Beginnings & Babel
What does the word Genesis mean?
Beginning or origin
What does B.C. after a date mean?
Before the birth of Christ
How many years did the Israelites wander in the wilderness before entering Canaan?
40 years
Who warned Nineveh of God's coming judgment?
Jonah
What blind poet is famous for the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
What is the way of life of a group of people called?
Culture
What does the name Tigris mean?
Arrow
Who led the Israelites across the Jordan River?
Joshua
Who was an adviser to both Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar?
Daniel
What event, begun in 776 B.C., marks the first recorded date in Greek history?
The Olympics
What philosophy puts man in place of or above God?
Humanism
What was considered the greatest accomplishment of the Sumerians?
Writing
Who was the first human king of Israel?
Saul
Who saw the handwriting on the wall during a great feast?
Belshazzar
What Greek structure was a marketplace for commerce, conversation, and political debate?
The agora
What did God establish to teach the sanctity of human life?
Capital punishment
Who left Ur around 2000 B.C. to begin a new nation?
Abraham
What other name for the Ten Commandments means “the ten words”?
The Decalogue
Who collected a library of 100,000 cuneiform tablets?
Ashurbanipal
At what mountain pass did the Spartans hold off the Persians?
Thermopylae
The rebellion at the Tower of Babel caused mankind to lose the common bond of what?
Language
Who ruled Babylon and united all of Mesopotamia?
Hammurabi
When Israel divided into two kingdoms, what was the Southern Kingdom called?
Judah
Under whose leadership did the Chaldeans conquer all of Mesopotamia?
Nabopolassar
Which ancient Greek civilization was centered on the island of Crete?
The Minoans