Civilization Begins

Question 1

What great wonder of the world did Nebuchadnezzar build for his wife in Babylon?

Answer 1

Hanging Gardens

Question 2

Who were the only people in the middle east to have a monotheistic religion?

Answer 2

Israelites

Question 3

What is Judaism’s most sacred text?

Answer 3

Torah

Question 4

Persian religion was called?

Answer 4

Zoroastrianism

Question 5

The Middle Kingdom was a turbulent period at first but later it became stable, expanded, and later was known as their…

Answer 5

Golden Age

Question 6

Who was the Father of Israel, farmer from Ur who lived approximately 2000 B.C.E?

Answer 6

Abraham

Question 7

What was the name of the leaders of the different regions of Persia under Darius I?

Answer 7

Satrap

Question 8

Who was at the top of the bureaucracy within Egypt, this person held absolute power, was also seen a earchly god?

Answer 8

Pharaoh

Question 9

What was the “area between the rivers” known as?

Answer 9

Mesopotamia

Question 10

In return for the Israelites faithful obedience to God, __________ led the Jews out of Egypt and back to Israel

Answer 10

Moses

Question 11

During a famine many of the people of Israel left Canaan and went to __________?

Answer 11

Egypt

Question 12

In Ancient Egypt, __________ went to school at 7 to learn how to write in hieroglyphics and hieratic script

Answer 12

Scribes

Question 13

What were the Hittites most famous for?

Answer 13

Iron Weapons

Question 14

Egyptians would bury their dead with all the belongings they would need for their ___________?

Answer 14

Afterlife

Question 15

Around 1000 B.C. the 12 tribes of Israel were united by _________ who would combine them into one single nation.

Answer 15

King David

Question 16

King Solomon began a building project that transformed the city of __________ into an impressive world capital

Answer 16

Jerusalem

Question 17

Sumerians lacked many building materials so their cities were made of……

Answer 17

Clay and Stone

Question 18

What laws came from God to the Jewish people as instructions and Israel had to follow strictly?

Answer 18

Ten Commandments

Question 19

The Old Kingdom build the Great Pyramids, they were used for?

Answer 19

Tombs for the Pharaoh

Question 20

Egyptians perfected the art of _____________, to preserve bodies for the afterlife.

Answer 20

Mummification

Question 21

What Empire established itself around 1350 B.C.E after the Akkadians?

Answer 21

Assyrians

Question 22

The Egyptians started writing 5000 years ago, with pictographs to present their language called?

Answer 22

Hieroglyphics

Question 23

All of these were periods of Ancient Egypt except?

Answer 23

Beginning Kingdom

Question 24

Egypt relied on the ___________ River to provide water and help with farming

Answer 24

Nile

Question 25

Which area did Abraham need to take his people too?

Answer 25

Canaan

Question 26

Which king united Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom?

Answer 26

Menes

Question 27

During the New Kingdom, Invaders began to take over Egypt and the last Egyptian Pharaoh was removed in 332 BC by the...

Answer 27

Greeks

Question 28

True or False: | Israel was a patriarchal society where men held the power and made the laws

Answer 28

True

Question 29

True or False: Judaism taught a strong moral code to its people and Prophets such as Isaiah and Jeremiah taught this moral code.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

True or False: | Hammurabi is most well known for codifying a set of laws for the Babylonian Empire.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

True or False: Lower Egypt is north of Upper Egypt within the continent of Africa.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

True or False: Judaism has influenced many of the other major monotheistic religions of the modern world such a Christianity and Islam

Answer 32

True

Question 33

True or False: | Sumerians believed that their gods were above the people and did not behave like them

Answer 33

False

Question 34

True or False: Epic of Gilgamesh is a well known epic that gives insight on Sumerian culture, religion, government, and daily life.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

True or False: The Sumerians developed the first civilization of the Fertile Crescent around 3000 BC

Answer 35

True

Question 36

True or False: The Sumerians were the first civilization to develop writing called hieroglyphics

Answer 36

False

Question 37

True or False: Hieroglyphics could be written in two directions and was only written on papyrus.

Answer 37

False

Question 38

True or False: After the fall of the first Babylonians there was a period in the Fertile Crescent when power changed hands many times.

Answer 38

True

Question 39

True or False: The Egyptians also sent armies south to conquer Nubia and their huge deposits of gold.

Answer 39

True

Question 40

True or False: The Israelites were forced into exile By Nebuchadnezzar for over 300 years until Cyrus the Great set them free.

Answer 40

False

Question 41

True or False: The Rosetta Stone was used to decipher Egyptian Hieratic Script. English being the one that helped break the code.

Answer 41

False

Question 42

List two ways that geography impacted the way of life in Egypt

Answer 42

Geography allowed for agriculture and crops to prosper and be sent off for trade. The Nile made the soil around the river very fertile which aided the farmers as they grew the crops. As well, the Nile River acted as a source of transportation which allowed people to leave and trade.

Question 43

What was the importance of the Ten Commandments to Judaism and the Israelites?

Answer 43

The Ten Commandments were a set of rules given to Jews by Yahweh (Judaism God). Those who followed Judaism had these set of rules rooted into them so they could follow their set paths of being pure for Yahweh. The Ten Commandments gives us insight into the morals and ethics of the Jewish people as well as how monotheism worked in ancient times.

Question 44

Why was the Code of Hammurabi so revolutionary for its time?

Answer 44

The Code of Hammurabi was so revolutionary for its time because of the mass amount of punishment and control it had over civilization. There were over 200 laws made to govern and control the actions of civilization. The codes have served as a model for establishing justice in other cultures and are believed to have influenced laws established in the modern world.

Question 45

All three civilizations have their own religion what are some similarities and differences between them?

Answer 45

All three civilizations believed in something of a higher power. Mesopotamia and Egypt were polytheistic, while Israel was monotheistic. In some of the stories we learned about, some civilizations crossed into one of the other territories. For example, Moses led the Jews out of Egypt and back to Israel. As well, these civilizations heavily relied on the resources they had to build themselves from the group up into the empires they made themselves to be.