Terms To Know

Question 0

What is a scribe?

Answer 0

Male professional writer/ recorder

Question 1

What is cuneiform?

Answer 1

Form of writing made up of wedge shaped markings

Question 2

What is a ziggurat?

Answer 2

Temple that means “mountain of god” or “hill of heaven”

Question 3

What is an astronomer?

Answer 3

Expert in studying space and the stars

Question 4

What is an epic?

Answer 4

A poem that has legendary or heroic deeds in it.

Question 5

Why is cavalry?

Answer 5

Soldiers on horseback

Question 6

What is an artisan?

Answer 6

A skilled worker

Question 7

What is irrigation?

Answer 7

Water traveled through canals

Question 8

What is a caravan?

Answer 8

Travelers who trade

Question 9

What does fertile mean?

Answer 9

Capable of growth

Question 10

What does empire mean?

Answer 10

Many territories controlled by one government

Question 11

What are social classes?

Answer 11

People who are separated by wealth or jobs

Question 12

What is a standing army?

Answer 12

Permanent army

Question 13

What is a citizen soldier?

Answer 13

They fight in a war, then return to their normal job

Question 14

What does mercenary mean?

Answer 14

A foreign soldier who is hired to fight

Question 15

What is surplus?

Answer 15

More than needed of something

Question 16

What is a province?

Answer 16

A division of an empire with an independent leader who fallows the king

Question 17

What is a civilization?

Answer 17

A city with a leader, religion, art, classes, and writing

Question 18

What is polytheism?

Answer 18

The worship of more than one god

Question 19

What is a stylus?

Answer 19

A tool for writing on tablets