Ancient History Quarter 1 Review

Question 1

What was the type of writing developed by the Egyptians, and what was it used for primarily?

Accepted Answer

Hieroglyphics- government & religious texts (i.e. afterlife)

Question 2

What invention allowed the first civilization to settle in one place?

Accepted Answer

Agriculture

Question 3

Finish the quote: “The mind is not a ___ to be ___, but a ____ to be ____."

Accepted Answer

Vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

Question 4

What is one primary difference b/w the religion of the Egyptians and that of Israel?

Accepted Answer

The Egyptians deified nature as well as their leaders.

Question 5

What is crucial to remember when you or someone you love is walking through suffering?

Accepted Answer

In your darkest moments, remember Christ's darkest moment.

Question 6

What is one example of an archaeological discovery that confirms the OT's historicity?

Accepted Answer

Hezekiah's Tunnel

Question 7

What ancient Egyptian city gives evidence for the presence of Hebrews in ancient Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Avaris

Question 8

Who built the Great Pyramid of Giza?

Accepted Answer

Khufu

Question 9

Why is Job and his friends' response to evil & suffering misguided?

Accepted Answer

They attempt to justify Job or condemn him for some sin

Question 10

What are the three uses of the Law?

Accepted Answer

Restrains sin, Reveals need for Savior, Road for godly livin

Question 11

What caused the Second Intermediate Period?

Accepted Answer

The Hyksos

Question 12

How can people ask the question of the problem of evil & suffering improperly?

Accepted Answer

Why do bad things happen to good people?

Question 13

What ancient Mesopotamian king created the world’s first recorded law code?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi

Question 14

What ancient Mesopotamian myth is often compared to the Genesis account of Noah and the flood?

Accepted Answer

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 15

What is the theme of Egypt's history?

Accepted Answer

Long periods of stability then short periods of chaos

Question 16

What were the first four civilizations of Ancient Mesopotamia in order of when they ruled?

Accepted Answer

Sumer, Akkadia, Ur, Amorites

Question 17

What period of Egyptian history were the pyramids constructed in?

Accepted Answer

Old Kingdom

Question 18

Which empire is responsible for the Code of Hammurabi?

Accepted Answer

Ancient Amorites/Proto-Babylonians

Question 19

What is yet another assumption that is often made concerning the problem of evil?

Accepted Answer

That evil is something outside of us; & not within us.

Question 20

Who built the famous temple of Abu Simbel?

Accepted Answer

Ramses II

Question 21

Finish the quote: “Schools can teach, but they cannot ____.”

Accepted Answer

Educate

Question 22

Which of the following was the first ancient civilization?

Accepted Answer

Sumeria

Question 23

Why is the Nile called the "nice Nile"?

Accepted Answer

Because it was predictable & allowed productive agriculture.

Question 24

What was the ancient capital of Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Memphis

Question 25

What caused the First Intermediate Period?

Accepted Answer

Nomarchs became more powerful thn pharaoh & civil war ensued

Question 26

Which covenant does God partially fulfill while Israel is in Egypt, and how?

Accepted Answer

The Abrahamic- they become numerous.

Question 27

What was the general outlook of the Mesopotamian people?

Accepted Answer

Pessimistic

Question 28

What Hebrew text are our English OT's based primarily on?

Accepted Answer

The Masoretic text (MT) of the Leningrad Codex

Question 29

What is one primary difference between the Code of Hammurabi and the Mosaic Law?

Accepted Answer

The severity of punishments changed based on social class.

Question 30

As we get further from the original events, we discover more manuscripts that actually get us..

Accepted Answer

Closer to the original autographs and history of the OT

Question 31

What is one other assumption that is often made concerning the problem of evil?

Accepted Answer

That God hasn't, isn't, and won't deal with evil.

Question 32

Under which empire was The Epic of Gilgamesh written?

Accepted Answer

Ur III

Question 33

What empire founded the city of Babylon?

Accepted Answer

Amorites

Question 34

Who first united lower and upper Egypt, forming Egypt into a unified empire?

Accepted Answer

Menes

Question 35

What was the world’s first great empire?

Accepted Answer

Akkadia

Question 36

What brought an end to the New Kingdom period of Egyptian history?

Accepted Answer

The Sea Peoples

Question 37

What was the largest city in Ancient Sumeria?

Accepted Answer

Uruk

Question 38

What is the problem of theodicy?

Accepted Answer

If God is all-powerful & all-good, why is there evil?

Question 39

Who were the Masoretes?

Accepted Answer

Jewish scribes who copied the Hebrew Bible w/ strict rules

Question 40

What ancient Mesopotamian city was the hometown of Abram/Abraham?

Accepted Answer

Ur

Question 41

What are two rules of the Masoretic scribes?

Accepted Answer

Had to write with special ink & no word/letter could touch.

Question 42

Who built the temples at Luxor and Karnak?

Accepted Answer

Amenhotep III

Question 43

What is the main importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for the reliability of our OT’s?

Accepted Answer

They contain Masoretic manuscripts matching those much later

Question 44

What ancient archaeological find might give evidence for the 10 plagues of Egypt?

Accepted Answer

The Papyrus of Ipuwer

Question 45

Which Ancient Mesopotamian myth is often compared with the Genesis creation account?

Accepted Answer

The Enuma Elish

Question 46

What Egyptian pharaoh of the New Kingdom brought Egypt to the height of its military power?

Accepted Answer

Amenhotep III

Question 47

Who re-united Upper & Lower Egypt & established a co-regency system that valued the people?

Accepted Answer

Amunemhet

Question 48

What was the first ancient "empire"?

Accepted Answer

Akkadia

Question 49

In which geographical area did the first civilization develop?

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 50

What is one assumption that is often made concerning the problem of evil?

Accepted Answer

That a powerful & good God woud never allow evil & suffering

Question 51

Explain how Jesus “judos” evil and suffering on the cross and so triumphs over it?

Accepted Answer

By dying he puts death to death.

Question 52

What is the primary premise of the Patterns of Evidence documentary?

Accepted Answer

The pattern of Exodus matches archaeology earlier in Egypt.

Question 53

What was the first form of writing called?

Accepted Answer

Cuneiform

Question 54

According to Tim Keller, what CAN'T be the answer to the problem of evil b/c of Christ?

Accepted Answer

That God doesn’t care.

Question 55

Under which period did the Egyptians become even more militaristic?

Accepted Answer

The New Kingdom

Question 56

What is the most difficult premise in Patterns of Evidence for modern Egyptologists to accept?

Accepted Answer

All Egyptian chronology would need to be shifted 200+ years.

Question 57

What are the primary periods of Egyptian history?

Accepted Answer

Early Dyn-Old King.-1st Int., Mid. King.- 2nd Int.-New King.

Question 58

What is one example of the Pre-History Problem?

Accepted Answer

Discovery of Cyclops! -->just bones of ancient elephants

Question 59

What are the 7 covenants of the Bible in order?

Accepted Answer

Redemption, Adamic, Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic, NC

Ancient History Quarter 1 Review

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