Deck 5: Warriors and Deities in the Near East

Question 1

Which of the following is the most notable accomplishment of the Phoenicians?

A) The discovery of gunpowder.
B) The development of a feudal government.
C) The use of troops to help neighboring states defeat their colonial powers.
D) A rejection of international trade to focus on internal peace.
E) The development of an alphabet for writing.

Answer 1

The development of an alphabet for writing.

Question 2

Describe and evaluate the effectiveness of the tactics and policies that made the Assyrians a "feared and hated people."

Answer 2

Answers would include the brutal nature of conquest including the use of horses,destruction of cities,slavery,pillage,and the Old Testament as evidence.

Question 3

The chief town in the Assyrian empire was

A) Jericho.
B) Jerusalem.
C) Nineveh.
D) Cairo.
E) Tyre.

Answer 3

Nineveh.

Question 4

The Phoenicians' most significant achievement was

A) the phonetic alphabet.
B) coinage of gold and silver.
C) the Royal Road.
D) the concept of free will.
E) the invention of the wheel.

Question 5

Which of the four civilizations made the greatest contribution to world history?

Question 6

"I cut off their heads and piled them at the walls of their cities like heaps of grain." This statement was made by a ruler of the

A) Phoenicians.
B) Hyksos.
C) Carthaginians.
D) Assyrians.
E) Persians.

Question 7

Which of the following provides the correct sequence of travels for the early Hebrew people?

A) Canaan, Saudi Arabia, Mesopotamia
B) Palestine, Canaan, Egypt
C) Canaan, Egypt, Canaan
D) Mesopotamia, Saudi Arabia, Canaan
E) Egypt, Canaan, Mesopotamia

Question 8

In what ways do each of the four civilizations affect/influence one another?

Question 9

The nature of warfare changed with the Assyrians due to which of the following being employed?

A) Steel swords
B) Horse and chariot
C) Lightly armored infantry
D) Gunpowder
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 10

Shortly after entering the Promised Land of Canaan,the Hebrews engaged in a series of wars with the

A) Assyrians.
B) Egyptians.
C) Philistines.
D) Babylonians.
E) Amorites.

Question 11

The Persian Empire had a different policy of ruling its diverse subjects,in that

A) business enterprises and foreign trade were actively encouraged.
B) the kings did not try to pass themselves off as gods.
C) local religious beliefs, laws, and customs were tolerated in return for loyalty.
D) a special law code applying to everyone was enacted and enforced.
E) all subjects were required to conform to Persian religious beliefs.

Question 12

Which of these empires might most accurately be termed "multi-cultural"?

A) Egypt
B) Assyria
C) Sumer
D) Persia
E) Babylonia

Question 13

In what ways did the Persian Empire contribute to the advancement of civilization? Compare these contributions with those of the Assyrians,Phoenicians and Hebrews.

Question 14

Compare and contrast the Assyrians,Phoenicians,Persians,and Hebrews.

Question 15

Iranians today might rightly see their country as having long played a pivotal role in the affairs of the wider world because

A) it had a strategic location that was a crossroads for those traveling between the Mediterranean on the one hand, and China and India on the other.
B) the Persians successfully mediated between the Muslims and the Hindus of India.
C) their peoples had emerged from the central Asian steppes with a highly organized government already in place.
D) with their entrance into Persia, the Persians brought much-needed agricultural skills.
E) though mostly nomadic in the beginning, the Persians quickly settled down and established important trading centers.

Question 16

The Hebrew prophets of the eighth to the fifth centuries B.C.E.

A) lived among the people without calling attention to themselves.
B) preached God's word and converted many unbelievers.
C) spoke out often concerning social justice for the powerless.
D) aligned themselves to their kings without much thought for the ordinary people.
E) advised harsh treatment for all non-Jews.

Question 17

Shortly after the death of King Solomon,

A) Jerusalem became the Jewish capital.
B) the Hebrew Kingdom split in two.
C) the Temple was totally destroyed.
D) Judges began to administer the Hebrew tribes.
E) the Babylonians captured all of the people of Israel.

Question 18

The Phoenicians were able to obtain the tin they needed for bronze-making from

A) France.
B) Britain.
C) Turkey.
D) Spain.
E) Greece.

Question 19

Describe the relationship between the Jews and their God.What inferences about their society may be drawn from this relationship?

Question 20

The Persians migrated from the central Asian steppes to modern-day

A) Iraq.
B) Jordan.
C) Egypt.
D) Iran.
E) Syria.

Question 21

Hebrew society may most accurately be described as

A) egalitarian.
B) matriarchal.
C) backward.
D) progressive.
E) patriarchal.

Question 22

After Cyrus released the Jews from their Babylonian Captivity,they...

A) conceded that Yahweh would readily accept Gentiles into the faith.
B) clarified their belief that Yahweh had not given man free will.
C) returned to Jerusalem to worship in the temple built by Solomon.
D) began to question exactly what Yahweh wanted of them, and determined that he wanted blind obedience.
E) began to view Yahweh as a personal deity who was always available to help those who worshipped him wholeheartedly.

