Small Kingdoms Take-Home assignment

Remember: some of this info is NOT in your notes. You’ll have to take what you learned in the presentations and actually think about what it means!!

Part I: Map Section

Identify each region on the map below by location or kingdom:

 
1. A) Persian Gulf
B) Mediterranean Sea
C) Black Sea
D) Red Sea
E) Caspian Sea

2. A) Syria
B) Chaldea
C) Lebanon
D) Iraq
E) Egypt

3. A) Lydia
B) Elam
C) Assyria
D) Phoenicia
E) Neo-Babylonia

4. SKIP

5. SKIP

6. A) Lydia
B) Elam
C) Israel
D) Phoenicia
E) Egypt

7. A) The Chaldeans
B) The Egyptians
C) The Hittites
D) The Phoenicians
E) The Elamites

8. A) SKIP

9. A) Lydia
B) Elam
C) Israel
D) Babylonia
E) Assyria

10. A) Greece
B) Rome
C) Anatolia
D) Lebanon
E) Israel

11. A) The Chaldeans
B) The Egyptians
C) The Lydians
D) The Phoenicians
E) The Hebrews

12. A) Persian Gulf
B) Mediterranean Sea
C) Black Sea
D) Red Sea
E) Caspian Sea
13. A) Persian Gulf
B) Mediterranean Sea
C) Black Sea
D) Red Sea
E) Caspian Sea

Part 2: Multiple Guess

 
14. The oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world is:
A. Jerusalem
B. Ur
C. Jericho
D. Damascus

15. The "Father of Ethical Monotheism" is:
A. Abraham
B. Saul
C. David
D. Solomon

16. The Hittites were renowned for their use of which metal:
A. Gold
B. Bronze
C. Iron
D. Steel

17. King Solomon is remembered for 
A. His wartime ferocity
B. His art and music
C. His grand temple
D. His many wives

18. Who put an end to King Solomon's temple?
A. The Hittites
B. The Assyrians
C. The Chaldeans
D. The Persians

19. What is left of King Solomon's temple?
A. Nothing
B. One wall
C. Most of the columns and murals
D. Everything but the gold altar

20. What was one of Phoenicia's most important contributions?
A. Their alphabet
B. Iron-smelting
C. Monotheism
D. The language of Jesus
21. What is ethical monotheism?
A. Belief in 1 god
B. Belief in 1 god + the idea that deeds are judged as being 'good' and 'bad'
C. Belief in 1 god + the idea that no deeds are judged as being 'good' or 'bad'
D. Belief in 1 main god + some additional nature gods

22. The Assyrians are best remembered as:
A. A peaceful, rich people
B. An artistic, expressive people
C. A seafaring, trading people
D. A bloodthirsty, ferocious people

23. The first civilization to coin money was probably that of the:
A. Hebrews
B. Persians
C. Lydians
D. Elamites

24. Murex is most closely associated with
A. The defeat of Nebuchadnezzar
B. Purple dye
C. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
D. Iron-tipped arrows

25. The first known non-aggression pact was signed between Ramses II and the:
A. Hittites
B. Assyrians
C. Babylonians
D. Chaldeans

26. The famous Assyrian city that was burnt by Nebuchadnezzar was:
A. Babylon
B. Jerusalem
C. Nineveh
D. Thebes

27. The state religion of the Persians was:
A. Judaism
B. Christianity
C. Islam
D. Zoroastrianism
 

28. Which of the following was not a Perisan king?
A. Alexander the Great
B. Cambyses
C. Cyrius the Great
D. Darius

29. A famous battle with the Greeks, which the Persians actually won, but which became a moral victory for the Greeks, was the engagement at:
A. Iwo Jima 
B. Marathon
C. Thermopylae 
D. Salamis
 

30. The Kingdom identified in the map below is:
A. The Hittite Kingdom
B. The Elamite Kingdom
C. The Chaldean Kingdom
D. The Lydian Kingdom

31. The Kingdom below is the foundation for:
A. Assyria
B. Babylonia
C. Aramea
D. Elam

Part 3 - Matching

Match the civilization with the description or achievement: (civilizations can have more than 1)

 
32. Alexander the Great 
33. Assyria 
34. Chaldeans 
35. Elam 
36. Hebrews 
37. Hittites 
38. Lydia 
39. Persia 
40. Phoenicia 
a) “Royal Road”
b) Bloodthirsty warriors
c) Bucephalus
d) Capital Nineveh
e) Conquered the entire region by the age of 30
f) Earliest empire in the region
g) Fantastic communications (postal system)
h) Great sea-faring traders
i) Invented coins
 j) Invented the alphabet
 k) Iron weapons
 l) King Croseus
 m) Nebuchadnezzar
 n) Purple dye
 o) Sacked Jerusalem and brought the Hebrews as prisoners

Part 4 - Art

 
Which civilization would have carved this relief?