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  • Some of the ancient ovens were just holes in the ground with a fire built at the bottom.

True

100
  • The job of separating the grain from the husk of the plant in which it grew is called milling.

False Threshing

100
  • The main method of threshing was beating the grain with a stick.

True

100
  • People napped during the cool part of the day.

False-hot part

100
  • Lydian King Croesus was so wealthy that the saying “as rich as Croesus” became commons in many lands.

True

200
  • When King Cyrus conquered a country, he allowed the country to __________________
  • Follow their old customs as long as they obeyed him
200
  • The Jews were allowed to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple under King _______________.

Cyrus the great

200
  • The Persian Empire was eventually conquered by the ____________________.

Greeks

200
  • Daily life in an ancient city often began before dawn.

True

200
  • The capital of Lydia was Nineveh.

False

300
  • Another name for the New Babylonian Empire is _______________________-.

Second Babylonian Empire

300
  • King Nebuchadnezzar II __________________________.
  • wanted to make Babylon the most beautiful city in the world
  • built the Hanging Gardens, which is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
  • ate grass like an ox for seven years
  • All of the above

All of the above

300
  • The New Babylonian Empire/Chaldean Empire was destroyed by ___________________.

Cyrus the Great leading the Medes and Persians

300
  • The Biblical prophet Daniel held power under the following ruler(s):
  • King Darius
  • King Nebuchadnezzar II
  • Both King Darius and King Nebuchadnezzar II
  • None of the above

Both

300
  • Cyrus the Great’s army conquered Babylon by ________________________
  • Redirecting the river’s water flow and sneaking in underneath the walls
400
  • The Assyrian King Sennacherib _____________________________.

tried to conquer the southern kingdom of Israel

400
  • The walls around the city of Babylon _______________________.
  • Were built in two layers – an inner and an outer wall
  • Were thick enough for two chariots to drive side-by-side on top of them.
  • Both Answers (A) and (B)
  • None of the above

Both a and b

400
  • Hammurabi’s empire is known as the __________________________.

First Babylonian Empire

400
  • Hammurabi is famous for ___________________________.
writing code of law
400
  • The correct chronological timeline for the Ancient Middle East Empires follows this order:
  • The Hittite Empire, The First Babylonian Empire, the Assyrian Empire, the New Babylonian Empire, and The Persian Empire
500
  • The three continents that come together in the Middle East, which is known as the “Crossroads of the Ancient World”, are (1) ________________, (2) __________________, and (3)___________________.

Africa, Asia & Europe

500
  • Arabs who wander from place to place with their herds of camels, sheep, and goats are called _________________________.

Bedouins

500
  • Before people in the ancient Middle East ate, they would always __________________________.

wash their hands

500
  • Assyria became very powerful under the leadership of _______________________.

 

  • King Croesus
  • King Tiglath-pileser III
  • King Darius
  • Cyrus the Great
  • King Tiglath-pileser III
500
  • The Assyrians conquered the _________________________________.

The northern kingdom of Israel (10 tribes)