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Geography
Mesopotamia
Civilizations
Egypt
Judaism
100
Explain what was deposited when rivers flooded and the two rivers responsible for the fertile land in Mesopotamia.
What is silt? The two rivers responsible for the fertile land in Mesopotamia are the Tigris and the Euphrates.
100
Give the word that means "land between the rivers" and the first civilization developed in the area.
What is Mesopotamia and who is Sumer?
100
Name the four major empires of Mesopotamia in order from first to last.
What are Babylon, Assyria, neo-Babylon, and Persia?
100
Give the correct term for a preserved dead body and tell where it would be placed.
What is a mummy and what is a pyramid?
100
Name the sacred book of the Jewish faith and the tell how it is part of the Christian religion.
What is the Torah? It makes up the first five books of the Christian bible.
200
Explain the development of the fertile land in Mesopotamia, how this was controlled and by whom.
What is silt deposited by flooding which was controlled by levees by the people of Sumer?
200
Explain the difference between and city-state and an empire.
What is an independent town and the land around it and what are several city-states under one ruler?
200
Give the term used to describe a pyramid shaped building made of sun dried mud bricks and explain its two functions.
What is a ziggurat? It had a temple on top that was used for religious ceremonies and the rest was used by the government.
200
Explain who a pharaoh is, what is total control and why the pharaoh had total control
What is the ruler or king of Egypt, what is absolute power, and who is a god-man?
200
This person was part of two cultures. Name the person, the cultures and explain the two roles given him by God.
Who is Moses? He was both an Egyptian and a Hebrew. God told him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and God gave Moses the Ten Commandments.
300
Name an area of fertile land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. What part of Asia is this region?
What is the Fertile Crescent? The region is known as the Middle East or Southwest Asia
300
Name two important inventions of Sumer and tell which one is still in use today.
What are the wheel and cuneiform? The wheel is still in use today.
300
Name a civilization that was part of the Fertile Crescent known for its wide spread trading and tell where it traded.
What are the Phoenicians? They traded all over the Mediterranean Sea and the northern coast of the Atlantic Ocenn.
300
Give an invention of the Egyptians that is in use today and tell what it is made from using the correct terms
What is paper called papyrus and what is the papyrus plant?
300
Name the father of the three major religions and name the religions.
Who iS Abraham? The three religions are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
400
Name a river that was important to the development of the Egyptian civilization and give its exact location.
What is the Nile River? The Nile River is located in East Africa.
400
Explain the term used to describe a group of people traveling together, possibly traders and explain why they traveled together.
What is a caravan? They traveled together for safety.
400
Name a civilization whose religion was different from the other civilizations and explain how it differed using correct terminology.
Who are the Israelites? They believed in one god or monotheism and all the other civilizations believed in many gods or polytheism.
400
Give the term for series of rulers from the same family and explain how in Egypt this did not follow the father-son pattern.
What is a dynasty? There were women pharaohs.
400
Give the proper term for a promise made by God and to whom did God make a promise and what was the promise
What is a covenant? God's covenant was with Abraham. god told Abraham that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky.
500
This is located by the mouth of a river along the Mediterranean coast. Name the river and explain how this river ranks in size among other rivers.
What is the Nile Delta? The Nile River is the longest river in the world
500
Give the present day location of Mesopotamia and name a present day city that was part of ancient Mesopotamia.
What is Iraq and Bagdad?
500
Name the last empire that originated in the Fertile Crescent and give the present day country in which the empire started.
What is the Persian empire and what is Iran?
500
Compare a belief of both the Egyptians and the Christians concerning death using correct terminology.
What is the afterlife or life after death? Egyptians believe that when a person dies they will live with the gods. Christians believe that when a person dies he/she will go to heaven and be with God.
500
In order, name the first three kings of Israel and explain why each is famous and tell to which is Jesus considered to be a descendent.
Who are Saul, the first king, David, the greatest king, and Solomon, the wisest king? Jesus is of the house of David.