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