Unit 2 world history advanced Vocabulary test

a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.

a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.

denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugar

an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.

a division of a society based on social and economic status.

a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.

extreme scarcity of food.

the belief in or worship of more than one god.

fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harb