Ancient Mesopotamia
Known as "The Fertile Crescent"
What is Mesopotamia?
The world's first monotheistic religion
What is Judaism?
The longest river in the world
What is the Nile River?
The preserved body of an ancient Egyptian ruler
What is a mummy?
The worship of a single god
What is monotheism?
This was Mesopotamia's first civilization
What is Sumer?
This person was said to have a covenant with God
Who is Abraham?
The northern region of the Nile River
What is Lower Nile?
A professional writer
What is a scribe?
The worship of multiple gods
What is polytheism?
These two rivers border Mesopotamia
What are Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
These 12 extended family units descended from a son of Jacob
What are the 12 Tribes of Israel?
Ancient Egypt was ruled by 330 kings and had 31 of these
What is a dynasty?
Paperlike substance made from reeds
What is papyrus?
A city and its surrounding lands and settlements
What is a city-state?
A protection tax paid to Sargon the Great
What is a tribute?
This section of the Hebrew bible contains the five books of Moses
What is the Torah?
This massive monumental tomb houses dead pharaohs
What is a pyramid?
A chief official
What is vizier?
People skilled at making things by hand
What is an artisan?
A code of laws created by the sixth king of Babylon
What is Hammurabi's Code?
The Jews observe this day weekly
What is the Sabbath?
Known as the "sun god"
What is Re?
Churning rapids
What is a cataract?
Fine and fertile soil
What is silt?