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Early Civilizations

The Fertile Crescent

Question: What is the definition of civilization?
Answer: Civilizations are groups of people who have a complex and organized society within a culture.

Question: The Fertile Crescent gets its name from ......
Answer: the fertile, rich soil.

Question: What is a plain?
Answer: A plain is an area of flat land.

Question: How did the early people of southern Mesopotamia solve the problem of low rainfall?
Answer: The farmers formed irrigation systems by building trenches.

Question: How did surplus food affect the early Mesopotamian cities?
Answer: Surplus food allowed people to work in various ways... not just as farmers and herders.

Mesopotamia

Question: What is a ziggurat?
Answer: A ziggurat was the city's largest temple structure.

Question: What is polytheism?
Answer: Polytheism is the worship of many gods.

Question: The system of writing the early Sumerians created was called......
Answer: cuneiform

Question: Sargon, the Akkadian ruler, united all city-states under his rule, forming the world's first .......
Answer: empire

Question: A ruling family was called a .......
Answer: dynasty

Babylonia

Question: Why was there so much construction in the city-state of Babylon?
Answer: Following the fall of Ur (around 2100 BC), people from surrounding areas came to Mesopotamia and adopted their religion, art, customs and laws.


































Question: Who was the king of Babylon in 1792BC ?
Answer: Hammurabi (He was a shrewd, clever leader who sought for great power.)

Question: -How were the construction projects funded in Babylon?
Answer: Property taxes often paid for the construction in Babylon.

Question: What was the name of the set of laws that Hammurabi established?















































Answer: Code of Hammurabi

Question: The Assyrian culture was greatly influenced by the Babylonian culture, but the Assyrians placed higher value on.......
Answer: war and conquest

Hebrews

Question: What is a covenant?
Answer: an agreement

Question: Monotheism is ..........
Answer: the worship of only one God.

Question: The Hebrews were forced into slavery by .............
Answer: The Egyptians

Question: What set of rules in the Bible provide guidance for the worship of God?
Answer: The Ten Commandments

Question: Jewish people read the Torah and worship in buildings called.....
Answer: synagogues

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