Sumer
MISC
Phoenicians
Judaism
Diaspora
100
Cuneiform Printing
100
Does "Remember the Sabbath" apply to God-believers or non-God-believers
God-Believers
100
What text contains commentaries on the teachings of Moses?
The Talmud
100
What was the date of the Jewish Diaspora?
587 BCE
200
Why is Sumer so important in World History?
It was the world's 1st civilization.
200
What was the official religion of the Persian empire?
Zoroastrianism
200
How was Darius able to maintain control of such a large empire?
1-he gave local rulers some control over their government
2-he funded the construction of roads across his empire
200
How was Judaism different from other religions in the world?
Judaism believed that there was only 1 God who gave laws about right and wrong
200
What does the word Diaspora mean in Greek?
To scatter
300
Mesopotamia is the land that lies between what 2 bodies of water?
The Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
300
Did Hammurabi's code treat all members of society equally?
No
Punishments were different based on your class in society.
300
What 2 continents did the Phoenicians trade with?
Africa and Europe
300
Why did Israelites consider Canaan to be the Promised Land?
They believed that God made a covenant with Abraham that Canaan would belong to his descendants.
300
What was the result of the Diaspora?
Jewish people were scattered across a wide area
400
Why were priests so important in Sumerian society?
Sumerians believed only priests could communicate with Gods to help the city prosper.
400
Why did Assyrian rulers divide the empire into 70 provinces and assign a governor to each one?
to keep control of distant lands
400
How did the Phoenicians willingness to travel for trade lead to the spread of their civilization?
The Phoenicians had commercial outposts for trading throughout the Mediterranean Sea and these eventually grew bigger and lead to the spread of the Phoenician civilization.
400
How does Judaism influence modern society?
It has helped shape American laws and people's ideas about right & wrong
400
In 587 BCE, this group of people conquered and destroyed Jerusalem, marking the beginning of the Jewish Diaspora.
Babylonians
500
What characteristics allowed southern Mesopotamia to become the "cradle" of civilization?
Flooding of Tigris & Euphrates Rivers left good soil
Farmers developed technology for irrigation
500
What is the main belief of Zoroastrianism?
The universe is in a struggle between good and evil
500
What did the Greeks adopt from the Phoenicians?
Writing system
weights & measures
500
How does the Talmud show that studying Jewish sacred writings is an important part of Judaism?
The Talmud has rules that followers want to study
The Talmud and other sacred writings tells believers how to live
500
How did the Diaspora change the way Jews worshiped?
Synagogues became more important for worship