Early Civilizations

Question 0

Name two contributions made by the Sumerian civilization.

Answer 0

Cuneiform which is the earliest form of known writing

Ziggurats: temple towers usually pyramid like

Question 1

Know the difference between pantheism, monotheism and polytheism.

Answer 1

Monotheism: the belief in one god
Polytheism: belief in many gods
Pantheism: a doctrine that describes god with the universe

Question 2

What two concepts did the Sumerians develop that we still use today?

Answer 2

Division of a circle into 360 degrees

Division of hours and minutes into sixty units

Question 3

What is a civilization?

Answer 3

Is a complex culture where large numbers of people share a variety of common elements.

Question 4

What is an empire?

Answer 4

A rule of one people over another

Question 5

What was the first known empire?

Answer 5

Akkadian empire

Question 6

What civilization built Old Babylon?

Answer 6

The Amorite civilization

Question 7

What famous biblical structure was built near Old Babylon?

Answer 7

The Tower of Babel

Question 8

What was unique about Hammurabi, the 6th Amorite king?

Answer 8

He united the land of Mesopotamia and he had a strict code of laws.

Question 9

What is unusual about Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt?

Answer 9

The northern region is called Lower Egypt and the southern region is called Northern Egypt.

Question 10

Name the three periods of ancient Egypt and tell one distinctive characteristic for each.

Answer 10

Old kingdom known as the “Age of the Pharaohs
Middle Kingdom known as the “Age of the People”
New Kingdom known as “The Age Of Empire”

Question 11

What were two important inventions/ideas that were developed by the ancient Egyptians? Why are they important to us today?

Answer 11

Geometry and astronomy and they are important because geometry helps architects with angles and astronomy helps people with NASA study where objects are in space.

Question 12

What phoenecia mean?

Answer 12

Traders of purple

Question 13

What were the Phoenicians known for?

Answer 13

They were the first trading empire and had a famous purple dye that they manufactured.

Question 14

What is unique about the Phoenician alphabet?

Answer 14

There is a each letter is a sound such as with the English alphabet.

Question 15

Explain how God used the Assyrians and the Chaldeans to judge Israel.

Answer 15

God gave each empire great military might in their respective time and he used this power to judge the Israelites accordingly when they disobeyed Him.

Question 16

How and why did God bring judgement on the Assyrians?

Answer 16

God brought judgment over the Assyrians through the Chaldeans because they did not obey what He wanted them to do.

Question 17

What great empire was built around Babylon during the Chaldean reign and who was the ruler during this period?

Answer 17

King Nebuchadnezzar

New Babylonia

Question 18

What is diaspora?

Answer 18

Scattering of people

Question 19

Which leader of which empire was the first to be called great? Why was this? What was unusual about the way he treated conquered nations/people? What two things did he do to help Israel?

Answer 19

Cyrus the great, because he was one of the greatest conquerors
He allowed the nations he conquered to keep their religions and culture
He decreed that the temple of Jerusalem should be rebuilt and that Jews should be returned to do the project

Question 20

What other well-known Old Testament person (s) was/were from this empire and saved the Jews?

Answer 20

Ester saved the Jews from Haman in the book of Ester

Question 21

Which people are credited with first using coins?

Answer 21

The Lydians

Question 22

What was the religion of Persians? What did they believe that was true?

Answer 22

Religion: Zoroastrianism
Believed good and evil
The world is battleground for good vs. evil and that everyone takes place in the battle whether on one side or the other.

Question 23

Be able to map:
The Nile River
Mesopotamia 
Canaan 
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Euphrates River
Tigris River
Fertile Crescent 
Egypt
Sinai Peninsula

Answer 23

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