People
God of the sky and weather, King of the Gods in Greek mythology
Who is Zeus?
List out the different elements of culture (4).
What are arts, tools, customs, and ideas
What is Ancient Mesopotamia?
List out the 5 major world religions.
What are Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism?
What is the Jewish claim to the land of Palestine?
They were there first, it was their ancient homeland, promised to them by God in the Torah
Mesopotamian god of creation
Who is Marduk?
What is ideas?
What two rivers is Ancient Mesopotamia located in between?
Tigris and Euphrates
Religious text of Judaism
What is the Torah?
What is the Palestinian claim to the land?
Been there longer, home of religious sites, etc.
Created a code of laws for the Babylonian Empire to make sure everyone followed the rules.
Who is Hammurabi?
Form of writing used in Ancient Mesopotamia
What is cuneiform?
Stone with writings that have been translated into the same message in three different languages
What is the Rosetta Stone?
What do Islam, Christianity, and Judaism all have in common?
They worship the same god, monotheistic, etc.
The first Arab-Israeli war began in what year?
What is 1948?
Creator God of Egypt
Who is Ra?
Place of worship for Buddhist monks
What is a monastery?
Mesopotamia is also known as the ________________ due its prime location between two rivers that created rich soil
What is the Fertile Crescent?
List out the five pillars of Islam
Hajj, fasting, alms/charity, prayer, declaration of faith
Egyptian and Israeli leaders meeting in the US to negotiate a peace agreement.
What were the Camp David Accords?
Name of the people from early civilizations in Mesopotamia
Who are the Sumerians?
Sunnis believe that political succession should not be based on Muhammad's bloodline. Sunnis follow the Prophet's example
Shias believe that only direct descendants of the Prophet Muhammad can lead the Islamic faith.
Explain the major difference in the purpose of a ziggurat and a pyramid.
Ziggurats were used as temples to connect with gods, Pyramids were tombs for pharaohs
What is the main god of Hinduism and the name of its three forms
Who is Brahmin, Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu?
This is where Hamas frequently launches attacks from (Where most of the violence takes place)