The Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamia, and the Persian Empire

An organized group of people (society) that live in an area and work to improve their way of life is called a _________?

• Civilization

• Institution

• Colony

Human-made waterways are called __________.

• Canals

• Rivers

• Streams

A writer and record keeper is known as a __________.

• Scribe

• Farmer

• Soldier

The world's first system of writing is called __________.

• Empire
• Cuneiform

• Scribe

The earliest known collection of laws, including 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life, is called __________.

• Hammurabi's Code

• Magna Carta

• Twelve Tables

The founder of the Persian Empire is (a)   .

A series of wars between Persia and Greece beginning in the 490 BC is known as the (a)   .

A ruler or kingdom or empire is called a (a)   .

Land with different territories and people under a single rule is called an (a)  

A wheeled, horse-drawn battle cart is called a (a)   .