6th Grade H&G Cradle of Civilization Quiz 2

People were drawn (attracted) to the valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers because of the _________________

True or false: Abraham once lived in a city-state called Larsa
True False

Although Sumer was a highly-developed civilization, its people believed in _______________________

The Assyrians loved _____________________ and were ________________ to their captives

Even though Sumer was advanced in many ways, they did not use ________________ extensively

The ___________________ permitted the Hebrews to return to Palestine

True or false: The land of Israel has very rich soil, similar to that of the Fertile Crescent
True False

Three words which refer to the Jewish Homeland are: _______________, ___________________, and ______________

Which civilization was the first to use a plow with an metal tip?

Even though the Jews as a nation had no home for almost two thousand years, they kept their ___________________

The law-making body in Israel (sort of like our Congress) is called the _________________

The Israelites were made slaves in the country of ___________________

The Hebrews were led out of Egypt by __________________

Tel-Aviv is a city in ______________ that is mostly ______________

Of the earliest civilizations, the one most closely associated with geometry and arithmetic skills is the _____________________ civilization.

The first, most complete set of written laws was the Code of ___________________

The kind of writing the Babylonians used was

The countries which existed in Palestine during the split kingdom were ____________ and ___________

The fertil crescent is located in which of the following (choose 1):
Babylonia
Israel
Southwestern Asia