world history 3 topics test

Question 1

aristocracy

Answer 1

a ruling class of noble families

Question 2

bureaucracy

Answer 2

a highly complex body of workers with many levels of authority

Question 3

dynasty

Answer 3

a line of rulers descended from one family

Question 4

emperor

Answer 4

the political leader of a territory containing several countries or groups of people

Question 5

emphasized

Answer 5

special importance

Question 6

irrigation

Answer 6

a means of supplying land with water

Question 7

meritocracy

Answer 7

rule by officials of proven merit

Question 8

sibling

Answer 8

a brother or sister

Question 9

warload

Answer 9

a military leader operating outside the control of the government

Question 9

warload

Answer 9

a military leader operating outside the control of the government

Question 10

evaporation

Answer 10

the process in which a liquid, such as water, turns into a gas

Question 11

Ghana

Answer 11

a medieval civilization and empire in West Africa

Question 12

maintain

Answer 12

to continue in the same way

Question 13

matrilineal

Answer 13

a family line traced through the mother

Question 14

required

Answer 14

to have to do something based on a rule or command

Question 15

trans-Saharan trade

Answer 15

trade between peoples north and south of the Sahara

Question 16

abstract

Answer 16

existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.

Question 17

dialect

Answer 17

a regional variety of a language

Question 18

drastic

Answer 18

extreme or severe

Question 19

glyph

Answer 19

a symbol for a word, idea, or sound in a hieroglyphic system of writing

Question 20

ingenious

Answer 20

especially intelligent, creative, or clever

Question 21

pictograph

Answer 21

a drawing that stands for a word, phrase, or name

Question 22

solar year

Answer 22

the time it takes Earth to travel once around the sun

Question 23

stele

Answer 23

a vertical stone slab or pillar with carvings or inscriptions

Question 24

suspension bridge

Answer 24

a bridge held up by cables anchored at each end

Question 25

trephination

Answer 25

a type of surgery in which a hole is made in the skull

Question 26

vocabulary

Answer 26

the body of words used in a particular language.