Deck 2: The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

Question 1

Compare and contrast the political and cultural achievements of Cyrus and Darius.

Answer 1

Answers may vary.

Question 2

define the following term:
Saul

Answer 2

Answers may vary.

Question 3

define the following term:
Canaan

Answer 3

Answers may vary.

Question 4

define the following term:
monotheism

Question 5

Discuss the role of the husband/father, wife/mother, and the sons and daughters in the Hebrew family.

Question 6

define the following term:
Moses

Question 7

define the following term:
Hebrews

Question 8

How did the Hebrew state and religion differ from earlier Near Eastern states and religions? How were they the same?

Question 9

define the following term:
Yahweh

Question 10

define the following term:
David

Question 11

What roles did the Hebrew Bible, Hebrew law, and the prophets play in the development of Hebrew religion and society?

Question 12

What were the major turning points in Hebrew history, and why?

Question 13

In what ways were the teachings of Zoroaster different from the beliefs of other ancient societies? Relate his beliefs to the development of Persian religion.

Question 14

What ideas associated with Zoroastrianism are common to Judaism and Christianity?

Question 15

Compare and contrast the administrative structure and attitudes toward subject peoples of the Assyrian and Persian empires.

Question 16

define the following term:
Hebrew Bible

Question 17

Examine and describe the relationship in Assyrian society between religion and empire.

Question 18

define the following term:
Solomon

Question 19

define the following term:
the Exodus

Question 20

Discuss the ways various Near Eastern peoples and societies influenced and interacted with one another.

Question 21

define the following term:
Babylonian captivity of the Jews

Question 22

define the following term:
Phoenician alphabet

Question 23

define the following term:
Byblos, Tyre, and Sidon

Question 24

define the following term:
the kingdom of Judah

Question 25

define the following term:
the covenant

Question 26

define the following term:
Chaldeans and Medes

Question 27

define the following term:
Neo-Babylonian Empire

Question 28

define the following term:
Phoenicians

Question 29

define the following term:
the Temple

Question 30

define the following term:
Assyrians

Question 31

define the following term:
Ashur

Question 32

define the following term:
the Pentateuch

Question 33

define the following term:
the Diaspora

Question 34

define the following term:
Tiglath-Pileser I

Question 35

define the following term:
Ashurbanipal and Sennacherib

Question 36

define the following term:
Nimrud and Nineveh

Question 37

define the following term:
the ten lost tribes

Question 38

define the following term:
prophets

Question 39

define the following term:
Jerusalem

Question 40

define the following term:
Torah

Question 41

define the following term:
Herodotus

Question 42

define the following term:
the Royal Road

Question 43

define the following term:
Ahriman

Question 44

define the following term:
Ishtar Gate

Question 45

define the following term:
Nebuchadnezzar II

Question 46

define the following term:
Nabonidus

Question 47

define the following term:
the Zend Avesta

Question 48

define the following term:
Cyrus the Great

Question 49

define the following term:
Ahuramazda

Question 50

define the following term:
Persians

Question 51

define the following term:
Darius

Question 52

define the following term:
Achaemenid dynasty

Question 53

define the following term:
Cambyses II

Question 54

define the following term:
Magi

Question 55

define the following term:
Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Question 56

define the following term:
satrap and satrapy

Question 57

define the following term:
the "king's eye" or "king's messenger"

Question 58

define the following term:
Susa and Persepolis

Question 59

define the following term:
Mithra

Question 60

define the following term:
Zoroaster

Question 61

All of the following are correct about Byblos except :

A)It was an Egyptian commercial center.
B)It was a major Phoenician city.
C)It was a distribution center for Egyptian papyrus.
D)The Greek word for book is derived from its name.
E)It was located in ancient Canaan.

Question 62

The Assyrians are important in history for their innovations in

A)empire building.
B)urban architecture.
C)trade and commerce.
D)fine art and literature.
E)religion.

Question 63

Hebrew religion

A)believed in two gods who struggled for power.
B)was an ethical religion centered around the law of God.
C)taught there was covenant between the Hebrews and Ahurmazda.
D)emphasized the worship of multiple lesser deities in addition to Yahweh.
E)all the above

Question 64

After the death of Solomon, tensions between the northern and southern tribes led to the establishment of two kingdoms, the kingdom of ____ and the kingdom of ____.

