Question 1

Compare the Jewish religion with Zoroastrianism. What are the key features of each? What distinguished these two religions from earlier Mesopotamian religion? How have these two religions influenced our own time?

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The answer of Compare the Jewish religion with Zoroastrianism. What...

Question 2

Answer the following questions:
-Kush

Accepted Answer

Kush was a kingdom in Nubia that adopted Egyptian cultural elements such as hieroglyphics and pyramids and later conquered Egypt.

Question 3

What was the role of women in Hebrew society? How and why did the adoption of a settled lifestyle affect women?

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The answer of What was the role of women in...

Question 4

Answer the following questions:
-Zoroastrianism

Accepted Answer

This describes Zoroastrianism, a religion that originated in ancient Persia and is still practiced by a small number of people today. It emphasizes the worship of one god and the struggle between good and evil in the world.

Question 5

Answer the following questions:
-Iron Age

Accepted Answer

The Iron Age is defined as the period when iron became the dominant material for tools and weapons, starting around 1100 B.C.E.

Question 6

Compare the two great empires-Assyrian and Persian-that emerged after the thirteenth century B.C.E. How were they created? How were they ruled? How do historians explain the differences and similarities between them?

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The answer of Compare the two great empires-Assyrian and Persian-that...

Question 7

Answer the following questions:
-satraps

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Satraps were administrators in the Persian Empire responsible for local governance, tax collection, legal matters, and maintaining order.

Question 8

Answer the following questions:
-Phoenicians

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The Phoenicians were a seafaring people from Canaan who traded and founded colonies throughout the Mediterranean and spread the phonetic alphabet.

Answer: F
 The Covenant was an agreement that the Hebrews believed to exist between themselves and Yahweh, in which he would consider them his chosen people if they worshiped him as their only god.

Answer: G
 Satraps were administrators in the Persian Empire who controlled local government, collected taxes, heard legal cases, and maintained order.

Question 9

What were the key features of Persian government? How did they contribute to the empire's relative internal peace?

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The answer of What were the key features of Persian...

Question 10

Answer the following questions:
-Yahweh

Accepted Answer

Yahweh is the sole god in Hebrew monotheism, later Anglicized as Jehovah.

Question 11

Answer the following questions:
-Torah

Accepted Answer

The Torah refers to the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Pentateuch.

Answer: D
 Yahweh is the sole god in Hebrew monotheism, and is later Anglicized as Jehovah.

Answer: C
 The seafaring people from Canaan who traded and spread the phonetic alphabet throughout the Mediterranean were the Phoenicians.

Answer: F
 The agreement that the Hebrews believed to exist between themselves and Yahweh, in which he would consider them his chosen people if they worshiped him as their only god, is known as the Covenant.

Answer: H
 The religion based on ideas that stressed devotion to the god Ahuramazda and emphasizing the individual's responsibility to choose between good and evil is Zoroastrianism.

Note: Options A and B do not match the given definitions. Option G describes the roles of the Satraps in the Persian Empire, but is not mentioned in the given definitions.

Question 12

Answer the following questions:
-Covenant

Accepted Answer

The definition matches the concept of covenant, which is a religious agreement between the Hebrews and Yahweh.

Quiz 2: Small Kingdoms and Mighty Empires in the Near East

Compare the Jewish religion with Zoroastrianism. What are the key features of each? What distinguished these two religions from earlier Mesopotamian religion? How have these two religions influenced our own time?

Answer the following questions: -Kush

What was the role of women in Hebrew society? How and why did the adoption of a settled lifestyle affect women?

Answer the following questions: -Zoroastrianism

Answer the following questions: -Iron Age

Compare the two great empires-Assyrian and Persian-that emerged after the thirteenth century <sc>B.C.E.</sc> How were they created? How were they ruled? How do historians explain the differences and similarities between them?

Answer the following questions: -satraps

Answer the following questions: -Phoenicians

What were the key features of Persian government? How did they contribute to the empire's relative internal peace?

Answer the following questions: -Yahweh

Answer the following questions: -Torah

Answer the following questions: -Covenant