Question 1

Which military hero was the founder of the Kingdom of Israel (1000-970 B.C.E.)?

Accepted Answer

A) Ezra 
B) Joshua 
C) Solomon 
D) David 
E) Saul 
A) Ezra 
B) Joshua 
C) Solomon 
D) David 
E) Saul

Question 2

What did the Hebrews believe was the name of God?

Accepted Answer

A) Moloch 
B) Yahweh 
C) Baal 
D) Jesus 
E) Allah 
A) Moloch 
B) Yahweh 
C) Baal 
D) Jesus 
E) Allah

Question 3

The policies of Darius tended to widen the gap between the king and his subjects.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What were the major turning points in Hebrew history, and why?

Accepted Answer

The major turning points in Hebrew histo

Question 5

What step did the Assyrian kings take to gain greater control over their kingdom?

Accepted Answer

A) They enforced religious uniformity. 
B) They eliminated hereditary governorships. 
C) They deported all non-Assyrians. 
D) They reduced the size of the army. 
E) They executed the most powerful nobles. 
A) They enforced religious uniformity. 
B) They eliminated hereditary governorships. 
C) They deported all non-Assyrians. 
D) They reduced the size of the army. 
E) They executed the most powerful nobles.

Question 6

Who ordered the construction of the great city of Persepolis?

Accepted Answer

A) Xerxes 
B) Cyrus 
C) Darius 
D) Solomon 
E) Cambyses 
A) Xerxes 
B) Cyrus 
C) Darius 
D) Solomon 
E) Cambyses

Question 7

The Assyrian army was

Accepted Answer

A) less powerful than that of the Hebrews. 
B) rarely sent beyond the borders of the Assyrian homeland. 
C) extremely well organized. 
D) made up entirely of slaves. 
E) very small. 
A) less powerful than that of the Hebrews. 
B) rarely sent beyond the borders of the Assyrian homeland. 
C) extremely well organized. 
D) made up entirely of slaves. 
E) very small.

Question 8

Please define the following key terms.
-the Temple

Accepted Answer

The Temple is a place of worship and spi

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Medes

Accepted Answer

The Medes were an ancient Iranian people

Question 10

How did Assyrian society and culture differ from those of other Mesopotamian peoples? How were they similar?

Accepted Answer

Assyrian society and culture differed fr

Question 11

Assyrian art was primarily concerned with

Accepted Answer

A) outshining the remnants of Sumerian and Babylonian culture. 
B) illustrating the gods, especially Marduk. 
C) glorifying the king, hunting, and war. 
D) displaying the virtues of women and female priests. 
E) Showing the lives of ordinary Assyrian subjects. 
A) outshining the remnants of Sumerian and Babylonian culture. 
B) illustrating the gods, especially Marduk. 
C) glorifying the king, hunting, and war. 
D) displaying the virtues of women and female priests. 
E) Showing the lives of ordinary Assyrian subjects.

Question 12

Moses was the original Hebrew patriarch.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Please define the following key terms.
-Jerusalem

Accepted Answer

Jerusalem is a city located in the Middl

Question 14

What was the principal economic basis of Assyrian society?

Accepted Answer

A) Heavily irrigation-based farming 
B) Agriculture based on farming villages 
C) International trade 
D) Sea-based commerce 
E) Manufacturing of luxury items 
A) Heavily irrigation-based farming 
B) Agriculture based on farming villages 
C) International trade 
D) Sea-based commerce 
E) Manufacturing of luxury items

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-Saul

Accepted Answer

Saul was a significant figure in the Bib

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-Ahuramazda

Accepted Answer

Ahuramazda is the supreme god in Zoroast

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-Ashurbanipal

Accepted Answer

Ashurbanipal, also spelled Assurbanipal,

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-Neo-Babylonian Empire

Accepted Answer

The Neo-Babylonian Empire, also known as

Question 19

The Persian Royal Road stretched from Sardis to which city?

Accepted Answer

A) Persepolis 
B) Byblos 
C) Athens 
D) Susa 
E) Ephess 
A) Persepolis 
B) Byblos 
C) Athens 
D) Susa 
E) Ephess

Question 20

Which statement was true of Byblos, Tyre, and Sidon?

Accepted Answer

A) They were all Hebrew cities. 
B) They were all built by the Sea Peoples. 
C) They were all sea ports. 
D) They were all home to large Assyrian populations. 
E) They were all destroyed in 1500 B.C.E. 
A) They were all Hebrew cities. 
B) They were all built by the Sea Peoples. 
C) They were all sea ports. 
D) They were all home to large Assyrian populations. 
E) They were all destroyed in 1500 B.C.E.

Exam 2: The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

Which military hero was the founder of the Kingdom of Israel (1000-970 B.C.E.)?

What did the Hebrews believe was the name of God?

The policies of Darius tended to widen the gap between the king and his subjects.

What were the major turning points in Hebrew history, and why?

What step did the Assyrian kings take to gain greater control over their kingdom?

Who ordered the construction of the great city of Persepolis?

The Assyrian army was

Please define the following key terms. -the Temple

Please define the following key terms. -Medes

How did Assyrian society and culture differ from those of other Mesopotamian peoples? How were they similar?

Assyrian art was primarily concerned with

Moses was the original Hebrew patriarch.

Please define the following key terms. -Jerusalem

What was the principal economic basis of Assyrian society?

Please define the following key terms. -Saul

Please define the following key terms. -Ahuramazda

Please define the following key terms. -Ashurbanipal

Please define the following key terms. -Neo-Babylonian Empire

The Persian Royal Road stretched from Sardis to which city?

Which statement was true of Byblos, Tyre, and Sidon?

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations.

The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Republic.

The Roman Empire.

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages.

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power.

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century.

Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500–1800.

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science.

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment.

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change.

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815–1850.

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871–1894.

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution.

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919–1939.

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II.

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945–1965.

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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