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1
Q

The great falls on the Zambezi River is ____.

A

Victoria Falls

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2
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Moses received the ____ while the nation of Israel was in Saudi Arabia.

A

Ten Commandments

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3
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who freed the Hebrews and allowed them to return to Canaan

A

Cyrus the great

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4
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who took the Hebrews to Babylon

A

Nebuchadnezzar the second

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5
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Solomon

A

who expanded the kingdom of Israel’s influence to its greatest extent

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6
Q

The word _____ means “without cold.”

A

Africa

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7
Q

The greatest king of Israel was ____.

A

David

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8
Q

Upper Egypt is in the ____ of Egypt.

A

south

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9
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The lifeline of Egypt is the _____ River.

A

Nile

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10
Q

Egyptian society was _____.

A

patriarchal

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11
Q

The Middle East is also called the ____.

A

Crossroads of the World

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12
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The ____ served as monuments and tombs for those who built them.

A

pyramids

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13
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What name is given to the early period of Central America?

A

Mesoamerica

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14
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The area that comprises the former kingdom of Kush is called ____.

A

Nubia

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15
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disprese

A

to scatter or to travel away from a center point

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16
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basalt

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a dark rock formed from lava

17
Q

The area at the end of the Mediterranean Sea, made up of parts of three continents, is called the ____.

A

Middle East

18
Q

The term ______ means south of the Sahara.

A

sub-Sahara

19
Q

Hyksos

A

The ____ were a Semitic people who brought bronze tools and weapons to Egypt.

20
Q

Abraham came to _____ from Ur in Mesopotamia.

A

Canaan

21
Q

Incas

A

built the largest empire in South America

22
Q

The Nile Delta flows into the _____.

A

Mediterranean Sea

23
Q

The pharaoh who tried to bring monotheism to Egypt was ____.

A

Akhenaten

24
Q

The Old Kingdom is also called ____.

A

the Age of the Pharaohs

25
Q

The Anasazi lived ____.

A

in cliffs in the American West

26
Q

Upper Egypt is in the ____ of Egypt.

A

south

27
Q

A great grassland of southern Africa is called the ____.

A

Great Karoo

28
Q

The nation of Ethiopia covers the area that once was the kingdom of ____.

A

Axum

29
Q

The Hebrews were led out of slavery in Egypt by ____.

A

Moses

30
Q

The word Sahel indicates ____.

A

the division between the Sahara and the grasslands to the south

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