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1
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Another name for the 10 commandments

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Decalogue

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The biblical name for Sumer

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Shinar

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Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire

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Byzantium

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Symbols used to express ideas

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Ideograms

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5
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Human worship, making man into a god

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Humanism

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The founding fathers of Israel

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Patriarchs

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Government ruled by God

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Theocracy

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T/F

Civil government began after the Deluge.

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True

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T/F

The sea trading Phonecians helped transmit the alphabet wherever they went

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True

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T/F

Israel was perhaps the greatest nation around the year 1000 BC

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True

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T/F

The inhabitants of Asia Minor, the Persians, were the first to use iron extensively

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False. Hittites

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T/F

The Bible states that the earth was divided during the days of Isaac, whose name means divided

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False. Peleg

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T/F

Ziggurats were huge temples built by the ancient Sumerians

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True

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T/F

The Persian ruler Darius was called by God “my shepherd” and “my anointed”

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False. Cyrus the Great

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T/F

Samuel Fenton was called the “Apostle to Islam”

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False. Samuel Zwemer

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T/F

The Persians established the world’s first postal system

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True

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T/F

One of the three great patriarchs of Israel was Moses

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False. Abraham

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Greek word for “between the rivers”

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Mesopotamia

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Developed the world’s most ancient law code

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Ur-Nammu

20
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Led the building of the tower of Babel

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Nimrod

21
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Called Ahasuerus in the Bible

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Xerxes

22
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Began the Neo-Babylonian Empire

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Nabopolassar

23
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Established the Old Babylonian Empire

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Hammurabi

24
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Destroyed Jerusalem and carried away its inhabitants

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Nebuchadnezzar

25
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Conquered the Medes and established the Persian Empire

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Cyrus

26
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What empire’s fall marks the end of the Ancient period of history?

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Roman

27
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What was the greatest achievement of the Old Babylonian Empire?

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Government

28
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Who founded the Muslim religion?

A

Mohammed

29
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Name the two important rivers that make up the Fertile Crescent?

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Tigris and Euphrates

30
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What was Sumerian writing called?

A

Cuneiform

31
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Name the foundational civil ordinance.

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Capital punishment

32
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What is the false belief that heavenly bodies influence the affairs of men?

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Astrology

33
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What is the world’s oldest work of literature outside the Bible?

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Epic of Gilgamesh

34
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What country was the main highway of the ancient world?

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Canaan

35
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Which king expanded israel’s boundaries and moved the capital to Jerusalem?

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King David

36
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What is considered the first true alphabet?

A

Sinai script

37
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The world’s first civilization was developed by the

Akkadians, Sumerians, Egyptians, Medians

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Sumerians

38
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In what period of the Hebrew language was the Old Testament written?
Yiddish, classical, Talmud, rabbinic

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Classical

39
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What is the focal point of all history?

The fall, the Deluge, the Creation, the advent of Christ

A

The advent of Christ

40
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Which Assyrian King built the world’s first great library?

Ashurbanipal, tiglath-pileser, Shalmaneser, Nabopolassar

A

Ashurbanipal

41
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Where did Henry Martyn do a pioneer missionary work?

India, Egypt, Cyprus, Persia

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Persia

42
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The Sumerians wrote on

Papyrus, wood, clay, flax

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Clay

43
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“Postdivluvian” refers to things that happened after the

Creation, dispersion, fall, flood

A

Flood

44
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Who conquered the Southern Kingdom of Israel?

Persians, Babylonians, Hittites, Akkadians

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Babylonians

45
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Describe the development of writing, including at least three cultures that were instrumental in its development. Explain why writing is so important to civilization.

A

Hebrews developed the Sinai script, Sumerians developed cuneiform, and Phoenicians developed 22 consonant alphabets. Writing gives us the Bible and preserves history. It allows us to store and access information across hundreds of years.

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