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History Quiz #5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dead Sea | earth's lowest point based on altitude |
| Baal | Canaanite god |
| Southern Kingdom | Israel kingdom of Judah |
| Ninevah | Capital of Assyria |
| Saul | Israel's First King |
| Tiglath-Pileser III | Assyrian Empire's king |
| Hammurabi | First Babylonian Emperor who wrote over 700 laws |
| Belshazzar | Babylonian emperor and Nebuchadnezzar's grandson |
| Cyrus the Great | Conquered Babylonians & Persian emperor |
| Jordan River | #1 and longest river in Israel |
| Ten Commandments | God's laws of right and wrong |
| Joshua | led Israelites into Canaan |
| Jerusalem | temple city |
| Gulf | body of water with narrow opening into land |
| Seacoast | land and ocean meet |
| Harbor | safe place for ships to dock |
| Northern Kingdom | Israel kingdom of 10 tribes |
| Alexander the Great | Greek emperor who defeated the Persians |
| Tiglath-plieser III | Assyrian emperor who took the northern kingdom captive |
| Nebuchadnezzar | Babylonian emperor who took southern kingdom captive |
| sea | large body of salt water |