Vocabulary
Mesopotamia
Old Testament
Ten Commandments
Vocabulary
100
A period of time that experiences no rain
What is a drought?
100
These are the two rivers in the Fertile Crescent.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
100
Abraham made this with God.
What is a special agreement or covenant?
100
This is the third commandment.
What is honor the sabbath day?
100
The belief of many gods
What is polytheism?
200
The official writer.
What is a scribe?
200
The major kingdoms in the Fertile Crescent.
What are Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria?
200
This name is another name for the Jewish people.
What is Israelite?
200
This is the ninth and tenth commandment.
What is you shall not want your neighbor's wife and belongings?
200
An official building with a temple on located at the top.
What is a ziggurat?
300
The belief of one god.
What is monotheism?
300
The hero in a famous legend from Sumer.
Who is Gilgamesh?
300
This is where Moses received the 10 commandments.
What is Mount Sinai?
300
This is the eighth commandment.
What is you shall not lie?
300
A raised waterway.
What is an aqueduct?
400
The first set of laws.
What is the code of laws or Hammurabi's Code?
400
This person was the first leader of Sumer.
Who is Sargon?
400
This made Moses a prophet in the eyes of the Israelites.
What is Moses' conversation with God, or the burning bush?
400
This is the first commandment.
What is you will have only one god?
400
This is a name for the ancient writing in Sumer.
What is cuneiform?
500
This is a self-governing city that will also govern nearby villages.
What is a city-state?
500
These activities were a part of daily life in Sumer?
What are arts and crafts, having slaves/servants, storage for possessions, board games, festivals, and storytelling?
500
These men made Jerusalem a capital city for trade and religion.
Who are King David and King Solomon?
500
This is the fourth commandment.
What is you shall honor your mother and father?
500
This are the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
What is the Torah?
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