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Ancient Middle East PRACTICE test

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which king of Israel built the great temple at Jerusalem?

a)

Cyrus

b)

Solomon

c)

Salmon

d)

Jordan

2.

What are Gods basic rules for right and wrong [How many are there?]

(a)  

3.

What are God basic rules for right and wrong?

a)

The 17 Commandments

b)

The 6 rules In stone

c)

The 10 rules

d)

The 10 commandments

4.

Who was the king who allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple?

(a)  

5.

What is the lowest place on the earth’s land surface?

a)

The Pacific Ocean

b)

The Red Sea

c)

The salty ocean

d)

The dead sea

6.

What is the process of making coins called?

a)

Mints

b)

Creating

c)

Minting

d)

Building

7.

What is the most important river in Israel

a)

The Mississippi River

b)

The jogging river

c)

the Jordan river

d)

The Israel river

8.

The city was famous for its Hanging Gardens,

(a)  

9.

A group of people traveling together with pack animals

a)

vans

b)

caravans

c)

packs

d)

flocks

10.

Which people conquered the Southern Kingdom of Juda and took them captive?

a)

Jonahs

b)

Babylonians

c)

Shepards

d)

Croesus

11.

Who was the last king of Lydia, a man famous for his great wealth?

a)

Croesus

b)

Crows

c)

Widows

d)

irish

12.

Who were the first 3 kings of Israel?

a)

Saul

b)

Jonah

c)

Solomon

d)

David

13.

the laws  of the Babylonians were gathered and written down by their leader.

a)

Cyrus

b)

Lydia

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Baal

14.

Which people conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel and took them captive?

a)

Russians

b)

Assyrians

c)

Irish men

d)

Babylonians

15.

What are the nomadic Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula?

a)

Arabs

b)

Bedouins

c)

Baalians

d)

Babylonians

16.

[blank] Country made the first coin

(a)  

17.

What is the name of a continent that doesn’t meet in the Middle East?  

a)

Africa

b)

Australia

c)

Asia

d)

South America

18.

What were millstones in ancient times used for?

{grinding...}

(a)  

19.

Powerful rule: who controls an empire?

a)

empty

b)

emperor

c)

ellen

d)

eleven

20.

Which city was an important Phoenician trading post in northern Africa?

a)

Babylon

b)

Carthage

c)

Jonah

d)

Jerica

21.

Chief god of the Canaanites.

(a)  

22.

A people so involved in wickedness that they left no great contribution to the world?

a)

Canaanites 

b)

    Papyrus                    

c)

   Greeks 

d)

 Jonah 

23.

 Give one reason why the development of coins was so important to trade in the ancient world.

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