Geography
Culture
Judaism
Government
Misc
100
What is a irrigation?
The bringing of water to dry fields by using canals or pipes.
100
What was the name of the building that Mesopotamians built to worship gods?
A ziggurat
100
God told this Israelite to lead His people out of Egypt.
Moses
100
What did Hammurabi develop?
The Code of Hammurabi
100
Why is it important to have a written form of communication?
so that everyone has a way to communicate
200
What are the two rivers in Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and Euphrates
200
Why were the ziggurats so large?
They believed that their gods were so important that the higher they were to them the better the gods could hear them.
200
What is a covenant and who made one with God?
A covenant is an agreement. Abraham made a covenant with God.
200
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
the first set of written laws
200
What do Mesopotamians do with a surplus?
they trade
300
Name a way the geography positively affected the way people in Mesopotamia lived.
- gave them fertile land - travel - trade - silt after flood
300
This is the religion that the early Mesopotamians were.
Polytheism
300
What were the Israelites the first group to practice?
monotheism
300
Name a law under the Code of Hammurabi
ex. "If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out... If a son has struck his father, they shall cut off his hand."
300
Where did Mesopotamians store extra water from the rivers?
artificial lakes
400
Name a way that the geography has negatively affected the people of Mesopotamia.
- floods - ruined crops - destroyed homes
400
What form of communication did the Mesopotamians develop?
cuneiform
400
What holiday is remembered by the Jews escape from slavery?
Passover
400
Why were the laws that Hammurabi had written down important?
to keep people safe and to hold them accountable for their actions
400
Why did they need to control the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
the irregular floods
500
What are other uses of the geography other than farming?
- mud and reeds for building homes - fishing - wood for plows and furniture
500
Who wrote on the clay tablets with sharpened reeds?
Scribes
500
Where does most of our information about the early history of Israel come from?
Hebrew Bible
500
What is a city-state?
a city that has its own government and set of laws
500
List one positive and one negative affect of floods.
positive - silt negative - destroy homes, crops, animals
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