Topic 2 study guide

1. to supply water to crops

• Mesopotamia

• Irrigate

• City-State

• Polytheism

• Empire

2. The belief in more than one God. *

• Mesopotamia

• Irrigate

• City-State

• Polytheism

• Empire

3. A state containing several countries or territories *

• Mesopotamia

• Irrigate

• City-State

• Polytheism

• Empire

4. An independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory.

• Mesopotamia

• Irrigate

• City-State

• Polytheism

• Empire

5. A wide flat plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, located in present day Iraq.

• Mesopotamia

• Irrigate

• City-State

• Polytheism

• Empire

6. Payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power

• Rule of law

• Cavalry

• Tribute

• Currency

• alphabet

7. Money that is used as a medium of exchange *

• Currency

• Alphabet

• Rule of Law

• Cavalry

• Tribute

8. Soldiers who fight while riding horses *

• Currency

• Alphabet

• Rule of Law

• Cavalry

• Tribute

9. The idea that all members of a society must obey they law. *

• Rule of Law

• Cavalry

• Tribute

• Currency

• Alphabet

10. A small set of letters or symbols, each of which stands for a single sound.

• Rule of Law

• Cavalry

• Tribute

• Currency

• Alphabet