Test 1

Question 1

Another name for the Ten Commandments

Answer 1

Decalogue

Question 2

the biblical name for Sumer

Answer 2

Shinar

Question 3

capital of the Eastern Roman Empire

Answer 3

Byzantium

Question 4

symbols used to express ideas

Answer 4

ideograms

Question 5

human worship, making man into a god

Answer 5

humanism

Question 6

the founding fathers of Israel

Answer 6

patriarchs

Question 7

government ruled by God

Answer 7

theocracy

Question 8

Greek word for “between the rivers”

Answer 8

Mesopotamia

Question 9

Civil government began _______ the Deluge.

Answer 9

after

Question 10

The sea-trading _______ helped transmit the alphabet wherever they went.

Answer 10

Phoenicians

Question 11

______ was perhaps the greatest nation around the year 1000 B.C.

Answer 11

Israel

Question 12

The inhabitants of Asia Minor, the _______, were the first to use iron extensively.

Answer 12

Hittites

Question 13

The Bible states that the earth was divided during the days of _____, whose name means “divided.”

Answer 13

Peleg

Question 14

________ were huge temples built by the ancient Sumerians.

Answer 14

ziggurats

Question 15

The Persian ruler ______ was called by God “my shepherd” and “my anointed.”

Answer 15

Cyrus

Question 16

Samuel ______ was called the “Apostle to Islam.”

Answer 16

Zwemer

Question 17

The _______ Established the world’s first postal system.

Answer 17

Persians

Question 18

The three great patriarchs of Israel are Abraham, Isaac, and _______.

Answer 18

Jacob

Question 19

developed the world’s most ancient law code

Answer 19

Ur-Nammu

Question 20

led the building of the tower of Babel

Answer 20

Nimrod

Question 21

called Ahasuerus in the Bible

Answer 21

Xerxes

Question 22

began the Neo-Babylonian Empire

Answer 22

Nabopolassar

Question 23

established the Old Babylonian Empire

Answer 23

Hammurabi

Question 24

destroyed Jerusalem and carried away its inhabitants

Answer 24

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 25

conquered the Medes and established the Persian Empire

Answer 25

Cyrus

Question 26

What empire’s fall marks the end of the Ancient period of history?

Answer 26

Rome

Question 27

What was the greatest achievement of the Old Babylonian Empire?

Answer 27

law

Question 28

Who founded the Muslim religion?

Answer 28

Mohammed

Question 29

Name the two important rivers that make up the Fertile Crescent.

Answer 29

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 30

What was Sumerian writing called?

Answer 30

cuneiform

Question 31

Name the foundational civil ordinance.

Answer 31

capital punishment

Question 32

What is the false belief that heavenly bodies influence the affairs of men?

Answer 32

astrology

Question 33

What is the world’s oldest work of literature outside the Bible?

Answer 33

Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 34

What country was the main highway of the ancient world?

Answer 34

Canaan

Question 35

Which king expanded Israel’s boundaries and moved the capital to Jerusalem?

Answer 35

David

Question 36

What is considered the first true alphabet?

Answer 36

Sanai script

Question 37

The world’s first civilization was developed by the _______.

Answer 37

Sumerians

Question 38

In what period of the Hebrew language was the Old Testament written?

Answer 38

Classical

Question 39

What is the focal point of all history?

Answer 39

the advent of Christ

Question 40

Which Assyrian king built the world’s first great library?

Answer 40

Ashurbanipal

Question 41

Where did Henry Martyn do a pioneer missionary work?

Answer 41

Persia

Question 42

Which Akkadian ruler conquered Sumer?

Answer 42

Sargon

Question 43

The Sumerians wrote on _______.

Answer 43

clay

Question 44

“Postdiluvian” refers to things that happened after the _______.

Answer 44

Flood

Question 45

Who conquered the Southern Kingdom of Israel?

Answer 45

Babylonians