Fertile Crescent

Question 1

Canal

Answer 1

A ditch to carry water to the crops

Question 2

Basin

Answer 2

A place to store extra water (like an artificial lake)

Question 3

Dike

Answer 3

A dirt wall to stop the river from flooding

Question 4

Dam

Answer 4

A wall or gate to control the flow of water

Question 5

Highest Social Class

Answer 5

King, Noble and Priest

Question 6

Ziggurat

Answer 6

A large pyramid temple with a shrine to the god at the top

Question 7

Ur Nammu

Answer 7

Wrote his seven laws down so people would know them

Question 8

Mesopotamian Slaves

Answer 8

You became a slave if you owed money or were captured in war

Question 9

Monotheism

Answer 9

The worship of only one god

Question 10

Polytheism

Answer 10

The worship of many gods

Question 11

Joseph

Answer 11

His brothers were jealous and sold him into slavery

Question 12

The renewed covenant

Answer 12

God gave Moses the 10 commandments to renew the covenant

Question 13

Moses

Answer 13

He led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt

Question 14

Solomon

Answer 14

King of the Hebrews and built the first Temple

Question 15

Jerusalem

Answer 15

Capital city of the Jews in Israel

Question 16

Samuel

Answer 16

A judge who warned the Jews not to choose a king

Question 17

Rabbi

Answer 17

A Jewish teacher

Question 18

Exile

Answer 18

Being forced to leave your country

Question 19

Diaspora

Answer 19

The scattering of a people across many countries

Question 20

Assyrians

Answer 20

Conquered the northern Jewish kingdom of Israel

Question 21

Hezekiah

Answer 21

A Jewish king who built a tunnel to outlast the Assyrians and saved his people