Early Man to Judaism Vocabulary Practice

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  1. 2. A city in the Holy Land, regarded as sacred by Christians, Muslims, and Jews
  2. 4. Belief in many gods
  3. 8. Belief in one God
  4. 10. A Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery and at Mt. Sinai delivered the Ten Commandments
  5. 11. collection of 282 Babylonian laws inscribed in stone that are one of the earliest and more complete written legal codes from approx. 1750 BCE
  6. 12. the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food
  7. 14. A Hebrew word meaning "law," referring to the first five books of the Old Testament
  8. 15. Father of the Hebrews and founder of Judaism
  9. 17. Group of people in 1000 BCE in the western side of the Fertile Crescent known for manufacturing and trade, developed an expensive purple dye; developed an alphabet that ours is based on
  10. 18. a scientist that studies ancient remains to learn about the past
  11. 22. farming in which only enough food to feed one's family is produced
  12. 23. prepared according to Jewish dietary law
  13. 24. A period when humans first started to learn to plant crops and domesticate animals for their food, instead of hunting and gathering
  14. 26. A promise that God made with Abraham in which God would offer protection and land to Abraham and his descendants, but they must follow the path of God
  15. 28. A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semi-circle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
  16. 29. Any object made by humans, especially those from an earlier time, such as those excavated by archaeologists
  17. 30. form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets
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  1. 1. Greek for "land between two rivers" fertile farming valley in Central Asia that owes its fertile character to Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  2. 3. a person who wanders from place to place
  3. 5. situation in which behavior is characterized by and based on long-standing customs, habits, and rituals
  4. 6. The world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years
  5. 7. member of a biological group that walked upright
  6. 9. : set of laws for Christians and Jews, responsible for moral behavior; according to the Bible, were given to Moses by God on Mt. Sinai
  7. 13. Old Stone Age
  8. 16. A rectangular tiered temple made of mudbricks constructed by the ancient Sumerians associated with religious purpose
  9. 19. a person who writes things down
  10. 20. early group of people who lived in lands between Mesopotamia and Egypt. They claim to be descendants of Abraham and Isaac and developed Judaism.
  11. 21. worker in a skilled trade or craft; especially one that involves making things by hand
  12. 25. 3.2 million year old hominid discovered in Ethiopia
  13. 27. family of anthropologists who made historical discoveries of ancient man in Africa