Topic 2 - Lesson 1

Question 1

or supply water to, their crops

Answer 1

to irrigate

Question 2

is a region of the Middle East that stretches in a large, crescent-shaped curve from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea

Answer 2

Fertile Crescent

Question 3

a wide, flat plain in present-day Iraq. This plain lies between two great rivers, the Tigris (TY gris) and the Euphrates (yoo FRAY teez)

Answer 3

Mesopotamia (mesuh puh TAY mee uh)

Question 4

temples are pyramid-shaped brick towers

Answer 4

ziggurats (ZIG OO rats)

Question 5

the belief in more than one god

Answer 5

polytheism

Question 6

separate,different

Answer 6

distinct

Question 7

to gain in wealth

Answer 7

prosper

Question 8

is a trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money

Answer 8

Barter

Question 9

A city-state is an independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory

Answer 9

city-states

Question 10

is a system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for words, ideas, or sounds

Answer 10

Cuneiform