S.S Exam Review (Chap 1-9)

Who was Adam

First man created by God

What does Adam's name mean?

Man

What does Eve's name mean?

mother of all

Who was Eve

she was the first woman

Who was Cain?

First born of Adam and Eve

What did Cain do?

killed his brother Abel, committing the first murder

What is creation?

God created everything on earth

What is evolution?

man was not created by God, but evolved from animals

What are the three special characteristics of man?

language and thought, aware of right or wrong, freedom to make choices.

Who was Seth?

Seth was the third son of Adam and Eve.

Who was a descendant of Seth, and the only blameless man at the time?

Noah

What did Noah build to save animals and his family?

Ark

Who were Shem, Ham and Japheth

Noah's three sons.

Who was Nimrod?

A descendant of Noah's son Ham who was a hunter and leader of the world.

What city did Nimrod build?

The city of Babel (Babylon).

Where did the survivors of the Flood settle?

Shinar or Sumer

What is Shinar known as in world history?

Sumer

What was the city of Babel later known as?

Babylon

Who committed the first human sin?

Adam and Eve

What did Adam and Eve do that was considered the first human sin?

They ate the fruit, rebelled against God, and wanted to be like God.

Why did God decide to destroy mankind with a great flood?

Due to the overwhelming evil on earth

What symbol did God place in the sky as a promise to Noah and his descendants?

A rainbow

What was the Tower of Babel?

A tower reaching far up into the sky.

What event led to the dispersion of people across the earth according to the story of the Tower of Babel?

God's response by confusing their language, causing people to speak different languages.

What is Genesis?

The first book of the Bible.

What does Genesis mean

beginning

Humanism

Putting man in place of or above God.

Culture

The way of life of a group of people.

Why did God disperse the Babylonians?

They tried to make a name for themselves and felt like they didn't need God

Nation

A large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit.

What changed after Adam and Eve sinned/were kicked out of the garden

They had to work the ground for food which would be difficult, painful childbirth, husbands rule wives, and death

God chose _ to become the father of the nation of Israel

Abraham

Abraham lived in the Sumerian city of _ until God told him to start his journey

Ur

The people of irrigated their land with canals and developed written language

Sumer

biblical name for Sumer is…..

Shinar

The name of the river means "arrows"

Tigris

The name of the river means "that makes fruitful"

Euphrates

The name _ means "land in between rivers"

Mesopotamia

Sargon was the king of……..

Akkad

The god of the sky supposedly ruled all the other Sumerians gods

Anu

The god _ supposedly owned the city of Ur

Nanna

King is pictured as the builder of a ziggurat

Ur-Nammu

An invasion by the _ brought the Sumerian empire to an end in the 1900s B.C.

Amorites and Elamites

King united all of Mesopotamia under a single empire

Hammurabi

The city of was the capital of Hammurabi's empire

Babylon

The sun god supposedly gave Hammurabi authority to make the code of laws. Who was it?

Shamash

The chief god of Babylon who became the king of all gods was……..

Marduk

The valley of _, also called Armageddon, will be the last battle ground of world history

Megiddo

The chief god of the Canaanites was

Baal

Why is the study of history complicated?

Because of the scattering of mankind after the tower of Babel

The arched shaped stretch of land that was excellent for growing crops was called………..

the fertile cresent

What were the Sumerians the first people to use?

the wheel

What did the Sumerians create? (60sec)

Division of time

The world's first written language which was wedge-shaped was called…….

Cueniform writing

Which land was the center of the ancient world

Canaan

What are Abraham, Isaac and Jacob called?

The Patriarchs

Which son of Jacob was sold into slavery by his brothers

Joseph

A nation or people living in its own land with its own government is called a ……

nation state

Define Laws

rules people follow in living together

Define promulgation

Making the laws known

Define monotheist

one who worships only one God

Define Equality (under the law)

all people who committed the same crime should be punished in the same way

Define empire

the rule of one city or people over other cities or peoples

Define polytheist

one who worships many gods

Define humanist

one who makes men into gods

Define bureaucracy

a group of people appointed by a ruler to help him govern

Why is Abraham considered an important event in human history?

The call is important because it was the start of a new nation (a great nation)

What is the meaning of B.C.

Before Christ

What is the meaning of A.D.

ANNO DOMINO, the year of our lord

What is the meaning of 'c.'

circa, about or approximately

Explain the division between the years B.C and A.D

The further back in history before Christ the higher the number. The further forward in history after Christ the higher the number.

Who was Ham's Son, The one that settled in Egypt?

Mizraim

Who was the Greek historian that left descriptions of the wonders of ancient Egypt?

Herodotus

Who prepared Egypt for a seven year famine?

Joseph

God delivered Israel from slavery, but who did he use as the leader

Moses

Who was the scholar that deciphered the Rosetta Stone, and unlocked the secrets of hieroglyphics?

Jean Francis Champollion

Why is Egypt not a barren desert?

Because of the Nile River

What was the northern section(the delta region) of Egypt called?

Lower Egypt

Which king or queen united the two kingdoms of Egypt together?

King Menes

What was the new capital city of Egypt called?

Memphis

Who was the step pyramid built for?

King Djoser

Who was the largest of the Giza pyramids built for?

King Khufu

Who was the only female Pharaoh

Queen Hatshepsut

Which Pharaoh had many giant statues of himself?

Ramses II

Under which Pharaoh did the Egyptian empire reach its greatest extent?

Thutmose III

Chariots were used by _ to conquer and invade Egypt?

Hyksos

What is Egyptian writing called?

Hieroglyphics

Who studies the relics of ancient cultures?

Archaeologists

What were the great families that ruled Egypt called?

Dynasties

Which kingdom entered a time of internal turmoil?

The Old Kingdom

Which kingdom ended when the Hyksos took over?

The Middle Kingdom

What is the name of the Pharaoh's chief assistant?

The Vizier

What are the small divisions of upper Egypt and lower Egypt called?

Nomes

What are rapids found in the Nile river known as?

Cataracts

What were the huge tombs that Pharaoh's built called?

Pyramids

This statue has the head of a man, ram or hawk, and the body of lion, what was it called?

The (great) sphinx

What did Jean Francis Champollion use to decipher Egyptian writing?

The Rosetta Stone

What was on Rosetta Stone?

Greek Egyptian, Greek demotic

What plant did the Ancient Egyptians use to make paper?

Papyrus

What is the name of the fan-shaped region, were the Nile run into the Mediterranean Sea?

the delta region