Chapter 3 Section 1-4

Question 1

A large arc of rich, or fertile farmland

Answer 1

Fertile Crescent

Question 2

A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks

Answer 2

Silt

Question 3

A way of supplying water to an area of land

Answer 3

Irrigation

Question 4

Human-made waterways

Answer 4

Canals

Question 5

More than they needed

Answer 5

Surplus

Question 6

The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job

Answer 6

Division of labor

Question 7

Countryside

Answer 7

Rural

Question 8

City

Answer 8

Urban

Question 9

A city and all the countryside around it

Answer 9

City-state

Question 10

Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule

Answer 10

Empire

Question 11

The worship of many gods

Answer 11

Polytheism

Question 12

People who performed religious ceremonies

Answer 12

Priests

Question 13

The division of society by rank or class

Answer 13

Social hierarchy

Question 14

The world’s first system of writing

Answer 14

Cuneiform

Question 15

Picture symbols

Answer 15

Pictographs

Question 16

A writer

Answer 16

Scribe

Question 17

Long poems that tell the stories of heroes

Answer 17

Epics

Question 18

The science of building

Answer 18

Architecture

Question 19

A pyramid shaped temple tower

Answer 19

Ziggurat

Question 20

A ruler of a kingdom or empire

Answer 20

Monarch

Question 21

A set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of life

Answer 21

Hammurabi’s Code

Question 22

A wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle

Answer 22

Chariot

Question 23

The most famous Chaldean king, rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city

Answer 23

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 24

A set of letters that can be combined to form words

Answer 24

Alphabet