Test 1 - Chapters 1-3, Geography Project 1 Flashcards
Know the locations of the following places
Nile River, Euphrates River, Red Sea, Tigris River, Ur, Black Sea, Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Bablon, Sinai Peninsula
Which one of Jacob’s son was sold into slavery and became a chief assistant to an Egyptian king?
Joseph
The Sumerians’ greatest accomplishment was this…
their writing
This is the process used by the Egyptians to preserve bodies
Mummification
The Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms are the three divisions of what country’s history
Egypt
This means “that makes fruitful”
Euphrates
The Sumerian religion could be described as humanistic and this, meaning many gods.
polytheistic
Who are the Patriarchs of Israel?
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
The study of the relics and ruins of ancient cultures is know as this
Archaeology
What was the purpose of the Flood?
God punished man for the height of evil man had reached
What makes the study of history difficult?
God confused the languages, forcing the people to spread across the earth
What was the result of the first human sin?
Man would have a sin nature
How are evolution and humanism related?
Evolution is a form of humanism that destroys man and his relationship with God.
What book of the Bible gives us the account of the beginning?
Genesis
What area of land means “land between the rivers”?
Mesopotamia
Which son of Adam and Eve built a foundation of rebellion against God?
Cain
What abbreviation after a date means “before the birth of Christ”?
B.C.
What was established to teach the sanctity of human life?
capital punishment
What did God use Moses for in Egypt?
To direct His children out of Egypt
What ruled united all of Mesopotamia under his rule?
Hammurabi
What abbreviation before a date means “in the year of our Lord”?
A.D.
Jean Francis Champollion was a French scholar that deciphered this
the Rosetta Stone
What Greek historian wrote about ancient Egypt?
Herodotus
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile River
ESSAY: By sending the 10 plagues, what was God teaching the Egyptians about their gods?
Include at least 3 main ideas that pertain to the question. Write your answer in paragraph form using complete sentences. Your essay must be written in a clear, logical order.
a large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit
nation
a payment from one nation to another
tribute
a wedge-shaped writing
cuneiform
an organized group of people appointed by a ruler to help him govern
bureaucracy
the rule by one city or people over other cities or peoples
empire
the way of life of a group of people
culture
a group of people living in its own land with its own government
nation-state
the scattering of people over the earth
dispersion
Under which pharaoh did the Egyptian Empire reach its greatest extent?
Thutmose III
What was the greatest turning point of history?
the birth of Christ
Which pharaoh was the first pharaoh of all Egypt?
Menes
Sumerians were the first people in history known to use this…
the wheel
Which pharaoh was a female pharaoh of Egypt?
Hatshepsut
The Egyptian Empire reached its greatest extent under the leadership of this pharaoh
Thutmose III
Who was chosen by God to be the father of the nation of Israel?
Abraham
What was the center of the ancient world, was the land that God promised to Israel?
Canaan
The more important part of culture is how people relate to who?
God
Because man was made in the image of God, what did man’s special characteristics allow for?
fellowship with God
Describe Egyptian civilizations
dynasties, hieroglyphics, medical advances, pyramids
What is Hammurabi best remembered for?
laws
After the Flood, where did Noah and his family go to settle?
Shinar
What is Hammurabi best remembered by
Laws
Who led in the building of the Tower of Babel?
NImrod
From who did the Egyptians descend
Mizraim
What was the greatest gift of the Nile River to the Egyptians
fertile soil
