Ch 2 Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt

Question 1

Who was the 1st king of the Israelites

Accepted Answer

Saul

Question 2

What culture group was responsible for developing the “contract” and the “bill of sale?”

Accepted Answer

Phoenicians

Question 3

Who was the main character of the world’s oldest recorded story

Accepted Answer

Gilgamesh

Question 4

Where did the Epic of Gilgamesh take place

Accepted Answer

Sumer

Question 5

What does the world “cuneiform” mean

Accepted Answer

Wedge Shaped

Question 6

Who invaded the Egyptians during the Middle Kingdom and ruled for 150 years

Accepted Answer

Hyksos

Question 7

What empire did Cyrus the Great rule over

Accepted Answer

Persian

Question 8

What kingdom was referred to as the “Ten Lost Tribes?”

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 9

What type of government is it when the king is also the high priest?

Accepted Answer

Theocracy

Question 10

What does the word“pharaoh” mean

Accepted Answer

Great House

Question 11

Along what 2 riverswere the city-states of Sumer situated

Accepted Answer

Tigris & Euphrates

Question 12

Which of the following Pharoah's was a women

Accepted Answer

Hatshepsut

Question 13

What was the name ofchief god of the Egyptians

Accepted Answer

Ra

Question 14

Mesopotamia means

Accepted Answer

Land between 2 rivers

Question 15

What body of water does the Tigris and Euphrates flow into

Accepted Answer

Persian Gulf

Question 16

What ancient trade civilization developed the alphabet?

Accepted Answer

Phoencians

Question 17

What was the center of an ancient Sumerian city

Accepted Answer

Ziggurat

Question 18

Which religion is usually credited with being the world’s first monotheistic religion?

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 19

King Solomon’s was most known for his

Accepted Answer

wisdom

Question 20

The Rosetta Stone allowed archaeologists to translate

Accepted Answer

Hieroglyphics

Question 21

Which Persian Emperor freed the Jews and is known as a “Messiah” in the Torah

Accepted Answer

Cyrus

Question 22

Which person made the covenant with Yahweh founding the Jewish Religion

Accepted Answer

Abraham

Question 23

Who was the 1st King of Egypt

Accepted Answer

Narmar

Question 24

What purpose did the Egyptian pyramids serve?

Accepted Answer

Tombs

Question 25

In Sumer, probably 90% of its population did what for a living

Accepted Answer

Farmer

Question 26

Name the world’s longest river.

Accepted Answer

Nile

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