Early civilizations were located in ______________.
What are river valleys?
100
This type of leader ruled each city-state in Mesopotamia.
What is a king?
100
The first writing system was called ____________.
What is cuneiform?
100
Belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
100
The ancient Hebrew faith is known today as this.
What is Judaism?
200
The 2 rivers that ran through the Fertile Crescent.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates River?
200
The Akkadians conquered Mesopotamia, thus creating the world's first empire. Name their ruler.
Who is Sargon?
200
Name two Sumerian inventions that aided in travel and/or trade.
What are the wheel and the plow?
200
Belief in one god.
What is monotheism?
200
Name 3 characteristics of a civilization.
What are government, cities, class divisions, art, writing system, and religion? (Only 3 are required.)
300
This word literally means "land between the rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
300
This man is best known for compiling the best laws from all of the city-states and creating the first comprehensive written code of law.
Who is Hammurabi?
300
This group had the first monotheistic religion in the world.
What is Judaism?
300
The set of laws Moses was given on Mount Sinai by God are commonly referred to as this.
What is the Ten Commandments?
300
A sacred agreement, such as the one God made with Abraham.
What is a covenant?
400
The people of Mesopotamia dealt with drought and flooding by inventing this.
What is irrigation?
400
This man is known as the "father" of Judaism.
Who is Abraham?
400
The Phoenicians were traders and sailors who were best known for this important contribution.
What is the first alphabet?
400
This word literally means "scattering," we use it to describe the spread of the Jewish faith as the Jewish people were forced into exile and left their homeland for other lands.
What is diaspora?
400
___________ helped ideas spread throughout the world.
What is trade?
500
The people of Mesopotamia believed that if the crops failed, then the ___________ were unhappy with them.
Who are the gods?
500
_____________ had 12 sons, whose families became the 12 tribes of Israel.
Who is Jacob?
500
This is the concept that all laws should apply equally to everyone - comes from the Ten Commandments.
What is rule of law?
500
First five books of the Hebrew Bible are also called this.
What is the Torah?
500
Name the difference between the Phoenician alphabet and other early systems of writing.
What is the letters of the alphabet represent sounds, while characters of other early writing systems represent words or ideas.