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Judaism
100
I was a Babylonian King
Who is HAMMURABI?
100
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
100
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
100

Name for the holy men who told the Hebrews when they were straying from God's covenant.

What is a prophet?

200
I was the leader of the first empire, Akkad.
Who was Sargon?
200
We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.
Who are upperclass boys?
200
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200

Name for the flight of the Hebrews from Egypt

Exodus

300

I was the one who led the Hebrew people out of Egypt, parted the Red Sea, and according to legend received the ten commandments from God.

Who was Moses?

300
Mesopotamians created the first writing system. This writing system is called what?
What is cuneiform?
300
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
What is Assyria?
300
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300

The first five books of the Old Testament

What is the Torah?

400

I was the individual who is considered the originator (or first patriarch) of the Jewish faith.

Who is Abraham?

400

Without the Mesopotamian invention of the ______, we may not have cars, bicycles, or even trains.

What is the wheel?

400

Civilization that unified Mesopotamia and treated its conquered peoples with greater fairness and humaneness.

What is the Persian Empire?

400

I am the name of the sea that is closely associated with Israel and the land of Judea.

What is the Dead Sea?

400

The Hebrew name for God

What is Yahweh?

500

I was a king of Israel who became oppressive and as a result unpopular leading to a split in the Hebrew people upon my death

Who is King Solomon?

500

How many laws were in the Hammurabi Code?

What is 282?

500

Correctly identify the progression of the Mesopotamian civilizations starting with Sumer.

Sumer --> Akkad --> Babylon --> Assyria --> Persia

500

What body of water is located to the Southeast of Mesopotamia

What is The Persian Gulf?

500

The name of the place where Moses found (or was given) the Ten Commandments.

What is Mount Sinai?