Question 1

Explain the role of women in Jewish society.

Accepted Answer

Answers would include the concept of pat

Question 2

What was the chief town in the Assyrian Empire?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

Which one of the following men united the Persians and became king?

Accepted Answer

A) Darius I 
B) Cambyses 
C) Cyrus 
D) Xerxes I 
E) Xerxes III 
A) Darius I 
B) Cambyses 
C) Cyrus 
D) Xerxes I 
E) Xerxes III

Question 4

Term for identification: satrapies

Accepted Answer

The term "satrapies" refers to the admin

Question 5

When the Hebrew people were first united under Saul, most were of what occupation or status?

Accepted Answer

A) rural herders and peasants 
B) masters of navigation and migration 
C) wealthy merchants and traders 
D) skilled at iron smelting 
E) artists and sculptors 
A) rural herders and peasants 
B) masters of navigation and migration 
C) wealthy merchants and traders 
D) skilled at iron smelting 
E) artists and sculptors

Question 6

How did the Persian Empire rule their conquered provinces?

Accepted Answer

A) by direct rule 
B) through local priests 
C) by direct rule of the King of Kings 
D) by enslaving all conquered peoples 
E) through appointed satraps 
A) by direct rule 
B) through local priests 
C) by direct rule of the King of Kings 
D) by enslaving all conquered peoples 
E) through appointed satraps

Question 7

Term for identification: Nineveh

Accepted Answer

Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian city loc

Question 8

What was the general governmental policy of the Persian Empire regarding its many subject peoples?

Accepted Answer

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. 
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 9

Term for identification: Tanakh

Accepted Answer

The term "Tanakh" is an acronym derived

Question 10

Term for identification: Babylonian Captivity

Accepted Answer

The term "Babylonian Captivity" refers t

Question 11

​All of the following were prophets of the Judean Jews EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) ​Amos 
B) ​Hosea 
C) ​Ezekiel 
D) ​Isaiah 
E) ​Cyrus 
A) ​Amos 
B) ​Hosea 
C) ​Ezekiel 
D) ​Isaiah 
E) ​Cyrus

Question 12

Which of these empires might most accurately be termed multicultural?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

Why might modern Iranians see their country as having long played a pivotal role in the affairs of the wider world?

Accepted Answer

A) It had a strategic location that was a crossroads for those traveling between the Mediterranean and China and/or India. 
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. 
A) It had a strategic location that was a crossroads for those traveling between the Mediterranean and China and/or India. 
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 14

The fanatical Jewish leaders who believed so strongly in the protection of Yahweh were called ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The fanatical Jewish leaders who believed so...

Question 15

When the Jewish faith accepted Yahweh's promise of rewards for those who did good, it became one of the first faiths to incorporate which concept?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

What major event shook the Hebrew nation during the reign of King Solomon's successor?

Accepted Answer

A) Jerusalem became the Jewish capital. 
B) A revolt split the Hebrew Kingdom 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. 
A) Jerusalem became the Jewish capital. 
B) A revolt split the Hebrew Kingdom 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 17

The Assyrians were able to capture fortified towns using which method of warfare?

Accepted Answer

A) massed formations 
B) siege warfare 
C) light infantry tactics 
D) chariot charges 
E) biological warfare 
A) massed formations 
B) siege warfare 
C) light infantry tactics 
D) chariot charges 
E) biological warfare

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of Despite their cruelty, the Assyrians had a...

Question 19

____________________ became the state religion of the Persians during the Sassanian Dynasty.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ became the state religion of the...

Question 20

Term for identification: Hebrews

Accepted Answer

The term "Hebrews" refers to an ancient

Exam 7: The Settlement of the Americas and the Pacific Islands

Explain the role of women in Jewish society.

What was the chief town in the Assyrian Empire?

Which one of the following men united the Persians and became king?

Term for identification: satrapies

When the Hebrew people were first united under Saul, most were of what occupation or status?

How did the Persian Empire rule their conquered provinces?

Term for identification: Nineveh

What was the general governmental policy of the Persian Empire regarding its many subject peoples?

Term for identification: Tanakh

Term for identification: Babylonian Captivity

​All of the following were prophets of the Judean Jews EXCEPT

Which of these empires might most accurately be termed multicultural?

Why might modern Iranians see their country as having long played a pivotal role in the affairs of the wider world?

The fanatical Jewish leaders who believed so strongly in the protection of Yahweh were called ____________________.

When the Jewish faith accepted Yahweh's promise of rewards for those who did good, it became one of the first faiths to incorporate which concept?

What major event shook the Hebrew nation during the reign of King Solomon's successor?

The Assyrians were able to capture fortified towns using which method of warfare?

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

____________________ became the state religion of the Persians during the Sassanian Dynasty.

Term for identification: Hebrews

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