Early Cities Vocabulary

Having more than one god.

• monotheism

• religion

• polytheism

• ziggurat

A city and the land around it

• civilization

• complex society

• community

• city-state

To bring in goods from other places

• export

• import

• subsistence farming

• surplus

This city was known for its early trading

• Catal Huyuk

• Ur

• Jericho

• Damascus

This city had houses made of mud where there were door on the roof tops

• Catal Huyuk

• Jericho

• Ur

• Damascus

To send goods out of a country

• export

• import

• subsistence farming

• surplus

The land located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Fertile Crescent

• oasis

• Mesopotamia

• Ur

A curved area of rich land located in southwest Asia where many of the first civilizations began

• Fertile Crescent

• Mesopotamia

• oasis

• Ur

A place in the desert with a dependable source of water

• mirage

• volcano

• puddle

• oasis

A black volcanic rock that was used for trading, weapons, and mirrors

• mud

• brick

• obsidian

• oasis