Social Studies Unit 3 Vocab

Question 1

Civilization

Answer 1

A community with a steady food supply with all of the GRAPES

Question 2

City-State

Answer 2

A city that is like a small, independent country with it’s own government and laws

Question 3

Code of Laws

Answer 3

A collection of written laws and rules

Question 4

Empire

Answer 4

A large territory of people, city-states, or countries ruled by a single leader or government

Question 5

Irrigation

Answer 5

The process of supplying land with water to grow crops

Question 6

Pictograph

Answer 6

A symbol/picture that stands for a word or idea

Question 7

Cuneiform

Answer 7

Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters

Question 8

Scribe

Answer 8

A person trained to write and record documents

Question 9

Artisan

Answer 9

A crafts person skilled at making a product by hand

Question 10

Merchant

Answer 10

A person who sells goods

Question 11

Polytheism

Answer 11

Worship of many gods

Question 12

Ziggurat

Answer 12

A pyramid-shaped temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top

Question 13

Fertile Crescent

Answer 13

An arc-shaped region of land in Southwest Asia that has rich soil