Vocabulary
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Judaism
Potpourri
100
an advanced method of bringing water to fields
What is irrigation?
100
The arc of fertile land in southwest Asia is referred to as...
What is the Fertile Crescent?
100
The source of the Nile is located in Lower or Upper Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
100
He led the Hebrews out of Egypt.
Who is Moses?
100
The man who made the saying," An eye for an eye" famous.
Who is Hammurabi?
200
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
200
The Greek word meaning "Land between the rivers."
What is Mesopotamia?
200
The triangular-shaped deposit of land found at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
200
He is the father of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
What is Abraham?
200
The Code of Hammurabi was important because it was the….
What is the first set of codified law?
300
The rich, fertile soil left behind after flooding waters recede.
What is silt?
300
One of 3 environmental problems people in Mesopotamia faced.
What is flooding rivers, lack of natural resources and no natural protection?
300
The king in Egypt is also thought to be a _____________.
What is a god?
300
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
What is the Torah?
300
The Egyptian system of writing.
What is hieroglyphics?
400
A form of government based on religious authority.
What is theocracy?
400
The religious temple constructed by the Sumerians.
What is a ziggurat?
400
The geographical feature that surrounds Egypt to the east and west.
What is the desert?
400
Mutual promise between God and the Jewish people.
What is a covenant?
400
The 2 rivers found in Mesopotamia.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates?
500
Ideas/beliefs spreading from one group of people to another through trade or conflict.
What is cultural diffusion?
500
How were Mesopotamian Kings viewed?
What is representatives of the gods?
500
The preservation of dead bodies in Ancient Egypt.
What is mummification?
500
Ancient home of the Israelites located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
What is Canaan?
500
The main difference between the flooding of the Nile in Egypt and the Tigris/Euphrates in Mesopotamia.
What is the Nile was predictable? Flooded in JULY!!!!!
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