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Early Civilizations
(2000 BC – 500 BC)
Phoenicians, Hebrews, Persians, and Kush
Both the Phoenicians and Hebrews settled
along the Mediterranean coast in
A. Africa
B. the Fertile Crescent
C. Persia
Phoenicia
Palestine
A territory controlled by a distant land is a
A. colony
B. city-state
C. nation-state
Who were the seafaring traders
who set up colonies and invented
the alphabet?
A. Hebrews
B. Persian
C. Phoenecians
Which group kept iron-making
technology a secret for 700 years?
A. Egyptians
B. Phoenicians
C. Hittites
Who were the first Monotheists?
A. Phoenicians
B. Hebrews
C. Christians
Monotheists believe in
A. one God
B. many gods
C. no gods
The Hebrews were descendents of
A. Muhammad
B. Abraham
C. Jesus
Who led the Hebrews out of
slavery in Egypt and delivered
the Ten Commandments?
A. David
B. Abraham
C. Moses
Which religion was developed by the
Hebrews?
A. Judaism
B. Christianity
C. Islam
Which of the following is a set of Jewish
laws which state both religious and ethical
(moral) conduct?
A. Hammurabi’s Code
B. Twelve Tables
C. Ten Commandments
The holy book of Judaism is the
A. Torah
B. New Testament
C. Quran
Who united the tribes of Israel and
established Jerusalem as the capital?
A. Abraham
B. King Solomon
C. King David
Who drove the Jews from their
homeland in AD 132?
A. Romans
B. Greeks
C. Hittites
The scattering of the Jews after being exiled
from Israel by the Romans is called the
A.Sharia
B.Diaspora
C.Torah
The most sacred
shrine of the Jews is
the
A. Dome of the Rock
B. Hagia Sophia
C. Western Wall
The site of Solomon’s temple is now
occupied by the
A. Hagia Sophia
B. Dome of the Rock
C. Pantheon
The largest empire in the world
during this time period was the
A.Persian Empire
B.Assyrian Empire
C.Babylonian Empire
The Persian Empire did not include
A.Egypt
B.Syria
C.Greece
Greece
How did the Persians treat the
people they conquered?
A. They made them
convert to
Zoroastrianism
B. They allowed them to
practice their own
religions and customs
C. They turned all
conquered peoples into
slaves
A system of managing government
through departments run by appointed
officials is called a
A. bureaucracy
B. democracy
C. aristocracy
Darius created a Persian Bureaucracy by
dividing the empire into provinces and
appointing governors called
A. satraps
B. caliphs
C. lords
Which road system was A.Great Royal Road
built by Darius to help B.Silk Road
C.Incan Road
unite his Empire?
• Early monotheistic religion
• Battle between good and
evil; darkness and light
• Founded by Zoroaster
Which religion is being
described?
A.Islam
B.Judaism
C.Zoroastrianism
Which early African
civilization was
located on the upper
Nile in present-day
Sudan?
A. Carthage
B. Kush (Nubia)
C. Mali
Ideas as well as goods
flowed between Egypt and
Kush along which river?
A. Niger
B. Nile
C. Tigris
Which civilization dominated Kush for 1000
years and was later conquered by Kush?
A. Egypt
B. Persia
C. Songhai
All of the following were
achievements of Kush except
A. Meroitic script (writing)
B. Ziggurats
C. Pyramids and palaces
D. Gold, copper and iron
working
After the Assyrians conquered Egypt, Kush
continued to prosper in the booming trade
A. between Africa, Arabia and India
B. between the Persia and China