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Question 1

Nomadic Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula are

Answer 1

Bedouins

Question 2

One continent that does NOT meet at the Middle East is

Answer 2

AUSTRALIA

Question 3

In ancient times, millstones were used for

Answer 3

Grinding grain

Question 3

Phoenetions most valuable

Answer 3

ALPHABET

Question 4

What did most people of the Middle East do after they ate at noon

Answer 4

Rested

Question 5

Important Phoenician city trading post in Northern Africa

Answer 5

Carthage duh

Question 6

What did the Phoenicians make from murex

Answer 6

Purple dye

Question 7

Early empire builders

Answer 7

Hitties

Question 8

Powerful ruler who controls Lè empire

Answer 8

Emperor

Question 9

Made Lè first coins

Answer 9

Lydia (Lè country)

Question 11

Who was the last king of Lydia, a man famous for his great wealth?

Answer 11

Croesus

Question 12

List the first three kings of Israel

Answer 12

Saul, David, Solomon

Question 13

People that were so involved in wickedness that they left no great contribution to the world

Answer 13

Canaanites duh.

Question 14

Which people conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel and took them captive.

Answer 14

Assyrians

Question 15

Which people conquered Southern Kingdom of Judah and took them captive.

Answer 15

Babylonians

Question 16

The process of making coins

Answer 16

Minting

Question 17

Group of people traveling together with pack animals is a

Answer 17

Caravan

Question 17

Most important river in Israel

Answer 17

Jordan

Question 18

Trade conducted by giving goods for other desired goods is known as

Answer 18

Barter

Question 20

The chief god of the Canaanites

Answer 20

Baal

Question 21

The prophet sent by god to warn Nineveh

Answer 21

Jonah

Question 22

The laws of the Babylonians were gathered and written down by their leader

Answer 22

Hammurabi

Question 23

The city famous for the Hanging Gardens was

Answer 23

Babylon

Question 24

The Babylonian king who took Daniel captive and brought him to Babylon was

Answer 24

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 25

The king who allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple was

Answer 25

Cyrus

Question 26

Eventually the Persians were conquered by the

Answer 26

Greeks

Question 27

The lowest place on the earth’s land surface is the

Answer 27

Dead Sea

Question 28

Which king of Israel built the great Temple at Jerusalem?

Answer 28

Solomon

Question 29

What city did the Israelites capture using only shouts and trumpet blasts?

Answer 29

Jericho

Question 30

What plant was used to make a paper-like material?

Answer 30

papyrus

Question 31

God’s basic rules for right and wrong are found in the

Answer 31

Ten Commandments

Question 32

Give one reason why the development of coins was so important to trade in the ancient world.

Answer 32

The coins were stamped on both sides, making it more difficult for anyone to cheat by cutting away some of the metal. They were also easier to handle than metal bars and more convenient than barter.

Question 33

Know the following locations on the maps of ancient Middle East & Asia:

Answer 33

Byblos, Persia, Sinai Peninsula, Nineveh, Lydia, Euphrates River, Assyria, Mt. Sinai, Phoenicia, Red Sea, Black Sea, Rub al Khali, Huang He, Mt. Everest, Mt. Ararat, Caspian Sea, Yangtze River, Himalayas