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History Exam 2
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9th Grade
09/27/2012

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What did God call Moses to do?
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Leave his home and seek out a new nation where he would have many children
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Who was Hagar?
Definition
Sarah's slave who had a child (Ishmael) with Abraham to speed up God's process for a great nation. After, she was banished from their journey
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Who was Sarah?
Definition
Abraham's wife who was barren for most of her life.
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What wee Abraham and Sarah's original names?
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Abram and Sarai
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What was Abraham's covenant with God?
Definition
If Abraham was obedient to God, he would make him a father of a great nation with children as numerous as the grains of sand
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Where did Abraham got to sacrifice Isaac?
Definition
the top of a mountain?
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How long did Abraham hike up the mt.?
Definition
3 days
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Who stopped the sacrifice of isaac?
Definition
the angel of the Lord, who told him it was a test of faith/obedience
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Who was Isaac?
Definition
Abraham and Sarah's son who fulfilled God's words
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How did Jacob steal the birthright?
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In return for a bowl of soup, he tricked blind Isaac by covering himself in sheepskin
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Who was Rebekah?
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Isaac's wife
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Who was Rebekah's favorite son?
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Jacob
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Why did Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery?
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they were jealous because he was Jacob's favorite
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How did Joseph's brother's deceive their father in convincing him Joseph was dead?
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they smeared lamb's blood on his ripped coat and told their father he'd been eaten by a lion
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Who was Joseph's master as a slave?
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Potiphar
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How did Joseph's brothers send him away?
Definition
they sold him to slave traders
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Why did Joseph get promoted to vizier?
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for interpreting the Pharaoh's dreams correctly
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What is a vizier?
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the second in command in Egypt
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Why was Joseph thrown in jail?
Definition
Potiphar's wife got angry when Joseph rejected her so she claimed that he came onto her
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Why were the 10 plagues upon Egypt?
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because Pharaoh wouldn't let Moses' people go
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What convinced the Pharaoh to let them go?
Definition
the Passover
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What was the Exodus?
Definition
the mass exit of the Israelites from Egypt
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WHere were the 10 commandments made?
Definition
On Mt. Sinai
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How long was Moses on Mt. Sinai?
Definition
40 days and 40 nights
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What happened when Moses was on Mt. Sinai that made him break the tablets?
Definition
11 tribes started worshipping a golden calf.
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What happened to the 11 tribes who worshipped the calf?
Definition
they were all killed by order of God
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Who took Moses' spot when he passed?
Definition
Joshua
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What river did Joshua part?
Definition
the Jordan River
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What did Joshua carry through the River?
Definition
the Ark of The Covenant
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What city did the Israelites conquer?
Definition
Jericho
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How did the Israelites conquer Jericho?
Definition
they marched for 6 days around the walls, blew the trumpets on the 7th and the walls fell down
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Who was Saul?
Definition
the first king anointed by Samuel to rule the Israelites
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Who was David?
Definition
the second king to rule the Israelites anointed by Samuel, who also killed Goliath
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Who was Goliath?
Definition
a giant Philistine warrior
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How was Goliath killed?
Definition
with a stone from David's slingshot
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Who was Bathsheba?
Definition
a woman David watched bathing on the rooftop, whom he had an affair with, and whose husband was later killed by David due to her pregnancy
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What did David write?
Definition
the Psalms, songs
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What were the 3 things Solomon was known for?
Definition
Wealth
wisdom
wives
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How many wives and concubines did Solomon have?
Definition
700 wives, 300 concubines
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What was an example of Solomon's wisdom?
Definition
when the true mothers were tested with chopping the baby in half
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Who was Solomon?
Definition
David's son, the third king of the Israelites
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What did Solomon build with his wealth?
Definition
the 1st temple in Jerusalem
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WHo was the Treaty of Kadesh between?
Definition
The Egyptians and the Hittites
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What were the Phoenicians known as?
Definition
the purple people
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What was the significance of the Phoenician alphabet?
Definition
ours is based of of their alphabet
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What was the city of Byblos famous for?
Definition
its paper production
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What was wine stored in in Phoenicia?
Definition
Canaanite jars
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How were the Philistines depicted?
Definition
tall,with crew cuts
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What was the main profession for the Philistines?
Definition
agriculture and farming, not war as some may think
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What were the Lydians known for?
Definition
their wealth and the invention of coinage
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What was the Assyrian style of rule?
Definition
they were brutal, and controlled with fear(psychological warfare)
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What did the Assyrians do to their conquered people?
Definition
Deported them to prevent rebellion, mutilated them, raped women
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Who did the Assyrians conquer?
Definition
The 10 lost tribes of Israel
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What was the Geography of Assyria?
Definition
they were organized into city-states
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What was the Assyrian style of warfare?
Definition
psychological warfare, with huge raids in which everything was plundered
they had infantry, cavalry, chariots, and different techniques of getting into a place
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Who was the Battle of Lachish between? What was the outcome?
Definition
Assyria and Judah(2 tribes remaining)
the Assyrians annihilated the Jews
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What happened at the Battle of Jerusalem? What was its outcome?
Definition
Hezekiah(the Jewish ruler), the Jews won either because of Assyrian disease or they bribed for peace
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Who were the rulers at the Battle of Jerusalem?
Definition
Hezekiah and Sennacherib
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Who was Cyrus?
Definition
A kind Persian king
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Why did the Jews love Cyrus?
Definition
because he let them return to Jerusalem and rebuild their temple
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What was the Persian coin called?
Definition
the Daric after king Darius
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What was Cyrus known for?
Definition
his expansion of the Persian Empire
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Why did Cyrus like the Jews?
Definition
because they were monotheistic like him
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Why was the Persian religion?
Definition
Zoroastrism, founded by Zoroaster
it was Dualistic(good or evil)
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Who was the chief Zoroaster god?
Definition
Ahura-Mazda
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What was the Persian style of rule?
Definition
they ruled gently as long as their people obeyed, and for the most part, they did
they respected tradition
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What were Persian people ruled by?
Definition
local rulers called satraps
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What was the Persian capital?
Definition
Persepolis
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