Unit 2 River Valley Vocabulary

3. Bones Animal bones or turtle shells used by ancient Chinese to ask questions about the future.
5. The ruler of ancient Egypt.
6. The practice of focusing on a specific job or skill.
8. Inequality Unequal access to wealth, power, resources, or opportunities within a society.
11. Having a hopeful and positive outlook about the future.
13. The separation of a society or group from contact with other people or societies.
15. A large, stepped structure in ancient Mesopotamia used as a religious center.
17. A small group of people with the most wealth, power, or influence in a society.
18. Having a negative outlook or expecting bad outcomes.
20. The process of working with and producing objects from metals.
21. Stratification The division of society into different social classes or levels.
22. A large territory made up of different peoples or lands ruled by one government or leader.
24. Made the same or similar according to an established set of rules or measurements.
26. A form of government in which a single person, usually a king or queen, holds supreme authority.
27. A social class made up of wealthy or powerful people, often from noble families.
28. A system of writing made by pressing wedge-shaped marks into clay tablets.

1. A writing system that used pictures and symbols, especially in ancient Egypt.
2. The belief in many gods.
4. A social class made up of people with special titles, privileges, or high social status, often inherited.
7. A seasonal wind that can bring major changes in rainfall.
9. The belief in one god.
10. A system in which people or groups are ranked from highest to lowest.
12. (2 words with Hyphen)Independent cities that controlled their own government and surrounding territory.
14. A government in which religious leaders or religious beliefs control the government.
16. An ancient region located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
19. A flat, step-like area built into a hillside for farming.
23. of Heaven The Chinese belief that a ruler received the right to rule from heaven.
25. of Hammurabi One of the oldest known sets of written laws, created around 1750 BCE by King Hammurabi of Babylon.
28. A complex society with organized government, cities, social classes, religion, and specialized jobs.