Religious Facts
Important People
Locations
Key Terms
Things to note
100

These people believed in a polytheistic religion. They had many gods.


Who were the ancient Egyptians?

100

The king of Babylon who cast the jews out of Jerusalem.

Who was King Nebacudanezzar?

100

The longest river in the world.

What is the Nile River?

100

A line of rulers who come from one family.

What is a dynasty?

100
Paper made from pressed and woven reeds.

What is papyrus?

200

The belief in or worship of more than one God.

What is Polytheism?
200

Someone who studies human cultures and behaviors among ancient peoples.

What is an anthropologist?

200

There are seven: Asia, Africa, North and South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

What are the names of the continents?

200

This group of people was named for the color of their clothing; "blood red."

Who were the Pheonicians?

200

A gathering place for Jews to gather together on the Sabbath to pray and worship.

What is a synagogue?

300

A solemn agreement between two or more people.

What is a covenant?

300

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel

Who were the major prophets of Israel?

300

This object lists the directions on a map.

What is a compass rose?

300

The division of the Stone Age.

What is Neolithic and Paleolithic?

300

This refers to a large basalt slab that was used to translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

What is the Rosetta Stone?

400

The belief in or worship of only one God.

What is monotheism?

400

The three men who stood up to King Nebacudanezzar and got thrown into a fire.

Who were Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?

400

There are four: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic.

What are the names of the oceans?

400

The period of the human past for which we have no written records.

What is prehistory?

400

Someone who finds and dig up the lost cities and campsites of humans.

What is an archaeologist?

500

A moral lesson told through story.

What is a parable?

500

The first three kings of Israel

Who were King Saul, King David, and King Solomon?

500

This is what the casting out of the Jews from Jerusalem by King Nebacudanezzar refers to.

What is the Babylonian Exile?

500

The three periods into which Paleontologists divided prehistory.

What are the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age?

500

Someone who studies traces left by mankind before writing.

What is a paleontologist?