Vocabulary

Question 1

Fertile Crescent

Answer 1

Green fertile land from Persian Gulf to Mediterranean Sea

Question 2

Mesopotamia

Answer 2

Land between the rivers, Euphrates and Tigris

Question 3

Sumer

Answer 3

The worlds first civilization (recorded) which was in Mesopotamia

Question 4

ziggurat

Answer 4

pyramid temples with a shrine to a particular god or goddess

Question 5

hierarchy

Answer 5

system of ranking groups

Question 6

cuneiform

Answer 6

the first non-hyrogliph system of writing

Question 7

Saragon

Answer 7

Built and ruled the first empire

Question 8

Hammurabi

Answer 8

King of Babylon, Hammurabi’s code.

Question 9

codify

Answer 9

to arrange and set down in writing laws which would govern a state.

Question 10

criminal law

Answer 10

dealing with murder, assault, and theft.

Question 11

civil law

Answer 11

dealing with private rights and matters

Question 12

Nebuchadnezzar

Answer 12

aggressive and ruthless babylonian king

Question 13

bureaucracy

Answer 13

a system of government with various departments run by elected officials.

Question 14

barter economy

Answer 14

people exchange goods and services for other goods and services

Question 15

money economy

Answer 15

people exchange goods and services for tokens of an agreed value

Question 16

zoroaster

Answer 16

Persian leader who united the empire and taught about a single god.

Question 17

colony

Answer 17

a territory settled and ruled by people from another land

Question 18

alphabet

Answer 18

a system of writing that uses symbols to represent a single basic sound

Question 19

monotheistic

Answer 19

worshiping one god

Question 20

torah

Answer 20

The Jewish people’s most scared text

Question 21

abraham

Answer 21

The Father of Jeruselum, followed god’s plan for him and left his home, to find Judea.

Question 22

covenant

Answer 22

God’s promise with the Jewish people

Question 23

Mosses

Answer 23

renewed God’s covenant with the Isrealites

Question 24

David

Answer 24

Strong and wise second king of israel

Question 25

Solomon

Answer 25

David’s son

Question 26

patriarchal

Answer 26

Men held the greatest legal and moral authority, the oldest male was the head of house.

Question 27

Sabbath

Answer 27

The day of rest

Question 28

prophet

Answer 28

someone who proclaimed the word of God, spiritual leaders who interpreted god’s will.

Question 29

ethics

Answer 29

moral standards of behavior

Question 30

Diasporsa

Answer 30

When the Jewish people left Judea and moved to diffrent parts of the world