In the Beginning
The first man and woman.
Who are Adam and Eve?
Established the first empire.
Who is Sargon I?
The longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River?
Man whose descendants became the nation of Israel.
Who is Abraham?
A scholar who studies languages.
What is a linguist?
Hebrew whom God used to lead the Israelites out of slavery; wrote the first five books of the Bible
Who was Moses?
The worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
Made it possible for historians to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta stone?
The two sons of Abraham.
Who are Ishmael and Isaac?
A major Indian religion based on Vedic religious beliefs.
What is Hinduism?
The period when humans supposedly evolved and when there were no written records.
What is prehistory?
A pyramid-like structure.
What is ziggurat?
Paper was made from the stems of this plant.
What is papyrus?
A celebration that honors the Lord’s deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.
What is Passover?
Nomads believed to have moved into the Indus Valley around 1500 BC; conquered the people of northwestern India.
Who are the Aryans?
The first five words of the Bible.
What are “In the beginning God created” ?
A curved area from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
A fan-shaped area of fertile land at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
The Hebrew name for the one true God.
Who is Yahweh?
A group of languages spoken by people of Europe and parts of Asia.
What is Indo-European?
The first command given by God to mankind; God’s instruction to people to have children and to fill and rule over the earth.
What is the Creation Mandate?
Known for his law code.
Who is Hammurabi?
Archaeologist who discovered and cataloged Tutankhamun’s tomb.
Who is Howard Carter?
Solomon’s son who became king after Solomon died.
Who is Rehoboam?
Divine being of Hinduism believed to be the cause and material of creation; also called “the great soul” or “the world soul”.
What is Brahman?