Chapter 3 Section 1 Flashcards
1
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A region with good conditions for growing crops that stretches from the Mediterranean Coast to Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) to the Persian Gulf.
A
Fertile Crescent
2
Q
wide, flat plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Iraq.
A
Mesopotamia
3
Q
To supply water to.
A
Irrigate
4
Q
An independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.
A
City-state
5
Q
Trading system in which people exchange goods directly. without using money.
A
Barter
6
Q
Worship of many gods or deities.
A
Polytheseism
7
Q
Brick, pyramid–shaped Mesopotamian temple.
A
Ziggurat
8
Q
Mesopotamian system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things
A
Cuneiform
