Mesopotamia
Fenicia
Los Israelitas
Términos Clave
De Todo Un Poco
100
Mesopotamia is the ancient name for the region that is now called...
Iraq
100
T/F?: The Phoenician alphabet had 22 symbols.
TRUE
100
T/F?: Moses is considered a PROPHET.
TRUE
100
Belief in multiple gods...
Polytheism
100
What marked the beginning of history?
WRITING
200
The two rivers in the Mesopotamia region are...
Tigris and Euphrates
200
The Phoenician alphabet made it easier to learn to...
read and write
200
Leader who taught his people the practice of monotheism...
Abraham
200
Many territories and people under the control of a single government...
empire
200
The Code of Hammurabi is based on the law of retaliation, that is (the saying)...
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
300
"Mesopotamia" is a Greek word meaning....
the land between the rivers
300
The Phoenicians controlled trade in the __?__ Sea...
Mediterranean
300
Leader who guided his people out of Egypt ...
Moses
300
A story that explains people's beliefs...
myth
300
The WHEEL and a NUMBER system were developed by the...
Sumerians
400
Civilization developed in the Fertile Crescent because of the ___?___ land found there.
fertile
400
Which letter of the modern alphabet does this Phoenician letter represent?:
T
400
Sacred city of the Israelites, Muslims, and Christians.
Jerusalem
400
A professional writer from the Fertile Crescent...
scribe
400
The first writing system developed by the Sumerians...
Cuneiform
500
In Mesopotamia, each ____-_____ had its own ruler, laws, and gods.
city-state
500
The Phoenicians extracted purple pigment to dye fabrics from...
snails
500
The text in which the ancient Israelites recorded events and laws...
The Torah
500
A time when people starve because there is little food...
famine
500
The famous Hanging Gardens were located in this city-state...
Babylon