Mesopotamia & Egypt

Vocabulary

100

an advanced method of bringing water to fields

What is irrigation?

200

The belief in many gods.

What is polytheism?

300

The belief in one god

What is monotheistic?

400

A form of government based on religious authority.

What is theocracy?

500

Ideas/beliefs spreading from one group of people to another through trade or conflict.

What is cultural diffusion?

Mesopotamia

100

The arc of fertile land in southwest Asia is referred to as...

What is the Fertile Crescent?

200

The Greek word meaning "Land between the rivers."

What is Mesopotamia?

300

Purple dye shipbuilding and 1st alphabet

Who are the Phoenicians?

400

Persian government

What is imperial bureaucracy?

500

Persians conquered people and treated them with

What is tolerance/kindness?

Egypt

100

The pyramids were made to be

What is tomb?

200

The Egyptian form of writing

What is hieroglyphics?

300

The king in Egypt is called

What is Pharoah?

400

He led the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt

Who is Moses?

500

The preservation of dead bodies in Ancient Egypt.

What is mummification?

Advances

100

The Persian religion with heaven hell and final judgement

What is Zoroastrianism?

200

1st set of codified laws

What is Hammurabi's Code?

300

This connected the Persian Empire

What is Royal Road?

400

The Mesopotamian system of writing.

What is cuneiform?

500

The religious temple constructed by the Sumerians.

What is a ziggurat?

Junk Drawer

100

The holy book for the Hebrews

What is Torah?

200

He smashed the idol and believed that one god was everywhere starting Judaism

Who was Abraham?

300

The Babylonians kick the Hebrews out of the promise land creating

What is diaspora?

400

The 2 rivers found in Mesopotamia.

What is the Tigris and Euphrates?

500

The basis of punishment in the laws depended on

What is a person's social class?