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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)