Question 1

Describe some of the changes brought to Mesopotamian societies by the introduction of sustained agriculture.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Sustained

Question 2

According to Map 2.1, "Spread of Cultures in Southwest Asia and the Nile Valley, ca. 3000-1640 B.C.E.," which major geographic feature did Egypt and Mesopotamia have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  Major rivers that facilitated trade and communication 
B)  The Mediterranean Sea 
C)  Marshlands that often restricted human travel 
D)  Neolithic sites 
A)  Major rivers that facilitated trade and communication 
B)  The Mediterranean Sea 
C)  Marshlands that often restricted human travel 
D)  Neolithic sites

Question 3

Use the following to answer questions :
-Indo-European languages

Accepted Answer

A) Period beginning about 1100 B.C.E. when iron became the most important material for weapons and tools in some parts of the world. 
B) All-powerful god of the Hebrew people and the basis for the enduring religious traditions of Judaism. 
C) Sumerian form of writing; the term describes the wedge-shaped marks made by a stylus. 
D) Religion based on the teachings of Zoroaster that emphasized the individual's responsibility to choose between good and evil. 
E) An oral or written narration of the achievements and sometimes the failures of heroes that embodies peoples' ideas about themselves.
F)A large family of languages that includes English, most of the languages of modern Europe, ancient Greek, Latin, Persian, Hindi, Bengali, and Sanskrit, the sacred tongue of ancient India.
G)The worship of many gods and goddesses.
H)People of the prosperous city-states in what is now Lebanon who traded and founded colonies throughout the Mediterranean and spread the phonetic alphabet.
I)The title given to the king of Egypt in the New Kingdom, from a word that meant "great house."
J)A proclamation issued by Babylonian king Hammurabi to establish laws regulating many aspects of life. 
A) Period beginning about 1100 B.C.E. when iron became the most important material for weapons and tools in some parts of the world. 
B) All-powerful god of the Hebrew people and the basis for the enduring religious traditions of Judaism. 
C) Sumerian form of writing; the term describes the wedge-shaped marks made by a stylus. 
D) Religion based on the teachings of Zoroaster that emphasized the individual's responsibility to choose between good and evil. 
E) An oral or written narration of the achievements and sometimes the failures of heroes that embodies peoples' ideas about themselves.
F)A large family of languages that includes English, most of the languages of modern Europe, ancient Greek, Latin, Persian, Hindi, Bengali, and Sanskrit, the sacred tongue of ancient India.
G)The worship of many gods and goddesses.
H)People of the prosperous city-states in what is now Lebanon who traded and founded colonies throughout the Mediterranean and spread the phonetic alphabet.
I)The title given to the king of Egypt in the New Kingdom, from a word that meant "great house."
J)A proclamation issued by Babylonian king Hammurabi to establish laws regulating many aspects of life.

Question 4

How was the New Kingdom different from the previous Middle and Old Kingdoms?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pharaohs increasingly tried to ensure peace because they realized war was too expensive. 
B)  In response to multiple social problems, pharaohs encouraged more religious activities. 
C)  Egyptians now focused more on trade than on farming because the Nile became unpredictable. 
D)  Egyptians now focused more on conquest of new territories and created the first Egyptian empire. 
A)  Pharaohs increasingly tried to ensure peace because they realized war was too expensive. 
B)  In response to multiple social problems, pharaohs encouraged more religious activities. 
C)  Egyptians now focused more on trade than on farming because the Nile became unpredictable. 
D)  Egyptians now focused more on conquest of new territories and created the first Egyptian empire.

