chapter 2 week 1

Question 1

what does mesopotamia mean

Answer 1

“land between the rivers.”

Question 2

what civilazation rose between the tigris and euphrates river

Answer 2

sumerian

Question 3

by what year was the sumerian culture established

Answer 3

3000 BC

Question 4

why do people think the garden of eden is in mesopotamia

Answer 4

genesis talks about the tigris and euphrates river being the 3rd and 4th rivers to border the garden of eden

Question 5

In what modern-day country is
the Fertile Crescent?

Answer 5

mostly iraq but also kuwait

Question 6

consisted of about a dozen independent city-states that had no political unity but possessed a similar culture.

Answer 6

sumer

Question 7

(belief in many gods) was a natural result of the scattering of the people into separate ethnic groups, with each developing its own religion

Answer 7

Polytheism

Question 8

the earliest known form of writing.
Using a wedge-shaped stylus, the Sumerians made impressions on tablets of wet clay, which they later baked until hard

Answer 8

cuneiform

Question 9

The major occupation of the Sumerians

Answer 9

farming

Question 10

These impressive pyramid-like structures had terraces at different levels along their exterior

Answer 10

ziggurats

Question 11

Around 2270 BC this ruler came to power in the city-state of Kish;conquered other city-states and established the first known empire

Answer 11

sargon

Question 12

united kingdom created by sargon which stretched from the Persian Gulf to northern Mesopotamia.

Answer 12

akkadian empire

Question 13

rose to prominince after sargons death

Answer 13

Ur

Question 14

what sumerian invention do we use today

Answer 14

the wheel, the division of a circle into 360 degrees, and the division of hours and minutes into sixty units.

Question 15

established what is now referred to as the “Old Babylonian” Empire.

Answer 15

The Amorites

Question 16

capitol of the old babylonian empire: tower of babel might have been built here

Answer 16

babylon

Question 17

The sixth king of the Amorites: united the land of Mesopotamia under his rule.
Best remembered for his code of laws

Answer 17

Hammurabi,

Question 18

why was hammurabis code of law arbitrary

Answer 18

punishment would be worse for lower social classes

Question 19

capital of the akkadian empire

Answer 19

akkad

Question 20

the study of celestial bodies

Answer 20

astronomy

Question 21

interpreted human events and destiny by the position of the planets and stars

Answer 21

astrology

Question 22

why did the amorites decline in power and influence

Answer 22

the death of king hammurabi

Question 23

who were the descendents of Heth, the son of Canaan and the grandson of Ham

Answer 23

The Hittites

Question 24

extended their empire into asia minor and into the fertile cresent by using iron weapons

Answer 24

the hitites

Question 25

appeared around 2000 BC and became the greatest merchants of their day

Answer 25

the phoenecians

Question 26

some of the items handled by the phoenecians

Answer 26

Spices, fine linen, wheat, cattle, horses, ivory, gold precious stones, and tin

Question 27

The Phoenicians also gained great wealth through two valuable natural resources

Answer 27

cedar trees for building and mollusks for making dyes

Question 28

are believed to be the originators of the alphabet

Answer 28

the phoenecians

Question 29

The people of Tyre and the other Phoenician cities rejected the knowledge of the true God by worshipping______one of the canaanites gods

Answer 29

Baal

Question 30

the daughter of the king of Sidon, who married King Ahab and introduced Baal-worship in Israel

Answer 30

jezebel

Question 31

a covenant with Abraham that expresses very briefly God’s plan for redeeming His fallen world to Himself.

Answer 31

abrahamic covenant

Question 32

what did God promise to abraham

Answer 32

-a group of descendants -the land of Canaan - He would bless all the peoples of the earth