REVIEW QUIZ:  Phoenicians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Hittites, and Persians

 

• Who was the efficient and compassionate ruler of the Persians that allowed the Hebrew captives to return home and practice their own religion and customs?

a)Moses        b) Abraham      c) Cyrus         d) Gilgamesh           e) Hammurabi

 

• Hammurabi is primarily noted for his:               a) story about a great flood;          

b) art work;                c) religious document;                   d) code of law .

 

• Today  Iran occupies the same geographical area as that of the ancient  

a) Mesopotamians        b) Egyptians       c) Persians              d) Indians    e) Minoans             

 

•Which of the following had the greatest reputation for being cruel and warlike?   One of the ruler    Ashurbanipal) built a great library at Nineveh.

 a. Assyrians;            b. Chaldeans;          c. Persians              d. Hittites     e. Phoenicians


•Which of the following developed an alphabet consisting of 22 consonants?   These people were also advanced in navigation and trade.

  a. Assyrians;            b. Chaldeans         c. Persians    d. Hittites        e. Phoenicians

 

•Which of the following had a famous ruler named Nebuchadnezzar who built a great palace known as the "Hanging Gardens of Babylon"?

 a. Assyrians;            b. Chaldeans;                      c. Persians;              d. Hittites;       e. Phoenicians.

 

•Which of the following developed a method of smelting iron and were thereby able to some extent to determine history with their advanced weapons?

 a. Assyrians;            b. Chaldeans;                      c. Persians;                d. Hittites;               e. Phoenicians