Ch 2 Vocab

6. Trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money
8. To make a gain
9. A permanent army of professional soldiers
10. Good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country's borders
11. State containing several countries or territories
17. Idea that all members of a society- even the rich and powerful - must obey
18. A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire
19. Independent state that shares the same military or political goals
20. Brick, pyramid-shaped Mesopotamian temple

1. A region with good conditions for growing crops that is shaped like a crescent.
2. Independent state consisting of a city and it's surrounding territory
3. Group of people living in a new territory with ties to a distant state
4. Good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country
5. Soldiers who fight while riding horses
7. Representing the best
12. The land between the rivers
13. To supply water to
14. Mesopotamia system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things.
15. Money that is used as a medium of exchange, usually bills or coins
16. Spread of cultural traits from one culture to another.