Chapter 5 vocabulary

the society, culture, and way of life of a particular area

• town

• civilization

• technology

• ziggurat

A pictograph is

• an ancient or prehistoric drawing or painting on a rock wall.

• a group of people taking pictures

• pictures on a graph

• a city-state

A writing system that uses a wedge like object to create symbols

• civilizations

• technology

• cuneiform

• pictographs

a stepped temple tower in the shape of a pyramid, with each higher level smaller than the one below it.

• ziggurat

• pyramid

• technology

• pictograph

grouped people based on economic, cultural or religious differences. These differences led to a certain social class/hierarchy in society - some were considered more or less important than other groups.

• popularity

• civilization

• grade levels

• social structure

The process of using human knowledge to turn resources into goods and services that people need

• technology

• science

• education

• ziggurat