Unit 2 Grammar vocab review

Question 1

tribe

Answer 1

a group of people of the same race, language and

customs

Question 2

elect

Answer 2

if people elect sb, they choose a person to

represent them by voting.

Question 3

conquer

Answer 3

If one country or group of people conquers
another, they take complete control of their
land.

Question 4

spill

Answer 4

If you spill a liquid, it accidentally flows over the

edge of its container

Question 5

contribute

Answer 5

help to make sth happen

Question 6

form

Answer 6

the way something manifests

Question 7

record

Answer 7

an account of sth in writing, photographs

etc so that you can refer to it later

Question 8

establish

Answer 8

create sth like a city, system or organisation

Question 9

spring up

Answer 9

suddenly start to exist

Question 10

position

Answer 10

place or location and direction of something

Question 11

waterway

Answer 11

a river, canal, or other route for travel by water

Question 12

come up with

Answer 12

to think of something ‘new’

Question 13

farming

Answer 13

growing crops and raising animals

Question 14

handle

Answer 14

to work easy, or to manage a task without stress

Question 15

regular

Answer 15

happening at equal intervals

Question 16

agriculture

Answer 16

farming in general

Question 17

incredible

Answer 17

something hard to believe, but possibly true

Question 18

advancement

Answer 18

to make progress

Question 19

archaeologist

Answer 19

sb who studies the past by examining ruins

and objects found in the ground

Question 20

ruin

Answer 20

a building that has been partly destroyed

Question 21

temple

Answer 21

religious building where people worship

Question 22

depiction

Answer 22

representing sb or sth in painting, drawing

or writing as a narrative

Question 23

Assyrian

Answer 23

a person from the ancient kingdom of
Mesopotamia, which stretched from Egypt to
the Persian Gulf

Question 24

warrior

Answer 24

someone who stands for truth and nobility