Geography
Why did early humans settle in Egypt & Mesopotamia?
FERTILE SOIL
RIVERS PROVIDE IRRIGATION FOR FARMING
What was the writing system in Ancient Mesopotamia?
CUNEIFORM
What were the people of Mesopotamia the FIRST to write down?
LAWS - HAMMURABI’S CODE
What Natural Barrier surrounded the Nile River Valley?
SAHARA DESERT
What made Judaism different from earlier religions?
IT IS MONOTHEISTIC, WHILE EARLIER FAITHS ARE POLYTHEISTIC
What is one negative of the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers?
UNPREDICTABLE FLOODING
What is the combination temple/town hall in center of each city-state?
ZIGGURAT
What were 2 ways that someone become a slave in ancient times?
THEY WERE PRISONERS OF WAR
THEY OWED MONEY
What is the purpose of MUMMIFICATION?
TO PRESERVE BODIES FOR THE AFTERLIFE.
Who is the Founder/Father of Judaism?
ABRAHAM
What is the super soil that is left behind when rivers flood?
SILT
What were buildings made of in ancient Mesopotamia?
MUD BRICK
What are the main take-aways regarding Hammurabi’s Code?
1ST WRITTEN CODE OF LAW
UNIFORM LAWS MAINTAIN ORDER
LAWS THE SAME FOR EVERYONE/PUNISHMENTS VARIED BY SOCIAL CLASS
What was the writing system of Ancient Egypt?
HIEROGLYPHICS
(written on papyrus - paper made from reeds)
What is the sacred promise of Land for monotheism known as?
COVENANT
What do you call a geographic feature (like a mountain or desert) that limits trade, cultural diffusion and invasion?
NATURAL BARRIER
Name 2 inventions that were created by the Mesopotamians.
WHEEL, PLOW, SAIL, CUNEIFORM, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, ZIGGURATS
What is a DIFFERENCE between Mesopotamia & Egypt?
Mesopotamia: Unpredictable flooding, each city-state had a king, Kings chosen by gods, No Natural Barriers, Lacks Natural Resources
Egypt: Predictable Flooding, Pharaoh in charge of all of Egypt, Believed Pharaoh was a god, Natural barriers, Natural resources
What were two natural Resources that existed in Ancient Egypt?
LIMESTONE
TIMBER
GOLD
COPPER
What is the moral code followed by Jews?
TEN COMMANDMENTS
(Jews believed God would protect them if they followed the rules)
What is the triangular shaped fertile area at the mouth of a river is known as?
DELTA
Why did priests have so much power in Mesopotamia?
THEY COMMUNICATED WITH THE GODS.
What do large building projects like pyramids & ziggurats reveal about cultures?
WELL ORGANIZED
RELIGION VERY IMPORTANT
A series of rulers from the same family is known as a ....
DYNASTY
What is the journey of the Jews out of slavery from Egypt known as?
EXODUS