Deck 7: The Settlement of the Americas and the Pacific Islands

Question 1

What was the name of the Phoenicians' most substantial and influential colony in the ancient world?

A)Carthage
B)Alexandria
C)Babylon
D)Cornwall
E)Sidon

Answer 1

Carthage

Question 2

Why might modern Iranians see their country as having long played a pivotal role in the affairs of the wider world?

A)It had a strategic location that was a crossroads for those traveling between the Mediterranean and China and/or India.
B)The Persians successfully mediated between the Muslims and the Hindus of India.
C)Their peoples had emerged from the central Asian steppes with a highly organized government already in place.
D)With their entrance into Persia, the Persians brought much-needed agricultural skills.
E)Though mostly nomadic in the beginning, the Persians quickly settled down and established important trading centers.

Answer 2

It had a strategic location that was a crossroads for those traveling between the Mediterranean and China and/or India.

Question 3

From which present-named area did the Phoenicians obtain the tin they needed for bronze-making?

A)France
B)Britain
C)China
D)Spain
E)Greece

Answer 3

Britain

Question 4

The Assyrians were able to capture fortified towns using which method of warfare?

A)massed formations
B)siege warfare
C)light infantry tactics
D)chariot charges
E)biological warfare

Question 5

Which of the following is the most notable accomplishment of the Phoenicians?

A)the discovery of gold
B)the development of a sailing ship's rudder
C)the development of a magnetic compass as an aid to navigation
D)a rejection of international trade to focus on internal peace
E)the development of a phonetic alphabet for writing

Question 6

What was the general governmental policy of the Persian Empire regarding its many subject peoples?

A)Business enterprises and foreign trade were actively encouraged.
B)The kings did not try to pass themselves off as gods.
C)Local religious beliefs, laws, and customs were tolerated in return for loyalty.
D)A special law code applying to everyone was enacted and enforced.
E)All subjects were required to conform to Persian religious beliefs.

Question 7

What actions characterized the Hebrew prophets of the eighth to the fifth centuries B.C.E.?

A)They lived among the people without calling attention to themselves.
B)They preached God's word and converted many unbelievers.
C)They spoke out often concerning social justice for the powerless.
D)They aligned themselves to their kings without much thought for the ordinary people.
E)They advised harsh treatment for all non-Jews.

Question 8

What was the chief town in the Assyrian Empire?

A)Jericho
B)Jerusalem
C)Nineveh
D)Cairo
E)Tyre

Question 9

Shortly after entering the Promised Land of Canaan, the Hebrews engaged in a series of wars with which of the following?

A)Assyrians
B)Egyptians
C)Philistines
D)Babylonians
E)Amorites

Question 10

What did the Hebrews do after their mass exodus from Egypt?

A)Settled in an under-populated area of coastal Palestine.
B)Defeated the Canaanites and established a kingdom with Saul as their first king.
C)Defeated the Philistines first and then turned to the Canaanites, who proved much harder to conquer.
D)Established a kingdom ruled by Solomon, then David, and finally Saul.
E)United with the Canaanites in order to defeat the more powerful Philistines.

Question 11

Which of these empires might most accurately be termed multicultural?

A)Egypt
B)Assyria
C)Sumer
D)Persia
E)Babylonia

Question 12

Which ancient civilization was talented in military warfare and had an appreciation for architecture?

A)Phoenicians
B)Hyksos
C)Carthaginians
D)Assyrians
E)Persians

Question 13

Which one of the following men united the Persians and became king?

A)Darius I
B)Cambyses
C)Cyrus
D)Xerxes I
E)Xerxes III

Question 14

Which modern-day country is most associated with the location of the Persian Empire?

A)Iraq
B)Jordan
C)Egypt
D)Iran
E)Syria

Question 15

What major event shook the Hebrew nation during the reign of King Solomon's successor?

A)Jerusalem became the Jewish capital.
B)A revolt split the Hebrew Kingdom in two.
C)The Temple was totally destroyed.
D)Judges began to administer the Hebrew tribes.
E)The Babylonians captured all of the people of Israel.

Question 16

What did the Babylonians do with many of the Jews after the capture of Judea?

A)Murdered them to serve as examples to the rest.
B)Made them a part of the Assyrian Empire.
C)Held them hostage to ensure that the remainder of their people would not rebel.
D)They caused the Jews to be lost to history, becoming known as the Ten Lost Tribes of Jewish tradition.
E)Lured them away from their monotheistic faith.

Question 17

What would be the best one-word description of the Hebrew society's values?

A)egalitarian
B)matriarchal
C)backward
D)progressive
E)patriarchal

Question 18

After the Babylonian Captivity, how did the Hebrews see their relationship to Yahweh?

A)He was never a strong deity in Samaria.
B)He allowed the Jews to be humiliated.
C)He was an impulsive and unpredictable god.
D)He became the first and only "single god" in ancient history.
E)He became a personal deity who wanted to be friends with his people.

Question 19

When the Hebrew people were first united under Saul, most were of what occupation or status?

