World Civilizations Unit 1 Week 1 Vocabulary

Independent city with own government is defined as _________________.

• City-state

• Cuneiform

• Ziggurat

• Epic of Gilgamesh

The first writing system is known as _________________.

• City-state

• Cuneiform

• Ziggurat

• Epic of Gilgamesh

A Mesopotamian temple for worship was called a _________________.

• City-state

• Cuneiform

• Ziggurat

• Epic of Gilgamesh

An area of rich farmland in the Middle East where early civilizations began is known as ______________.

• Fertile Crescent

• Division of Labor

• Specialization

• Permanent Settlements

Different people doing different jobs is called ______________.

• Fertile Crescent

• Division of Labor

• Specialization

• Permanent Settlements

Developing skills for a specific kind of work is called ______________.

• Fertile Crescent

• Division of Labor

• Specialization

• Permanent Settlements

Communities where people live in one place year-round are known as ______________.

• Fertile Crescent

• Division of Labor

• Specialization

• Permanent Settlements

This name means "between the rivers" in Greek, is a historical region located in the eastern Mediterranean, roughly corresponding to modern-day Iraq and parts of Syria, Turkey, and Iran.

• Fertile Crescent

• Mesopotamia

• Specialization

• Permanent Settlements

The earliest known human civilization was called ______________.

• Fertile Crescent

• Mesopotamia

• Sumerian civilization

• Permanent Settlements

Prehistory is the __________________.

• Time before written records

• Time after writing was developed

• People who move to find food by hunting and gathering plants

• The shift from hunting/gathering to farming