Chapter 3 Jeopardy

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Chapter 3 Jeopardy
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Ancient Egypt
Mesopotamia
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
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We borrowed our 60 minute hour from what
civilization?
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Babylon
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What is a civilization?
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Culture that includes certain elements as a
system of writing, cities, and workers with
specialized jobs.
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What civilization belongs to the bronze age?

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Mesopotamia

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What is a theocracy?

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Form of government which one individual ruled as
both religious leader and king

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What is cuneiform?

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Sumerian form of writing using wooden triangular
shaped sticks in the form of hundreds of
different wedge shaped markings on moist clay
tablets.

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What did Hammurabi of Babylon create?

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A set of laws

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What was the name of the region that the
Mesopotamian civilization developed in?

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Fertile Crescent

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What river did the kingdoms of upper Egypt and
lower Egypt grow around?

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The Nile River

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An early form of paper was made from what plant?

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Papyrus

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Where were pharaohs buried?

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Pyramids

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What is a mummy?

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An embalmed body

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What did the Phoenicians develop?
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Alphabet

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What helped crack the code for hieroglyphics?

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The Rosetta Stone

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What was a ruler of Egypt called?

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Pharaoh

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What is the name of the Jewish holy book?

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Torah

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What is the holiest day in Judaism?
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Yom Kippur

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What is the name of the prophet that the ten
commandments were revealed to?

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Moses

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What was the Holocaust?

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The murder of 6 million Jews in Europe in the
late 1940s

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What group first practiced Judaism?

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Israelites (Jews)

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What is the scattering of Jews to countries in
many parts of the world called?

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Diaspora

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What makes up the Torah?

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The 5 books of Moses along with the books of laws
and teachings

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What is monotheism?

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The belief in one supreme god

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What name was given to a follower of Jesus?

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Disciples

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Who did Christians believe the messiah to be?

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Jesus Christ

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What city do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all
consider to be holy?

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Jerusalem

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What is the calendar year that Jesus was born?

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1 A.D.

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Why do Christians celebrate Easter?

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They believed it was the day that Jesus rose from
the dead

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What do Muslims call their god?

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Allah

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What is the name of the Muslims holy book?

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Quran

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The Quran contains revelations made to what
prophet?

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Muhammad

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The Islamic faith requires its followers to make
a pilgrimage to ?

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Makkah

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What obligations must Muslims fulfill?

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5 pillars of faith

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