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Judaism
100
What is name of the Babylonian ruler who ruled from 1792 to 1750 B.C.
Hammurabi
100
What is a complex society with, among other features, a highly developed government and culture?
Civilization
100
What is another name for farming?
agriculture
100
What are the three different classes in Sumer?
Upper, Middle, lower
100
Monotheism What is the belief in one God called?
Monotheism
200
What is the name for a religious leader who is believed to proclaim the wishes of a God?
Prophet
200
What is the collection of ancient books containing the laws and customs that developed in the Jewish Tradition?
the Talmud
200
What is the word for having specific people performing specific jobs; it is also a feature of a civilization.?
What is specialization of labor.
200
What is the name of the Assyrian capital?
Nineveh
200
Abraham's Whose descendants were promised the land of Canaan?
Abraham's
300
What is a teacher and spiritual leader of the Jews called?
a Rabbi
300
What is an excess amount or quantity called?
a surplus
300
What is a group of people who share similar economic and social conditions?
What is a class.
300
What are the names of the two rivers near Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and Euphrates
300
a synagogue What is the jewish place for prayer called?
a synagogue
400
What is the name of the leader of the Israelites, who led them out of Egypt?
Moses
400
What is the period called before writing was invented?
Prehistoric
400
What is the practice of supplying dry land with water called?
Irrigation
400
Name and explain three features tha make up a civilization.
agricultural surplus specialization of labor classes government written records
400
The Assyrians What group of people destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel around 722 B.C.?
The Assyrians
500
What is name of the King whom Enkidu was taller and more powerful?
Gilgamesh
500
What is a person who gets food by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants called?
a Hunter-Gatherer
500
What are the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures called?
the Torah
500
What was the big change in the way people lived about 17,000 years ago?
They switched to farming and stopped being hunter-gatherers.
500
about 17 million How many Jews are there in the world today?
about 17 million