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Chapter 2 Test information on The Fertile Crescent

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What does Mesopotamia Mean?   land between two rivers  
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What region of the world is Mesopotamia in?   Middle East (present day Iraq)  
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What group of people calls Israel their homeland?   Hebrews (Jewish People)  
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What is a ziggurat?   Ancient Temple  
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What does a scribe do?   Writes or records what people say  
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Because of trade, Mesopotamia was known as?   The Crossroads of Civilization  
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Leader of Babylon   Hammurabi  
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What is Hammurabi famous for?   The first written code of laws  
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Many early codes(laws) dealt with what?   Property  
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The belief in one god   Monotheism  
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What would happen to a person caught stealing in ancient Mesopotamia?   put to death  
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What was the main principle idea of Hammurabi's code   An eye for an eye  
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Sumer, Ur, Assyria, and Babylon are all examples of what?   City-states  
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Many early stories of Mesopotamia can be found in what famous book?   The Bible  
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How did Sumerians keep their Gods happy?   Animal sacrifices  
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What did the Phoenicians develop?   The alphabet  
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Mesopotamian writing was called...   Cuneiform  
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Which of the world's religions started in Mesopotamia?   Islam, Christianity, and Judaism  
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