History Definitions January 3, 2024

Question 1

Fertile Crescent

Answer 1

A region with good conditions for growing crops that stretches from the Mediterranean cost east through Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) to the Persian Gulf

Question 2

Mesopotamia

Answer 2

Wide, flat plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Iraq

Question 3

Irrigate

Answer 3

To supply water to

Question 4

City-State

Answer 4

Independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory

Question 5

Barter

Answer 5

Trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money.

Question 6

Polytheism

Answer 6

Worship of many gods or deities

Question 7

Ziggurat

Answer 7

Brick, pyramid-shaped Mesopotamian temple

Question 8

Cuneiform

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Empire

Answer 9

State containing several countries or territories

Question 10

Ally

Answer 10

Independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal

Question 11

Cultural trait

Answer 11

Idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture

Question 12

Hammurabi’s Code

Answer 12

A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire

Question 13

Rule of law

Answer 13

Idea that all members of a society- even the rich and powerful- must obey the law

Question 14

Cavalry

Answer 14

Soldiers who fight while riding horses

Question 15

Standing Army

Answer 15

A permanent army of professional soldiers

Question 16

Tribute

Answer 16

Payment or gift to a stronger power

Question 17

Currency

Answer 17

Money that is used as a medium of exchange, usually bills or coins

Question 18

Stele

Answer 18

Grand stone pillar