Neolithic Revolution
Before the Neolithic Revolution, this is how people acquired their food
What is hunting and gathering?
Judaism was the first religion to practice this
What is monotheism?
Invented Cuneiform
What is Mesopotamia?
The practice of worshipping many gods
What is polytheism?
The first civilizations all developed around this geographic feature?
What are river valleys?
This describes people who move from one place to another in search of food
What are nomads?
This is the sacred text of Judaism, the first five books of the Old Testament.
What is the Torah?
Ruled by the pharaoh
What is Egypt?
Any tool that makes our lives easier
What is technology?
In the earliest civilizations, social status was based on this?
What is your occupation?
This region of the world was known to be the birthplace of civilization, because it supported agriculture.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The moral code of the Hebrews
What is the Ten Commandments?
Invented a system for measuring time that is still used today
What is Mesopotamia?
The process of sharing ideas and products between different civilizations
What is Cultural Diffusion?
This invention from Mesopotamia helped keep civilization "moving forward"
What is the wheel?
This development led to the growth of human populations?
What is a surplus of food?
According to Biblical evidence, the Hebrews made this agreement with God, to follow his laws and be his chosen people
What is the covenant?
Their religious practices include ancestor worship and using oracle bones to speak to the gods
What is China?
Technology that helps move water from one place to another
What is irrigation?
This expression from the Code of Hammurabi summarizes the principle of justice throughout the code
What is "an eye for an eye"?
This word describes the process of controlling animals and crops for human consumption
What is domestication?
This term refers to the movement of Jewish populations into other parts of the world after the Romans drove them out from Israel?
What is the Diaspora
Built their cities using a grid system
What is India?
A farming method developed in China that alters mountainous terrain into usable farmland
What is terrace farming?
This modern term refers to the region where ancient Mesopotamia was found
What is the Middle East?