Question 5

Use the following to answer questions :
-polytheism

Accepted Answer

A) Period beginning about 1100 B.C.E. when iron became the most important material for weapons and tools in some parts of the world. 
B) All-powerful god of the Hebrew people and the basis for the enduring religious traditions of Judaism. 
C) Sumerian form of writing; the term describes the wedge-shaped marks made by a stylus. 
D) Religion based on the teachings of Zoroaster that emphasized the individual's responsibility to choose between good and evil. 
E) An oral or written narration of the achievements and sometimes the failures of heroes that embodies peoples' ideas about themselves.
F)A large family of languages that includes English, most of the languages of modern Europe, ancient Greek, Latin, Persian, Hindi, Bengali, and Sanskrit, the sacred tongue of ancient India.
G)The worship of many gods and goddesses.
H)People of the prosperous city-states in what is now Lebanon who traded and founded colonies throughout the Mediterranean and spread the phonetic alphabet.
I)The title given to the king of Egypt in the New Kingdom, from a word that meant "great house."
J)A proclamation issued by Babylonian king Hammurabi to establish laws regulating many aspects of life. 
A) Period beginning about 1100 B.C.E. when iron became the most important material for weapons and tools in some parts of the world. 
B) All-powerful god of the Hebrew people and the basis for the enduring religious traditions of Judaism. 
C) Sumerian form of writing; the term describes the wedge-shaped marks made by a stylus. 
D) Religion based on the teachings of Zoroaster that emphasized the individual's responsibility to choose between good and evil. 
E) An oral or written narration of the achievements and sometimes the failures of heroes that embodies peoples' ideas about themselves.
F)A large family of languages that includes English, most of the languages of modern Europe, ancient Greek, Latin, Persian, Hindi, Bengali, and Sanskrit, the sacred tongue of ancient India.
G)The worship of many gods and goddesses.
H)People of the prosperous city-states in what is now Lebanon who traded and founded colonies throughout the Mediterranean and spread the phonetic alphabet.
I)The title given to the king of Egypt in the New Kingdom, from a word that meant "great house."
J)A proclamation issued by Babylonian king Hammurabi to establish laws regulating many aspects of life.

Question 6

According to Map 2.2, "Empires and Migrations in the Eastern Mediterranean," which of the following would have made Egypt a difficult region to invade, as some historians have suggested?

Accepted Answer

A)  The deserts surrounded the narrow swath of land occupied by the kingdom. 
B)  The Nile River cut straight through the heart of the kingdom. 
C)  The Red Sea could make passage through much of the Arabian Desert especially difficult. 
D)  The waters of the Mediterranean Sea where it meets the Nile Delta were rough. 
A)  The deserts surrounded the narrow swath of land occupied by the kingdom. 
B)  The Nile River cut straight through the heart of the kingdom. 
C)  The Red Sea could make passage through much of the Arabian Desert especially difficult. 
D)  The waters of the Mediterranean Sea where it meets the Nile Delta were rough.

Question 7

How did a hereditary kingship and aristocracy develop in Sumer?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
When Sumer

Question 8

Explain the differences and similarities between Phoenician, Mesopotamian, and Egyptian writing systems. Why was writing important to the development of each of these civilizations?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Phoenician

Question 9

Why did the Hittites and Egyptians conclude a peace treaty in 1258 B.C.E.?

Accepted Answer

A)  India 
B)  Sumer 
C)  Meroë 
D)  Persia 
A)  India 
B)  Sumer 
C)  Meroë 
D)  Persia

Question 10

How did Sargon reinforce his rule in Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

A)  He converted all the people to his Semitic religion. 
B)  He tore down the defensive walls of major cities and appointed his own sons as rulers. 
C)  He wrote the first law code. 
D)  He claimed to be a descendant of the god Marduk. 
A)  He converted all the people to his Semitic religion. 
B)  He tore down the defensive walls of major cities and appointed his own sons as rulers. 
C)  He wrote the first law code. 
D)  He claimed to be a descendant of the god Marduk.

Question 11

Describe the relationship between Egypt and Nubia.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The relati

Question 12

One of the earliest deities Egyptians worshiped was Amon, god of

Accepted Answer

A)  the sun. 
B)  the underworld. 
C)  the dead. 
D)  fertility. 
A)  the sun. 
B)  the underworld. 
C)  the dead. 
D)  fertility.

