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  1. 3. What drove the Israelites into Egypt?
  2. 5. Who was King Darius's successor. Hint: most notable for his failed attempt to conquer Greece.
  3. 6. What writing system did the Sumerians use?
  4. 7. Two major ancient cities of the Indus valley region were Harappa and _________?
  5. 10. Which Egyptian pharaoh was monotheistic and worshiped Aton the sun god?
  6. 11. He The first urban communities of East Asia emerged in which river valley?
  7. 12. Which civilization did he found?
  8. 13. In 570 B.C, what prophet called for a reform of the Persian religion?
  9. 16. What was the name for the Egyptian written language?
  10. 20. What was considered to be the most magnificent city in all of Persia?
  11. 23. What is the name of the seasonal winds that affect the climate of South Asia?
  12. 26. What was the Hebrew name for god?
  13. 27. Where did the Israelites originate?
  14. 30. The law code of which Babylonian King revolutionized the judicial system?
  15. 34. What was the term for a Sumerian terraced temple?
  16. 35. What was the name for the provincial governors Devised by Darius?
  17. 36. Who was the first empire builder of Mesopotamia?
  18. 37. Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt on an _______?
  19. 38. What was the Hittite capital?
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  1. 1. What is the term for the economic practice of exchanging wares for other goods of comparable value?
  2. 2. Kush The South Asia subcontinent is separated from the rest of Asia by the Himalayas and the ___________?
  3. 4. The Chaldeans reached their peak during the reign of which King?
  4. 8. What civilization succeeded the Assyrians?
  5. 9. When the Israelites were enslaved and deported by the Babylonians they wrote the first what?
  6. 11. Which civilization settled the Indus Valley region?
  7. 14. What writing style did the Egyptians and Chinese use?
  8. 15. What is the name for the peninsula that juts out between the Mediterranean, Black, and Aegean seas?
  9. 17. Which civilization is credited with being the first to set product prices and make a standardized coin based currency?
  10. 18. What is the worship of multiple deities?
  11. 19. In what modern day country did the nomadic Persian culture settle?
  12. 21. From which direction did the monsoon patterns bring moist air?
  13. 22. Which King succeeded David?
  14. 24. Which goddess was the main gate of Babylon named after?
  15. 25. What was the name for a Sumerian Scribe school?
  16. 28. What is the term for a worker who specialized in a craft
  17. 29. The division of the Jewish people in different lands was referred to as the ________? (Greek word meaning "Scattered")
  18. 31. What plateau did the Hittites set up several city states upon?
  19. 32. Where was it that it was believed that Abraham was born?
  20. 33. What was the name for the leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel?
  21. 36. What was the first dynasty of China?