Social Studies Vocab

5. The belief of multiple gods or goddesses in religion.
7. The transfer of the ownership of goods or services, from one person or entity to another, in exchange money, goods, or services. Similar to bartering.
8. A small independant city that operates like a tiny country. Controls city and lands surrounding with own government.
9. A religious temple. Multiple tiered building that were the biggest and most important building within a Mesopotamian city-state.
10. A man-made earthen wall designed to keep a river within its bank or to separate different farm fields.
13. Two parallel rivers in Iraq and Syria where civilization first developed around. They flood annually providing rich farmland for humans to use.
15. A business person who trades things made by other people (artisans) in order to make profit.

1. Natural materials such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used by people for economic gain.
2. A tool used that is used by farming to carve open the ground and help farmers prepare it for planting.
3. The "land between the rivers" a general names for the area and the people where civilization developed.
4. A skilled worker who makes or fixes things by hand.
6. Also called the cradle of civilization, an area of modern day Iraq, Syria, and Turkey where human civilization developed.
11. A method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture.
12. Any person who has god-like powers. Also could be another name for a god.
14. A person who has the ability to write in ancient times. Often used to keep records for the government.