Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is located inside the:
Fertile Crescent
The major river in Egypt is the _______.
Nile
The Hebrews are part of which religion?
Judaism
The Phoenicians were known for creating the:
first alphabet
The Egyptian name for a king is a ______.
pharaoh
The major rivers in Mesopotamia are:
the Tigris and the Euphrates
The name for the writing from Egypt is:
hieroglyphics
the "father" of Judaism is:
Abraham
The Phoenicians were known for making _______ in North Africa and Spain.
colonies
cultural diffusion
The most important people in Mesopotamia were ________ and ________.
kings and priests
The way to preserve dead people in Egypt was called:
mummification
Moses was a Hebrew known for receiving the _______
10 Commandments
How did the Phoenicians travel to their colonies and trade?
boats / sailing
The system that tells us who is important and who is not important is:
The name for the writing system in Mesopotamia is:
Cuneiform
the religion in Egypt was _________
polytheistic
The holy book for Judaism is called:
the Torah
The Phoenicians brought their manufactured goods and ________ where they traded.
ideas / alphabet
When power stays within one family. The king dies and his son is the king.
Heredity
Mesopotamia was organized into cities and the farmland around them called:
city-states
A person whose job was to write was called:
a scribe
The Hebrews lived between the _______ and the _______.
Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea
The most important manufactured good made by the Phoenicians was:
purple dye
The buildings used for religion in Mesopotamia were called:
ziggurats