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What is the religion of the Jewish people?
Judaism
100
What is the land between two rivers?
Mesopotamia
100
What are long periods of dry weather?
Drought
100
Who is the founder of Judaism who, according to the Bible, led his family from Ur to Canaan in obedience to God's command?
Abraham
100
What is a self-governing city that also governs surrounding villages?
City-State
200
What is a weekly day of rest, prayer, and study?
Sabbath
200
What is a fertile region in southwestern Asia that includes the region of Mesopotamia-shape of a quarter moon?
Fertile Crescent
200
What is an area of elevated flatland?
Plateau
200
Who was the prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt?
Moses
200
What is a system of writing invented in Sumer?
Cuneiform
300
What are the first five books of the Hebrew Bible containing the laws and teachings of Judaism?
Torah
300
What is an ancient city in western Asia; capital of present-day Israel?
Jerusalem
300
What is a large building with a temple on it's peak?
Ziggurat
300
Who was the King of the Babylonian empire?
Hammurabi
300
What is a group of ancient city-states in southern Mesopotamia-earliest civilization?
Sumer
400
What is a belief in one God?
Monotheism
400
What is an ancient Mesopotamian empire that extended throughout the Fertile Crescent in the 1700's B.C.?
Babylonia
400
What is a written set of laws that apply to everyone under a government?
Code of Law
400
Who was the King of the city-state Kish?
Sargon
400
How did most people make a living in Mesopotamia?
Farming
500
What are the laws God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai?
Ten Commandments
500
Name the two rivers in Mesopotamia and the parts they are located within the country.
Euphrates River-Southern Tigris River-Eastern
500
What is the scattering of Jews to many parts of the world?
Diaspora
500
What is the belief in many gods and goddesses?
Polytheism
500
Why were schools built in Sumer?
To teach writing