World History Vocab Review

7. rule by a king or queen
11. important trading route that connected Asia to Europe
12. to train or tame a plant or animal for human use
14. state of not having a job
15. farmable land; the thing they didn't have in Greece that led to colonization
17. belief in MORE THAN ONE god
19. a person who is sent to a foreign country to do religious work
21. people who wander from place to place in search of food, water, and shelter
22. major sea where people traded goods; important to Greece and Rome due to their central location on it
28. time of great happiness, success, and peace in a civilization
29. willingness to accept feelings, habits, and beliefs that are different to your own (another thing Persia had)
30. a way in which people are grouped according to their status in society
31. rule by a religious leader (like Egypt)

1. tiered temple for the gods in ancient Mesopotamia
2. a government where people rule and vote on decisions
3. "Old Stone Age" where people were nomadic and traveled in search of food, water, and shelter
4. a document, image, or other source of information that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere (ex: a textbook)
5. to take control of an area and send people to live there; in ancient Greece, they established these to get resources they didn't have
6. farmable land; ______ Crescent in Mesopotamia
8. rule by a tyrant (like Solon or Draco in Athens)
9. ________ Revolution that caused the Neolithic Age as people who to remain in one place to farm
10. writing system in ancient Mesopotamia
13. "New Stone Age" where people were sedentary and developed agriculture
16. a government where people elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf
18. an artifact, document, image, or other source of information that was created during the time under study
20. staying or living in one place instead of moving around
23. rule by the wealthy and nobles
24. a government organized into levels and tasks (the thing Persia had)
25. belief in ONE god
26. the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments
27. a continual increase in the prices of goods and services; this was an issue in ancient Rome