1. Fertile Crescent Jeopardy!
Assyria & Phoenicia
Mesopotamia & Sumer
Babylonia
Israelites
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2. Which two rivers was Mesopotamia located between?
Tigris & Euphrates

3. What was at the center of every Sumerian city-state
What was at the center of every Sumerian city-state? (Hint: it was where they worshipped gods)
Ziggurat

4. Why did civilizations develop easily in the Fertile Crescent?
Rich soil good for farming - Nearby water source
Good climate

5. What are the stories that Sumerians used to explain their beliefs called?
Myths

6. Who were the only people in Sumer who could keep written records?
Scribes

7. What was the first code of laws to be written down?
Hammurabi’s Code

8. Who built a beautiful palace and gardens in Babylon?
Nebuchadnezzar

9. What were Babylonian marketplaces called
What were Babylonian marketplaces called? (Hint: you could buy cotton cloth from India and spices from Egypt)
Bazaars

10. What did Babylon become due to its location between cities to the north and south?
Crossroads of trade

11. How did Babylon become rich?
- Trade with other cities - Conquests of other cities

12. Phoenicia developed the first ______________ which assigned a symbol to every sound.
Alphabet

13. How did Phoenicians spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean?
Trade

14. What did the Phoenicians trade that made them wealthy?
Wood & Purple Dye

15. What made the Assyrians great warriors?
They were constantly defending themselves against invaders.

16. Name 3 things that the Assyrians had in common with the Babylonians.
Polytheism
Large empires
Valued science and learning

17. The Israelites and the Babylonians both lived according to ______________.
Sets of laws

18. The Israelites believed in only one God. This is called __________.
Monotheism

19. The kingdom of ________ was composed of 12 united Israelite tribes.

20. When the Israelites were conquered by the Assyrians and the Chaldeans they faced __________ which means they were forced to live in another country.
Exile

21. What made the Israelites unique in the ancient world?
Monotheistic beliefs

22. A ________ (or time with too little food) forced the Israelites to move to Egypt where they were later enslaved.
Famine

23. What was the first written language?
Cuneiform

24. Which city was home to a vast library with many clay tablets?
Nineveh

25. What is the most sacred text of Judaism?
Torah

26. Who was the founder of Judaism and made a covenant with God?
Abraham