HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY

TEST 2 STUDY GUIDE

Covers Chapters 3 and Continent Study 1
Facts to know:
The nomadic Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula are called Bedouins.
One continent that does not meet at the Middle East is Australia.
In ancient times, millstones were used for grinding grain.
Most people of the Middle East rested after they ate at noon.
The Phoenicians most valuable contribution to the world was the alphabet.
The Phoenicians made purple dye from murex.
Carthage was an important Phoenician trading post in northern Africa.
The Hittites were early empire builders.
An Emperor is a powerful ruler who controls and empire.
Lydia was the first country to make coins.
Croesus was the last king of Lydia and was famous for his great wealth.
The first three kings of Israel were Saul, David, and Solomon.
The Canaanites were so involved in wickedness that they left no great contribution to the
world.
The Assyrians conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel and took them captive.
The Babylonians conquered the Southern Kingdom of Israel and took them captive.
The process of making coins is minting.
A group of people traveling together with pack animals is a caravan.
Trade conducted by giving goods for other desired goods is known as barter.
The most important river in Israel is the Jordan.
The chief god of the Canaanites was Baal.
The prophet sent by God to warn Ninevah was Jonah.
The laws of the Babylonians were gathered and written down by their leader Hammurabi.
Babylon was famous for its Hanging Gardens.
King Nebuchadnezzar was the Babylonian king who took Daniel captive and brought him
to Babylon.
Cyrus was the king who allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple.
The Persians were conquered by the Greeks.
The lowest place on the earths land surface is the Dead Sea.
King Solomon built the great Temple at Jerusalem.
The Israelites captured Jericho using only shouts and trumpet blasts.
Papyrus was the plant used to make a paper-like material.
Gods basic rules for right and wrong are found in the Ten Commandments.
Be able to:
Discuss the reasons why the development of coins was so important to trade in the new
world.
Be able to locate the following on a map:
Byblos
Ninevah
Euphrates River
Phoenicia
Persia
Lydia
Assyria
Red Sea
Mt. Sinai
Black Sea
Sinai Peninsula
Mt. Ararat

Caspian Sea
Rub al Khali
Huang He
Yangtze River
Mt. Everest
Himalayas