NCHS EXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
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What are the five characteristics of a civilization must have? - ANSWER: Writing,
Specialized Workers, Organized Cities, Complex Institutions, and Advanced
Technology
Who were the early sea traders from Lebanon? - ANSWER: The Phoenicians
Who was the Hebrew god? - ANSWER: Yahweh
What was the freeing of the Hebrews from Egypt called? - ANSWER: The Exodus
Who led the Hebrews on the Exodus? - ANSWER: Moses
Who did Yahweh bestow the Ten commandments upon? - ANSWER: Moses
What is the belief in one god called? - ANSWER: Monotheism
What type of religion was Judaism? - ANSWER: Monotheistic
Who was the man who made the first covenant with Yahweh? - ANSWER: Abraham
What was the "Promised Land"? - ANSWER: Canaan
Why did the Hebrew migrate out of Canaan and into Egypt? - ANSWER: Famine
Who was sold into slavery by his brothers and later became a dream reader for
Pharaoh? - ANSWER: Joseph
What housed the Ten Commandments? - ANSWER: The Ark of the Covenant
What did the Hebrews carry into battle with them due to its divine power? -
ANSWER: The Ark of The Covenant
What is a covenant? - ANSWER: An agreement
What was Abraham's Covenant? - ANSWER: If he led a group of loyal people by the
word of Yahweh, then he can live in the "Promised Land" of Canaan
Where is Canaan? - ANSWER: Palestine/Israel
Who was once a shepherd boy and later became King of Israel? - ANSWER: David
What was the capital/religious center of Israel? - ANSWER: Jerusalem
,Who built Jerusalem? - ANSWER: David
What was called "The City of David"? - ANSWER: Jerusalem
Who defeated the Philistines? - ANSWER: David
What was the banishment of the Hebrews from Canaan to Babylon called? -
ANSWER: The Babylonian Captivity
Who was the ruler at the time of the Babylonian Captivity? - ANSWER:
Nebuchadnezzar
What was created during the Babylonian Captivity? - ANSWER: The Torah
What was the history of the Hebrew which would later become the first four books
of the Old Testament? - ANSWER: The Torah
What temple was in Jerusalem? - ANSWER: The Temple of Solomon
Who burned down the Temple of Solomon? - ANSWER: Nebuchadnezzar
The Babylonian Captivity was an example of what? - ANSWER: Diaspora
What is the spread and expulsion of people from their homeland called? - ANSWER:
Diaspora
What did the Assyrians employ to keep revolts low? - ANSWER: Diaspora
What made Israel weak and led to its conquest by the Babylonians? - ANSWER: It
split in two
What form of government was the Early Hebrews? - ANSWER: Theocracy
What form of Government was used in the Kingdom of Israel? - ANSWER: Monarchy
What type of government is headed by religious figures? - ANSWER: Theocracy
What is the blending of cultures called? - ANSWER: Cultural Diffusion
Who were the traders from Lebanon? - ANSWER: Phoenicians
What was the main product of the Phoenician City State, Tyre? - ANSWER: Purple
Dye
Who created the Alphabet? - ANSWER: Phoenicians
, What was the colonial empire that spread across North Africa and the
Mediterranean? - ANSWER: Phoenicians
What type of religion did the Phoenicians follow? - ANSWER: Polytheistic
The Phoenicians lacked what due to cultural diffusion? - ANSWER: A Personal Culture
The Phoenicians were ruled by what? - ANSWER: Monarchy
Tyre, Sidon, Beirut, and Byblos are examples of Phoenician... - ANSWER: City States
Who united the 12 tribes? - ANSWER: David
What city did Abraham leave from? - ANSWER: Ur
What was the greatest Phoenician colony? - ANSWER: Carthage
Who were mainly sailors and maritime traders? - ANSWER: Phoenicians
Who did the Phoenicians sacrifice to appease the gods? - ANSWER: Children
What civilization from modern day Turkey possessed the knowledge of iron
weapons? - ANSWER: The Hittites
What was built on the Giza Plateau? - ANSWER: The Great Pyramids
Who discovered King Tut's tomb? - ANSWER: Howard Carter
What informal writing system was used by the Egyptians? - ANSWER: Demontic
What was the formal writing system used by the Egyptians? - ANSWER: Hieroglyphics
What helped the deciphering of Hieroglyphics? - ANSWER: The Rosetta Stone
Who was the leader of the Egyptians? - ANSWER: Pharaoh
As time went on, Pharaoh became... - ANSWER: Less of a Religious Leader and more
of a Military Leader
Who is the jackal god of mummification? - ANSWER: Anubis
The sun god who later became the national deity? - ANSWER: Amun Re
What was the symbol of the resurrection of Osiris? - ANSWER: Flooding of the Nile
What was the crop on the nile that hieroglyphics were written on? - ANSWER:
Papyrus
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