Farming
Nobility
Civilizations
Miscellaneous
Words beginning with "d"
100

A way to move water from the source to the fields.

What is irrigation?

100

A person who is not part of the noble class.

Who is a commoner?

100

A group of people under the control of one person or government.

What is an empire?

100

A building where people worship.

What is a temple?

100

Animals that are tamed, not wild, often used for farm work and as pets.

What is domesticated?

200

When the weather is dry and crops are affected.

What is a drought?

200

A way of transporting an important person by carrying them in this "bed."

What is a litter?

200

More powerful than others.

What is dominance?

200

Easily broken.

What is fragile?


200

An offspring or someone who came from an ancestor.


What is descendant?


300

Steps of flat land in the Andes Mountains.

What are terraces?

300

A system of color-coded ropes used to keep track of taxes and crop yields.

What is a quipu?

300

Early civilizations developed along rivers where the earth was fertile.  We can say that they did very well or  ____________.

What is flourish?

300

To come into view.

What is emerge?

300
 Become smaller, decrease or decline.

What is dwindle?

400

Basic or simple. For example, tools like hoes and foot plows.

What is primitive?

400

This word describes the kind of clothing that nobility wore. It was NOT casual, but could be called _______.

What is elaborate?

400

This word can describe the market places in early civilizations.  These places were filled with people and were active and busy.

What is bustling?

400

To tell the difference between things.

What is differentiate?

400

Different in some way.

What is distinct?

500

Swamp land or marshes that are changed into usable land, for living and growing crops.

What is habitable land?

500

Rectangular room made of thatch and adobe with few windows and a central fireplace.

What is a commoner's home?

500

A special warrior group.  You could become a member if you captured four prisoners in battle (Aztec).

What is an "elite" warrior?

500

To go to a source for information.

What is a reference?

500

To scatter or spread out.

What is disperse?

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