Nearpod Review: Creation & Flood Stories

What is Mesopotamia often referred to as?

• The land of many rivers

• The land of high mountains

• The land of diverse cultures

• The cradle of Western Civilization

What is Mesopotamia?

• A dish of goat and sheep wrapped up in a tortilla.

• A geographical location that intersects many cultures--it's really a mess.

• An ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; now part of the country of Iraq.

• A large Babylonian sea vessel used in marine warfare.

Match the different styles of writing with the correct example from the Genesis account of the Flood.

• Law writing

• Cursed be Canaan; Blessed be the God of Shem; May God enlarge Japheth

• Epic writing

• The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed.

• Poetry writing

• The Flood continued for 40 days on the earth

• Prose writing

• But you shall not eat flesh with blood in it.

Match the following Ancient Near East gods and goddesses that are found in their creation and flood stories.

• Marduk

• Babylonian goddess of combat & love

• Shamash

• Babylonian sun god

• Enlil

• Babylonian god of widsom

• Ea

• Babylonian storm god and patron deity of Babylon

• Ishtar

• Chief of the Babylonian gods

When did Akkadian and Sumerian literature, written in cuneiform script, begin to appear in history?

• 4th millennium B.C. (3,000 B.C.)

• 3rd millennium B.C. (2,000 B.C.)

• 2nd millennium B.C. (1,000 B.C.)

• 1st millennium B.C. (0-999 B.C.)

In Enuma Elish, sometimes referred to as the Babylonian creation story, Marduk creates humankind from...

• the blood of the god Qingu

• the dismembered body of Tiamat

• the waters of the sea

• the dust of the earth

Which of the following IS NOT an ancient flood account?

• The Epic of Gilgamesh

• The Epic of Atrahasis

• The Genesis narrative from the Bible

• Enuma Elish

How much time does a "millennium" represent?

• 100,000 years

• 10,000 years

• 1,000 years

• 100 years

Which term means a god or goddess?

• millennium

• imminent

• deity

• Mesopotamia

Which term means 'looming' or 'about to happen'?

• deity

• imminent

• Mesopotamia

• millennium