Question 13

Based upon the map "Phoenician Settlements in the Mediterranean," the settlements at Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos were all situated in territory that was once part of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ancient Egypt 
B)  Ancient Mesopotamia 
C)  Greece 
D)  Babylonia 
A)  Ancient Egypt 
B)  Ancient Mesopotamia 
C)  Greece 
D)  Babylonia

Question 14

How did the Hebrew religion change as a result of the Babylonian Captivity?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was redefined and established as the law of Yahweh. 
B)  It almost disappeared. 
C)  It was exposed to Zoroastrianism. 
D)  It was adopted by the Chaldeans. 
A)  It was redefined and established as the law of Yahweh. 
B)  It almost disappeared. 
C)  It was exposed to Zoroastrianism. 
D)  It was adopted by the Chaldeans.

Question 15

The Hebrews created a monarchy with Saul as leader by fighting what other Palestinian people in the eleventh century B.C.E.?

Accepted Answer

A)  Philistines 
B)  Phoenicians 
C)  Egyptians 
D)  Assyrians 
A)  Philistines 
B)  Phoenicians 
C)  Egyptians 
D)  Assyrians

Question 16

Social hierarchies in early states were usually heightened by the introduction of what state mechanism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Written laws 
B)  Economic records 
C)  Written religious texts 
D)  Coinage 
A)  Written laws 
B)  Economic records 
C)  Written religious texts 
D)  Coinage

Question 17

What role did the first rulers of Ur, Uruk, and other Sumerian city-states play?

Accepted Answer

A)  Priests 
B)  Merchants 
C)  Farmers 
D)  Scribes 
A)  Priests 
B)  Merchants 
C)  Farmers 
D)  Scribes

Question 18

What factors helped Sargon and Hammurabi create some of the first empires?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Both kings

Question 19

Sustained agriculture in Sumer relied on which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Naturally occurring irrigation ditches that helped water the crops 
B)  Man-made irrigation systems 
C)  Constant annual rainfall that irrigated the fields 
D)  An abundance of labor to work the fields 
A)  Naturally occurring irrigation ditches that helped water the crops 
B)  Man-made irrigation systems 
C)  Constant annual rainfall that irrigated the fields 
D)  An abundance of labor to work the fields

Question 20

What geographical factors shaped Egyptian civilization?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Egyptian c

Exam 2: Complex Societies in Southwest Asia and the Nile Valley, 3800-500 Bce

Describe some of the changes brought to Mesopotamian societies by the introduction of sustained agriculture.

According to Map 2.1, "Spread of Cultures in Southwest Asia and the Nile Valley, ca. 3000-1640 B.C.E.," which major geographic feature did Egypt and Mesopotamia have in common?

Use the following to answer questions : -Indo-European languages

How was the New Kingdom different from the previous Middle and Old Kingdoms?

Use the following to answer questions : -polytheism

According to Map 2.2, "Empires and Migrations in the Eastern Mediterranean," which of the following would have made Egypt a difficult region to invade, as some historians have suggested?

How did a hereditary kingship and aristocracy develop in Sumer?

Explain the differences and similarities between Phoenician, Mesopotamian, and Egyptian writing systems. Why was writing important to the development of each of these civilizations?

Why did the Hittites and Egyptians conclude a peace treaty in 1258 B.C.E.?

How did Sargon reinforce his rule in Mesopotamia?

Describe the relationship between Egypt and Nubia.

One of the earliest deities Egyptians worshiped was Amon, god of

Based upon the map "Phoenician Settlements in the Mediterranean," the settlements at Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos were all situated in territory that was once part of which of the following?

How did the Hebrew religion change as a result of the Babylonian Captivity?

The Hebrews created a monarchy with Saul as leader by fighting what other Palestinian people in the eleventh century B.C.E.?

Social hierarchies in early states were usually heightened by the introduction of what state mechanism?

What role did the first rulers of Ur, Uruk, and other Sumerian city-states play?

What factors helped Sargon and Hammurabi create some of the first empires?

Sustained agriculture in Sumer relied on which of the following?

What geographical factors shaped Egyptian civilization?

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