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Mesopotamia
Question | Answer |
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What is the system that ab community uses to produce and distribute goods and services? | Economy |
What is the complex that has cities,a well -organized government,and workers with superficiality job skills,called? | Civilization |
What is a supply of somethings that can be used as needed? | Resource |
A set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers that create and rule the world? | Religion |
What is the group of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society called? | Social classes |
What is the region of the middle east that stretches in a large, crescent-shaped curve from the Persian gulf to the Mediterranean Sea? | Fertile Crescent |
The fertile Crescent includes what? | Mesopotamia |
The Sumerians used technology to what? | Irrigate |
What are the largest inaugurates were seven stories tall? | Ziggurat |
What is the system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things? | Cuneiform |
what is a state containing several countries or territories? | Empire |
What is a independent state that works with other estates to achieve a shared military or political goal? | Ally |
What is a idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture? | Cultural Trait |
What is a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire? | Hammurabi`s Code |
What are the ideas that all members of a society--even the rich and powerful must obey the law? | rule of law |
Who are the soldiers who fight while riding horses? | Cavalry |
What is a permanent army of professional soldiers? | Standing Army |
What is payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power? | Tribute |
What is the money that is used as a medium of exchange,usually bills or coins? | Currency |
What is a carved stone slab or pillar that stands on and what is it called? | Stele |
What is a good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country? | Export |
What is a good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country`s borders? | Import |
What is the art of steering a ship from place to place? | Navigation |
What is a area ruled by a distant country? | Colony |
What is the spreading of cultural traits from one region to another? | Cultural diffusion |
What is a small set of letters or symbols,each of which stands for a singles sound? | Alphabet |