HI 101-8 Quiz 3 Flashcards

1
Q

Assyrian capital

A

Nineveh

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2
Q

Built world’s first great library (at Nineveh)

A

Ashurbanipal

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3
Q

Established Neo-Babylonian Empire (Chaldeans)

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Nabopolassar

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4
Q

“My shepherd” “My anointed”

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Cyrus the Great

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5
Q

Satrapies

A

Provinces

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6
Q

Satrap

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Governor

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7
Q

Darius 1 established

A

World’s first postal service

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8
Q

Comes from hams son

A

Canaan

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9
Q

Comes from Philistines

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Palestine

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10
Q

Comes from name God gave to Jacob

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Israel

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11
Q

Greatest variety of climate and topography of any country in world

A

Israel

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12
Q

Main highway of ancient world

A

Canaan

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13
Q

Founding fathers of nation of Israel

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Patriarchs

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14
Q

Decalogue

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Ten Commandments

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15
Q

Much like our consonant-vowel blends

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Syllabaries

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16
Q

Phonetic system of writing in which letters are used to represent sounds rather than things or ideas

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Alphabet

17
Q

First true alphabet

A

Sinai script

18
Q

Ability to read and write one’s own language

A

Literacy

19
Q

Greatest nation in world (under david and Solomon)

A

Israel in 1000 B.C.

20
Q

Assyria’s first great monarch

A

Tiglathpilesar