Chapter 2 (including Christianity Questions) The Fertile Crescent Review

Question 1

Who united Sumer's city-states into one large empire?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi

Question 2

What is Hammurabi's Code?

Accepted Answer

the first set of written laws

Question 3

Why did the Roman governor condemn Jesus to death?

Accepted Answer

He was accused of saying God was greater than the emperor.

Question 4

Who led the Israelites out of Egypt and back to Canaan?

Accepted Answer

Moses

Question 5

The writing of a disciple

Accepted Answer

Gospel

Question 6

A follower of Jesus

Accepted Answer

disciple

Question 7

A letter about Christianity

Accepted Answer

epistle

Question 8

What did the Babylonians and Israelites have in common?

Accepted Answer

They both lived according to a code of laws.

Question 9

Why were the Sumerian city-states independent of one another?

Accepted Answer

travel between them was difficult

Question 10

To force someone to live in another country

Accepted Answer

exile

Question 11

A savior who bring justice and freedom

Accepted Answer

messiah

Question 12

An organized list of laws or rules

Accepted Answer

code

Question 13

What kind of material did the Babylonian scribes use for writing?

Accepted Answer

clay

Question 14

The correct order of Israel's kings are: David, Saul, and Solomon.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Israel was never conquered or defeated by any other civilization.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

The Assyrians invented the battering ram.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Phoenicia became the first _________ empire.

Accepted Answer

trading

Question 18

A story about gods that explain people's beliefs.

Accepted Answer

myth

Question 19

Phoenician sailors made purple dye out of

Accepted Answer

snails

Question 20

Under the leadership of King Saul the Israelites conquered all of Canaan.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

An ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 22

The belief in many gods.

Accepted Answer

polytheism

Question 23

Many territories and people who are controlled by one government.

Accepted Answer

empire

Question 24

What caused the Israelites to leave Canaan and go to Egypt?

Accepted Answer

famine

Question 25

Mesopotamian writing on clay tablets using wedge and line shapes is called?

Accepted Answer

cuneiform

Question 26

Assyrian warriors were merciful to their enemies.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

Who led the Israelites to a belief in one God?

Accepted Answer

Abraham

Question 28

The Assyrian empire did not reach the Mediterranean Sea.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

The Phoenicians simplified Cuneiform by creating what?

Accepted Answer

alphabet

Question 30

A group of traders traveling together

Accepted Answer

caravan

Question 31

During the decline of Rome, the emperors:

Accepted Answer

blamed Christianity for wide variety of problems

Question 32

A person who chooses to die for a cause

Accepted Answer

martyr

Question 33

A marketplace where one can buy things such as cotton, cloth and spices.

Accepted Answer

bazaar

Question 34

A ziggurat was the main temple of the gods in a Sumerian city.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

Babylonians and Assyrians were vicious warriors but they valued?

Accepted Answer

learning

Question 36

In Mesopotamia, a person who could read and write was a called?

Accepted Answer

Scribe

Question 37

The capital city of modern Israel

Accepted Answer

Jerusalem

Question 38

Symbols for writing that represent sounds are called...

Accepted Answer

alphabet

Question 39

Which of the following was a natural crossroads of trade?

Accepted Answer

Babylon

Question 40

The belief in one God.

Accepted Answer

monotheism

Question 41

Which of the following is the site of the earliest known civilization?

Accepted Answer

Sumer

Question 42

What brought the rich soil to the Fertile Crescent?

Accepted Answer

springtime floods

Question 43

Rivers supplied rich soil, fish, reeds to make boats, and clay for building.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

Where did writing first develop?

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 45

King of the New Babylonian empire

Accepted Answer

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 46

A time when people starve because there is little food.

Accepted Answer

famine

Question 47

A professional writer.

Accepted Answer

scribe

Question 48

The region occupied by ancient Israelites is called?

Accepted Answer

Canaan

Question 49

Whose writings helped turn Christianity into an organized religion?

Accepted Answer

Paul

Question 50

The Israelites lived well in Egypt for 600 years before becoming slaves.

Accepted Answer

True

Chapter 2 (including Christianity Questions) The Fertile Crescent Review

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Chapter 2 (including Christianity Questions) The Fertile Crescent Review

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