geography
Important People
Mesopotamians
Technology/innovation
Hebrews
100
What type of climate does Mesopotamia have?
arid
100
Who created a list of 282 laws?
Hammurabi
100
Who controlled the wealth of Sumerian society before kings?
priests
100
What technological advancement did the Sumerians invent that helped with farming?
canals
100
Who was called the Father of the Hebrews?
Abraham
200
What does Mesopotamia mean?
land between the rivers
200
Who lead the Israelites out of Egypt?
Moses
200
What does polytheism mean?
belief in more than one god
200
The Sumerians developed what writing system?
cuneiform
200
What was the Promised Land?
Canaan
300
Where did the water that caused the Tigris and Euphrates to flood come from?
the mountains
300
Who was the second king of Israel?
David
300
What are the two rivers associated with Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
300
How did the Mesopotamians get things like metal and wood?
traded surplus crops
300
Who was the first king of Israel?
Saul
400
In what present-day country is Mesopotamia?
Iraq
400
Which leader of the Persian Empire was important to the Hebrews for freeing them?
Cyrus
400
A city and the surrounding farmland is called a
city state
400
What did the Sumerians build that was like their city hall?
ziggurat
400
What was king Solomon's greatest building achievement?
the Temple in Jerusalem
500
What was the name of the area of rich soil that stretched from the Persian Gulf to Egypt called?
Fertile Crescent
500
Who created the first empire in Mesopotamia?
Sargon
500
What important Sumerian city-state was the home of Abraham?
Ur
500
What route was created to connect all the parts of the Empire?
Royal Road
500
Which group did King David defeat?
the Philistines
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