Mesopotamians
Egyptians
Geography
3 Religions
Modern Palestine
100
The Mesopotamians built these to house their gods.
What is A ZIGGURAT?
100
The earliest form of writing used by the ancient Egyptians.
What is HIEROGLYPHICS?
100
Egypt is located on this continent.
What is AFRICA?
100
This city is holy to Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.
What is JERUSALEM?
100
This is another word for Palestinian.
What is ARAB?
200
The system of writing invented to record harvests.
What is CUNEIFORM?
200
A ruler of ancient Egypt; known as part god.
What is A PHARAOH?
200
Saudi Arabia is located on this body of land.
What is THE ARABIAN PENINSULA?
200
This is what Muslims worship in.
What is A MOSQUE?
200
The conflict in the Middle East is over this.
What is CONTROL OF LAND?
300
A person who wrote things down for a living; a very important job in Mesopotamia.
What is A SCRIBE?
300
Egyptians knew there was an afterlife because they observed this in nature.
What is THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH?
300
The Zagros is this type of landform in the Middle East.
What is A MOUNTAIN RANGE?
300
This is the last remaining part of the Jewish Temple; many Jews go here to pray daily.
What is THE WESTERN WALL?
300
This is what many people believe will never be achieved in the Middle East.
What is PEACE?
400
An "eye for an eye" is the basis for this set of laws.
What is HAMMURABI'S CODE OF LAWS?
400
This is a series of rulers from the same family.
What is A DYNASTY?
400
This type of soil was good for farming and was caused by yearly flooding of rivers, such as the Tigris, Euphrates, and the Nile.
What is ALLUVIAL SOIL?
400
The group of people who fled Poland and came to Israel after World War II.
What is THE JEWS?
400
This is something that prevents Arabs and Israelis from connecting with each other.
What is A CHECKPOINT?
500
Uruk, Ur, Nippur, and Babylon were known as this in ancient Mesopotamia.
What is A CITY-STATE?
500
This is the approximate time period that civilization began in ancient Egypt.
What is 3,000 B.C.?
500
The Nile River flows in this direction.
What is NORTH?
500
The way of salvation for Muslims.
What is 5 PILLARS?
500
Most people living in the Middle East are this.
What is ARAB MUSLIMS?
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