Chapter 2 Vocab: Mesopotamia

Question 1

A city that functions as a separate, independent state

Answer 1

city-state

Question 2

A traditional story that tells people’s beliefs

Answer 2

myth

Question 3

Exotic marketplace in Phoenicia

Answer 3

bazaar

Question 4

Script from Mesopotamia that used symbols to represent people, places, and things

Answer 4

cuneiform

Question 5

A binding agreement made between people

Answer 5

covenant

Question 6

A time when many people starve

Answer 6

famine

Question 7

To force someone to leave to live somewhere else

Answer 7

exile

Question 8

A group of travelers journeying together

Answer 8

caravan

Question 9

The belief in one god

Answer 9

monotheism

Question 10

Symbols for writing that represent sounds

Answer 10

alphabet

Question 11

A scattering of a group of people with a similar background or beliefs

Answer 11

diaspora

Question 12

The belief in many gods

Answer 12

polytheism

Question 13

A person who speaks for God or a god

Answer 13

prophet

Question 14

A territory or group of people controlled by one government

Answer 14

empire

Question 15

A professional writer

Answer 15

scribe

Question 16

A region in southwest Asia; the site of the first civilizations

Answer 16

Fertile Crescent

Question 17

The capital of Babylonia

Answer 17

Babylon

Question 18

A religion that developed in Ancient Persia

Answer 18

Zoroastrianism

Question 19

Creator of the Babylonian Empire

Answer 19

Hammurabi

Question 20

Israelite leader who led the Israelites out of Egypt and back to Canaan

Answer 20

Moses