The Phoenicians
Civilization
Who?
Vocabulary
Grab Bag
100
The Phoenicians may have been best-known for their ability to build what?
What are SHIPS or BOATS
100
Advances in farming technology led to an abundance of food known as a food ______
What is SURPLUS
100
Known for his law code
Who is Hammurabi
100
A pyramid-shaped temple found in Mesopotamian cities
What is a ZIGGURAT
100
Nebuchudnezzar is credited with building this, one of the original 7 Wonders of the World
What is THE HANGING GARDENS
200
How did the Phoenicians prosper? Farming, Trade, or Conquest
What is TRADE
200
A self-governing city is known as a ____-_____
What is a CITY-STATE
200
King of the Chaldeans who built a 90-foot golden statue of himself
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II
200
Watering fields using human-made systems
What is IRRIGATION
200
If you passed beneath the Ishtar Gate, you were entering what ancient city?
What is BABYLON
300
The Phoenicians were famous for creating a dye of this color
What is PURPLE
300
What is missing from the Sumerian social class? King, _______, Artisans, Farmers, Slaves
Who are PRIESTS
300
Ruler of the Akkadians who allowed many conquered peoples to retain their normal way of life
Who is SARGON
300
A belief in many gods
What is POLYTHEISM
300
Mesopotamia lies between which two major rivers?
What are the TIGRIS and EUPHRATES
400
The Phoenicians imported ____ _______, which are substances from which other things are made.
What are RAW MATERIALS
400
A group of different lands under the control of one ruler is known as an _______
What is an EMPIRE
400
Ruled the Persian empire at its height and expanded its territory to 2,800 miles
Who is DARIUS I
400
A tax paid for protection
What is TRIBUTE
400
Weapons made out of ______ gave the powerful Assyrian army an even greater advantage in battle.
What is IRON
500
The Phoenician alphabet had this many letters
What is 22
500
Mesopotamia's first civilization was known as _______
What is SUMER
500
Overthrew the Medes to capture the Babylonian Empire
Who was CYRUS THE GREAT
500
Darius's provinces were ruled by governors called _____
What are SATRAPS
500
Under Hammurabi's rule, how many judges were assigned to decide on each trial?
What is THREE
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