Vocab 1
Vocab 2
Miscellaneous
Stuff
Mixed Bag
100
A professional writer; usually educated boys from upper class families.
What is a scribe?
100
Belief in one god.
What is monotheism?
100
Seafaring civilization.
Who were the Phoenicians?
100
A wheel cart pulled by a horse that a man rode in while fighting enemies.
What is a chariot?
100
First set of laws that were written down and posted for all to see.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
200
Belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
200
Greek term for the "land between the rivers?"
What is Mesopotamia?
200
Ancient civilization known for being skilled and vicious warriors.
Who are the Assyrians?
200
The spreading out of a people with a similar background due to exile.
What is diaspora?
200
King of Babylonia who developed a code of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
300
Type of writing using wedges and lines.
What is cuneiform?
300
Group of traders traveling together.
What is a caravan?
300
Where very expensive purple dye came from.
What is a special type of snail?
300
First major civilization to believe in one God.
Who are the Israelites?
300
Ancient civilization who developed the a.m./p.m. format.
Who were the Chaldeans?
400
To force a person or a group of people to move to another area or another country.
What is exile?
400
Region of southwest Asia that is the site of the first civilizations.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
Ancient civilization that developed the first alphabet.
Who were the Phoenicians?
400
Mesopotamia is located between the ________ and the _____________ rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
400
Form of written communication based on a sound/symbol relationship.
What is an alphabet?
500
Many territories and people controlled by one government.
What is an empire?
500
A promise made by God to the Israelites.
What is a covenant?
500
Because long stretches of desert separated the cities of Sumer, they developed into _____________.
What are city states?
500
Ancient civilization that conquered the Assyrians.
Who were the Chaldeans?
500
Ancient civilization who developed the first library in the capital city of Nineveh.
Who are the Assyrians?
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