Land of Canaan Flashcards
After God scattered the nations at the Tower of Babel, many of the descendants of Ham and Shem remained and settled in the fertile region along the coast of the
Mesopotamia (Tigris & Euphrates)
In what year did the Sumerians begin to establish their civilizations in the southern portion of Mesopotamia?
3000 BC
What is the earliest known form of writing?
Cuneiform
What term means the worship of many gods?
Polytheistic
What term means the worship of one god?
Monotheistic
What ruler conquered Sumer, built the first empire, and had his capital at Akkad?
Sargon the 1st
Where was Abraham’s birthplace located?
Ur
The Epic of Gilgamesh gives an account of what biblical event?
Noah’s Arc
The first people are known to have a solar calendar were the
Egyptians
What so-called science involves predicting the future based on the positions of celestial objects?
Astrology
What geographic factor helped preserve the monuments, the documents, and the bodies of ancient Egyptian rulers?
Desert
Hammurabi’s code consisted of roughly _________ laws.
282
What is the main geographic feature of the land of Egypt?
Nile river
During which kingdom period did the Israelites move into Egypt?
Middle
The Middle Kingdom of Egypt was followed by a temporary period of foreign rule by the
Hyksos
Which period of Egyptian history is known as “The Age of the Empire”?
New kingdom
The great female ruler of Egypt was
Hatshepsut
The greatest Egyptian warrior-king sometimes called the “Napoleon of Egypt,” was
Thutmose the III
Which Egyptian ruler re-solidified Egypt’s place as a Near Eastern power after driving out the Hebrews?
Ramses the II
Within Egyptian culture, who was at the top of the social pyramid?
Pharaoh
What group of people was favored in Egyptian society but not in many of the other ancient civilizations?
Women
Within the Hittites civilization, who was the commander of the army?
king
The Phoenicians are descendants of the __________ people.
Caanites
Which civilization was largely responsible for the growth of paganism in Israel?
Phoenicians
The Arameans were known as the __________ in the Holy Bible.
Syrian
Which civilization captured the Arameans?
Assyrians
Which Aramean city became the capital of international trade?
Damascus
What language did the Arameans speak?
Aramaic
Jacob was renamed ________.
Israel
Which one of the following people was not polytheistic?
Hebrews
The messianic line to Jesus came through the line of _____________.
David
On Mount Sinai, which form of government did God establish?
Theocracy
Who built the Holy Temple of God?
Solomon
In what year did the Assyrians defeat the northern ten (10) tribes of Israel?
722 BC
How many years were the Hebrews placed into Babylonian captivity?
70
God desired for the Children of Israel to commit to ____________.
Monotheism
In what year did the Chaldeans destroy the city of Jerusalem?
586 BC
Which city was built by Nimrod shortly after the Universal Flood?
Babylon
How many men were killed by the angel of God during the Assyrians’ attempt to invade the city of Jerusalem?
185,000
Which major prophet did God use to specifically prophesy about Cyrus Great?
Isaiah
Who was used by God to lead the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem?
Nehemiah
The king at the fall of the Chaldean Empire was
Belshazzar
The Persian empire adopted coinage and gold currency from__________.
Lydians
The Persian empire adopted cuneiform from__________.
Symerians
The Persian empire adopted Naval Prowess from the _____________ and ____________.
greeks and phoneticians
The Persian empire adopted the solar calendar from__________.
egyptians
Which Greek ruler conquered the Persian Empire in the 4th century BC?
Alexander the Great
The sacred writings of Zoroastrianism are called the ___________.
Avesta
Which Persian king assisted the Jews in the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem?
Artaxerxes
Within the ancient Egyptian social pyramid, the _______ and ________ were at the bottom.
slaves and farmers
