Chapter 2 final vocab

The belief in many Gods

• monotheism

• barter

• polyltheism

• famine

To supply water to crops

• diaspora

• sprinker

• irrigate

• empire

A time when people starved because there was so little food

• famine

• starvation

• prosper

• hunger

many territories and people who are controlled by one government

• diaspora

• empire

• state

• country

The belief in one God

• polytheism

• monotheism

• worship

• barter

a system of writing whose symbols stand for words,ideas,sounds

• cuneiform

• writing

• alphabet

• currency

a trading system where people exchange goods without money

• trade

• barter

• borrow

• sell

symbols for writing that represent sounds

• alphabet

• writing

• cursive

• cuneiform

money that is used as a medium of exchange

• coins

• change

• currency

• gold coins

scattering of people to different parts of the world

• travelers

• diaspora

• hunters

• prosper