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1
According to Greek philosophy, what basic idea underlies the understanding of truth?
Only intellectual men can understand truth.
God is the measure of all things.
Reasonable questions must be presented to understand truth.
Man is the measure of all things.
2
To whom did the Southern Kingdom of Israel fall?
Persians
Hittites
Chaldeans
Assyrians
3
What was the name of sixteen cities that Alexander the Greater named after himself?
Alexandria
George
Peter Pan
Famous Amos
4
In the Greek cities, what hilltop fortress was the seat of government and religion?
Acropolis
Agora
Gymnasium
Ampitheater
5
What prohpet warned the city of Ninevah of God's coming judgement?
Isaiah
Jonah
Nahum
Jeremiah
6
Who was the king of all the Greek gods?
Apollo
Artemis
Achilles
Zeus
7
How many ways was Alexander's empire divided?
Four
Two
Three
Five
8
What Persian ruler built the Royal Road?
Darius
Alexander the Great
Philip II
Cyrus
9
Alexander the Great was tutored by
Aristotle
, a famous Greek philosopher.
False
True
10
After Nabopolassar conquered all of Mesopotamia, what empire did he establish?
Assyrian
New Babylonian
Persian
Greek
11
The
Phoenicians
spread the alphabet as they went on trading ventures.
False
True
12
Which statement best explains God's hand in human events?
Kings and their empires were used by God to prepare for Jesus' birth.
Kings and their empires were not used by God in any way.
Only the Persian Empire was used by God for judgement on nations.
13
What peninsula is located in western Asia between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?
Midas Peninsula
Siberian Peninsula
Asia Minor
Asia Major
14
Under the reign of Belshazzar, the
Babylonian
Empire fell to the Medes and the Persians.
False
True
15
Pericles
brought the Athenian democracy to its fullest measure.
False
True
16
Who pushed Israel to its greatest extent?
David
Solomon
Saul
17
The term
Hellenistic Age
is used to define the time period between Alexander's conquest and the Roman Empire.
False
True
18
Daniel
interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream concering prophetic empires.
True
False
19
The Peloponessian League was acontrolled by the city of
Sparta.
True
False
20
In what year did the Peloponessian war end?
371 B.C.
404 B.C.
431 B.C.
777 B.C.
21
Who was killed on the battlefield for his disobedience?
Saul
David
Solomon
22
On what mountain did God extend the covenant made with Abraham to the Israelites?
Mt. Sinai
Mt. Ararat
Mt. Everest
Mt. Kilomanjaro
23
What nation carries the legacy of having a complete written account of its history?
Egypt
Israel
Macedonians
Eureka
24
What ancient Greek civilization built the palace at Knossos?
Mycenaeans
Athenians
Spartans
Minoans
25
Who was the aristocrat that introduced democratic principles to Athens?
Steven
Philip
Solon
George
26
What statement best describes the result of ALexander the Great's conquests?
The Greek culture was spread throughout the world.
Alexander's war tactics were passed from empire to empire.
The Persian empire was completely destroyed.
Alexander conquered and ruled Greece and Persia.
27
What structure was reflected in the first Greek city government?
Family
Church
Empire
Kingdom
28
Joshua
led the children of Israel into Canaan by crossing the Jordan River on dry ground.
False
True
29
Leonidas
led the brave Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae
True
False
30
What is a large group of foot sildiers armed with spears and shields, trained to charge the enemy as a group?
Murex
Helots
Phalanx
Anthropomorphists
31
As the first recorded date in history, when were the first Olympic games held?
371 B.C.
431 B.C.
404 B.C.
776 B.C.
32
What king deported the ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom?
Darius
Nabopolasser
Shamaneser V
Nebuchadnezzar
33
The Jews were allowed to return to their homeland by the decree of
Nabonidus,
king of Persia.
True
False
34
Which statement best explains what began the Peloponessian War?
Sparta wanted to unify all of Greece.
Athens felt the need to protect her empire from Sparta.
Sparta felt threatened by the wealthy and exampanding Athenian Empire.
Athens wanted Revenge for her loss on the Greco-Persian War.
35
The Battle of Salamis was a defeat for the
Greeks.
True
False
36
Who asked for wisdom to rule his kingdom?
Solomon
David
Saul
37
What poet is credited with polishing and refining Greek mythology?
Socrates
Aristotle
Homer
The Illiad
38
Under what leader did the Assyrian Empire begin to an extreme extent?
Tiglath-pileser III
Sennacherib
Ashurbanipal
Arses
39
Ashurbanipal, the last great
Assyrian
king, collected a library of cuneiform clay tablets.
True
False
40
After whose reign did Israel split up?
Saul
Solomon
David
41
Who was the first human king of Israel?
David
Saul
Solomon
42
The Hittites were aided in battle by strong weapons made of
iron.
False
True
43
What philosopher chose to drink poison instead of being exiled from Athens?
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
Xenophanes
44
What Macedonian king conqured most of Greece before he was murdered?
Philip II
Nehemiah
Jeremiah
Peter Pan
45
What name did the Southern Kingdom of Israel take when the kingdom divided?
Judah
Isaac
Job
Nemo
