Ancient Near East Quiz

What is one of the major enduring legacies of the Hebrews?

• The Bible

• Monotheism

• Polythesism

• Writing

During which ancient Egyptian time period were the Great Pyramids at Giza built?

• New Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

• Hellenistic Egypt

Scholars believe this artifact is evidence that David was indeed one of the early monarchs of the Israelites.

• Merneptah Stele

• Shoshonk Inscription

• Tel Zayit Abecedary

• Tel Dan Stele

Which civilization created a phonetic alphabet later adapted by the Greeks?

• Sumerians

• Babylonians

• Assyrians

• Phoenicians

Which group "invaded" Egypt during the second Intermediate period.

• Assyrians

• Hittities

• Hyksos

• Persians

Which was not a cause of the First Intermediate period.

• Invasion from the Hyksos

• Provincial governors amassing power of their own

• Less frequent and smaller floods of the Nile

• The Long reign of Pharaoh Pepi II which denied the position to his sons and grandsons creating animosity

The term "Semitic" refers to...

• The Hebrew people

• A broad spectrum of people in the middle east who share a common language

• A term used for foreign invaders

• A dynastic period in the New Kingdom of Egypt

Pharaoh Akhenaten was best known for

• Creating a peace treaty with the Hittite Empire

• Establishing the temples of Karnak

• Building the the pyramids at Giza

• Founding a new (and failed) religious cult of the sun god in the New Kingdom in order to gain more power

The Kingdom of Kush, on the Southern Nile, had rich resources of ...

• Wood and Stone

• Gold and Iron

• Purple Dye

• slaves and copper

Which was not a major contribution the Egyptians gained from their contact with the Hyksos?

• The Composite Bow

• Horse Drawn chariot

• Better bronze making techniques

• a phonetic alphabet