Question 23

After the capture of Judea by the Babylonians,many Jews were

A) murdered to serve as examples to the rest.
B) made a part of the Assyrian Empire.
C) held hostage to ensure that the remainder of their people would not rebel.
D) lost to history, becoming known as the Ten Lost Tribes of Jewish tradition.
E) lured away from their monotheistic faith.

Question 24

The rise of Assyria for the Hebrew population led to

A) a union of convenience between Israelites and Judeans.
B) a split between Israel and Judea.
C) a more important role in the Near East for Judea.
D) the weakening of both Judea and Israel.
E) the weakening of Judea.

Question 25

The ____________________ became the greatest maritime traders and colonizers of the ancient Near East.

Question 26

As the Jews became scattered throughout the Roman Empire,they took with them their belief that

A) they should convert nonbelievers.
B) Yahweh had left them to care for themselves, according to his guidelines.
C) Yahweh would someday establish an earthly kingdom.
D) they had been, and remained, Yahweh's chosen people.
E) they were Yahweh's chosen people, but he expected them to bring nonbelievers to the truth.

Question 27

The Persian provinces were called ____________________.

Question 28

Zarathustra was

A) Assyrian.
B) Persian.
C) Hebrew.
D) Philistine.
E) Phoenician.

Question 29

The Covenant between Yahweh and the Hebrew people

A) established the promise of a Heavenly Kingdom on Earth.
B) replaced an earlier moral contract between Yahweh and earlier prophets such as Amos and Isaiah.
C) dealt with ethical matters but left other matters under the control of civil leaders.
D) promised that if the Hebrews kept their solid faith in Yahweh, they would defeat all of their enemies.
E) has failed, in later times, to adapt when social circumstances changed.

Question 30

The overthrow of the Assyrians was accomplished by

A) an internal palace plot.
B) a coalition of their enemies led by the Chaldeans.
C) the Egyptian and Hittite armies.
D) a general rebellion of the slaves.
E) the invasion of the Hyksos peoples.

Question 31

The chief Assyrian deity was the fierce ____________________.

Question 32

The Jewish faith,by accepting Yahweh's promise of rewards for those who did good,was one of the first faiths to incorporate the concept of

A) "give and take."
B) good and evil.
C) a supernatural deity.
D) ethics, or the study of good and evil.
E) otherworldliness.

Question 33

The Jewish faith was different than other religions in the area because it

A) was a supernatural monotheism.
B) had prophets.
C) had a written book.
D) All of the options are correct.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 34

For the Hebrews,Yahweh

A) was never a strong deity in Samaria.
B) became their only deity before their time in Egypt.
C) used Saul as his voice to the people.
D) became the first and only "single god" in ancient history.
E) became the only deity for the Jews of Jerusalem.

Question 35

Despite their cruelty,the Assyrians had a great appreciation for all forms of ____________________.

Question 36

The critical new factor in the Jews' vision of God that had developed by the first century C.E.was the

A) link between the merciful deity and humans' ethical conduct on Earth.
B) belief that God was all-powerful and that he controlled all human affairs.
C) belief that God was supreme over all other deities.
D) promise of an eternal life given by God to those whom he deemed worthy.
E) belief in a messiah who would remove his people from their troubled lives on Earth.

Question 37

When the Hebrew people were first united under Saul,most were

A) Rural herders and peasants.
B) Masters of navigation and migration.
C) Wealthy merchants and traders.
D) Skilled at iron smelting.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 38

After their escape from Egypt,the Hebrews

A) settled in an under-populated area of coastal Palestine
B) defeated the Canaanites and established a kingdom with Saul as their first king.
C) defeated the Philistines first and then turned to the Canaanites, who proved much harder to conquer.
D) established a kingdom ruled by Solomon, then David, and finally Saul.
E) united with the Canaanites in order to defeat the more powerful Philistines.

Question 39

Which of these was true of Jewish marriages?

A) There was no disgrace in remaining single or dedicating one's life to Yahweh.
B) When a woman married, her property was given to her husband.
C) Young women had the opportunity to reject one marriage partner proffered by her parents.
D) Adultery was a crime for women but not for men unless committed with a married woman.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 40

During Old Testament times,which of these would most likely have been produced by a Jewish person?

A) A beautiful, if lengthy, poem.
B) A new astronomical discovery.
C) A drawing of Yahweh giving Moses the Ten Commandments.
D) A history of the people written for the masses.
E) A new mathematical theory.

Question 41

The Old Testament is also known as the ____________________.

Question 42

In 586 B.C.E.,____________________ captured Judea and destroyed the ____________________ built by King Solomon.

Question 43

Zoroaster's teaching is preserved in written form in the ____________________.

Question 44

____________________ received the Ten Commandments from God on ____________________.

Question 45

After the Exodus from ____________________,Moses received a(n)____________________ for the Hebrew people from Yahweh.

Question 46

When they captured the city of ____________________,the Assyrians ____________________ the land to prevent the site from ever being used again.