1st semester History Final Study Guide

5 Written Questions

1. grand temple with a shrine at the top, like a giant square wedding cake
2. a group of many different lands under one ruler
3. descendants of Abraham who left Mesopotamia and settled in Canaan
4. could not leave home without a male relative
5. first five books of the Hebrew Bible

5 Matching Questions

1. fossils
2. domestication
3. David
4. fertile soil and development of surveying
5. Neolithic

1. a Who wrote many of the Psalms?
2. b Taming an animal or plant for use by humans is called _____________.
3. c "New Stone Age"
4. d traces of plants or animals preserved in rock
5. e What was a result of the Nile River's flooding?

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. ___________raised 12 sons, who became the 12 tribes of Israel.
   1. Hapi
   2. Sahara
   3. Jacob
   4. agora
2. people who regularly move from place to place
   1. Torah
   2. polis
   3. trade
   4. nomads
3. Jews living outside Judah; Greek word meaning "scattered"
   1. Diaspora
   2. agora
   3. Sahara
   4. pharaoh
4. The chief god of the Egyptians was ________.
   1. Nile
   2. Hapi
   3. trade
   4. Re
5. period of time when Jews were sent to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar
   1. kings and priests
   2. domestication
   3. Babylonian Captivity
   4. dynasty

5 True/False Questions

1. drought → first five books of the Hebrew Bible

   True        False

2. Sahara → open area used for a meeting place and a market

   True        False

3. cuneiform → The faith of the Israelites became known as ____________.

   True        False

4. polis → like a tiny, independent country

   True        False

5. Nile → world's longest river

   True        False