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Open a word file. Write your name at the top and number down the page 1-20. answer the following questions. Save the the file as WHCH1GR (your last and first name).
1. The arc of rich soil between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
2. Made farming in ancient Mesopotamia possible
3. Independent city-state in Sumeria
4. Collection of laws devised in ancient Babylon
5. Sumerian writing system
6. The term for a large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, controlling many peoples and territories
7. The Mesopotamian religion, which identified nearly three thousand gods and goddesses, can be described as
8. Around 2340 B.C., the Sumerian city-states were conquered by the Akkadians under their leader
9. The Sumerians invented all of the following technology
10. The most famous piece of Mesopotamian literature is
11. A family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family
12. Egyptian monarch’s title, originally meaning “great house”
13. Complex system of writing meaning “sacred writings” that is made up of pictures and forms
14. Boy-pharaoh who restored worship of the old gods in the New Kingdom
15. Pharaoh who introduced the worship of a single god, Aton, god of the sun disk
16. Egyptian history is divided into three major periods, known as the
17. The development of Egyptian civilization was influenced most closely by
18. The Egyptians developed an accurate 365-day calendar by basing their year
19. Osiris is an important figure in Egyptian religion who symbolizes
20. Upper and Lower Egypt were united into a single kingdom around 3100 B.C. by
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21. Migrating groups who domesticated animals for food and clothing
22. traders who lived in a narrow strip of land along the Mediterranean coast
23. religious teachers whose words became a source of ideals for social justice
24. belief in one god
25. ruler who built the temple in Jerusalem
26. Small kingdoms and city-states in western Asia emerged
27. The people known as Israelites were
28. The Hittite Empire was destroyed by
29. According to Jewish beliefs, there is only one God called
30. The Jews believed that God made a contract with them called a(n)
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31. Persian province.
32. Persian route from Lydia to Susa
33. governor of Persian province
34. Persian religion
35. king who extended the Persian Empire to India
36. The king of the Chaldeans who rebuilt Babylon was
37. The Immortals were professional cavalry and infantry forces
38. Zoroaster taught all of the following EXCEPT
39. The Persian Empire was eventually weakened by
40. Cyrus was called “the Great” because he