CHAPTER 3 Flashcards
1
Q
Fertile crescent
A
rich fertile farm lands
2
Q
silt
A
a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
3
Q
surplus
A
more then they need
4
Q
irrigation
A
way of supplying water to an area of land
5
Q
canals
A
human-made waterways
6
Q
divison of labor
A
the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes
in a perticular task or job
7
Q
rural
A
coutryside
8
Q
urban
A
city
9
Q
city-state
A
a city and all the countryside around it
10
Q
empire
A
land with different territories and people under a single rule
11
Q
polytheism
A
the worship of many gods
12
Q
priests
A
people who preform religious ceremonies
13
Q
social hieraky
A
divison of society by rank or class
14
Q
cuneiform
A
the worlds first system of writing
15
Q
pictogragh
A
picture symbols
