Vocab
The Fertile Crescent Part One
The Fertile Crescent Part Two
The Hebrews
Other
100
The largest building in a Sumerian city.
ziggurat
100
The broad area between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
Fertile Crescent
100
Before the plow was invented, how did farmers dig canals?
sharp digging sticks
100
God made a covenant with who?
Abraham
100
Name three ways in which school is different today than it was during the early civilizations.
Boys only Writing on paper instead of clay Punishment Other?
200
A group of people and goods traveling together.
caravan
200
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers was known as:
Mesopotamia
200
What was important about purple dye?
Color of royalty/rare
200
The belief in one God is called:
Monotheism
200
The stick that scribes used to write in clay was called:
stylus
300
Many different lands brought under one government.
empire
300
Large farming areas eventually grew into city-states in an area that became known as:
Sumer
300
The early people had many different gods. In what way were the gods like humans?
emotions
300
What are the three different names for the people who received the Promised Land from God?
Hebrews, Israelites, Jews
300
How was the wheel most likely invented?
spinning clay
400
A pointed tool used in writing on a soft surface.
stylus
400
The first person to write laws.
Hammurabi
400
The people of this civilization were the greatest sailors.
Phoenicians
400
The act of Moses leading his people out of Egypt is known as:
the Exodus
400
List three contributions the Phoenicians gave to society.
Lumber, purple dye, alphabet
500
A form of writing with wedge-shaped symbols
cuneform
500
The first empire to conquer all of Mesopotamia
Persians
500
Leader of the Persians when they conquered Mesopotamia
Cyrus the Great
500
Who was responsible for building Jerusalem into a great city?
Solomon
500
After King David, the Hebrews were split into two kingdoms. ___________ was in the north and ____________ was in the south.
Israel - north Judah - south
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