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- 4. What Jewish leader received the Ten Commandments?
- 7. What nation enslaved the Jewish people after a terrible famine?
- 8. What is a self-governing city that also governs its surrounding areas
- 11. What is the first five books in the Hebrew Bible called?
- 12. Who was able to gain power over other city-states by damming the Euphrates River?
- 14. What is the scattering of Jewish people to many parts of the world called?
- 15. Sinai What is the name of the location that the Jewish leader received the Ten Commandments?
- 16. What person was a member of the royal family in Egypt, who turned into a fugitive, who turned into a prophet?
- 18. Who created the Code of Laws to control the people in his empire?
- 21. Who was responsible for building the great temple in Jerusalem?
- 22. What item did the flooded river deposit that added nutrients to the soil?
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- 1. What person gets credit for starting Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
- 2. What is a large building with a temple at its top?
- 3. What is the system of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols to represent words, ideas, and objects?
- 5. What is the wearing away of soil by wind or water called?
- 6. What mythical legend went on a journey to discover how humans could live forever?
- 7. Along with the Tigris River, what was the second river associated with this area?
- 9. After his death, the kindgom of Israel split into two kingdoms.
- 10. What people were responsible for writing down the records, laws and stories?
- 13. What is the belief in only one god called?
- 17. What does the word Torah mean in Hebrew?
- 19. What is the belief in many gods called?
- 20. What is a special agreement that is made between God and people.