Vocab
Sumer
Assyria
Babylon
Judaism
100
Loose soil carried by water
What is silt?
100
The Sumerians are most known for....
What is the invention of writing (cuneiform)?
100
Assyria's largest cities were (2 possible answers)
What is Ashur and/or Nineveh?
100
Babylon became a center of trade for this reason....
What is it was along the rivers/waterways?
100
Belief in one God.
What is monotheism?
200
Long periods without rain
What is drought?
200
A king in Sumer who created the first great empire
Who is Sargon?
200
Assyrians brought ____________________ to their growing cities to help with tasks.
What are prisoners of war?
200
A king who built dams to control the people
What is Hammurabi?
200
The Jewish people are descendants of a family that lived in this city-state.
What is Ur?
300
A wall that keeps a river within its banks
What is levee?
300
A group of lands and people ruled by one government
What is an empire?
300
Assyrian women....
What is had no legal rights?
300
The Babylonian empire weakened due to....
What is the death of Hammurabi?
300
Jewish people believe ______________ was the beginning of their history?
What is a covenant?
400
Wearing away of soil by wind or water
What is erosion?
400
The greatest legend in Sumer
What is Gilgamesh?
400
Assyrians were the first to...
What is use fast horse drawn chariots, tower on wheels, battering ram?
400
Some of the goods that were traded in Babylon were...
What is silver, copper, timber, wine?
400
Moses enjoyed the riches of a ruler. Why?
What is because he was adopted by the pharaoh's daughter?
500
The center of Sumerian religious life
What is a ziggurat?
500
Sargon changed Sumerian life. State 2 examples of this.
What is 1. United all city-states 2. Extended his rule west and north 3. Built a new capital
500
Assyria got its name from this chief god
What is Ashur?
500
One of the seven wonders....
What is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
500
Name the 2 kingdoms of Israel.
What is Judah and Israel?
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