Backgrounds Exam Dates

Question 1

Early Bronze Age

Answer 1

3300-2000 BCE

Question 2

Middle Bronze Age

Answer 2

2000-1550 BCE

Question 3

Late Bronze Age

Answer 3

1550-1200 BCE

Question 4

Iron Age

Answer 4

1200-586 BCE

Question 5

Neo-Babylonian

Answer 5

586-539 BCE

Question 6

Persian

Answer 6

539-333 BCE

Question 7

Hellenistic

Answer 7

333-63 BCE

Question 8

Roman

Answer 8

63BCE -330 CE

Question 9

What time period did the ancestor stories occur

Answer 9

Early Bronze Age

Question 10

What time period did the Exodus of the Hebrews occur

Answer 10

Late Bronze Age

Question 11

What time period did the Philistines settle

Answer 11

Iron Age

Question 12

What time period did Israel emerge in Canaan

Answer 12

Iron Age

Question 13

What time period did the United Monarchy in Israel occur?

Answer 13

Iron Age

Question 14

What time period did the revolt of the Maccabees happen

Answer 14

Hellenistic

Question 15

When was the battle of Qarqar

Answer 15

853 BCE

Question 16

When was Samaria captured

Answer 16

722 BCE

Question 17

When did Sennacherib attack on Judah

Answer 17

701 BCE

Question 18

When was Egypt conquered

Answer 18

671 BCE

Question 19

When did Nineveh get captured by Babylon

Answer 19

612 BCE

Question 20

When did exiles return from Babylon

Answer 20

538 BCE

Question 21

When did Jerusalem get captured by Babylon

Answer 21

586 BCE

Question 22

When was the second temple rebuilt

Answer 22

520-515 BCE

Question 23

When did Ramses rule Egypt

Answer 23

1279-1213 BCE

Question 24

When did Merneptah rule Egypt

Answer 24

1213-1203 BCE

Question 25

When did Shoshenq I rule Egypt

Answer 25

945-924 BCE

Question 26

When did Neco II rule Egypt

Answer 26

610-595 BCE

Question 27

When did Tiglath-pileser III rule Assyria

Answer 27

1114-1076 BCE

Question 28

When did Shalmaneser V rule Assyria

Answer 28

727-722 BCE

Question 29

When did Sargon II rule Assyria

Answer 29

722-705 BCE

Question 30

When did Nebuchadnezzar II rule Babylon

Answer 30

605-562 BCE

Question 31

When did Saul rule united Israel?

Answer 31

1025-1005 BCE

Question 32

When did David rule United Israel

Answer 32

1005-965 BCE

Question 33

When did Solomon rule united Israel

Answer 33

965-928 BCE

Question 34

When did Rehoboam rule Judah

Answer 34

928-911 BCE

Question 35

When did Ahaz rule Judah

Answer 35

743/735-727/715 BCE

Question 36

When did Hezekiah rule Judah

Answer 36

727/715-698/687 BCE

Question 37

When did Josiah rule Judah

Answer 37

640-609 BCE

Question 38

When did Jeroboam I rule Israel

Answer 38

928-907 BCE

Question 39

When did Omri rule Israel

Answer 39

882-871 BCE

Question 40

When did Ahab rule Israel

Answer 40

873-852 BCE

Question 41

When did Jehu rule Israel

Answer 41

842-814 BCE

Question 42

When did Jeroboam II rule Israel

Answer 42

788-747 BCE

Question 43

When did Cyrus II rule Syria

Answer 43

559-530 BCE

Question 44

When did Darius II rule Syria

Answer 44

522-486 BCE

Question 45

When did Alexander the Great rule Syria

Answer 45

336-323 BCE

Question 46

When did Antiochus IV rule Syria

Answer 46

175-164 BCE

Question 47

Where was the prophet Isaiah and during what time did he preach?

Answer 47

Judah, pre-exilic

Question 48

Where was the prophet Amos and during what time did he preach?

Answer 48

Israel, pre-exilic

Question 49

Where was the prophet Hosea and during what time did he preach?

Answer 49

Israel, post-exilic

Question 50

Where was the prophet Haggai and during what time did he preach?

Answer 50

Judah, post-exilic

Question 51

Where was the prophet Zechariah and during what time did he preach?

Answer 51

Israel, post-exilic

Question 52

Where was the prophet Zephaniah and during what time did he preach?

Answer 52

Judah, exilic

Question 53

Where was the prophet Micah and during what time did he preach?

Answer 53

Judah, pre-exilic

Question 54

Where was the prophet Jeremiah and during what time did he preach?

Answer 54

Judah, exilic

Question 55

Where was the prophet Habakkuk and during what time did he preach?

Answer 55

Israel, post-exilic

Question 56

Where was the prophet Nahum and during what time did he preach?

Answer 56

Judah, post-exilic