CH 2 Western Asia and Egypt

Who was Zoroaster?

• Revered prophet whose teachings are recorded in the Zend Avesta

• The Father of modern Christianity

• The most famous Pharaoh in Egypt

• Zoroaster is a made up word

The Royal Road stretched from where to where?

• Lebanon to Syria

• Lydia to Susa

• Syria to Egypt

• Nineveh to Lydia

The _____ Empire developed an efficient communication system that used horses to carry messages to the king anywhere in the empire & receive an answer within a week.

• Egyptian

• Sumerian

• Persian

• Assyrian

Who allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem after they were captured?

• Zoroaster

• Darius

• Cyrus

• Moses

Who is Nebuchadnezzar?

• The most famous Egyptian Pharaoh

• The Father of the Jews

• The Chaldean king who made Babylonia the leading state in western Asia

• The leader of the Hittites that invaded Assyria

Known as the "Protector of the Kingdom" & governor of a province in the Persian Empire under Darius.

• A Serape

• A Serenade

• A Satrap

• A Satrapy

One of the 20 provinces into which Darius divided the Persian Empire.

• A Serenade

• A Satrapy

• A Serape

• A Satrap

Another way of staying that Abraham was the Father of the Jewish people:

• He would be a Satrapy

• He would be the Patriarch

• He would be the Revolutionary

• We haven't learned about anyone named Abraham

Carthage is known for being....

• The Phoenician's most famous colony/city

• The most western town in Egypt

• The last known location for the Zoroaster

• The home to Hammurabi's code

What group is known for creating a alphabet that was passed on the Greeks, that is also the one we use today?

• The Egpytians

• The Phoencians

• The Akkadians

• The Jews