7 - Topic 2 Test Review

Question 1

What does the Jewish holiday of Passover commemorate? Choose the TWO correct answers.

Accepted Answer

God freeing the Jews fromm slavery in Egypt, the Exodus

Question 2

Which of the following statemenets correctly describe the Great Royal Road? Choose TWO Answers

Accepted Answer

It was used to transport trade goods and tribute across the empire, Persians created the fastest communication system of the ancient world

Question 3

What led to the conquest of Sumer?

Accepted Answer

the fighting among city-states

Question 4

Outside of Israel, where do the largest number of Jews live today?

Accepted Answer

in the United States

Question 5

What did Sumerian sculptors create that was different from earlier sculptures?

Accepted Answer

realistic statutes of humans

Question 6

How did Cyrus the Great's treatment of the Jews of Jerusalem differ from that of the neo-Babylonians?

Accepted Answer

The neo-Babylonians forced them into exile

Question 7

The official religion of the Persian Empire was and its belief is

Accepted Answer

Zoroastrianism: Meditation is the path to enlightment

Question 8

What city became the center of Hammurabi's Mesopotamian empire?

Accepted Answer

Babylon

Question 9

What date on the timeline marks the beginning of the Jewish Diaspora?

Accepted Answer

c587 BCE

Question 10

When Judaism began, how was it different from other religions in the ancient world?

Accepted Answer

Judaism held that there was one God who set down laws about right and wrong

Question 11

Look at the photograph. What Sumerian art form does the photograph show?

Accepted Answer

cyliinder seals

Question 12

Read the excerpt from Hammurabi's Code. What does this quote illustrate about the nature of Hammurabi's Code?

Accepted Answer

The law did not treat all members of society equally

Question 13

Look at the map: What could BEST be inferred from the map?

Accepted Answer

Phoenicians trraded with peoples in Africa and Europe

Question 14

Which of the following correctly describe the Epic of Gilgamesh? Choose TWO correct answers

Accepted Answer

It was written iin cuneiform, It is a myth, telling the story of a legendary hero named Gilgamesh

Question 15

Which of the following texts contains communtaries on the teachings of Moses?

Accepted Answer

The Talmud

Question 16

Sumer is important in world history because it was

Accepted Answer

the world's first civilization, the world's largest empire

Question 17

Which of the following are included in the Ten Commandments? Select the TWO correct answers.

Accepted Answer

You shall not steal, Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy

Question 18

The Phoeniccian alphabet was based on

Accepted Answer

sounds

Question 19

The common set of values and beliefs shared by Judaism and Christianity is known as the

Accepted Answer

Judeo-Christian tradition

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