Geography
Early Peoples
Sumer
Babylonia
The Hebrews
Great Accomplishments
Countries
100
This word describes soil that is rich in nutrients and good for growing crops.
fertile
100
What is the term we use for a dry, infertile landscape.
arid
100
Believing in many gods
polytheism
100
Who was the early king of Babylonia who developed an extensive system of rules?
King Hammurabi
100
Believing in only one God
monotheism
100
What is the name of the written language created by the Sumerians?
cuneiform
100
Iraq
200
The two major rivers that flow through Mesopotamia.
The Euphrates and the Tigris
200
The process of moving water from rivers to crops through a system of man-made channels?
irrigation
200
Who was the Sumerian King from Uruk who's legend became heroic and larger than life?
Gilgamesh
200
What do you call the promise between God and man?
covenant
200
Who created the early place value system for math?
Babylonia
200
Turkiye
300
Name the mountain range in Turkey that creates the northwest border of the Fertile Crescent.
Taurus Mountains
300
What were the buildings of Mesopotamia created from?
Sun-baked mud bricks with straw
300
Who was the leader of Babylonia who built Babylonia into a glorious empire after conquering the Assyrians.
Nebuchandnezzar II
300
Who was the first leader of the Hebrews, who lived in Ur.
Abraham
300
Who invented the sail for the boat?
Sumer
300
Israel
400
Name 3 of the countries in which you would find Mesopotamia?
Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, & Turkiye
400
What were the 300' temples to the gods called in Sumerian culture?
Ziggurats
400
Who was the most important god of Babylonia?
Marduk
400
Name one of the two empires that enslaved the Hebrews.
Egypt or Babylonia
400
What country created the hanging gardens that became known as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world?
Babylonia
400
Syria
500
Name the mountains that lie to the east of Mesopotamia.
The Zagros Mountains
500
What were the 4 categories in the Sumerian class system?
1. king/priests
2. nobility/wealthy business people
3. merchants/artisans/farm workers
4. Slaves
500
Who were the neighbors to the north of Judah and Cannan, who were traders who traveled all over the Mediterranean?
The Phoenicians
500
What accomplishment of the Assyrians collected clay tablets form Sumeria, Akkadia and Babylonia?
The Great Library of Niniveh
500
Yemen
600
Name the 3 continents that come together around Mesopotamia
Africa, Europe, & Asia
600
Early people did not have money. How would they get what they needed from others who had what they needed?
Bartered
600
Name the Akkadian ruler who conquered Sumer.
Sargon
600
Why did the Assyrians rebuild Babylon?
They were afraid they offended Marduk
600
What do we call the first five books of the Jewish bible?
Torah
600
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