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World History and Cultures
Test 1
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History
10th Grade
09/10/2012

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Decalogue
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Another name for the Ten Commandments
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Shinar
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Biblical name for Sumer
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Byzantium
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Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
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Ideograms
Definition
Symbols used to express ideas
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Humanism
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Human worship, making man into a god
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Patriarchs
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The founding fathers of Israel
* Abraham
*Isaac
*Jacob
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Theocracy
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Government ruled by God
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Mesopotamia
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Greek word for "between the rivers"
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When did civil government begin?
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After the deluge
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Who helped transmit the alphabet wherever they went?
Definition
The sea-trading Phoenicians
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What was the greatest nation in the world around 1000 B.C?
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Israel
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Hittites
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Inhabitants of Asia Minor, who were the first to use iron extensively
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Peleg
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Name means divided. The Bible states that the earth was divided during his days
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Ziggurats
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Huge temples built by the Sumerians
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Cyrus
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Persian ruler, that was called by God "my shepherd" and "my anointed"
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Who was called the "apostle of Islam"
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Samuel Zwemer
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Who established the world's first postal system?
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The Persians
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Ur-Nammu
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Developed the world's most ancient law
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Nimrod
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Led the building of the tower of Babel
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Xerxes
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Called Ahasuerus in the Bible
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Nabopolassar
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Began the Neo-Babylonian Empire
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Hammurabi
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Established the Old Babylonian Empire
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Nebuchadnezzar
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Destroyed Jerusalem and carried away its inhabitants
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Cyrus
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Conquered the Medes and established ther Persian Empire
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What empire's fall marks the end of the Ancient period of history?
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Rome
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What was the greatest achievement of the Old Babylonian Empire?
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Government or Law
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Who founded the Muslim religion?
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Mohammed
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What two rivers make up the Fertile Crescent?
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Tigris and Euphrates
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Cuneiform
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Sumerian writing
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Capital Punishment
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Name of the foundational civil ordinance
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What was the false belief that heavenly bodies influence the affairs of men?
Definition
Astrology
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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World's oldest work of literature, outside the Bible
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What country was the main highway of the ancient world?
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Canaan
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Which king expanded Israel's boundaries and moved the capital to Jerusalem?
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David
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What is considered the first true alphabet?
Definition
Sinai script
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Sumerians
Definition
developed the world's first civilization
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The Old Testament was written in?
Definition
Classical Hebrew
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What is the focal point of all history?
Definition
The Advent of Christ
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Ashurbanipal
Definition
Assyrian king who built the world's first great library
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Sargon
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Akkadian ruler who conquered Sumer
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Where did Henry Martyn do a pioneer missionary work?
Definition
Persia
Term
The Sumerians wrote on?
Definition
Clay
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"Postdiluvian" refers to things that happened after ?
Definition
The flood
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Who conquered the Southern Kingdom of Israel?
Definition
Babylonians
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Cultures that were instrumental in the development of writing
Definition
* Phoenicians developed a 22 consonant alphabet
* Greeks combined Semitic and Phoenician alphabets
* Sumerians developed writing and preserved many written records
* Hebrews developed the Sinai script
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