Vocabulary
Short Answer
Islam, Judaism, Christianity, All
Short Answer
Vocabulary
100
huge tomb for pharaohs
What is a pyramid?
100
the Egyptian sun god
What is Re?
100
story of exile
What is Judaism?
100
The earliest monotheistic religion that developed in the area around Jerusalem
What is Judaism?
100
writing system that uses pictographs
What is hieroglyphics?
200
belief in one god
What is monotheism?
200
the holy book of Islam
What is Qur'an?
200
founded by Muhammed
What is Islam?
200
Sumerian system of writing
What is cuneiform?
200
pyramid-shaped tower
What is a ziggurat?
300
government ruled by a religious leader
What is a theocracy?
300
story of Jesus' life
What is the Gospels?
300
It has sacred writings.
What is all of them?
300
He revealed the will of God to Muhammed.
Who is the angel Gabriel?
300
lowest place on Earth
What is the Dead Sea?
400
name given to Mesopotamia that describes its shape and rich soil
What is Fertile Crescent?
400
belief in one God and Muhammed is God's prophet praying 5 times a day giving to the poor fasting during Ramadan making a pilgrimmage to Mecca
What is the Five Pillars of Islam?
400
form of monotheism
What is all?
400
they built canals and strengthened riverbanks.
What the Egyptians did to control the Nile?
400
the first people to live in Mesopotamia
What is the Sumerians?
500
Muslim ruler
What is a caliph?
500
Christians believe that Jesus was the Messiah promised in Jewish scripture.
What is the relationship between Christianity and Judaism?
500
began in Southwest Asia
What is all?
500
priests controlled religious and economic life; kings controlled political and military life
What are the roles of priests and kings in city-state governments?
500
most important gods of Mesopotamia
What is Enlil and Utu?
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