Mesopotamia
What rivers were important in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What river was central to life in Egypt?
Nile River
What type of religion in Judaism, polytheistic or monotheistic?
Monotheistic
What large body of water did the Phoenicians control trade networks on?
Mediterranean Sea
What was the first civilization?
Sumer in Mesopotamia
What was the land called around Mesopotamia?
Fertile Crescent
What was the leader or king called in ancient Egypt?
Pharaoh
What group of people developed Judaism?
Hebrews
What type of transportation were the Phoenicians skilled in?
sailing
What technology was used to water fields?
irrigation
What type of pyramid like building was at the city center? Typically used to worship the gods.
Ziggurat
What writing system was developed in ancient Egypt and made on Papyrus paper?
Hieroglyphics
What were the laws called that were given to Moses?
Ten Commandments
What did the Phoenicians develop that revolutionized communication and writing?
Phoenician Alphabet
Who led the Hebrews out of Egypt?
Moses
What set of laws was used in ancient Mesopotamia and influenced laws today?
Hammurabi's Code
What process was used to preserve the dead? This taught Egyptians a lot about medicine.
Mummification
Who is considered to be the father of Judaism?
Abraham
Where did the Phoenicians establish colonies and trade center?
Mediterranean Region
Define "large population migration outside of ancestral lands"
diaspora
What writing system was created in Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform
What was the 'gift of the Nile'?
Annual and predictable flooding providing silt
What three leaders helped to unite the Jewish people?
Saul, David, and Solomon
What were the Phoenicians the only producers of?
Purple Dye
What type of government did ancient Egypt have?