Rivers
People
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Geography
Vocabulary
100
The Tigris and Euphrates empty in this body of water.....
What is the Persian Gulf?
100
This man helped free the Hebrews and was given the Torah by God....
Who is Moses?
100
In Mesopotamia, boy and rarely girls could become these.....
What is a scribe?
100
The two river that run through the Fertile Crescent are.....
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
100
This was a system of writing developed in Sumer....
What is cuneiform?
200
These were long periods of time without water.....
What are droughts?
200
This man moved his family to Caanan and made a covenant with God....
Who is Abraham?
200
The Bible states that the Hebrews received the Torah from God who passed its contents to Moses on Mount Sinai. True or False....
What is True?
200
Name the two mountain ranges that surround the Fertile Crescent.....
What are the Taurus and the Zagros?
200
A large brick building with a temple on its peak....
What is a ziggurat?
300
Mesopotamian farmers controlled the two unpredictable flooding rivers by using canals and......
What are man-made lakes?
300
He was a Sumerian hero, part man and part god......
Who is Gilgamesh?
300
In Babylon, this code helped to keep people safe....
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
300
Farming was difficult in Mesopotamia because of irregular....
What are floods?
300
These laws became the core of the Jewish religion and teachings....
What are the Ten Commandments?
400
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers provide Mesopotamia with water and .....
What is rich, fertile silt?
400
He established one of the 1st written codes of law in Babylon and defeated the Sumerians by damming up parts of the Euphrates......
Who is Hammurabi?
400
Name two contributions the Mesopotamians made to our world today....
What are codes of law, the wheel, the idea of a writing system, and schools?
400
In northern Mesopotamia there was very little fertile land, but pplenty of rain, however in the south there was....
What is very little rain, but plenty of fertile soil?
400
In monotheism, people believe in...
What is one god?
500
The two river began in these mountains....
What are the Taurus?
500
He was the king of Kish and used cuneiform the rule his empire.....
Who is Sargon?
500
Upon rebuilding Bablyon, this city became the new capital....
What is Nineveh?
500
The region between two rivers is known as....
What is Mesopotamia?
500
The 1st books meant to instruct its followers were given to Moses on Mount Sinai and became known as this.....
What is the Torah?
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