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1. The complete body of Jewish teaching, thought and literature.
Torah
2. The removal of salt from seawater for drinking or watering
crops.
desalination
3. A pyramid shaped clay structure that served as a foundation for a temple in
Mesopotamia.
ziggurat
4. Monotheistic religion that believes Mohammed was a
prophet.
Islam
5. To supply land with water via ditches, pipes or canals.
irrigation
6. An Islamic house of worship
Mosque
7. A chemical product made from petroleum or natural gas.
petrochemical
8. The holy book of Christianity
Bible
9. Created to control flooding on the Nile River
Aswan High Dam
10. Person who calls Muslims to pray 5 times a day.
Muezzin
11. Muslims are obligated to make this trip to Mecca at least once in
their lives.
hajj
12. Person thought to be a messenger of God
prophet
13. The belief in one God
Monotheism
14. Babylonian king that created the first set of written laws.
Hammurabi
15. A region in Southwest Asia; site of the world’s first
civilizations.
The Fertile Crescent
16. Religion based on the teachings of Jesus.
Christianity
17. Egyptian writing system using pictures and symbols to represent
words or sounds.
Hieroglyphics
18. The 9th month in the Islamic calendar in which Muslims fast
from sunrise to sunset.
Ramadan
19. An early form of paper made from a reed-like plant found in the
Nile River delta.
papyrus
20. An early form of writing that uses wedges and lines pressed
into clay tablets.
cuneiform
21. Use of violence for political purposes.
terrorism
22. In the Old Stone Age, those went in search of food.
hunter-gatherers
23. A religion whose prophets are Abraham and Moses
Judaism
24. Group of countries that control the price and production of the
majority of the world’s oil
O.P.E.C.
The Organization of
Petroleum
Exporting
Countries
25. The sacred text of Islam
Qur’an (Koran)