Module 4 review

Fertile Crescent

• A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland

• A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks

• A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes

• A way of supplying water to an area of land

silt

• A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland

• A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks

• A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes

• A way of supplying water to an area of land

civilization

• A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland

• A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks

• A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes

• A way of supplying water to an area of land

irrigation

• A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland

• A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks

• A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes

• A way of supplying water to an area of land

Canals

• human-made waterways

• extra

• the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job

• The world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years.

surplus

• human-made waterways

• extra

• the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job

• The world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years.

division of labor

• human-made waterways

• extra

• the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job

• The world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years.

Sumer

• human-made waterways

• extra

• the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job

• The world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years.

city-state

• a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state

• A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler

• belief in more than one god

• a person who performs religious ceremonies

Empire

• a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

• A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler

• belief in more than one god

• a person who performs religious ceremonies