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Chapter 5 Vocabulary
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Fertile Crescent: a large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland
Silt: a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
Irrigation: a way of supplying water to an area of land
Canals: human-made waterways
Surplus: more than needed
Division of Labor: the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job
City State: a political unit that consists of a central city and all the countryside around it
Empire: land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
Polytheism: the worship of many gods
Priests: people who performed or led religions ceremonies
Social Hierarchy: the division of society by rank or class
Cuneiform: the world’s first system of writing
Pictographs: picture symbols
Scribe: a writer
Epics: long poems that tell the stories of heroes
Architecture: the science of building
Ziggurat: a pyramid-shaped temple
Hammurabis Code: a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
Chariot: a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle
Alphabet: a set of letters that can be combined to form words
Chapter 5 Vocabulary
Across:1. | the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job | 3. | land with different territories and peoples under a single rule | 5. | a writer | 7. | a political unit that consists of a central city and all the countryside around it | 8. | the world’s first system of writing | 10. | picture symbols |
| 12. | a set of letters that can be combined to form words | 14. | human-made waterways | 17. | the worship of many gods | 18. | people who performed or led religions ceremonies | 19. | a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life | 20. | a pyramid-shaped temple |
| | Down:2. | a large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland | 4. | the division of society by rank or class | 6. | more than needed | 9. | long poems that tell the stories of heroes |
| 11. | a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks | 13. | a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle | 15. | the science of building | 16. | a way of supplying water to an area of land |
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Chapter 5 Vocabulary
Across:1. | the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job | 3. | land with different territories and peoples under a single rule | 5. | a writer | 7. | a political unit that consists of a central city and all the countryside around it | 8. | the world’s first system of writing | 10. | picture symbols |
| 12. | a set of letters that can be combined to form words | 14. | human-made waterways | 17. | the worship of many gods | 18. | people who performed or led religions ceremonies | 19. | a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life | 20. | a pyramid-shaped temple |
| | Down:2. | a large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland | 4. | the division of society by rank or class | 6. | more than needed | 9. | long poems that tell the stories of heroes |
| 11. | a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks | 13. | a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle | 15. | the science of building | 16. | a way of supplying water to an area of land |
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© 2014
PuzzleFast.com, Noncommercial Use Only