Vocabulary
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Who is the sun-god of Egypt?
Ra
What is a large waterfall?
cataract
What is the capital of Italy?
Rome
What is the triangle shaped piece of land where the Nile becomes many streams
Delta
What is a black powder used as eye makeup
kohl
What is a collection of stories about Ancient Mesopotamia called?
Arabian Nights
What the founding or oldest member of a group called?
Patriarch
What is the capital of Germany?
Berlin
Who was called by God to go to Canaan and was promised descendants and land, and the father of Isaac?
Abraham
irrigate
What is the book that tells stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph?
Genesis
What is someone called who studies the sky and universe
Astrologer
Where is the Tigris river in relation to Babylon?
East
What is the oldest city in the world and capital of ancient Egypt?
Memphis
What is a severe fever; usually found in tropical or subtropical locations?
malaria
Who was the king of the early Babylonians?
Hammurabi
Was is an act that tricks someone or gives a false impression?
deception
What river runs through Babylon?
Euphrates River
What is the land called given to Jacob and his family?
Goshen
What means having unlimited power?
omnipotent
What Assyrian city is talked about in the Bible?
Ninevah
What is an ornamental molding on a wall near the ceiling called?
cornice
What is the capital of Austria?
Vienna
What is a gloomy place where souls went after death?
The Land of No Return