Keywords And There Meaning? Flashcards
(25 cards)
Mesopotamia
Fertile area in the Middle East; the land between two rivers
What is irrigation
A way to spread water across farmland to make it fertile
What is agricultural surplus?
When farmers were able to produce more food than they could eat
What is specialised?
When someone becomes very good at one thing
What is a craftsmen
Someone who makes products with his hands and tools
What is bartering?
Exchange goods or services directly for other goods or services
What are markets?
Places where people come to barter their products
What is agricultural-urban society?
Society in which the majority of people live as farmers, while the minority live in cities
What is a culture?
Thinks people think and do? F. E. Religion art clothes and language
What is civilisation?
A highly developed society
What is a pharaoh?
The king of ancient Egypt
What are hieroglyphs?
Egyptian form of writing in which drawings are used instead of letters
What is the papyrus?
Plant, the stems of which were used to write on
What is scribe?
Someone who writes as his job
What is a civil servant
Someone who works for the government
What are subjects
People who live in a country ruled by a king
What is the social pyramid
Graph to show the differences in power, wealth and/or influence in a country
What are laws
Systems or rules
What are taxes
Money or goods that people must pay to the king or government
What is polytheistic
When people believe in multiple gods
What are offerings
Goods that are given as sacrifice in hope of obtaining help from the gods
What is the book of the dead
Bundle of texts that were given to the pharaoh when he died. It was used to help him reach the afterlife
What is Mummified
Preserved after death the Egyptians did this on purpose
What is a sarcophagus
Coffin in the shape of the deceased
