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