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Fertile Crescent Jeopardy
Vocabulary
Science/Tech
Hammurabi’s
Code
Religion
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What are the five (six) parts of a civilization?
Government, Religion, Economics,
Agriculture/Artisans, Technology, Social
Classes
What is the definition for irrigation?
To bring water to the land where it is needed
What is a famine?
Time of little food
What is the connect for monotheism?
Abraham taught the people of the Fertile Crescent
about one God
What is the definition for primary source?
A first hand account, something that is actually from that
time and place,
What is the name of the writing
used in the Fertile Crescent?
cuneiform
What invention let the Fertile Crescent
people travel longer distances with more
goods to trade?
The wheel
The Assyrians were famous for their
powerful what?
weapons
THIS IS YOUR FREEBIE!!! 
alphabet
The people of the Fertile Crescent studied
the __________ to help predict the seasons,
make a calendar, and sail at night.
stars
What was Hammurabi’s Code
A set of laws
Why was Hammurabi’s Code
important?
It was written and posted, it united the people
under one set of laws
What would the punishment by
if you poked the eye out of someone
who was the same class as you?
You would get your eye poked out too
Hammurabi’s Code punishments
were based on your __________?
Social class
What would the punishment
be if you poked the eye out of
someone in a lower class than you?
You would pay a fine
What three religions started in the
Fertile Crescent?
Judaism, Islam, Christianity
What is the definition of monotheism?
Belief in one God
Before Abraham, most people
in the Fertile Crescent believed in
many gods. What word means
belief in many gods?
polytheism
What is the holy book in Islam?
Koran
What is the holy book in Judaism?
Torah
What are the two rivers in the
Fertile Crescent?
Tigris and Euphrates
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between rivers
Why did the people fight over
the land in the Fertile Crescent?
It was fertile
What was the land like away from
the water?
desert
What sea does the Fertile Crescent
border on the west?
Mediterranean Sea