Geography
Mesopatamia means, "between two ______"
rivers
Name the 3 religions that started in this region.
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Hammurabi believed, "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a ______"
tooth
Mesopotamians developed _________, instead of gathering food. This allowed them to stay in one spot.
Farming
Name a current country in Southwest Asia
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Qatar, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus
The leader of a reglion is also called a _______. Christians believe Jesus is one.
Messiah
This empire took power of the region for about 500 years.
The Roman Empire
This is the language of Mesopotamia.
Cuneiform
Hammurabi's Code now lives at the Louvre Museum in what city?
Paris, France
This is the name of the holy book of Islam
The Qur'an
Christianity spread to the Americas with the Age of _______________
Age of Discovery or Age of Exploration
Mesopotamians also __________ animals, or keep them as a source of food or labor.
domesticate
Two rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, make up an area of rich soil called ___________.
The Fertile Crescent
Islam began around year ____.
600
Abraham moved his people to ________. This began the start of Judaism
Canaan
Villages grew into big settlements called _______. They were independently run societies.
City-States.
This sea is so salty that you can float without much effort.
The Dead Sea
This area of land was given to Jews following WW2
Isreal
Babylonia or the Babylonian Empire
Name something the Mesopotamians created
The wheel, advanced mathematics, code of law, city-states, farming, domesticated animals, written language