Deck 2: The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Answers may vary.

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Answers may vary.

Question 3

Talk about:
monotheism

Answer 3

Answers may vary.

Question 4

Talk about:
Moses

Question 5

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

Question 6

Talk about:
David

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

Talk about:
Saul

Question 11

Talk about:
Solomon

Question 12

Talk about:
Yahweh

Question 13

Talk about:
the Exodus

Question 14

Talk about:
Hebrews

Question 15

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

Question 16

Talk about:
Hebrew Bible

Question 17

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

Question 18

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 19

Talk about:
Canaan

Question 20

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

Question 21

Talk about:
prophets

Question 22

Talk about:
Nimrud and Nineveh

Question 23

Talk about:
Ashur

Question 24

Talk about:
Byblos, Tyre, and Sidon

Question 25

Talk about:
the kingdom of Judah

Question 26

Talk about:
Torah

Question 27

Talk about:
Tiglath-Pileser I

Question 28

Talk about:
Jerusalem

Question 29

Talk about:
the covenant

Question 30

Talk about:
the Temple

Question 31

Talk about:
Neo-Babylonian Empire

Question 32

Talk about:
the Pentateuch

Question 33

Talk about:
the ten lost tribes

Question 34

Talk about:
Ashurbanipal and Sennacherib

Question 35

Talk about:
Assyrians

Question 36

Talk about:
Phoenicians

Question 37

Talk about:
Phoenician alphabet

Question 38

Talk about:
Babylonian captivity of the Jews

Question 39

Talk about:
Chaldeans and Medes

Question 40

Talk about:
the Diaspora

Question 41

Talk about:
Persians

Question 42

Talk about:
Ishtar Gate

Question 43

Talk about:
Cambyses II

Question 44

Talk about:
Darius

Question 45

Talk about:
the "king's eye" or "king's messenger"

Question 46

Talk about:
Mithra

Question 47

Talk about:
Magi

Question 48

Talk about:
Susa and Persepolis

Question 49

Talk about:
Zoroaster

Question 50

Talk about:
Nebuchadnezzar II

Question 51

Talk about:
Ahriman

Question 52

Talk about:
Herodotus

Question 53

Talk about:
Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Question 54

Talk about:
Cyrus the Great

Question 55

Talk about:
the Royal Road

Question 56

Talk about:
Achaemenid dynasty

Question 57

Talk about:
the Zend Avesta

Question 58

Talk about:
Ahuramazda

Question 59

Talk about:
Nabonidus

Question 60

Talk about:
satrap and satrapy

Question 61

Talk about:
ethical dualism

Question 62

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 63

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 64

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 65

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 66

Moses united the Israelites after their enslavement in

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

Question 67

Talk about:
patriarchal

Question 68

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 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 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 71

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 72

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 73

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.

Question 74

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

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

Question 75

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 76

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 77

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 78

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 79

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 80

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