Test 2 - Chapters 4-6, Projects 2 and 5

Question 1

Know the following locations

Answer 1

Egypt, Israel, Red Sea, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Persian Gulf, Lebanon, Jordan, Athens, Thermopylae, Macedonia, Mount Olympus, Ionian Sea

Question 2

Essay Question

Answer 2

Compare Israel’s theocracy to at least two other forms of government. Which is the best form? Why?

Question 3

Who brought the Athenian democracy to its fullest measure?

Answer 3

Pericles

Question 4

On what mountain did God extend the covenant made with Abraham to the Israelites?

Answer 4

Mt. Sinai

Question 5

Who was the aristocrat that introduced democratic principles to Athens?

Answer 5

Solon

Question 6

What name did the Southern Kingdom take when the kingdom divided?

Answer 6

Judah

Question 7

What is the name of the time period between Alexander’s conquest and the Roman Empire?

Answer 7

Hellenistic Age

Question 8

This Macedonian king conquered most of Greece before he was murdered

Answer 8

Philip II

Question 9

Israel carries the legacy of having what?

Answer 9

Complete written account of its history

Question 10

Polishing and refining Greek mythology is credited to this poet

Answer 10

Homer

Question 11

What peninsula is located in western Asia between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?

Answer 11

Asia Minor

Question 12

What was the name of the 16 cities that Alexander the Great named after himself?

Answer 12

Alexandria

Question 13

Which king asked for wisdom to rule his kingdom?

Answer 13

Solomon

Question 14

Which king was killed on the battlefield for his disobedience?

Answer 14

Saul

Question 15

Which king had Israel split after his reign?

Answer 15

Solomon

Question 16

Which king pushed Israel to its greatest extent?

Answer 16

David

Question 17

Which king was the first human king of Israel?

Answer 17

Saul

Question 18

In what year did the Peloponnesian War end?

Answer 18

404 BC

Question 19

What prophet warned the city of Nineveh of God’s coming judgment?

Answer 19

Jonah

Question 20

What is a large group of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields, trained to charge the enemy as a group?

Answer 20

phalanx

Question 21

To whom did the Southern Kingdom of Israel fall?

Answer 21

Chaldeans

Question 22

Zeus is known as this

Answer 22

king of all the Greek gods

Question 23

Socrates chose to do this instead of being exiled from Athens

Answer 23

drink poison

Question 24

Where did the Minoans build a palace?

Answer 24

Knossos

Question 25

Who led the children of Israel into Canaan by crossing the Jordan River on dry ground?

Answer 25

Joshua

Question 26

Who led the brave Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae?

Answer 26

Leonidas

Question 27

What did the Phoenicians spread as they went on trading ventures?

Answer 27

the alphabet

Question 28

Who interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream concerning prophetic empires?

Answer 28

Daniel

Question 29

Who was the last great Assyrian king, he collected a library of cuneiform clay tablets.

Answer 29

Ashurbanipal

Question 30

Who allowed the Jews to return to their homeland - he was the king of Persia

Answer 30

Cyrus

Question 31

Under the reign of Belshazzar, this Empire fell to the Medes and the Persians.

Answer 31

Babylonian

Question 32

The Battle of the Salamis was a defeat for who?

Answer 32

the Persians

Question 33

Alexander the Great was tortured by who? He was a famous Greek philosopher

Answer 33

Aristotle

Question 34

This city controlled the Peloponnesian League

Answer 34

City of Persians

Question 35

The Hittities were aided in battle by strong weapons made of this metal

Answer 35

iron

Question 36

What year were the first Olympic games held?

Answer 36

776 BC

Question 37

How many ways was Alexander's empire divided?

Answer 37

4

Question 38

After Nabopolassar conquered all of Mesopotamia, what empire did he establish?

Answer 38

New Babylonian

Question 39

What structure was reflected in the first Greek city government?

Answer 39

family

Question 40

What Persian ruler built the Royal Road?

Answer 40

Darius

Question 41

What king deported the 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom?

Answer 41

Shalmaneser V

Question 42

In the Greek cities, what hilltop fortress was the seat of government and religion?

Answer 42

acropolis

Question 43

Under what leader did the Assyrian Empire begin in earnest?

Answer 43

Tiglath-pileser III