World Georgraphy: Module 18, Lesson 2

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

• Uruk

• Ur

• Sumer

• Kish

_____ A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate countryside.

• City-state

• Country

• Nation

• Empire

_____ A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler

• City-State

• Country

• Nation

• Empire

"Belief in many gods" is the definiton of _____

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Catholicism

• Religion

_____ People who performed religious ceremonies

• Kings

• Medicine Man

• Merchants

• Priests

_____ The division of society by rank or class

• Social Hierarchy

• Priests

• Empire

• Cuneiform

_____ The world's first system of writing

• Pictographs

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Sanskrit

_____ Picture symbols

• Pictographs

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Sanskrit

______ A person who writes things down

• King

• Priest

• Scribe

• Priestess

______ Long poems that tell the stories of heroes

• Poems

• Myths

• Fables

• Epics