Social Studies 3.1 and 3.2 Vocabulary

3. a mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for framing
4. the worship of many gods
6. the division of society by rank or class
7. a political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside
8. a way of supplying water to an area of land
9. one of the rivers that flow mainly through modern Iraq and empty into the Persian Gulf
12. more of something than is needed
13. land with different territories and people under a single ruler

1. the region in Southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; it was the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
2. of labor an arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task
5. an area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
7. a human made waterway
10. one of the rivers that flow mainly through modern Iraq and empty into the Persian Gulf
11. the region in southern mesopotamia where the worlds first civilization developed