5 Written Questions

1. major political and cultural center during the 7th and 6th centuries; monarchs Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezzar took over the southern portion of the Assyrian domains; they initiated diaspora of the Jews
2. Chief deity of the Assyrians, he stood behind the king and brought victory in war; also the name of an important Assyrian religious and political center
3. a monumental sanctuary built in Jerusalem by King Solomon to be the religious center for the Israelite god Yahweh; eventually it was destroyed, replaced with King Herod's Second Temple, then destroyed again
4. networks of foreign merchants who might live briefly or for many generations in a host society
5. an exclusive privelage to carry on a business, traffic, or service, granted by the government

5 Matching Questions

1. caste
2. Chavin
3. Carthage
4. Hebrew Bible
5. Library of Ashurbanipal

1. a any class or group of society sharing common cultural features
2. b contained official documents and an array of literary and scientific texts of Mesopotamia
3. c the first major urban civilization in South America
4. d city located in present-day Tunisia; founded by Phoenicians; it became a major commercial center and naval power in the Western Mediterranean until it was defeated by Rome in the 3rd century B.C.E.
5. e a collection of sacred books containing diverse materials concerning the origins, experiences, beliefs, and practices of the Israelites

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. empire extending from western Iran to Syria-Palestine; conquered by the Assyrians of northern Mesopotamia; they used force and terror and exploited the wealth and labor of their subjects; also continued the cultural and scientific developments of the Mesopotamian civilization
   1. First Temple
   2. Neo-Babylonian kingdom
   3. Neo-Assyrian Empire
   4. diaspora
2. Celtic priests who belonged to a highly respected and well-organized fraternity with religious, judicial, and educational functions; they practiced secret lore
   1. llamas
   2. Chavin
   3. Ashur
   4. Druids
3. the absolute belief in Yahweh as the one and only god
   1. monotheism
   2. tophets
   3. monopoly
   4. Carthage
4. like a class-division system, whose main purpose is to resolve conflict
   1. diaspora
   2. Olmec
   3. social hierarchy
   4. Carthage
5. Semetic-speaking Canaanites found in present-day Syria, Lebanon, and Israel; they found Carthage
   1. Druids
   2. Phoenicians
   3. Chavin
   4. tophets

5 True/False Questions

1. tophets → walled enclosures in which were buried thousands of small, sealed urns containing the burned bones of children

   True        False

2. Israel → Chief deity of the Assyrians, he stood behind the king and brought victory in war; also the name of an important Assyrian religious and political center

   True        False

3. mass deportation → used to describe the communities of a given ethnic group living outside their homeland

   True        False

4. diaspora → Chief deity of the Assyrians, he stood behind the king and brought victory in war; also the name of an important Assyrian religious and political center

   True        False

5. llamas → the most influencial early Mesopotamian civilization (1200-900 B.C.E)

   True        False