What two geographical landforms were important to the civilizations of Egypt?
What is Nile River and Sahara Desert.
100
What is monotheism?
What is the belief in only one god.
100
Where do Muslims worship?
What is a Mosque.
200
What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek?
What is land between two rivers.
200
What is an empire?
What is a collection of territories controlled by an outside country.
200
What did Egyptians believe you had to do after you died?
What is they had to pass through the 12 gates of hell.
200
Where did the idea of monotheism originate?
What is Israel
200
What is the Muslim’s Holy Book called?
What is the Quran.
300
Where the people of Mesopotamia polytheistic or monotheistic?
What is polytheistic.
300
Why is Hammurabi’s Code important?
What is the 1st set of laws for a society that applied to everyone.
300
What roles did Pharaohs play in Egyptian society and government?
What is political leaders and the religious leaders.
300
What is the capital and religious center of Judaism?
What is Jerusalem.
300
How are Judaism and Christianity different?
What is Jews believe Jesus was a good teacher but not the messiah and Christians believe he was the messiah.
400
What is a ziggurat?
What is The center of a Mesopotamia city that acts as their church and political headquarters.
400
What did Mesopotamians believe happened after they died?
What is they went to the land of no return.
400
All of the following are examples of the roles women played in Egypt except for?
A.) Could get an education.
B.) Could own property.
C.) Could get a divorce.
D.) Could join the military.
What is D.) they could not join the military.
400
What are the basic teachings of Judaism?
What is they believe they are god’s chosen people and he gave them his law to live by.
400
What are the basic teachings of Christianity?
What is they believe that Jesus died on the cross for humanity.
500
Why was the development of cuneiform important?
What is writing.
500
What is the region that Mesopotamia is located in called?
(Not the Middle East)
What is Fertile Crescent
500
What is a theocracy?
What is a government that is ruled by a religious authority.
500
What are the names of the three monotheistic religions?
What is Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
500
What are the basic teachings of Islam
What is they believe through Muhammad and the Quran that they have god’s true law to live by.