Vocabulary
When you trade products instead of money it is called.
barter
What is the title given to a person who kept official records?
scribe
Belief in one god.
Monotheism
What present day country were the civilizations of Mesopotamia located>
Iraq
When you have an abundance of something it is known as
surplus
Tool or invention used to complete a task.
technology
The bringing of water to dry fields by canals or pipes.
irrigation
What is the differences between a barter system and a cash economy?
barter system you trade items
cash economy you use money to purchase itemsAnother word that means farming.
agriculture
What is a group of different lands under one ruler?
empire
When one makes a special agreement with someone.
covenant
What did the early people do to survive? How did they live?
They hunted and gathered food and plants. They lived in groups and traveled to find food.
What time period were tools made of stone and wood?
Old Stone Age
Believing in many gods and goddesses
Polytheism
A set of laws.
code
What water resource was beneficial to the area of Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is the Hammurabi Code and why is it important?
The code is a collection of laws that all people had to follow. These laws helped protect the weaker from the stronger.
What does it mean to specialize in something?
to do one particular job/craft
A ________________ is independent cities with their own armies and rulers.
city-state
The study of the stars and planets.
astronomy
The Sumerians had quite a few achievements. Name at least three.
irrigation, writing, calendar, wagon wheel, sailboat, new system of measurement, 60-second minute, 60-minute hour
How did the invention of cuneiform affect the early civilizations?
communicated through pictures
kept records of floods/seasons/crops (farming)wrote down the laws