Archaeology Quiz 4: Chapters 9-11

Question 1

Define Baal

Answer 1

a word meaning “lord” and the name of a Pheonician god

Question 2

Define causeway

Answer 2

a built-up road

Question 3

Describe Yehovah

Answer 3

a Hebrew name for God, usually spelled Jehovah, but there is no “J” in the Hebrew alphabet

Question 4

Define scroll

Answer 4

papyrus or animal skin document rolled up into a cylinder

Question 5

Define annunciation

Answer 5

an announcement

Question 6

Define calvary

Answer 6

Latin word meaning “skull”

Question 7

Define Golgotha

Answer 7

Hebrew word meaning “skull”

Question 8

Define grotto

Answer 8

cave

Question 9

Define Messiah

Answer 9

meaning “Anointed One;” and applied to an expected Jewish leader

Question 10

Define ossuary

Answer 10

a box in which human bones were preserved

Question 11

What were the four main cities of ancient Phoenicia

Answer 11

Gebal, Berytus, Sidon, and Tyre

Question 12

What kind of trees did Solomon pay the Phoenician king Hiram for?

Answer 12

Cedars from Lebanon

Question 13

Whose tomb did Pierre Montet find?

Answer 13

Ahiram

Question 14

Which Bible prophet challenged the prophets of Baal?

Answer 14

Elijah

Question 15

Which Bible prophet predicted that ancient Tyre would never be found?

Answer 15

Ezekial

Question 16

In what year was the first Dead Sea Scroll found?

Answer 16

1947

Question 17

What was the name of the settlement near the cave where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found?

Answer 17

Qumram

Question 18

Which Roman Emperor adopted Christianity as the state religion?

Answer 18

Constantine

Question 19

Name two books of the Bible that include chapters written in acrostic form (a form of Hebrew poetry)

Answer 19

Psalms, Lamentations

Question 20

Identify the language.

Answer 20

Hebrew

Question 21

Identify the language.

Answer 21

Sumerian

Question 22

Identify the language.

Answer 22

Phoenician

Question 23

Identify the language.

Answer 23

Egyptian