Chapter 3

Question 1

Irrigate

Answer 1

to supply water to

Question 2

Cuneiform

Answer 2

Mesopotamian system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbol to stand for ideas or things

Question 3

Import

Answer 3

good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country

Question 4

Hammurabi’s code

Answer 4

a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire

Question 5

City-State

Answer 5

independent state consisting of a city and its surroundings territory

Question 6

Mesopotamia

Answer 6

wide flat plain in a between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Irek

Question 7

Cavalry

Answer 7

Soldiers who fight while riding horses

Question 8

Export

Answer 8

good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country’s borders

Question 9

Polytheism

Answer 9

worship of many gods or deities

Question 10

Empire

Answer 10

state containing several countries or territories

Question 11

Stele

Answer 11

grand stone pillar

Question 12

Alphabet

Answer 12

small set of letters or symbols each of which stands for a single sound