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Mesopotamia
Egypt
Canaan
Hebrews
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100
What does Mesopotamia Mean?
What is "The land between the rivers"?
100
What river is vital to the existence of the Egyptian civilization?
What is the Nile River?
100
Which civilization developed the Alphabet?
Who are the Phoenicians?
100
Who did God choose from the city of Ur to go into the land of Canaan and his descendants would be blessed into a great nation?
Who is Abraham?
100
Which civilization invented the wheel, divided the circle into 360 degrees, and divided hours and minutes into 60 units?
What is the Sumerian civilization?
200
What was the first civilization to develop in Mesopotamia?
What are the Sumerians?
200
Egypt's history is divided into three major periods. Name them.
What are the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms?
200
Which civilization excelled in Iron metallurgy, and the only information known about this civilization was in the Bible until the early 20th century?
Who are the Hittites?
200
While the Hebrews were in bondage in Egypt, God raised up who to lead them out of Egypt into the Promised Land?
Who is Moses?
200
Which civilization made important contributions to astronomy as well as created the first law code (Hammurabi's Law Code).
Who are the Amorites?
300
What is the wedge-shaped writing into clay tablets known as?
What is Cuneiform?
300
Egyptian writing which used pictures for letters and words was called?
What is Heiroglyphics?
300
Who was the pagan God of the Canaanites?
Who is Baal?
300
Who was the first King of Israel?
Who is Saul?
300
Which law code was based on the principle: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth?
What is Hammurabi's Code?
400
What were the Sumerian temples called?
What are Ziggurats?
400
Who united Upper and Lower Egypt in 3000 B.C.? Upper Egypt is located in the ___________, while Lower Egypt is located in the ____________.
Who is Menes? What is South;North
400
What language became the "go-between" language of Canaanite nations. This was probably the language Jesus spoke.
What is Aramaic?
400
What caused Israel to split into two parts?
What is: Rehoboam was asked to lower taxes, but instead he raised taxes on the people. Jeroboam took 10 tribes and became King of the Northern tribes of Israel, and Rehoboam remained King of the Southern tribes of Judah.
400
Which Pharaoh was in power during the 10 plagues of Egypt?
Who is Amenhotep II?
500
What is the name of the first ancient empire which formed in Mesopotamia
What is the Akkadian Empire?
500
Draw the Social Structure Pyramid of Egypt
What is: Pharaoh Priests & Nobles Merchants Common People Slaves
500
Explain how Tyre was conquered.
What is: Alexander the Great build a land bridge that extended 1/2 a mile to connect the island of Tyre to the mainland. He used catapults on siege towers to besiege the city, while surrounding the city with his fleet of ships. Eventually the wall fell, and Alexander the Great slaughtered many within the walls of Tyre.
500
The 70 years of exile that God sent upon the disobedient Israelites is known as what?
What is the Babylonian Captivity?
500
Which Pharaoh's tomb did we watch in class? (Hint: Youngest Pharaoh ruler in history)
Who is King Tutankhamen or King Tut?