Vocab 1
What term describes the exchange of goods and services without using money?
Barter
What is the term for a permanent army of full-time soldiers?
Standing Army
What is the name for goods produced in one country and sold to another?
Export
What is the name for goods produced in another country and brought into a country?
Import
What is the belief in a single god known as?
Monotheism
What is the belief in more than one god called?
Polytheism
Who is known for the set of 282 laws inscribed in stone in ancient Mesopotamia?
Hammurabi
What is the term for wealth given to another party as a sign of submission?
Tribute
What type of writing is known as one of the oldest forms in history, characterized by wedge-shaped marks?
Cuneiform
Define the process of supplying land with water to support crop growth.
Irrigation
Name the political system that consists of an independent city with its own governance.
City-State
The science behind cultivating soil, growing crops, and raising livestock.
Agriculture
What is the term for the spread of cultural elements due to interaction among different cultures?
Cultural Diffusion
The historic region of West Asia within the Tigris-Euphrates river system.
Mesopotamia
What is the political unit made up of several territories and peoples, usually created by conquest?
Empire
What ancient Mesopotamian structure was built in stages and served as a temple?
Ziggurat
Name the hero of ancient Mesopotamian mythology featured in an epic poem.
Gilgamesh
Name the earliest ancient civilization founded in the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Sumer
What is something issued by a government and generally accepted at its face value as a method of payment?
Currency
The first written code in human history.
Code of Hammurabi/Hammurabi's Code
Who is the founder of the Akkadian Empire known for his military conquests?
Sargon
Who is known for constructing the Royal Road and establishing an administrative system?
Darius I
Name the series of ancient poems concerning a semi-mythical king of Uruk.
Epic of Gilgamesh
Who founded the Achaemenid Empire and is known for his leadership?
Cyrus the Great
Who expanded and consolidated the Achaemenid Empire, introducing a uniform monetary system?