Chapters 2-5 9WT Review

2. groups of merchants or citizens traveling together for safety over long distances
4. a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
8. a fan-shaped area of fertile silt near where a river flows into the sea
9. any change that has an enormous effect on peoples' way of life
10. a person with certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community
13. early system of writing in which wedge-shaped characters were made with a sharp reed on wet clay
15. a member of a group that has no permanent home and wanders in search of food and water
16. a person who writes things down; an official record-keeper.
18. a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols
20. a half of the earth, as divided by the equator or by the Prime Meridian
22. a worker skilled in a craft
23. circles the Earth from Pole to Pole; measures east and west
25. the process of treating a body to keep it from decaying
26. forced payments taken from conquered people
30. a line of rulers from the same family
31. a long poem that tells the story of a hero.
32. a complex, highly organized social order
35. the principle that limited amounts of goods and services are available to meet unlimited wants
37. the physical and human characteristics of a location
38. land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers where the first civilizations developed
39. chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon

1. to tame; to bring plants or animals under human control
3. the exact position of a place on the earth's surface.
5. the earliest period of the Stone Age
6. a flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region
7. the science or practice of farming, including the growing of crops and the rearing of animals
11. a government controlled by religious leaders
12. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
14. the position of a place in relation to another place
17. the period after the Paleolithic Age marked by a shift from hunting-and-gathering to agriculture
19. a ruler of ancient Egypt
21. Babylonian king who established Sumeria
24. a government representative to another country
27. parallel to the equator; measures north and south
28. holy places decorated with images of Gods and Goddesses
29. an area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features
33. a government ruled by a king or queen
34. great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh
36. beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
37. a reed plant growing wild along the Nile River that was used to make paper