Vocab quiz 2

Question 0

semetic

Answer 0

people that speak languages like hebrew, arabic, and aramic

Question 1

akkadian

Answer 1

a person that is of Akkad, or the language

Question 2

Hammurabi

Answer 2

king of babylonia, created hammurabis code

Question 3

codified

Answer 3

to arange laws and rules into a systematic code

Question 4

babylon

Answer 4

an ancient city of SW asia

Question 5

deity

Answer 5

god or goddess

Question 6

polytheistic

Answer 6

belief in multiple gods

Question 7

bronze

Answer 7

A metal alloy used to make different tools

Question 8

complex society

Answer 8

social formation and developed state with more complex aspects of society (GRAPJSEC)

Question 9

material culture

Answer 9

culture of which physical things are used to define culture

Question 10

bureaucracy

Answer 10

a type of government where decisions are made by state officials rather than representatives or the people

Question 11

monumental architecture

Answer 11

large man made structures that are placed in public places. ex pyramids, tombs etc

Question 12

merchant

Answer 12

person involved in trade

Question 13

artisans

Answer 13

worker skilled in trade but with handmade objects like art

Question 14

social mobility

Answer 14

movement of people in social sections

Question 15

textile

Answer 15

woven fabric

Question 16

irrigation

Answer 16

changing the land to have water flow easier for agriculture

Question 17

Ur

Answer 17

The first Mesopotamian city

Question 18

fertile crescent

Answer 18

area of land in present day Iraq, which had very fertile land because of the two rivers surrounding it

Question 19

Sumer

Answer 19

site of sumerian civilization

Question 20

ziggurat

Answer 20

a tower/temple built for worship

Question 21

city state

Answer 21

own independent state, with its own law, government, law, etc.

Question 22

Epic of Giglamesh

Answer 22

ancient poem of the old world, contains story of the king Giglamesh

Question 23

Cuneform

Answer 23

way of writing from mesopotamia

Question 24

scribe

Answer 24

person who writes documents in cuneiform