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Ancient Mesopotamia
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100
Why is the study of ancient bones important to us?
The study of ancient bones gives us information about our early ancestors.
100
What is the most valuable resource of the Arabian Penninsula?
What is oil?
100
Who were the first people to develop a civilization in Mesopotamia?
Who are the Sumerians?
100
What do Jewish people consider the holiest day of the entire year?
Yom Kippur
100
Canada, United States and Mexico
What are the three countries that make up North America?
200
What effect did the invention of tools have on early humans?
Tools increased the chance of survival.
200
What is the world's saltiest lake?
What is the Dead Sea?
200
In Sumerian society, people's social class or rank depended on their wealth and their...
Occupation
200
True of False: Jesus fought in a rebellion of the Jews against the Romans
False
200
Someone who studies artifacts
What is an archaeologist?
300
I am a strip of land connecting two continents.
What is a land bridge?
300
What is a penninsula?
Land surrounded by water on three sides.
300
What was the most important contribution of the Phoenicians to out civilization?
Their alphabet
300
What are Muslim scholars credited with developing?
Algebra
300
What is the Fertile Crescent?
An arc of rich, fertile, farmland
400
What did farming allow the Stone Age people to do?
Build permanent settlements.
400
About how many barrels of oil does Saudi Arabia produce in one day?
What is 9 million?
400
Why is Hammurabi's code important to world history?
Because it was an early written list of laws that controlled people's daily life and behavior.
400
Through what country do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow?
Iraq
500
History shows that the first humans lived on which continent?
What is Africa?
500
Rub'al-Khali
What is the world's largest sand desert?
500
What does Mesopotamia mean?
"Between the Rivers"
500
What is included in the Qur'an?
Muhammad's words and actions.
500
The Middle East spans across which two continents?
Africa and Asia