Question 1

A river that flows into a larger river.

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tributary

Question 2

A high, flat area of land

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plateau

Question 3

A low, flat land formed from fine soil left behind by streams.

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alluvial plain

Question 4

Soil and tiny rocks carried or deposited on the land by flood waters.

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silt

Question 5

A city and the farmlands around it.

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city-state

Question 6

The governing system in which a king or a queen rules.

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monarchy

Question 7

The right to rule.

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authority

Question 8

A belief in many gods.

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polytheism

Question 9

A group of traders traveling together on a long journey.

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caravan

Question 10

A style of building

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architecture

Question 11

A new way of doing things.

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innovation

Question 12

Writings that include information that describes the best way to plant, irrigate land, and care for crops.

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almanac

Question 13

The largest and tallest temple in every Sumerian city-state.

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ziggurat

Question 14

A writing system based on wedge-shaped symbols.

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cuneiform

Question 15

A person who records things for others.

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scribe

Question 16

One exalted or revered as supremely good or powerful, such as a god.

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deity

Question 17

To take over.

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conquer

Question 18

Vast lands and varied people under the control of a single government

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empire

Question 19

very dry

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arid

Question 20

To tell in advance.

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predict

Question 21

Life after death

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afterlife

Question 22

The skill of conducting negotiation.

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diplomacy

Question 23

A region with a united group and a single government.

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nation-state

Question 24

A series of rulers from the same family.

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dynasty

Question 25

The chief adviser to an ancient Egyptian king.

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vizier

Question 26

The ruler of an empire.

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emperor

Question 27

A permanent army.

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standing army

Question 28

A required payment from one ruler to a more powerful ruler.

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tribute

Question 29

The collection of laws that Hammurabi organized for the people of Babylon to follow.

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Code of Hammurabi

Question 30

A triangle-shaped piece of fertile land formed from soil deposited at the mouth of a river.

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delta

Question 31

Rapids or waterfalls.

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cataract

Question 32

Pictures of symbols that stand for sounds, words, or ideas.

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hieroglyph

Question 33

A paperlike material on which ancient Egyptians wrote.

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papyrus

Question 34

A structure that served as tombs for Egyptian rulers.

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pyramid

Question 35

A preserved body.

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mummy

Question 36

A war between two groups in the same nation.

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civil war

Question 37

A food shortage

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famine

Question 38

An examination made to decide whether to carry on trade.

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cost-benefit analysis

Question 39

A ruler of ancient Egypt.

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pharaoh

Question 40

A time of rule

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reign

Question 41

Relating to the country

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rural

Question 42

Related to large-scale trading.

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commercial

Question 43

A natural resource that can be made into a valuable product.

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raw material

Question 44

To bring in goods from other places.

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import

Question 45

To send out goods for sale to other places

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export

Question 46

To add on

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annex

Question 47

freedom

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independence

Question 48

A group of buyers and sellers

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trade network

Question 49

To figure out the meaning of something.

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decipher

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