The Fertile Crescent

Question 1

Which river valley had the first civilizations?

Accepted Answer

Tigris-Euphrates

Question 2

Which civilization believed in Zoroastrianism?

Accepted Answer

Persians

Question 3

Who built the Royal Road?

Accepted Answer

Persians

Question 4

What two rivers was Mesopotamia between?

Accepted Answer

Tigris & Euphrates

Question 5

What is the name given to the Babylonians expelling of the Jews from Jerusalem?

Accepted Answer

Exile

Question 6

How did leadership get passed down in ancient Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Hereditary bloodlines

Question 7

Cuneiform, created by the Sumerians, was what type of language?

Accepted Answer

Pictograms

Question 8

What was the first Mesopotamian civilization?

Accepted Answer

Sumerians

Question 9

Who led the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Moses

Question 10

What is the "City of Monotheism?"

Accepted Answer

Jerusalem

Question 11

Which ancient law code was based on "an eye for an eye?"

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi's

Question 12

What is the name given to the widespread dispersal of the Jews throughout the Mediterranean?

Accepted Answer

Diaspora

Question 13

Who created the first alphabet?

Accepted Answer

Phoenicians

Question 14

What was used for civilizations without direct access to flooding rivers for fertile soil?

Accepted Answer

irrigation

Question 15

Which civilization is symbolized by this picture?

Accepted Answer

Phoenicians

Question 16

What is the name of the DARK GREEN shaded region on the picture?

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 17

What type of religion did most Mesopotamian civilizations practice?

Accepted Answer

Polytheism

Question 18

How did most people become slaves in Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Captured in battle or war

Question 19

Who were the first people to believe in one god?

Accepted Answer

Hebrews

Question 20

What was the legal code of the Hebrews?

Accepted Answer

Ten Commandments

Questions 20