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CH. 1.5 AND 1.6 PRACTICE QUESTIONS

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Megaliths are most associated with

a)

The ancient Phoenicians

b)

The ancient Hebrews

c)

Neolithic Europe

d)

The Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys

2.

The most famous example of megalithic construction is

a)

The Great Sphinx of Giza

b)

Stonehenge in England

c)

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

d)

Jewish Temple in the city of Jerusalem

3.

All of the following are true about the Indo-Europeans except

a)

Their languages included Greek, Latin, Persian, Sanskrit, and the Germanic and Slavic tongues

b)

They were nomadic people who may have migrated from the region north of the Black Sea

c)

The traded in the Mediterranean Sea and created a phonetic alphabet

d)

They moved into Europe, India, and the Middle East

4.

These people moved into Asia Minor and Anatolia around 1750 and were the first of the Info-Europeans to make use of iron.

(a)  

5.

Match the following

a)

Developed phonetic alphabet that was adopted by the Greeks

1.

Phoenicians

b)

Their monotheistic religion influenced both Christianity and Islam

2.

Hebrews

c)

Is described in the Hebrew Bible but not all historians accept that it existed

3.

United Kingdom of Israel

d)

The one God of the Hebrews, he created the world and everything in it.

4.

Yahweh

e)

Upper-class people from Judah were exiled to Babylonia

5.

Babylonian captivity

6.

Which of the following are not characteristics of Judaism

a)

Belief in one God

b)

Belief that God's will could be determined through divination

c)

Belief that God is just and good, but must be obeyed

d)

Belief that the Hebrews had a covenant with God

7.

According to the Hebrew Bible, God gave the Ten Commandments to this man

(a)  

8.

Jewish people were easily amalgamated into communities of non-Jews because they were willing to adopt the gods of their conquerors and neighbors.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

All of the following are correct about the Assyrian Empire except

a)

They were Into-European speaking people

b)

They used iron

c)

They had a good communication system that used relays of horses

d)

They had a large army that was well-disciplined and organized.

10.

The Assyrians used terror as an instrument of warfare.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which of the following is correct about Assyrian society?

a)

It was egalitarian

b)

Assyrians would not mix with other people

c)

Religion was a unifying force

d)

Women had no rights

12.

In Assyrian society, trade was second to agriculture in economic importance

a)

True

b)

False