A)Palestine and Judea
B)Canaan and Palestine
C) Palestine and Judea
D)Israel and Palestine
E)Israel and Judah

Question 65

define the following term:
ethical dualism

Question 66

The destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. and the Babylonian Captivity of the people of Judah occurred at the hands of the

A)Chaldeans.
B)Assyrians.
C)Philistines.
D)Persians.
E)Sea Peoples.

Question 67

Moses united the Israelites after their enslavement in

A)Canaan.
B)Egypt.
C)Akkad.
D)Persia.
E)Babylonia.

Question 68

According to the biblical account, Solomon's most revered contribution to the Hebrew society was to

A)centralize royal power along the lines of Mesopotamian despotism.
B)divide the Hebrew tribes into two separate political kingdoms.
C)decentralize royal power and spread it among the 12 Hebrew tribes.
D)construct the Temple, the symbolic center of the Hebrew religion and society.
E)receive the Ten Commandments from God.

Question 69

The Hebrew Bible

A)differs fundamentally from the Torah and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.
B)focuses on the basic theme of the necessity of the Hebrews to obey their God.
C)related only the words of the prophets and tells us little about Hebrew daily life.
D)tells little about the history of the Hebrews before the Babylonian Captivity.
E)was written in Aramaic.

Question 70

The greatest international sea traders of the ancient Near East were the

A)Sea Peoples.
B)Phoenicians.
C)Carthaginians.
D)Philistines.
E)Canaanites

Question 71

Scholars generally agree that the Israelites emerged as a distinct group of peoples, possibly organized into tribes between

A)3000 and 2500 B.C.E.
B)2500 and 2000 B.C.E.
C)1800 and 1500 B.C.E.
D)1200 and 1000 B.C.E.
E)600 and 400 B.C.E.

Question 72

define the following term:
patriarchal

Question 73

All of the following are true of the Hebrew conception of God except

A)he was the creator of but not an inherent part of nature.
B)all peoples of the world were subject to him.
C)that he would punish those not following his will.
D)there was no room for personal relationships with him, as his word was law.
E)he was a just and good God.

Question 74

According to the tradition of the Hebrews, they were descendants of the patriarch ____ who had migrated from Mesopotamia to the land of Canaan.

A)Adam
B)Noah
C)Abraham
D)Moses
E)David

Question 75

Which of the following was not part of the Hebrew religious tradition?

A)the law
B)the revelation
C)the covenant
D)the prophets
E)monotheism

Question 76

The Phoenicians' contributions to the ancient Near East included

A)the founding of several permanent colonies on the Italian peninsula.
B)a simplified alphabet and system of writing.
C)the establishment of an empire in Mesopotamia.
D)their defeat and destruction of the Sea Peoples.
E)their conquest of the Philistines.

Question 77

The Hebrew prophets

A)were considered by the Hebrews to be the voice of God.
B)often served as judges in the Hebrew courts.
C)attempted to foretell the future for the Hebrew military leaders.
D)encouraged the integration of Jews and non-Jews.
E)celebrated the acquisition of wealth and power.

Question 78

The Hebrew bible describes the conquest of the Philistines, the Moabites, and Jerusalem as the achievements of

A)Ezra.
B)Joshua.
C)Solomon.
D)David.
E)Saul.

Question 79

The covenant

A)acted as a contract between God and the tribes of Israel.
B)identified the Hebrews as God's chosen people.
C)could only be fulfilled by the Hebrews' obedience to the law of God.
D)was formed during the period of the Exodus
E)all of the above

Question 80

Many scholars today

A)believe the Hebrew Bible is a completely accurate historical record.
B)contend that the Hebrew Bible was originally written down in the fifth century A.D.
C)doubt that the early books of the Hebrew Bible reflects the true history of the Israelites.
D)argue that the Hebrew Bible was first written in Greek.
E)claim that none of the Hebrew Bible was written before the era of the Roman Empire.