The Ancient Middle East

What was the capital of Israel and the site of the great temple?

• Jerusalem

• Judah

• Nineveh

• Carthage

What is a written agreement between rulers or governments?

• Ten Commandments

• Treaty

• Carthage

• Argument

What was the religion of the Hebrews?

• Catholic

• Muslim

• Hinduism

• Judaism

What was the Phoenician colony that controlled most of the trade in the western Mediterranean?

• Jerusalem

• Egypt

• Babylon

• Carthage

What are religious laws that the Hebrews believed God required them to obey?

• Declaration of Independence

• Ten Commandments

• Treaty

• The Bible

The greatest trading people of the ancient Middle East were the

• Phoenicians

• Hittites

• Egyptians

• Hebrews

The Hebrew leader who forced Pharaoh Ramses II to free the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt was

• David

• Solomon

• Saul

• Moses

The first people to believe in one God, monotheism, were the

• HIttites

• Phoenicians

• Hebrews

• Egyptians

The first people to make iron and use it in the production of tools and weapons were the

• Phoenicians

• Hittites

• Egyptians

• Hebrews

The most important Phoenician contribution to our civilization was the

• alphabet

• establishment of colonies

• invention of paper

• production of bronze