Mesopotamia Unit Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Abraham | Known as the father of Judaism |
Moses | Prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in Eygpt |
Hammurabi | King of the Babylonian empire, creator of the Code of Hammurabi,one of the world's oldest codes of law |
Solomon | He was the son of King David and he built a great temple in Jerusalem |
Cuneiform | A system of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols to represent sounds,ideas and objects; developed in ancient Sumer |
Plateau | an area of flat land that rises above the surrounding land |
Famine | a widespread lack of food resulting in starvation and hunger |
Polytheism | The belief in many god's and goddesses |
Monotheism | belief in one god |
Drought | a long period of of dry weather |
Ziggurat | a large temple located in the centers of ancient Sumerian cities, a temple made of mud & brick |
City-state | a self-governing city, often with surrounding lands and villages |
Judaism | the religion of the Jewish people |
Diaspora | The scattering of Jews to many parts of the world |
Irrigation | the watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes |
Torah | the first five books of the Hebrew Bible containing the laws and teachings of Judaism |
Ten Commandments | the core beliefs of the Jewish religion |
Iraq | The modern-day country where Mesopotamia was located |
One reason it's called "Fertile Crescent" | Shaped like a quarter moon |
Tigris & Euphrates | The 2 rivers Mesopotamia was located between |
Mesopotamia | The Greek word for "between the rivers" |
Code of Hammurabi | The first written laws. |
"Eye for Eye" justice | Whatever you do wrong to someone will be your punishment. (ex. cause someone to loose and eye, you will have your eye removed |
Monotheism (belief in one God | The MAIN difference between Judaism and other religions back then. |
2nd reason it is called "The Fertile Crescent"? | The Fertile land is due to the rivers and the silt left behind after the river floods |
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