Smiths chapter 2

Question 1

Alphabetic script

Answer 1

A writing system where individual characters rep a distinct sound

Question 2

City?

Answer 2

A place where a dense population resides year-round and that provides specialized services to people from surrounding areas

Question 3

City-state

Answer 3

A form of political organization that incorporates a single city with its surrounding countryside and villages

Question 4

Cuneiform

Question 5

Dynasty

Question 6

Hieroglyphics

Answer 6

The quieting systems of ancient Egypt, which used details pictorial symbols to indicate words and syllables

Question 7

Linear A

Answer 7

The administrative writiting system of the Minoans

Question 8

Linear B

Answer 8

The administrative writing systems of the Mycenaeans, used for early Greek

Question 9

Patriarchy

Answer 9

A social system where men hold authority in the fam and transfer

Question 10

Pharaoh

Question 11

Polytheism

Question 12

Specialization of labour

Question 13

Territorial state

Answer 13

A highly centralized form of political organization that unites inhabitants of a geographical area that
include multiple cities and regions