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Stafford Municipal School District

Social Studies

This helped crack the code for

hieroglyphics.

Rosetta Stone

What was the murder of 6 million Jews in Europe in the 1940s called?

Holocaust

What is it called when a ruler was both the religious leader and

the king?

theocracy

What is the name for a follower of Jesus?

disciple

What is the form of writing that was recorded on clay

tablets?

cuneiform

What was the scattering of the

Jews to countries in many parts of the

world called?

Diaspora

This was the civilization that began

between the Tigris and Euphrates

Rivers.

Mesopotamia

What was a ruler of Egypt called?

pharaoh

What is the belief in one supreme

god called?

monotheism

Where were large tombs

built?

inside pyramids

An early form of paper was made from a plant called

hiero-glyph

flax papyrus scribe

Judaism was first practiced by a small group of people called

Palestin-ians

Phoeni-cians

Sumer-ians

Israelites

The Mesopotamian civilization developed in a region known as

the Dead Sea.

the Fertile Crescent.

the Nile delta.

Constant- inople.

Christians celebrate the day Jesus rose from the dead as

Palm Sunday.

Good Friday.

Easter. Ash Wednes-day.

Hammurabi was the greatest king of

Akkad. Babylon. Phoenicia. Egypt.

Muslims call their god

Allah. Yahweh. Jehovah. Buddha.

The holiest day in Judaism is

Ramadan. Hanuk-kah.

Rosh Hashanah.

Yom Kippur.

We borrowed our 60-minute hour from a number system developed by the

Babylon-ians.

Phoenic-ians.

Egypt-ians.

Sumer-ians.

The Quran contains revelations made to the prophet

Buddha. Yahweh. Muhammad.

Allah.

The five books of Moses, along with the books of laws and teachings, make up the

Torah. Quran. Bible. Ten Command-ments.

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