World History Ch2 BJU

The pharaoh of the Exodus was probably

Croesus ruled the

Which of the following civilizations included all the other civilizations?

The Bible refers to Cyrus as

The king at the height of the Chaldean Empire was

Which civilization did God use to protect and provide help for the Jews?

Which people established a commercial empire by land?

What two rivers enclosed Mesopotamia?

Giza is the location of the

What is the earliest known form of writing?

The Arameans are believed to have been the orginators of the alphabet

Which two rivers cradled the first civilizations?

What city is associated with the Phoenicians?

The great female ruler of Egypt was

The language spoken by Jesus and His disciples was probably

The Persian ruled the ancient world until the arrival of

What ruler conquered Sumer, built the first empire, and had his capital at Akkad?

Israel's history can be traced back to

Sumerian temple towers were called

The Persians did not borrow from other civilizations but rather established a completely Persian culture

Assyrians were known for all the following except

Which of the following civilizations was used by God to protect and provide for His chosen people?

Which of the following is not associated with the Sumerian civilization?

The Epic of Gilgamesh gives an account of what biblical event?

The Hebrew language was used as a go-between among the nations of the Fertile Crescent

The greatest merchants in Canaan were the

Which civilization supplied much of the materials needed for the building of the Hebrew temple?

What group of people was favored in Egyptian society but not in many of the other ancient civilizations?

The prophet Ezekiel foretold the destruction of which Phoenician city?

Egyptians believed that the body must be preserved for the person to enjoy life after death

The messianic line is through

Which one of the following peoples was not polytheistic?

Which of the following was not a Persian king?

Which of the following peoples had their capitals at Babylon?

Although God used the Egypt as a place of preservation for His people, He severely punished Egypt for its false gods.

The Arameans are called what in the Old Testament?

The twelve tribes of Israel divided over what issue?

Before the twentieth century the Old Testament was the only source of information concerning the Hittites

Belshazzar and the Chaldeans were conquered by the

What language was the go-between language of the Middle East?

Sennacherib was a(n) ____________ king

What geographic factor contributed to the unity of Egypt?

The greatest Egyptian warrior-king, sometimes called the "Napoleon of Egypt," was

Purple dye and cedar trees were two valuable natural resources of the

The dispersion, or scattering, of the Jews is known as the

The Assyrians built their empire along the Euphrates River

The Royal Road was part of which civilization?

Which period of Egyptian history is known as "The Age of the Empire"?

What term means the worship of many gods?

During which rulers reign did the New Babylonian Empire reach its height?

The Middle Kingdom of Egypt was followed by a temporary period of foreign rule by the

Howard Carter is best known for his discovery of

Amorites practiced astronomy, an intrepretation of human events and destinies by the position of the planets and stars

Which period of Egyptian history is known as "The Age of the Pharaohs?

What city was not the only capital of the Assyrian Empire but also a city where Jonah preached?

The first people known to have a solar calendar were the

What so-called science involves predicting the future based on the positions of celestial objects?

The Hyksos rule of Egypt is important because of their introduction of the art of war to the Egyptians

What geographic factor helped preserved the monuments, the documents, and the bodies of ancient Egyptian rulers?

The Hittites dominated the region of

The sacred writings of Zoroastrianism are called the

The kingdom of Judah was made up of the tribes of

The laws of Hammurabi were based on social class

Because of the northward flow of the Nile River, the northern region of ancient Egypt was call "Upper Egypt"

The Chaldeans can also be called the