Lower Middles
Who was the last King of Judah?
KING ZEDEKIAH
What two epic poems did Homer write?
The Illiad and The Odyssey.
For what are the Olmec people best remembered?
The Olmecs are famous for their large stone head sculptures.
What earlier great empire did Babylon battle for years and finally destroy?
ASSYRIA
The Median Wall stretched between what two rivers?
The Tigris and the Euphrates.
For what are the Nazca people best remembered?
The Nazca are famous for the Nazca lines, huge drawings on the desert floor that
are visible only from the air.
The Babylonians wanted revenge against the Assyrians, so they destroyed what Assyrian city?
NINEVEH
Who was Babylon’s ally when it captured Jerusalem in 587 BC?
Persia.
How did Assyria’s law codes treat women?
Women had no protection under Assyrian law. Their husbands could divorce them for no
reason and beat them without penalty.
What did Nebuchadnezzar name his great blue gate?
THE ISHTAR GATE
Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar was insane for seven of his years as king. What did he do when his sanity finally returned?
HE PRAISED AND THANKED GOD
When Habakkuk cries out to the Lord about the injustice he sees in Judah, God says that He will raise up something to punish Judah.
What does God promise to raise up?
God says that He will raise up Babylon to punish Judah.
According to Micah 6: 6‐8, what three things does the Lord require?
The Lord requires His people to act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with Him.
For whom did Nebuchadnezzar build the hanging gardens of Babylon?
HIS PERSIAN WIFE AMYTIS
Daniel and his friends refused to eat the food that was offered to Babylon’s idols. What foods did they request in its place?
VEGETABLES AND WATER
Who was Nabopolassar?
Nabopolassar was general in the Assyrian army who led a revolt to become Babylon's king in 625 BC.
Why did Daniel and his friends refuse the food offered to them by the Babylonians?
Because it was food that had been offered to
Babylon's idols.
What Prophet was persecuted for his message attacked by his brothers, beaten and put in stocks, imprisoned, threated, thrown down a well and left to die, accused falsely and opposed by a false prophet?
JEREMIAH