Question 1

According to the Sumerians, who owned the cities?

Accepted Answer

A) The kings 
B) The nobles and other elites 
C) The priests 
D) The gods and goddesses 
E) The people 
A) The kings 
B) The nobles and other elites 
C) The priests 
D) The gods and goddesses 
E) The people

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.
-Neanderthals

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms.
-Neanderthals...

Question 3

The Nile River was an essential component of Egyptian culture and society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

How is the Nile River different from the rivers in Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

A) It never rises or falls, but flows steadily year-round. 
B) It frequently goes dry, leaving the land barren. 
C) It is subject to violent, unpredictable floods. 
D) It floods predictably at the same time every year. 
E) It was a dry shell for ten months of the year. 
A) It never rises or falls, but flows steadily year-round. 
B) It frequently goes dry, leaving the land barren. 
C) It is subject to violent, unpredictable floods. 
D) It floods predictably at the same time every year. 
E) It was a dry shell for ten months of the year.

Question 5

Ma'at was the belief that the king's power was absolute.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-divination

Accepted Answer

Divination is the practice of seeking kn

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-ziggurat

Accepted Answer

Who? 
Ziggurats were constructed by the

Question 8

How many laws does the Code of Hammurabi contain?

Accepted Answer

A) 50 
B) 282 
C) 1,232 
D) 745 
E) 123 
A) 50 
B) 282 
C) 1,232 
D) 745 
E) 123

Question 9

How many major periods comprise Ancient Egyptian history?

Accepted Answer

A) Two 
B) Three 
C) Four 
D) Six 
E) Eight 
A) Two 
B) Three 
C) Four 
D) Six 
E) Eight

Question 10

What was the focus of most laws in the Code of Hammurabi?

Accepted Answer

A) Holding the upper classes accountable to the lower classes 
B) Holding the lower classes accountable to the upper classes 
C) The management of the economy 
D) Marriage and family 
E) The behavior of local officials 
A) Holding the upper classes accountable to the lower classes 
B) Holding the lower classes accountable to the upper classes 
C) The management of the economy 
D) Marriage and family 
E) The behavior of local officials

Question 11

In the modern Western world, we often draw a distinction between religion and secular society. Would this distinction have made sense to the peoples of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt? Explain.

Accepted Answer

The distinction between religion and sec

Question 12

Historians theorize that early civilizations developed as a result of

Accepted Answer

A) ongoing wars and the need for unified defense. 
B) the rise of food surpluses and labor specialization, which led to the creation of large communities. 
C) the emergence of new ideas and systems of equality. 
D) the rise of an organized aristocracy and nobility. 
E) the development of new technologies such as tools and metalwork. 
A) ongoing wars and the need for unified defense. 
B) the rise of food surpluses and labor specialization, which led to the creation of large communities. 
C) the emergence of new ideas and systems of equality. 
D) the rise of an organized aristocracy and nobility. 
E) the development of new technologies such as tools and metalwork.

Question 13

Which river runs through the valley in Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

A) Indus River 
B) Danube River 
C) Tigris River 
D) Nile River 
E) Po River 
A) Indus River 
B) Danube River 
C) Tigris River 
D) Nile River 
E) Po River

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-Middle Kingdom

Accepted Answer

The Middle Kingdom is a term used to ref

Question 15

How did Egyptian society compare to Mesopotamian society?

Accepted Answer

A) It was more urban. 
B) It was less dependent on rivers. 
C) It was more rural. 
D) It did not have food surpluses. 
E) It was more literate. 
A) It was more urban. 
B) It was less dependent on rivers. 
C) It was more rural. 
D) It did not have food surpluses. 
E) It was more literate.

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-Hominids

Accepted Answer

Hominids are a group of primates that in

Question 17

Who were the Hyksos?

Accepted Answer

A) A Semitic-speaking people who infiltrated Egypt in the seventeenth century B.C.E. 
B) Indo-European peoples who were recruited into the Egyptian military. 
C) Priests/astronomers in Egypt during the Old Kingdom. 
D) People who fought and defeated the Egyptians in the ninth century B.C.E. 
E) People who expelled the Jews from Egypt 
A) A Semitic-speaking people who infiltrated Egypt in the seventeenth century B.C.E. 
B) Indo-European peoples who were recruited into the Egyptian military. 
C) Priests/astronomers in Egypt during the Old Kingdom. 
D) People who fought and defeated the Egyptians in the ninth century B.C.E. 
E) People who expelled the Jews from Egypt

Question 18

How did the shift to an agricultural society during the Neolithic Age affect relationships between men and women?

Accepted Answer

A) Farming required both sexes to do the same types of work. 
B) Men's work took them further away from home; women's work increasingly confined them to household labor. 
C) Women produced small gardens and surplus foods that could be traded; men hunted and raised crops for survival. 
D) Men's lives became nomadic; women's lives became sedentary. 
E) Women grew and stored food; men hunted for meat and gathered berries and other plants to supplement their diet. 
A) Farming required both sexes to do the same types of work. 
B) Men's work took them further away from home; women's work increasingly confined them to household labor. 
C) Women produced small gardens and surplus foods that could be traded; men hunted and raised crops for survival. 
D) Men's lives became nomadic; women's lives became sedentary. 
E) Women grew and stored food; men hunted for meat and gathered berries and other plants to supplement their diet.

Question 19

The first hominid to leave Africa and move into Europe and Asia was Home sapiens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Compare the development of Mesopotamian and Egyptian societies. In what ways do they develop along similar lines? In what ways is their development markedly different?

Accepted Answer

The development of Mesopotamian and Egyp

Exam 1: The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations.

According to the Sumerians, who owned the cities?

Please define the following key terms. -Neanderthals

The Nile River was an essential component of Egyptian culture and society.

How is the Nile River different from the rivers in Mesopotamia?

Ma'at was the belief that the king's power was absolute.

Please define the following key terms. -divination

Please define the following key terms. -ziggurat

How many laws does the Code of Hammurabi contain?

How many major periods comprise Ancient Egyptian history?

What was the focus of most laws in the Code of Hammurabi?

In the modern Western world, we often draw a distinction between religion and secular society. Would this distinction have made sense to the peoples of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt? Explain.

Historians theorize that early civilizations developed as a result of

Which river runs through the valley in Mesopotamia?

Please define the following key terms. -Middle Kingdom

How did Egyptian society compare to Mesopotamian society?

Please define the following key terms. -Hominids

Who were the Hyksos?

How did the shift to an agricultural society during the Neolithic Age affect relationships between men and women?

The first hominid to leave Africa and move into Europe and Asia was Home sapiens.

Compare the development of Mesopotamian and Egyptian societies. In what ways do they develop along similar lines? In what ways is their development markedly different?

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Republic.

The Roman Empire.

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages.

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power.

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century.

Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500–1800.

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science.

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment.

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change.

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815–1850.

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871–1894.

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution.

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919–1939.

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II.

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945–1965.

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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