Social Studies Facts

Question 1

What does Polytheistic mean?

Accepted Answer

Believed in many gods and godesses

Question 2

What caused conflicts among the first civilizations of the fiertle cresent?

Accepted Answer

competed to control land and water

Question 3

How did the Hebrews differ from other ancient people?

Accepted Answer

Were monotheistic not polotheistic

Question 4

Why did ancient rulers build large palaces and temples?

Accepted Answer

to make citizens belive in the power strength rulers gods

Question 5

What stood at the top of each Ziggurat?

Accepted Answer

a shrine to the chif gog or godesses of the city

Question 6

What does it mean when we say that rulers in the ancient world was hereditary leaders?

Accepted Answer

ledership was passed down from father to son

Question 7

What is the most important religious duty of ancient citizens?

Accepted Answer

to keep their gods happy

Question 8

what developed as a result of the need to control the rivers, colect taxes and build projects?

Accepted Answer

the first centrelized governments in history

Question 9

What were temples in the firtle cresent called?

Accepted Answer

ziggurats

Question 10

What claim did ancient rulers claim to justify thier authority?

Accepted Answer

the will of the gods

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