| Geography of the Fertile Crescent |
| #1 |
'The land between two rivers' |
What is Mesopotamia? |
| #2 |
Which present day country is NOT part of the region that was once known as the Fertile Crescent- Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, Iran? |
What is Egypt? |
| #3 |
The Tigris and Euphrates River flow inton which body of water? |
What is the Persian Gulf? |
| #4 |
long periods of dry weather |
What is drought? |
| #5 |
How did Mesopotamia's floods benefit farmers? Bring misfortune? |
open ended: should include the floods brought silt and water for crops. They could come at the wrong time, destroying already planted crops, or they could come on too powerfully, costing lives and homes. |
| Sumer and Babylon |
| #1 |
System of writing invented in Sumer. |
What is cuneiform? |
| #2 |
_________ emerged as a region in the time that Menes unified Egypt. |
What is Sumer? |
| #3 |
The Sumerians were the first to put their _______ into writing before any other society. |
What is laws? |
| #4 |
What are three advantages to society of having a written code? |
open-ended (must be 3) |
| #5 |
What made New Babylon magnificent? |
Open-ended: should include massive walls, a 100-foot-tall ziggurat, gridded streets, a sewer system, 'hanging gardens' see p 114 as reference |
| The Beginnings of Judaism |
| #1 |
The first Jews were the descendents of ___________, later called Israelites. |
Who is Abraham? |
| #2 |
The Hebrew Bible is still honored today by which three major religions? |
What is Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? |
| #3 |
What does the Bible say God gave Moses on Mount Sinai? |
ten commandments |
| #4 |
What drove the Hebrews out of their 'promise land' of Canaan and into Egypt? |
What is famine and the hope of food? |
| #5 |
What did the Torah demand of the Hebrew people toward God? |
What is that they worship Him as the one God? |
| Vocabulary, People, Places |
| #1 |
Large building with a temple on its peak. |
What is Ziggurat? |
| #2 |
A self-governing city that also governs surrounding villages. |
What is city-state? |
| #3 |
Weekly day of rest, prayer, and study. |
What is Sabbath? |
| #4 |
First five books of the Hebrew Bible, or the ______, comes from the word meaning 'to teach.' |
What is the Torah? |
| #5 |
Was wanted for murder and had to flee Egypt. |
Who is Moses? |
| Additional Information |
| #1 |
Early Sumerian mythical hero. |
Who is Gilgamesh? |
| #2 |
What were the houses in Sumerian cities made of? |
What is mud bricks? |
| #3 |
Name 2 inventions of the Sumerians |
calendar based on the moon and stars, the wheel, a system of writing |
| #4 |
What beliefs did the Sumerians hold about Gilgamesh. (name 2) |
Open-ended: 'strong as an ox', all-knowing, a great builder, part god and part man, strongest and best fighter |
| #5 |
Describe what an epic is. |
open-ended: a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation |
