Chapter 2

Question 1

The fertile region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Answer 1

Mesopotamia

Question 2

Belief in many gods

Answer 2

Polytheism

Question 3

The earliest known form of writing

Answer 3

Cuneiform

Question 4

Pyramid like structures that had terraces at different levels along their exterior

Answer 4

Ziggurats

Question 5

Established the first empire and made his capital the city of Akkad, city-state Kish, created the Akkadian empire

Answer 5

Sargon

Question 6

The rule of one people over another

Answer 6

Empire

Question 7

6th king of the amorites, best known for his code of laws

Answer 7

Hammurabi

Question 8

The study of celestial bodies

Answer 8

Astronomy

Question 9

The practice of trying to interpret human events and destiny by the position of the planets and stars

Answer 9

Astrology

Question 10

Crescent shaped fertile region encompassing Mesopotamia and the land of Canaan

Answer 10

Fertile Crescent

Question 11

One of the pagan gods of the Canaanites

Answer 11

Baal

Question 12

God’s covenant with Abraham in which He promised Abraham descendants, a land for his descendants and a Messiah that would come through his seed

Answer 12

Abrahamic Covenant

Question 13

Man who God chose to bring Israelites out of bondage in Egypt

Answer 13

Moses

Question 14

Belief in only one God

Answer 14

Monotheism

Question 15

Man God chose as the next king, a man “after God’s own heart”, from his family the promised Messiah would come

Answer 15

David

Question 16

David’s son, Israel reached its peak during his reign, built the temple

Answer 16

Solomon

Question 17

70 year exile of Israelites in Babylon

Answer 17

Babylonian Captivity

Question 18

Man from around 3000 BC that is said to have united upper and lower Egypt, named his capital “White Walls” (later named Memphis)

Answer 18

Menes

Question 19

Rulers of ancient Egypt

Answer 19

Pharaohs

Question 20

Most famous pharaoh, built great pyramid at Giza

Answer 20

Khufu

Question 21

Early ruler of the new kingdom, one of the rare female rulers of Egypt, may have been the “daughter of pharaoh” who found Moses as a baby

Answer 21

Hatshepsut

Question 22

Greatest Egyptian warrior king, under his rule Egyptian armies conquered Palestine and Syria, called the “Napoleon of Egypt”

Answer 22

Thutmose III

Question 23

Built mammoth temples and monuments

Answer 23

Ramses II

Question 24

A form of picture writing

Answer 24

Hieroglyphics

Question 25

Led Assyrian army in 722 BC and destroyed Samaria and took captive the 10 northern tribes of Israel (2 Kings 17)

Answer 25

Sargon II

Question 26

Tried to take Jerusalem during King Hezekiah’s reign

Answer 26

Sennacherib

Question 27

“New Babylonian” Empire reached its height during his reign

Answer 27

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 28

The scattering of the Jewish people

Answer 28

Diaspora

Question 29

Co-ruler of Babylon, used golden vessels from the temple to drink out of and toast to the pagan gods of the Chaldeans, was drunken and saw the writing on the walls called Daniel to interpret it and was killed the same night by the conquering Medes and Persians

Answer 29

Belshazzar

Question 30

One of the greatest conquerors who ever lived, Persian king, called in the Bible “Lord’s anointed”

Answer 30

Cyrus

Question 31

Provinces in the Persian kingdom, king’s secret police

Answer 31

Satrapies

Question 32

Religious leader of who the ancient Persian religion was founded and named by

Answer 32

Zoroaster

Question 33

Persian king where Persia reached its height expanding all the way to Greece

Answer 33

Darius the great

Question 34

A warlike people who came from Central Asia sometime after 1500 BC and subdued the non-aryan people of northwest India; established Sanskrit

Answer 34

Aryans

Question 35

Early Indian language established by the aryans

Answer 35

Sanskrit

Question 36

Collection of religious literature that contains the early traditions and religious beliefs of ancient India

Answer 36

Vedas

Question 37

Extended family that includes the children, grandchildren, wives and close blood relatives of a common ancestor

Answer 37

Joint family

Question 38

A system of rigid social groups in India

Answer 38

Castes

Question 39

Indian religion that has no formal statement of doctrine but is based on the vedas and Upanishad; serves as a unifying influence in India’s diverse society

Answer 39

Hinduism

Question 40

The great Hindu god who is believed to permeate everything on the universe

Answer 40

Brahman

Question 41

A person’s deeds in life that Hindus believe determine his status in the next

Answer 41

Karma

Question 42

Religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama; a religion built on the Four Noble Truths

Answer 42

Buddhism

Question 43

Also know as Buddha “the enlightened one” found Buddhism

Answer 43

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 44

Center of Buddha’s teachings; (1) suffering is part of all existence (2) suffering is due to selfish desires (3) suffering can be overcome by destroying selfish desires (4) a man must follow the Eightfold Path to destroy selfish desires

Answer 44

Four Noble Truths

Question 45

Changeless reality with no suffering

Answer 45

Nirvana

Question 46

Chinese term reflecting their belief that china was the center of the earth

Answer 46

Middle Kingdom

Question 47

Worship of a family’s ancestors

Answer 47

Ancestor worship

Question 48

Also called the K’ung Futzu, most honored teacher in Chinese history, called by Chinese “the master” taught a moral government would produce a moral society

Answer 48

Confucius

Question 49

Founded by Laozi; encouraged men to live in harmony with nature; became the basis of mystical, magical, and superstitious elements in Chinese nature

Answer 49

Taoism

Question 50

Founded Taoism, taught that Tao (meaning “the way”) was the pervading force in nature

Answer 50

Laozi