Question 1

The Assyrians worked to preserve Sumerian and Babylonian culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What is a satrap?

Accepted Answer

A) High priest 
B) Protector of the kingdom 
C) Son of a king 
D) Faithful servant 
E) Godly man 
A) High priest 
B) Protector of the kingdom 
C) Son of a king 
D) Faithful servant 
E) Godly man

Question 3

Under which leader did the Persian Empire reach its largest territorial boundaries?

Accepted Answer

A) Cyrus 
B) Darius 
C) Xerxes 
D) Cambyses 
E) Darius III 
A) Cyrus 
B) Darius 
C) Xerxes 
D) Cambyses 
E) Darius III

Question 4

Who was the founder of the Persian Empire?

Accepted Answer

A) Cyrus the Great 
B) Artaxerxes 
C) Cambyses 
D) Nebuchadnezzar II 
E) Solomon 
A) Cyrus the Great 
B) Artaxerxes 
C) Cambyses 
D) Nebuchadnezzar II 
E) Solomon

Question 5

According to Hebrew tradition, the Hebrew people descended from which patriarch?

Accepted Answer

A) Adam 
B) Noah 
C) Abraham 
D) Moses 
E) David 
A) Adam 
B) Noah 
C) Abraham 
D) Moses 
E) David

Question 6

The Assyrians were ruled by

Accepted Answer

A) a coalition of nobles. 
B) local assemblies. 
C) a small number of elite priests. 
D) elected legislatures. 
E) absolute monarchs. 
A) a coalition of nobles. 
B) local assemblies. 
C) a small number of elite priests. 
D) elected legislatures. 
E) absolute monarchs.

Question 7

What role did the Hebrew Bible, Hebrew law, and the prophets play in the development of Hebrew religion and society?

Accepted Answer

The Hebrew Bible, Hebrew law, and the pr

Question 8

According to Zoroastrianism, what is the name of the evil spirit?

Accepted Answer

A) Avesta 
B) Ahriman 
C) Ahuramazda 
D) Mithra 
E) Vishnu 
A) Avesta 
B) Ahriman 
C) Ahuramazda 
D) Mithra 
E) Vishnu

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Zoroastrianism

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-Persepolis

Accepted Answer

Persepolis is an ancient city that was o

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-Nebuchadnezzar II

Accepted Answer

Nebuchadnezzar II was a prominent king o

Question 12

Please define the following key terms.
-Assyrians

Accepted Answer

The Assyrians were an ancient civilizati

Question 13

Please define the following key terms.
-monotheism

Accepted Answer

Monotheism is the belief in the existenc

Question 14

According to scholars, when did the Israelites emerge as a distinct group of people?

Accepted Answer

A) Between 3000 and 2500 B.C.E. 
B) Between 2500 and 2000 B.C.E. 
C) Between 1800 and 1500 B.C.E. 
D) Between 1200 and 1000 B.C.E. 
E) Between 600 and 400 B.C.E. 
A) Between 3000 and 2500 B.C.E. 
B) Between 2500 and 2000 B.C.E. 
C) Between 1800 and 1500 B.C.E. 
D) Between 1200 and 1000 B.C.E. 
E) Between 600 and 400 B.C.E.

Question 15

In what way was Zoroastrianism similar to Judaism?

Accepted Answer

A) Both religions were polytheistic. 
B) Both religions were aggressively evangelical. 
C) Both religions were monotheistic. 
D) Both religions taught that God was indifferent to human suffering. 
E) Both religions taught that God was opposed by an evil spirit. 
A) Both religions were polytheistic. 
B) Both religions were aggressively evangelical. 
C) Both religions were monotheistic. 
D) Both religions taught that God was indifferent to human suffering. 
E) Both religions taught that God was opposed by an evil spirit.

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-Canaan

Accepted Answer

Canaan is a historical and geographical

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-Phoenician alphabet

Accepted Answer

The Phoenician alphabet is considered to

Question 18

What impact did the Hittite Empire have on the development of the Near East?

Accepted Answer

The Hittite Empire had a significant imp

Question 19

Like most other empires in the ancient world, the Assyrians refused to mix their conquered peoples with native Assyrians and instead kept those who were conquered isolated and separated from each other and from the Assyrian rulers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Ahuramazda was the supreme being of Zoroastrianism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

The Assyrians worked to preserve Sumerian and Babylonian culture.

What is a satrap?

Under which leader did the Persian Empire reach its largest territorial boundaries?

Who was the founder of the Persian Empire?

According to Hebrew tradition, the Hebrew people descended from which patriarch?

The Assyrians were ruled by

What role did the Hebrew Bible, Hebrew law, and the prophets play in the development of Hebrew religion and society?

According to Zoroastrianism, what is the name of the evil spirit?

Please define the following key terms. -Zoroastrianism

Please define the following key terms. -Persepolis

Please define the following key terms. -Nebuchadnezzar II

Please define the following key terms. -Assyrians

Please define the following key terms. -monotheism

According to scholars, when did the Israelites emerge as a distinct group of people?

In what way was Zoroastrianism similar to Judaism?

Please define the following key terms. -Canaan

Please define the following key terms. -Phoenician alphabet

What impact did the Hittite Empire have on the development of the Near East?

Like most other empires in the ancient world, the Assyrians refused to mix their conquered peoples with native Assyrians and instead kept those who were conquered isolated and separated from each other and from the Assyrian rulers.

Ahuramazda was the supreme being of Zoroastrianism.

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations.

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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