Who is the founder of Judaism?
Abraham
What is something all early civilizations had in common?
They all settled along river valleys
The area surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers was known as:
Mesopotamia
Egypt was centered around what river?
Nile River
What civilization created the world's first monotheistic religion?
Hebrews
What is the main holy city for Judaism?
Jerusalem
____________=Belief in ONE God
____________=Belief in MANY gods
Monotheistic=ONE
Polytheistic=MANY
The world's first written law code:
Hammurabi's Code
True or False: Egyptian society contained slaves that worked as laborers and servants.
True
Which group were great traders and carried civilization throughout the Mediterranean?
Phoenicians
What is the Jewish Holy Book?
The Torah
What were the three main reasons many civilizations began in river valleys?
1. Rich soil
2. Water for agriculture
3.Natural barriers for protection (i.e. Mountains, Desert, etc.)
The building below is known as a:
Ziggurat
What is the Egyptian picture-writing system called?
Hieroglyphics
What river did the Hebrew begin around?
Jordan River Valley
What serves as the moral code for Judaism?
The 10 Commandments
What are two types of governments found in Ancient River Valleys?
City-States, Kingdoms, Empires
The first written language in Sumeria is known as:
Cuneiform
Upper Egypt is in the _________ and Lower Egypt is in the __________
Upper=South, lower half of Egypt
Lower=North, upper half of Egypt
What was one of the most important contributions of the Phoenicians?
Alphabet
What is the term for the scattering of the Jews that occurs after period of exile?
Diaspora
Most early civilizations had a centralized government based on what kind of authority?
Religious
Babylon took control of Mesopotamia from what other civilization?
Sumeria
What was the purpose of Egyptian Pyramids, and why did they stop using them?
-Store mummified pharaohs
-Looting
What is the name of the civilization that lives on the upper Nile?
Nubia