: government, religion, art & architecture, technology, system of writing, social structure, and stable food supply. | Civilization |
| The system in which a culture is organized, controlled, and regulated. | Government |
| A man-made system to supply water to crops and farm fields. | Irrigation |
| Artificial waterway to allow the passage of boats or irrigation. | Canals |
| System of writing used by the Mesopotamians. | Cuneiform |
| One of the first organized system of laws created in Mesopotamia by a Babylonian king. | Hammurabi's Code |
| The people of Sumer, in Mesopotamia. | Sumerians |
| One of the characteristics of a highly civilized society this is the use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes. The Sumerian's most important invention was the wheel. | Technology |
| Human creations intended to express beauty and convey messages. It is one of the characteristics of a highly civilized society. | Art |
| A means of keeping records or communicating. | System of Writing ` |
| Farming resulting in surplus production. | Stable Food Supply |
| People organizing into different groups, such as a families or clans, or ranks, such as classes. Typically based on wealth, ancestry, or job. | Social Structure |
| A system of beliefs. | Religion |
| Nile River Valley | River Valley in Ancient Egypt |
| Tigris-Euphrates River Valley | River Valley in Mesopotamia |
| A government that is lead by a religious leader. | Theocracy |
| The leader of ancient Egypt that was viewed as both a king and a god. | Pharaoh |
| System of writing in ancient Egypt. | Hieroglyphics |