Vocab Quiz 7

Polytheism

• The belief in or worship of more than one god.
• The doctrine or belief that there is only one God.
• The rebirth of classical ideas.
• A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.

Silt

• Fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor.
• Mud, used for farming
• Fertilizer, mixed with soil
• Manure 

Agricultural Revolution

• Transition from hunting and gathering to settled agriculture.
• The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
• Fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor.
• The separation of tasks in any system so that participants may specialize.

Division of Labor

• The separation of tasks in any system so that participants may specialize.
• How individuals and groups are arranged in a relatively linear ladder.
• Transition from hunting and gathering to settled agriculture.
• A class structure that is           determined by birth it is among the world's oldest forms of surviving social stratification.

Irrigation

• The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
• A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this.
• Relating to, or characteristic of a city or town
• A network of trade routes, formally established during the Han Dynasty

Urbanization

• The process of making an area more urban.
• body of government employees entrusted with the administration of the country, and mandated to carry out the policy of the government.
• A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
• Denoting attitudes, activities, or other 

Secular

• Denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.
• Rebirth of classical ideas
• Religious upheaval that sought to reform the church
• A political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. It was not an elected body, but one whose members were appointed by the consuls, and later by the censors.
  

Scarcity

• The state of being scarce or in short supply
• Denoting attitudes, activities, or other 
• Economic system based on government control
• Economy based on traditions and rituals.

Aqueduct

• An artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap.
  
• Floating islands used for farming
• The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
• The process of making an area more urban.

Define Civilization

• To overcome and take control of by use of military force.
• A sovereign ruler of great power and rank, ruling an empire.
• Aid or assistance to people in distress
• The society, culture, and way of life of a particular area.