Biblical History Chapter 1 Quiz

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Abeka World History Test 1. This quiz covers chapters 1 through 3 of your history book. Be sure to thoroughly review those chapters to get the best test score.

Ancient world history is an extremely important part of our understand of the world. How did everything begin? What was the world like for our ancestors?

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  1. God sent the Flood because of the wickedness of mankind.
  2. Who killed his brother in a fit of jealousy?
  3. History was put on a downward course by Adam's sin in the Garden of Eden.
  4. What is a large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit?
  5. Which place did God tell Abraham to leave?
  6. How were offenders under Hammurabi's laws punished?
  7. The most important part of a people's culture is their relationship to God.
  8. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are the Patriarchs, or founding fathers, of Israel.
  9. The Nile Rive is the longest river in the world.
  10. A stylus was used for Sumerian writing.
  11. What was used for Egyptian writing?
  12. These were early tombs with flat tops and sloping sides.
  13. These people kept the written words of Egypt.
  14. This Egyptian mythological creature was often seen as a carving with the body of a lion and the head of a man.
  15. These became popular tombs after the pyramids.
  16. All of the following characteristics make man capable of fellowship with God except ________ .
  17. Which ancient empire was founded by Hammurabi?
  18. After the Flood, Noah's family and their descendants settled in ________ .
  19. Egypt could not be invaded from the south because of rapids in the Nile River known as _________.
  20. What is the main dividing point of history?
  21. Whose name means "mother of all"?
  22. For what purpose were the pyramids built?
  23. The first people in world history known to have used the wheel were the _________ .
  24. What number was the Sumerian numbering system based on?
  25. Name the man who deciphered the Rosetta Stone.
  26. The Egyptians were descendants of ________ .
  27. What does "A.D." mean?
  28. Who led in the construction of the Tower of Babel?
  29. Who bragged about killing a man and a boy?
  30. Who was the father of the nation of Israel?
  31. Who was the father of Cain, Abel, and Seth?
  32. Who spread the laws of his empire?
  33. People who find and study the remains of past cultures are called archeologists.
  34. The way of life for a group of people is called a culture.
  35. The many streams of the Nile near the Mediterranean Sea form a fan-shaped area known as the delta region.
  36. The Egyptians preserved dead bodies through the process of mummification.
  37. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers was given the name Mesopotamia.
  38. One who worships many gods is called a polytheist.
  39. A tower built in tiers, each smaller than the one beneath, is called a ziggurat.
  40. The Greek historian who wrote about ancient Egypt was Herodotus.
  41. Sumerian writing was called cuneiform.
  42. Rule by one city or person over other cities is called an empire.
  43. By sending the ten plagues on the Egyptians, what was God teaching them about their gods?

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