Vocabulary
A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler is a(n)
empire
Akhenaton emphasized the worship of who?
Basic duties that Muslims are expected to perform are called the what?
Pillars of Islam
True or False.....Is Mesopotamia is a part of the Fertile Crescent?
true
In Judaism, people were taught that God made a covenant with Abraham and promised this place to the Israelites?
Canaan
Egyptian kings were known as
pharoahs
Muslims believe Jesus was a great what?
prophet
Muslims believe that who was God's last prophet?
Muhammad
What civilization developed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Ancient Sumer
Which civilization developed along the Nile River?
Egyptian
The belief that spirits inhabit plants, animals, and objects
animism
Upper and Lower Egypt were united by whom?
King Menes
Muslims believed which angel revealed himself to Muhammad?
Gabriel
Axum was located in East ____?
Africa
The center of trade and learning in West Africa was __?
Timbuktu
Sumerian writing was called
cuneiform
Mansa Musa was a ruler who expanded the Kingdom of Mali and showed his wealth by making a pilgrimage to where?
Mecca
Which group of Muslims believe that Muhammad's true heirs are the descendants of his daughter Fatima and her husband Ali?
Shiite
What natural event spread silt and kept farmlands fertile in ancient civilizations?
flooding
Phoenicians were known to have expanded trade across what body of water?
Mediterranean Sea
diaspora
Sulieman was a ruler of which empire?
Ottoman
One of the Pillars of Islam is praying how many times a day?
5
Mesopotamia was located along the _____?
Tigris-Euphrates River Valley
The root language for many African languages is what?
bantu