The Tower of Babel

The Tower of Babel

Read the questions carefully and answer them to the best of your ability. Good luck!

The Story of the Tower of Babel

Long ago, after the Great Flood, all the people on Earth spoke the same language and lived together in one place. As they traveled eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and decided to settle there. They said to each other, "Come, let us build a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."

The people began to build their great city and a very tall tower. They used bricks instead of stone, and tar for mortar. Their goal was to build a tower so high that it would reach the heavens, demonstrating their power and keeping them united. However, God saw what they were doing and how their pride was leading them away from Him. He decided to confuse their language so that they could no longer understand each other. Because they could not communicate, they stopped building the city and the tower. From there, God scattered them over the face of all the earth. That is why the city was called Babel, which means 'confusion'.

1. What was the main reason the people wanted to build the Tower of Babel?

2. What material did the people use to build the tower?

3. Before the Tower of Babel, all the people on Earth spoke the same  .

4. The city was called Babel because God   the people's language.

5. The people were scattered across the   of the whole earth.

6. The people built the Tower of Babel to worship God.

7. The story of the Tower of Babel explains why there are many different languages in the world.

8. What lesson can we learn from the story of the Tower of Babel?

Match the word to its meaning.