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Fertile Crescent: Egypt, Nubia, Mesopotamia, Israelites, Phoenicia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Mesopotamian civilization was between which two rivers? | Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| The Egyptian civilization was in what river valley? | Nile River Valley |
| Which civilization settled between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River Valley? | Hebrews/Israelites |
| Which civilization established a trade network around the Mediterranean Sea? | Phoenicians |
| Which civilization was located on the upper (southern) Nile River (Africa)? | Nubia |
| a city that with its surrounding land forms an independent state | city-state |
| a large state or country all under control of a royal leader, like a king or queen | kingdom |
| a group of states or countries all under the control of one leader, usually an emperor | empire |
| Government where the ruler and the laws get their power from God or religion | theocracy |
| Mesopotamia means "_______." | land between the rivers |
| Mesopotamia is part of the _______ _______. | Fertile Crescent |
| By 2000 B.C.E. Mesopotamia is run by a group of people called the _______. | Amorites |
| What was the capital of Mesopotamia under the Amorites? | Babylon |
| Who established the world's first written law? | Hammurabi |
| According to the Bible, who led the Hebrews/Israelites out of Egypt? | Moses |
| When man first turned away from using stone to make tools, what material did they start using? | metal |
| What was the first metal humans used to make tools? | copper |
| What group of people invaded Mesopotamia after Hammurabi no longer controlled it? | Hittites |
| What did the Hittites have that allowed them to rule Mesopotamia? | iron |
| Knowledge of iron spreads around the world and starts the _______ ______. | Iron Age |
| Belief in many gods is called _______. | polytheism |
| Belief in one god is called _______. | monotheism |
| Who was the first group of people to be monotheistic? What was their religion? | Hebrews/Israelites; Judaism |
| A man named _______ in Sumer (Ur) was the first to reject polytheism and believe in one god. | Abraham |
| Abraham's god was named ______. | Yahweh |
| Yahweh commanded Abraham to move his people from Mesopotamia to _______. | Canaan |
| Canaan (modern Palestine) means "_______ ______." | promised land |
| Eventually the Hebrews/Israelites left Canaan due to drought and famine and went to ______. | Egypt |
| The Hebrews later set up a capital at _________. | Jerusalem |
| The holy book for the Jews is called the ______. | Torah |
| What are the two main types of writing systems? | pictograms and alphabets |
| Sumer had the earliest form of pictogram writing, called _____. | cuneiform |
| What form of pictogram did the Egyptians use? | Hieroglyphics |
| Who created the first alphabet? | Phoenicians |
| What river flows from south to north? | Nile |
| What king united the Upper and Lower kingdoms of Egypt to become the first pharaoh? | Narmer/Menes |
| What is the king of Egypt called? | pharaoh |
| Who developed the 365 days calendar? | Egyptians |
| What was the code of law of the Hebrews? | Ten Commandments |
| Who is considered the founder of Judaism? | Abraham |
| What discovery enabled us to translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics? | Rosetta Stone |
| The spreading out of the Jews from Canaan. | diaspora |
| When the Babylonians took over Canaan, it began the Babylonian _____ / _____. | exile/captivity |
| The Hebrews settled between the Mediterranean Sea and the _____ River. | Jordan |
| Which kingdom was located in Nubia? | Kush |
| valuing and conveying culture through the creation and communication of art, literature, music, linguistics, folkways, customs, cuisine, architecture, and economic activity | cultural expressionism |
| Because copper was too soft, they mixed it with tin to create _____. | bronze |
| What was the first empire in history? | Akkadians |
| Who is the Egyptian god of the sun? | Ra |
| Who is the Egyptian god of light? | Horus |
| Who is the Egyptian god of the Underworld? | Osiris |
| Who is the Egyptian goddess of motherhood? | Isis |
| "Rulers of Foreign Lands" who invaded Egypt in 1640 B.C. | Hyksos |
| The polytheistic people of Sumer worshiped in temples called _____. | ziggurats |
| What were the two kingdoms of the Israelites in Canaan? | Israel and Judah |
| What were the two capital cities of the Israelites? | Samaria (Israel) and Jerusalem (Judah) |
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