Unit 1.2 Vocabulary

Question 1

Artisan

Answer 1

A craftsperson

Question 2

Architecture

Answer 2

The art or practice of designing and constructing buildings

Question 3

Civilization

Answer 3

A society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

A group of people who live in the same area and are united by common interests

Question 5

Cultivate

Answer 5

Prepare and use land for crops

Question 6

Crops

Answer 6

A plant that is grown as a good especially a grain, fruit, or vegetable

Question 7

Domesticate

Answer 7

To train a wild animal to be useful to humans

Question 8

Economy

Answer 8

The way a region or country uses resources to produce and sell or trade goods and services to meet people’s needs and wants

Question 9

Government

Answer 9

The governing body of a nation, state, or community

Question 10

Hunter-gatherer

Answer 10

A member of nomadic people who live by hunting/fishing and harvesting wild food

Question 11

Irrigation

Answer 11

A means of supplying land with water

Question 12

Metallurgy

Answer 12

The process that is used to extract metals in their pure forms

Question 13

Monarchy

Answer 13

A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person

Question 14

Nomad

Answer 14

One who moves from place to place with no permanent home

Question 15

Polytheism

Answer 15

The belief that there are many gods

Question 16

Population

Answer 16

All inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country

Question 17

Public Works

Answer 17

The work of building roads, schools, and reservoirs carried out by the government for the community

Question 18

Settlemen

Answer 18

A place where people live

Question 19

Shrine

Answer 19

A sacred person or relic marked by a building or other construction

Question 20

Silt

Answer 20

Fine particles of rock

Question 21

Specialization

Answer 21

The process of becoming an expert in a particular subject or skill

Question 22

Surplus

Answer 22

More than what is needed or used

Question 23

Systematic Agriculture

Answer 23

The deliberate planting/growing of crops and raising animals for the purpose of consumption

Question 24

Technology

Answer 24

The use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes

Question 25

Urbanization

Answer 25

The concentration of human populations into discrete areas