Vocabulary
Empires
Places
People
Hodge Podge
100
Wedge-shaped writing that improved record keeping.
What is cuneiform?
100
The first empire.
What is Akkadian?
100
The Fertile Crescent was a curved area from the Mediterranean Sea to the _____________.
What is Persian Gulf?
100
People relied on them to gain the favor of the gods.
What are priests?
100
Invention that improved transportation and pottery making.
What is the wheel?
200
A way of supplying water to land or crops.
What is irrigation?
200
Another name for the Amorite civilization.
What is Babylonian Empire?
200
The rivers that provided fertile soil for farming.
What is Tigris & Euphrates?
200
Kept records for merchants and the government.
What are scribes?
200
A temple in the center of Sumeria.
What is ziggurat?
300
A city and the surrounding land and villages that it controlled.
What is a city-state?
300
King of the Amorites who collected 282 laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
300
Asia Minor (now named Turkey) is a peninsula between the Mediterranean Sea and the _______ Sea.
What is Black?
300
Built levees to control the destruction of floods.
What are Sumerians?
300
The worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
400
A long poem that tells the story of a hero.
What is an epic?
400
Turned away from evil ways after Jonah preached repentance.
What is Assyrian Empire?
400
The city near the Persian Gulf where Abraham was called out.
What is Ur?
400
Produced a food surplus which made other jobs possible.
What are farmers?
400
Three of the Sumerian architectural features.
What are domes, columns, and arches?
500
A skilled craftsman.
What is an artisan?
500
Emperor of the Akkadian Empire.
Who is Sargon I?
500
The ancient city by the Euphrates River that is now Baghdad, Iraq.
What is Babylon?
500
Received God's judgment and became like a beast of the field.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
500
According to these 282 laws, based on retaliation, consequences depended on what social class a person was.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
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