World History Ch2 BJU

The Bible refers to Cyrus as

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

The twelve tribes of Israel divided over what issue?

Which two rivers cradled the first civilizations?

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

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

The Chaldeans can also be called the

Israel's history can be traced back to

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

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

The Royal Road was part of which civilization?

The king at the height of the Chaldean Empire was

Giza is the location of the

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

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

The kingdom of Judah was made up of the tribes of

What city is associated with the Phoenicians?

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

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

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

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

The great female ruler of Egypt was

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

The Arameans are called what in the Old Testament?

The messianic line is through

Croesus ruled the

What geographic factor contributed to the unity of Egypt?

Which of the following was not a Persian king?

What two rivers enclosed Mesopotamia?

Sennacherib was a(n) ____________ king

The language spoken by Jesus and His disciples was probably

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

The Persian ruled the ancient world until the arrival of

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

Howard Carter is best known for his discovery of

The greatest merchants in Canaan were the

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

The laws of Hammurabi were based on social class

Which of the following peoples had their capitals at Babylon?

What is the earliest known form of writing?

Belshazzar and the Chaldeans were conquered by the

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

The sacred writings of Zoroastrianism are called the

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

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

Which people established a commercial empire by land?

The first people known to have a solar calendar were the

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

The pharaoh of the Exodus was probably

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

What term means the worship of many gods?

The Hittites dominated the region of

Which of the following civilizations included all the other civilizations?

Sumerian temple towers were called

Which one of the following peoples was not polytheistic?

The Assyrians built their empire along the Euphrates River

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

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

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

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

Assyrians were known for all the following except

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

The prophet Ezekiel foretold the destruction of which Phoenician city?

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

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