Fertile Crescent Civilizations Test Flashcards
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Capital was Babylon
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Amorite/Babylonians
2
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Capital was Damascus
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Arameans
3
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City established by Nimrod
A
Babylonians
4
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Code of Hammurabi
A
Amorites/Babylonians
5
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Considered greatest traders of the ancient world
A
Phoenicians
6
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Considered the world’s first civilization
A
Sumerians
7
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Created the first library
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Assyrians
8
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Credited with the birth of astrology
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Babylonians
9
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“Crossroads of Civilization”
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Arameans
10
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Developed a numbering system based on 60
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Sumerians
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Developed first known form of writing
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Sumerians
12
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Developed the process of smelting iron ore
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Phoenicians
13
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Descendants of Shem
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Arameans
14
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Epic of Gilgamesh is an example of their literature
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Amorites/Babylonians
15
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First Babylonian Empire
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Amorites
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First civilization (after the flood)
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Sumerians
17
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First empire whose capital was Akkad
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Akkadians
18
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First recorded treaty was between this culture and Egypt
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Hittites
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First standing army
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Assyrians
20
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Kingdom that covered all of Mesopotamia
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Amorites/Babylonians
21
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Loved north of the Black Sea and then moved into Anatolia
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Hittites
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Mail service
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Assyrians
23
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Merchants by land
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Arameans
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Originators of the alphabet
A
Phoenicians
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Purple people
Phoenicians
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Shipbuilders
Phoenicians
27
Used the wheel
Sumerians
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Wood was a valuable natural resource
Phoenicians
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Which civilization built a system of roads?
Assyrians
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Which civilizations developed a written language?
Sumerians and Phoenicians
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Which civilizations worked with iron?
Hittites and Assyrians
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Ancient name for Asia Minor
Anatolia
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Belief that the positions and movements of the stars and planets can affect or predict life on earth
Astrology
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High level of cultural and technological development, especially when systems of writing and record-keeping have been created
Civilization
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Pay back an equal amount for an injury or loss
Compensate
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Payment that conquered people pay to the conquerors
Tribute
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Pictures that stand for words
Pictographs
38
Process of extracting metal from ore
Smelting
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Study of the universe, including the movement of the stars and planets
Astronomy
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Wedge-shaped stone in an arch that causes the arch to lock together
Keystone
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Writing consisting of shapes and lines produced by using a wedge-shaped instrument of a clay tablet
Cuneiform
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Adopted most of their culture from Sumer
Babylonians
43
City
Complex cultural institution in which humans have core values and a desire to improve the quality of their existence
44
Civilization
Human existence lived in cities or under their influence
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Core values
Beliefs that are shared by the members of a group about what is most important in life
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Creation Mandate
The command for man to control the earth by exercising preeminence over it
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Culture
Physical and mental environment developed through human thought and labor
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Divine providence
There is no event out of God's control or that does not accomplish His purpose
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Divine sovereignty
God is in complete and permanent authority over the world
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Human depravity
Every aspect of every human has been stained by the Fall
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Image of God
Humans possess qualities that reflect part of God's own personality
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Nation
Large group of people who have a common land area, customs and language
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Organization
Refers to a system of rules, regulations, and accountability that governs those living in a city
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Specialization
Division of labor that is part of the culture of every city
55
Table of Nations
List in Genesis of the descendants of Shem, Ham, and Japheth according to the nations that came from their families
56
Worldview
Perspective from which we may examine and interpret the universe and everything in it
57
Farming; growing crops and raising livestock
Agriculture
58
Moving from place to place with no permanent home
Nomadic
59
An arch-shaped area in the Middle East from the Persian Gulf through the Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys and along the Mediterranean Sea
Fertile Crescent
60
A high level of cultural and technological development, especially when systems of writing and record – keeping have been created
Civilization
61
Exchanging goods or services with other people
Trade
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The eastern part of the Fertile Crescent is sometimes called
Mesopotamia
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What was one food source that was not available to the nomadic people in the Fertile Crescent?
Potatoes
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Why were people able to begin trading with others in the area?
They had extra food
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Which civilization was not develop in the Fertile Crescent?
Minoans
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Hey wedge-shaped instrument for writing
Stylus
67
Temple-tower that was the center of Sumerian cities
Ziggurat
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Writing consisting of shapes and lines produced by using a wedge shaped instrument on a clay tablet
Cuneiform
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The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Mesopotamia
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A language related to Arabic and Hebrew
Semitic
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Oh wedge shaped stone in an arch that causes the arch to lock together
Keystone
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Professional writers
Scribes
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Pictures that stand for words
Pictographs
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The first group of people to live in Mesopotamia were the
Sumerians
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These people in Sumeria eventually became so powerful that they became kings and ruled in large areas
Priests
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The Sumerian numbering system that is still used today is based on the number
60
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The belief that the positions and movements of te stars and planets can affect or predict life on earth
Astrology
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A prediction of a person's future based on a diagram of the stars and planets at a given moment
Horoscope
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The study of the universe, including the movement of the stars and planets
Astronomy
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The most impressive opening in the wall around Babylon; named in honor of a goddess
Gate of Ishtar
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A set of laws and punishments developed by the king of Babylonia
Code of Hammurabi
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Kingdom that covered all of Mesopotamia, ruled by King Hammurabi
Babylonia
83
Building with irrigated terraces planted with trees and flowers and having pools and fountains; on of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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From where did the Babylonians adopt most of their culture?
Sumerians
85
A man put out the eye of another man. The punishment depended on the class of the victim. For which class of victim was the punishment one gold mina?
A freed man
86
A foreign soldier hired by another country to fight in its army
Mercenary
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A soldier who returns home and resumes his life when the fighting is over
Citizen-soldier
88
Composed of sons uses who choose the army as a career; when they are not fighting, they are training
Standing army
89
Introduced trained horses and chariots to the Mesopotamian region
Mitanni Kingdom
90
Payment that all conquered people were required to pay to the conquerors
Tribute
91
What was the name of Assyria's original capital?
Ashur
92
How did the governors send reports to the king?
Messengers on horseback
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Of what material were the Assyrians' weapons made?
Iron
94
The ancient name for Asia Minor; known as Turkey today
Anatolia
95
The science and technology of metals
Metallurgy
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Migrant peasants who lived north of the Black Sea and then moved into Anatolia
Hittites
97
Pay back an equal amount for an injury or loss
Compensate
98
The capital of the Hittite Kingdom
Hattusa
99
The process of extracting metal from ore
Smelting
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What was one of the Hittite Civilization's great gifts to humankind?
Learning how to smelt iron ore
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Who united the Hittite city-states into an empire that included most of present-day Turkey?
Labarnas
102
The first recorded treaty between two great powers involved what empires?
Egypt and the Hittites
