5th Grade - HISTORY - Chapter 3

Question 1

They were so wicked they did not leave any important works.

Answer 1

Canaanites

Question 2

Who was Baal?

Answer 2

The name of a Canaanite god

Question 3

After Moses, who was the new leader of the Israelites?

Answer 3

Joshua

Question 4

Who was the first King of Israel?

Answer 4

Saul

Question 5

Who was King David’s son?

Answer 5

Solomon

Question 6

Who was the richest and wisest man that ever lived?

Answer 6

Solomon

Question 7

What was the Northern Kingdom called?

Answer 7

Israel

Question 8

What was the Southern Kingdom called?

Answer 8

Judah

Question 9

King Solomon built the great ______ at Jerusalem.

Answer 9

Temple

Question 10

What was the capital of Assyria?

Answer 10

Nineveh

Question 11

Who was the prophet that God sent to warn the wicked city of Nineveh?

Answer 11

Jonah

Question 12

Who was the great leader of Babylon. He developed a set of law.

Answer 12

Hammurabi

Question 13

What did the King Nebuchadnezzar build that is considered on of the seven wonders of the world?

Answer 13

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Question 14

Whose empire was known as the First Babylonian Empire?

Answer 14

Hammurabi

Question 15

Who did God give the ability to interpret dreams?

Answer 15

Daniel

Question 16

Who did King Nebuchadnezzar find to be ten times wiser than any of the wise men of Babylon?

Answer 16

Daniel

Question 17

Who was the great leader of the Persians?

Answer 17

Cyrus

Question 18

What are the Arabs who wander from place to place?

Answer 18

Bedouins

Question 19

Which people left an alphabet as their most important contribution?

Answer 19

Phoenicians

Question 20

Which people were among the first to build an empire?

Answer 20

Hittites

Question 21

Which people were the first to mint coins?

Answer 21

Lydians

Question 22

Which people were the descendants of Abrahams?

Answer 22

Hebrews

Question 23

Which people were the great sea traders?

Answer 23

Phoenicians

Question 24

Which people took the Northern Kingdom (Israel) into captivity?

Answer 24

Assyrians

Question 25

Who took the Southern Kingdom (Judah) into captivity?

Answer 25

King Nebuchadnezzar

Question 26

Who defeated the Persians?

Answer 26

They were conquered by the Greeks

Question 27

God chose the first leaders of Israel and called them _______

Answer 27

judges

Question 28

After Saul, Israel's first king, disobeyed God and failed whom did God appoint?

Answer 28

David

Question 29

King Solomon built the great ______ at Jerusalem

Answer 29

temple

Question 30

In what great Assyrian city did the prophet Jonah preach?

Answer 30

Nineveh

Question 31

Whose empire was known as the First Babylonian Empire?

Answer 31

Hammurabi

Question 32

Name one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and tell why it was built.

Answer 32

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon -- It was built because Nebuchadnezzar II wanted to make Babylon the most beautiful city in the world.

Question 33

What three continents come together to form the Middle East?

Answer 33

Africa, Asia and Europe

Question 34

What was the Middle East called?

Answer 34

The Crossroads of the Ancient World

Question 35

What is a paper-like material mades from the papyrus plant?

Answer 35

papyrus

Question 36

This was a kind of sea snail that was plentiful along the Phoenician coast. It was used to make purple dye

Answer 36

murex

Question 37

What is a peninsula?

Answer 37

A body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

Question 38

What is an empire?

Answer 38

a group of kingdoms that are under the control of a more powerful ruler.

Question 39

What is the powerful ruler that controls an empire?

Answer 39

emperor

Question 40

This is when you give some of your own goods for something that is needed

Answer 40

barter

Question 41

What was a caravan?

Answer 41

people who traveled in groups with their pack animals

Question 42

What replaced the barter system of trade

Answer 42

coins

Question 43

Between what sea and what river does Israel lie?

Answer 43

Between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River

Question 44

Why was Israel often invaded?

Answer 44

Because of its important location

Question 45

What is the longest and most important river in Israel?

Answer 45

Jordan River

Question 46

What is a crack in the earth's surface called?

Answer 46

Fault

Question 47

What is the other name of the Dead Sea

Answer 47

Salt Sea

Question 48

What did God promise Abraham?

Answer 48

The land of Cannan