Lifestyles
Social Classes
Ancient Culture
Vocab
Inequality
400

Although they were poor, most farmers still had some _______, such as a house, some tools, and some animals.

property

400

These people had no rights and were forced to work.

slave

400

This metal was a mix of copper and tin.

bronze

400

the reason for an unfair situation or opinion

bias

400

The most powerful people in society.

noble or elite 
500

moving from place to place every season.

nomadic

500

a poor farmer

peasant

500

marriage gift

dowry

500

to take over by force

conquer

500

This word means the levels of social power.

hierarchy

600

This means too many people living too closely together. 

crowding

600

This social class did religious rituals and provided medicine to sick people. 

priest

600

This means to give things up or kill animals to give to the gods.

sacrifice

600

to do something with someone else (trading, communicating, fighting, etc.)

interact

600

Many people were sold into slavery because they could not pay back the _____ they owed to another person.

debt

700

Farmers saved up grain to avoid ______.

famine

700

a skilled worker

artisan

700

This is the name of the sea next to Egypt, Greece, and many other ancient cultures.

The Mediterranean Sea

700

to make sense of many details

(Example: We __________ artifacts by describing them and analyzing their usages.)

interpret

700

treating people badly based on their ethnicity, religion, or skin color 

discrimination

800

This word means getting sick because you are so hungry.

malnutrition

800

This is the word for a literate government worker.

scribe

800

This set of laws said "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."

Hammurabi's Code

800

Han people, Miao people, Zhuang people, Uyghur people, Hui people ...

ethnicity

800

This means men had all the power in the family and in the government.

patriarchy or sexism