Mesopotamia: Economics

Why did cuneiform make trade more efficient?

• Written contracts

• Coin values

• Helped wheels turn better

• People had never had pens

The first Agricultural Revolution allowed people to work ________ jobs.

• Hunting

• Tough

• Specialized

• Less

The process of concentrating on and becoming an expert in a particular skill

• Work

• Specialization

• Internship

• Hobby

Anywhere there is an exchange of goods and services

• Walmart

• Classroom

• School

• Market

The exchange of goods and services without using money

• Favor

• Bartering

• Buying

• Selling

Opposite of bartering

• trading

• buying

• loaning

• bringing

another word for bartering

• trading

• buying

• selling

• loaning

surplus

• having all you need

• having less than you need

• having more than you need

opposite of surplus

• scarcity

• shortage

• specialization

• skill

trade center

• a store in the city where goods are bought and sold

• a hotdog vendor

• a place where civilizations met to trade

• a Pokemon game