World History Ch 3

Nehemiah was the cupbearer to ..

• Xerxes

• Darius I

• Cyrus

• Artaxerxes I

Name the Persian ruler who established the word's first postal system.

• Xerxes

• Darius

• Cyrus

• Artaxerxes

The Old Testament was written in ​ (a)   Hebrew.

• Classical
• Yiddish
• Rabbinic
• Talmud

Who was the second king of Israel that established his capital at Jerusalem?

• Saul

• Samuel

• David

• Solomon

What is the ability to read and write in your own language?

• Reading

• literacy

• knowledge

• wisdom

The land that was promised to Abraham was called different names at different times in history. Select all three.

• Canaan

• Sumer

• Palestine

• Israel

The name of this land comes from Ham's son who has the same name.

• Canaan

• Israel

• Palestine

• Judah

The name of the land as Palestine came from the ​ (a)   and the name Israel came from the name God gave to ​ (b)  

• Philistines
• Jacob
• Abraham
• Daniel

Each of the world's three great monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam has viewed the Promised Land as the ...

• Golden Land

• Milk and Honey land

• Holy Land

• Great Empire

Whose name means father of a great nation?

• Israel

• Abraham

• Judah

• David