Archaeology Quiz 3: Chapters 6-8

Question 1

Define cuneiform

Answer 1

a form of writing using a wedge-shaped stylus to make an impression on a clay tablet

Question 2

Define strata

Answer 2

a layer of occupation exposed by excavations

Question 3

Define syncline

Answer 3

a boat-shaped geological formation

Question 4

Define Persia

Answer 4

a country in central Iral

Question 5

Define rhyton

Answer 5

a drinking vessel shaped like a human or animal

Question 6

Define cistern

Answer 6

a hole dug in rock to store rainwater

Question 7

Define Nabataeans

Answer 7

people descended from Nabaioth who occupied Perra

Question 8

Define wadi

Answer 8

A dry river bed, carrying water only when it rained

Question 9

What was the name of the cuneiform record which told a story similar to the Bible record of Noah and the flood?

Answer 9

The Gilgamesh Epic

Question 10

Which Assyrian king compiled a library of tables in Nineveh?

Answer 10

Ashur-Bani-Pal

Question 11

Which king made Babylon a city of gold?

Answer 11

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 12

Which Bible prophet predicted that Babylon would become uninhabited?

Answer 12

Isaiah

Question 13

Who was the king who first carved out the Medo-Persian Empire?

Answer 13

Cyrus the Great

Question 14

In what year did he conquer Babylon?

Answer 14

539 B.C.

Question 15

Which Persian king left an inscription on the rock face of the Zagros Mountain near Bisitun?

Answer 15

Darius the Great

Question 16

What was the name of the great Persian city that Darius built?

Answer 16

Persepolis

Question 17

Which Bible prophet wrote a book about Petra?

Answer 17

Obadiah

Question 18

Which Roman emperor had a road made through Petra?

Answer 18

Trajan