Unit 2 Vocabulary Crossword

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  1. 3. The earliest form of writing used in Mesopotamia in which wedge shaped characters are impressed onto clay tablets.
  2. 4. A monotheistic religion which started in Persia and was monotheistic with belief in 1 god, similar to Judaism.
  3. 7. An ancient Mesopotamian religious temple with a pyramid structure which proves the Sumerians had a belief system.
  4. 8. A worker who creates items by hand through crafting
  5. 10. The event in which Jewish people were forced to leave their homeland to survive and practice their religion spreading the Jewish faith to new places.
  6. 12. A fine sand, clay, or other material which is left behind by floods making the soil more fertile for growing crops.
  7. 15. The study of analyzing objects from the past which hold historical value
  8. 18. A person whose job consists of writing down important information or records for a society.
  9. 19. A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
  10. 21. A place where people have created a permanent community.
  11. 23. Religions that believe in worshipping one single god.
  12. 25. Mesoamerican farming practice in which Carved level steps into the sides of mountains for planting.
  13. 27. A Persian King who allowed the peoples he conquered to keep their own religion.
  14. 28. The science of processing raw ore to create metals that can be used to make tools or weapons.
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  1. 1. The ranking of social groups into job and wealth status in society.
  2. 2. Harsh laws inscribed in stone by a Babylonian King which state the punishment must fit the crime and started the use of laws today.
  3. 5. The bringing of water to crops by human invention using channels or simple machines.
  4. 6. A plant grown as food such as grain, vegetables or fruits.
  5. 9. Olmec and other civilizations without rivers must have relied on this to water their crops.
  6. 11. Religions that believe in worshipping multiple gods.
  7. 13. A period that followed the Stone Age and preceded the Iron Age, when certain weapons and tools came to be made of bronze rather than stone.
  8. 14. A river that provided fertile land in Mesopotamia that is aprox. 1,150 miles long.
  9. 16. A river that provided fertile land in Mesopotamia, it is 1,740 miles long.
  10. 17. An area of fertile land near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the middle east, where civilization first began.
  11. 18. The earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq).
  12. 20. Land or soil that is healthy and nutrient rich enough to support a large growth of many crops.
  13. 22. A tool invented to loosen soil quickly which allowed farmers to easily grow a surplus of food.
  14. 24. A government system with a single ruling king or royal family in charge.
  15. 26. The first leader of the Jewish people and is also an important figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.