A)rural herders and peasants
B)masters of navigation and migration
C)wealthy merchants and traders
D)skilled at iron smelting
E)artists and sculptors

Question 20

With which civilization would Zarathustra have his strongest association?

A)Assyrian
B)Persian
C)Hebrew
D)Philistine
E)Phoenician

Question 21

The fanatical Jewish leaders who believed so strongly in the protection of Yahweh were called ____________________.

Question 22

Despite their cruelty, the Assyrians had a great appreciation for all forms of ____________________.

Question 23

____________________ became the state religion of the Persians during the Sassanian Dynasty.

Question 24

What caused the First Diaspora?

A)a failed rebellion against the Assyrian army
B)the exile of the Jews to Babylon
C)the release of the Jews from captivity
D)the Jewish Exodus from Egypt
E)the death of King Solomon

Question 25

____________________ was the term used by the Hebrews for non-Jewish people.

Question 26

The Jewish god Yahweh was viewed as an ____________________ and ____________________ god that was master over all and was present everywhere.

Question 27

What was the purpose of the Covenant between Yahweh and the Hebrew people?

A)It established the promise of a Heavenly Kingdom on Earth.
B)It replaced an earlier moral contract between Yahweh and earlier prophets such as Amos and Isaiah.
C)It dealt with ethical matters but left other matters under the control of civil leaders.
D)It promised that if the Hebrews kept their solid faith in Yahweh, they would defeat all of their enemies.
E)It has failed, in later times, to adapt when social circumstances changed.

Question 28

Which ancient civilization spread the art of iron making?

A)Aryans
B)Persians
C)Assyrians
D)Phoenicians
E)Hebrews

Question 29

The ____________________ later improved the Phoenicians' alphabet and added signs for vowels.

Question 30

How did the Persian Empire rule their conquered provinces?

A)by direct rule
B)through local priests
C)by direct rule of the King of Kings
D)by enslaving all conquered peoples
E)through appointed satraps

Question 31

During the reign of Darius I, the king attempted to accomplish all of the following EXCEPT

A)conquer Greece
B)introduce stable gold and silver coinage
C)create a calendar
D)adopt Zoroastrianism as the official religion
E)create a law code

Question 32

The ____________________ became the greatest maritime traders and colonizers of the ancient Near East.

Question 33

In 586 B.C.E., ____________________ captured Judea and destroyed the ____________________ built by King Solomon.

Question 34

What was the capital of the Persian Empire?

A)Susa
B)Persepolis
C)Ecbatana
D)Jerusalem
E)Tyre

Question 35

​All of the following were prophets of the Judean Jews EXCEPT

A)​Amos
B)​Hosea
C)​Ezekiel
D)​Isaiah
E)​Cyrus

Question 36

What was the critical   factor in the Jews' vision of God's promise that had developed by the first century C.E.?

A)A link between the merciful deity and humans' ethical conduct on Earth.
B)The belief that God was all-powerful and that he controlled all human affairs.
C)A belief that God was supreme over all other deities.
D)A promise of an eternal life given by God to those whom he deemed worthy.
E)Their belief in a messiah who would remove his people from their troubled lives on Earth.

Question 37

The Assyrians derived their name from their fierce, chief god called ____________________.

Question 38

When the Jewish faith accepted Yahweh's promise of rewards for those who did good, it became one of the first faiths to incorporate which concept?

A)give and take
B)good and evil
C)a supernatural deity
D)ethics, or the study of good and evil
E)other worldliness

Question 39

Which of these statements was true of Jewish marriages?

A)There was no disgrace in remaining single or dedicating one's life to Yahweh.
B)When a woman married, her property was given to her husband.
C)Young women had the opportunity to reject one marriage partner proffered by her parents.
D)Adultery was a crime for women but not for men unless committed with a married woman.
E)Women often initiated divorce proceedings.

Question 40

When the enemies of the Assyrians captured the city of ____________________, they ____________________ the land to prevent the site from ever being used again.

Question 41

Term for identification: Hebrews

Question 42

What were the notable differences between the Phoenician civilization and the Assyrians, Persians, and Hebrews?

Question 43

Term for identification: Phoenicians

Question 44

Term for identification: Babylonian Captivity

Question 45

Compare and contrast the religions of the  Assyrians, Persians, Phoenicians, and Hebrews.

Question 46

Term for identification: Zarathustra

Question 47

Describe the military tactics used by the Assyrians. Evaluate the effectiveness of these tactics and policies that made the Assyrians a "feared and hated people."

Question 48

In what ways did the Persian Empire contribute to the advancement of civilization? Compare these contributions with the contributions of the Assyrians, Phoenicians and Hebrews.

Question 49

Trace the development and evolution of the Jewish faith from 1900 B.C.E. to 1 B.C.E.

Question 50

Term for identification: satrapies

Question 51

Explain the role of women in Jewish society.

Question 52

Term for identification: Tanakh

Question 53

Term for identification: Cyrus the Great

Question 54

Term for identification: Nineveh

Question 55

Term for identification: Exodus

Question 56

Term for identification: Diaspora