Social Studies Chapter 2
Terms
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- Scribe
- A professional writer.
- City-state
- A city that is an individual unit complete with its own form of government and traditions.
- Ziggurat
- A huge pyramid-shaped structure formed from a series of stacked rectangular platforms.
- Dynasty
- The ruling of and empire.
- Barter
- To exchange goods and services.
- Plateau
- An area of high flat land.
- Civilization
- A group of people who have a complex, organized society.
- Slavery
- The practice of one person owning another person.
- Artisan
- A craftsperson such as a potter or weaver.
- monotheism
- The practice of worshipping only one god.
- Region
- An area with common physical features.
- Covenant
- An agreement.
- polytheism
- The practice of worshipping of many gods.
- Empire
- A large territory consisting of many places all under the control of a single ruler.