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Ch. 2 Vocab
Keyterms and People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Fertile Crescent? | Fertile Crescent is a large band of fertile land that forms an oasis in the midst of deserts and mountains of Southwest Asia. |
| The area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and is Greek for "between the rivers". | Mesopotamia. |
| What is the pyramid shape structure built at the heart of a temple? | Ziggurat. |
| This is a political unit with its own government. | City State. |
| The Sumerians practice this belief which is the worship of more than one God. | Polytheism. |
| What is a Dynasty? | A series of rulers from one family. |
| What is the name of Sumerian writing which was used with sharp tools called styluses? | Cuneiform. |
| The Akkadian ruler around 1330 BC, was the first ruler to create a permanent army. | Sargon. |
| Who is Hammurabi? | In 1792 BC he became the king of Babylon. He was a brilliant warrior , he united all of Mesopotamia into what is now called the Babylonian Empire. |
| What is several tribes who spoke the related language? | Indo-Europeans. |
| What is Steppes? | Arid grassland, north of the Black Sea. |
| Who is the most famous Chaldean King? He was known as both a warrior and a builder. | Nebuchadnezzar II. |
| What is Judaism? | A religion in which we learned about Hebrews. |
| This is the must sacred text of Judaism, and is part of the Hebrew Bible. | The Torah. |
| Who is Abraham? | A shepherd who lived near Ur in Mesopotamia. God told him to leave Mesopotamia and abandon the polytheism he had grown up with. |
| What is a solemn promise? | A covenant. |
| This is means "Ancestor Fathers". | Patriarchs. |
| A leader who one day spoke with the God and was told to lead the Israelite's out of Egypt. | Moses. |
| What was Exodus? | The journey in which Moses lead the Israelite's out of Egypt. |
| This is the scattering of Jews outside Judah. | Diaspora. |
| What is monotheism? | The belief in one God. |
| Who is Cyrus the Great? | A new leader who arose among the Persians in 559 BC, he would change everything. |
| After the death of of Cambyses arose a new leader of Persia. He had to fight to restore order in Persia. Who is this? | Darius I. |
| Satraps. | Governors Darius I choose. |
| This the son of Darius I who tried to expand his fathers success. | Xerxes. |
| What is Dualism? | The belief that the world is controlled by two opposing forces; good and evil. |
| Born in C. 628 founded a religion that attracted millions of followers. The religion is called Zoroastrianism. | Zoroaster. |
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