History

Question 0

How did the gods decide to destroy their people

Answer 0

In the sea

Question 1

What words tell you that the gods were afraid?

Answer 1

Wept, trembled

Question 2

A meeting in which the gods make decisions is called

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An assembly

Question 3

The Gilgamesh stories come from the ancient city of Sumer. Sumer was located in…

Answer 3

Mesopotamia

Question 4

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life

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Hammurabi

Question 5

People who study and write about human past are called..

Answer 5

Historians

Question 6

The Sumerian writing system was called…

Answer 6

Cuneiform

Question 7

Times of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the earth were the…

Answer 7

Ice Ages

Question 8

Artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group

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Middle class

Question 9

A group of traveling merchants is called a…

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Caravan

Question 10

The first kings were probably….

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War heroes

Question 11

Which of these are Sumerian inventions

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Plow, wheel, and sailboat

Question 12

Who united Upper and Lower Egypt (also know as Menes)

Answer 12

Narmer

Question 13

What was the natural barrier that protected Egypt on the Nile River in the south

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Cataracts

Question 14

The Nile Rivers flooding could be described as…

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Gentle and dependAble

Question 15

The land around the Nile River delta is know as

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Lower Egypt

Question 16

—— was a collection of spells and prayers studied to help obtain the afterlife

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The Book of the Dead

Question 17

The forced payments sent to the pharaoh by conquered peoples are called…

Answer 17

Tribute

Question 18

An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips is a…

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Mummy

Question 19

A line of rulers that passes power from father to son is a…

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Dynasty

Question 20

The Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaohs body from decomposing was…

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Embalming

Question 21

The chief god of the Egyptians was…

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Re

Question 22

The woman pharaoh who concentrated on building the Egyptian economy (trade) was…

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Hatshepsut

Question 23

Jewish religious teachers are called…

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Rabbis

Question 24

----- was a model of devotion to family held up for Jewish girls to imitate

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Ruth

Question 25

------- raised 12 sons, who became the 12 tribes of Israel

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Jacob

Question 26

----- was the warrior-farmer anointed king by the prophet Samuel.

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Saul

Question 27

The ---- translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek, spreading Jewish ideas

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Jew of the diaspora

Question 28

The faith of the Israelites became known as

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Judaism

Question 29

A person thought to be intricate by God is a

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Prophet

Question 30

----- refused to worship Babylonian gods and was thrown in the lions den.

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Daniel

Question 31

------ Founded a school that became a center for Torah studies.

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Yohanan Ben Zaccai

Question 32

Ezra was a scribe who guided the writing of the...

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Torah

Question 33

The wise sayings of Solomon were written down and are called...

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Proverbs

Question 34

Who led the Israelites out of Egypt and into the Sinai Desert?

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Moses

Question 35

Who wrote many of the psalms

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David

Question 36

Food prepared according to Jewish dietary laws is called...

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Kosher

Question 37

The time around 600 B.C. Is called the Dark Ages because

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People forgot how to read and write

Question 38

Early Greeks lived by

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Fishing, trade, and herding goats and sheep

Question 39

In a direct democracy, who decides government matters?

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All of the people

Question 40

The Greeks win the battle of salamis because their ships

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Could move around quickly

Question 41

The illiad is an

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Epic about the Trojan war

Question 42

The goddess of wisdom is

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Athena

Question 43

Who wrote the history of the Persia wars

Answer 43

Herodotus

Question 44

Who conquered land as Far East as modern Pakistan

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Alexander the Great

Question 45

Philosophers beloved that

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The human mind could understand everything