The Fertile Crescent

Question 1

Why did civilization develop in the Fertile Crescent?

Answer 1

Rivers there created very rich farmland

Question 2

What happened because the cities in Sumer were separated by long stretches of desert land?

Answer 2

They developed into separate city-states

Question 3

Why did Babylon become an important center of trade?

Answer 3

It was located between cities to the south and north

Question 4

Why was Hammurabi’s code significant?

Answer 4

• laws were written down

- everyone has some justice

Question 5

What did the Phoenician Alphabet make easier to do?

Answer 5

Learn to read and write

Question 6

What was one of the major events in the history of the Israelites?

Answer 6

The settlement of Canaan

Question 7

What were the Israelites known for that made them unique among ancient peoples?

Answer 7

They worshiped one god

Question 8

Why did Phoenicia become a thriving and wealthy religion?

Answer 8

Phoenicians sold valuable wood and dyed cloth to neighboring peoples

Question 9

What were the two rivers that surrounded Mesopotamia?

Answer 9

• Tigris River

- Euphrates River

Question 10

What of its own did each Mesopotamian city-state have?

Answer 10

A god or goddess

Question 11

Why was Babylon a crossroad of trade?

Answer 11

Because of its location between cities to the south and north

Question 12

What was the first written set of laws?

Answer 12

Hammurabi’s Code

Question 13

Where did writing first develop?

Answer 13

Mesopotamia

Question 14

What was a important advantage of the Phoenician alphabet?

Answer 14

It was simpler than cuneiform

Question 15

How did the Phoenicians help spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean area?

Answer 15

They controlled the supply of a valuable purple dye

Question 16

What did the Babylonians and Israelites have in common?

Answer 16

They both lived according to a code of laws

Question 17

What are the five books of the Torah and what do they mean?

Answer 17

• Genesis - the beginning
• Exodus - the exit of the Israelites from Egypt
• Leviticus - the laws
• Numbers - the count of people
• Deuteronomy - the Book of Law

Question 18

How did the word “Hebrew” come into existence?

Answer 18

The word Hebrew came into existence from the phrase “ha be ru” that is an insult and means dirty shepherd or tent dweller.

Question 19

What does meso mean?

Answer 19

Between or middle

Question 20

What is the land between the rivers?

Answer 20

Mesopotamia

Question 21

What was the worlds first empire?

Answer 21

Sumer

Question 22

What does Sargon mean?

Answer 22

True King

Question 23

Who created the worlds first empire?

Answer 23

Sargon the Great

Question 24

What are tributes?

Answer 24

Taxes

Question 25

What is a building with the temple at the top?

Answer 25

Ziggurat

Question 26

What does ism mean?

Answer 26

The belief on something

Question 27

Who ruled Assyria?

Answer 27

King Sargon II

Question 28

Was the Babylonian Empire before or after the Assyrian Empire?

Answer 28

Before

Question 29

What did Babylonia and Assyria have in common?

Answer 29

- vicious in conquering land | - culture and learning were high in value

Question 30

What are some characteristics about Hammurabi's rule?

Answer 30

- steady rule - system of roadways - travel easier - improve communication - encourage trade

Question 31

What things made Babylon rich?

Answer 31

- trade | - conquest

Question 32

From what library do we know so much about the early life?

Answer 32

Niniva's Library

Question 33

Who were the new Babylonians?

Answer 33

Chaldeans

Question 34

Who rebuilt Babylon after its first fall?

Answer 34

Nebuchadnezzar II

Question 35

What are 8 things about New Babylon?

Answer 35

- 15 mile long walls - 364' high - 87' thick - surrounded by moat - Hanging Gardens - palace (for wife) - 350' tall - Euphrates ran through it - had wide streets - paved - 3ft squared grid style - trees along the streets - buildings 150" tall - had canals for irrigation - had merchant ships that could sail from the Euphrates to moat - drainage system that took sewage from the cities - population 1.2 million - great technology - movable bridge - underground tunnel - large moat - bee farmers - 3-4 story homes - sewer system - fresh water system - astronomers

Question 36

What is the writing on the wall and what do the writings mean?

Answer 36

mene - god has numbered your days mene - god has numbered your days tekel - you have been weighed parsin - you kingdom will be divided

Question 37

How did Cyrus the Great conquer Babylon?

Answer 37

He dammed the river, went under the wall on the riverbank, and attacked New Babylon and took control of it.

Question 38

What was the center of the Babylonian Empire?

Answer 38

Babylon

Question 39

What two tools did scribes use?

Answer 39

- Stylus | - Wet Clay

Question 40

What two cities were located in Phoenicia?

Answer 40

- Sidon | - Tyre

Question 41

What two major things did Phoenicia sell?

Answer 41

- snails (purple dye) | - cedar forests (wood)

Question 42

How many letters are in Phoenicia's writing system?

Answer 42

22 letters

Question 43

What are two other names for Jews?

Answer 43

Hebrews, Israelites

Question 44

What were the first five books of the Jewish bible called?

Answer 44

Torah

Question 45

What was the Jewish Bible called?

Answer 45

Tenanch

Question 46

Where was Abraham from?

Answer 46

Ur

Question 47

Why couldn't David build the Holy Temple?

Answer 47

He had blood on his hands from killing people in battle.

Question 48

Who built the Holy Temple since David couldn't?

Answer 48

Solomon

Question 49

How many laws are in the Torah?

Answer 49

612 laws

Question 50

What does omnipresent mean?

Answer 50

Present everywhere

Question 51

What does omnipotent mean?

Answer 51

All powerful

Question 52

What does omniscient mean?

Answer 52

All knowing

Question 53

What does diaspora mean?

Answer 53

The scattering of a group of people

Question 54

What was the Diaspora?

Answer 54

The scattering of the Jewish people