Unit 2 Vocab
One God
Monotheistic
Location of the Nile River
Africa
The two rivers that surround Mesopotamia
Tigris & Euphrates
King of Babylon who created a law code
Hammurabi
Founder of the Hebrew People
Abraham
Many Gods
Polytheistic
Location of the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
Southwest Asia
Updated alphabet consisting of letters created by the Sumerians
Cuneiform
Boomerang-shaped region of rich soil that Mesopotamia is located in
The Fertile Crescent
Led the Hebrews out of Egypt
Moses
Irrigation
Name a benefit of living in a River Valley
Fertile soil for farming or Natural defenses from mountains and deserts
The two empires located in Mesopotamia IN THE CORRECT ORDER
Sumer & Babylon
Early alphabet consisting of symbols and pictures created by the Sumerians
Pictographs
Judaism - Monotheistic or Polytheistic?
Monotheistic
Word that describes the class systems of river valley civilizations as hard to change
Location of the Indus River
South Asia
Religious temples built by the Sumerians
Ziggurats
Sumerians - Monotheistic or Polytheistic?
Polytheistic
Important laws that form the foundation of Jewish religion established from Moses
Ten Commandments
Government system that passes down rule through a family
Hereditary
Location of the Huang He River
East Asia
Name one of the five characteristics of civilization
Advanced cities
Specialized workers
Complex institutions
Record keeping
Advanced technologies
Sea-Faring civilization of the Mediterranean Sea that traded purple dye
Phoenicians
Sacred land west of the Jordan River that Hebrews name their promised land
Canaan