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Middle East Ancient Civilizations
Middle East Ancient Civilizations
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Geography
7th Grade
12/06/2010

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Which civilization is the oldest?
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Sumerians
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Which civilization started in the country that is now Lebanon?
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Phoenicians
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What were the Assyrians known for?
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Fierce army, iron weapons, libraries
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The three major religions came from which civilization?
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Hebrews
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What means "land between the rivers"?
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mesopotamia
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What group reduced the 500 symbols for writing to 22 letters?
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Phoenicians
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The city of Babylon was closest to what body of water?
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Persian Gulf
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Which civilization created time?
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Babylonians
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Which group developed irrigation systems and were good farmers?
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Sumerians
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Which is harder to rule, a city-state or an empire?
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Empire
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List the civilizations in historical order.
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Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hebrews, Phoenicians
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Which civilization introduced the wheel and cuneiform?
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Sumerians
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Which civilization believes that their God gave them the promised land?
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Hebrews
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Which civilization was led by Hammurabi?
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Babylonians
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