Creation to Noah
What book of the Bible gives us an account of the Beginning?
Genesis
Who was chosen by God to be the father of Israel?
Abraham
Which group of people in history was known to have first used the wheel?
Sumerians
Which pharaoh was the first pharaoh of all Egypt?
Menes
The way of life for a group of people
culture
Whose ancient history is divided into the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms?
Egyptian
What was the result of the first human sin?
Man would have a sin nature
A large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit
Nation
Writing
What word best defines the structure of the Egyptian society and government?
A. Bureaucracy
B. Slavery
C. Tyranny
D. Military
A. Bureaucracy
The most important part of a culture is how people relate to who?
God
What is Hammurabi best remembered for?
Laws
Which son of Adam and Eve built a foundation of rebellion against God?
Cain
What region was the center of the ancient world that was promised to Israel?
Canaan
Which river's name meant "that makes fruitful"
Euphrates
Which pharaoh did the Egyptian Empire reach its greatest extent?
Thutmose III
the rule by one city or people over another
empire
What is the greatest turning point in history?
Christ's birth
What was the purpose of the Flood?
God punished man for the height of evil man had reached
Which son of Jacob was sold in to slavery and became a chief assistant to an Egyptian king?
Joseph
What area of land means "land between the rivers"?
Mesopotamia
From whom did the Egyptians descend?
Mizraim
A group of people living in its own land with its own government
nation-state
What is the study of relics and ruins of ancient cultures?
Archaeology
Who led in the building of the Tower of Babel?
Nimrod
Whom did God use to direct His children out of Egypt?
Moses
Polytheistic
Which pharaoh was a female pharaoh of Egypt?
Hamsheput
an organized group of people appointed by a ruler to help him govern
bureaucracy
The scattering of people over the earth
dispersion
What did God establish to teach the sanctity of human life?
Capital punishment
Name the three Patriarchs of Israel
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
wedge-shaped writing
cuneiform
What was the greatest gift of the Nile River to the Egyptians?
Fertile Soil
a payment from one nation to another
tribute
What was the process used by Egyptians to preserve bodies?
Mummification
Shinar
What made Abraham so special that he chose him?
Nothing!
What ruler united all of Mesopotamia under his rule?
Hammurabi
What French scholar deciphered the Rosetta Stone?
Jean Francis Champollion
What abbreviation before a date means "in the year of our Lord"?
A.D.
What Greek historian wrote about ancient Egypt?
Herodotus