Question 1

Please define the following key terms.
-David

Accepted Answer

David is a common given name of Hebrew o

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.
-satrap

Accepted Answer

A satrap was a provincial governor in th

Question 3

Please define the following key terms.
-Philistines

Accepted Answer

The term "Philistines" refers to an anci

Question 4

Please define the following key terms.
-Hebrew Bible

Accepted Answer

The Hebrew Bible, also known as the Tana

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-Byblos

Accepted Answer

Byblos is an ancient Phoenician city loc

Question 6

The Greeks and the Romans, Indo-European speakers, derived their alphabet from the Semitic-speaking Phoenicians.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-Ashur

Accepted Answer

Ashur was an ancient city in Mesopotamia

Question 8

Please define the following key terms.
-Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Accepted Answer

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are one o

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-the Immortals

Accepted Answer

The Immortals, in the context of ancient

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-Cyrus the Great

Accepted Answer

Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus II,

Question 11

The Hanging Gardens were intended to resemble

Accepted Answer

A) the highest circle of Heaven. 
B) the mountains of Media. 
C) the palace of the gods. 
D) the Nile River valley. 
E) the Solar System. 
A) the highest circle of Heaven. 
B) the mountains of Media. 
C) the palace of the gods. 
D) the Nile River valley. 
E) the Solar System.

Question 12

Who was the Persian king who undertook an invasion of the Greek mainland in the early fifth century?

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A) Cyrus 
B) Cambyses 
C) Zoroaster 
D) Darius 
E) Nebuchadnezzar 
A) Cyrus 
B) Cambyses 
C) Zoroaster 
D) Darius 
E) Nebuchadnezzar

Question 13

Please define the following key terms.
-Nimrud

Accepted Answer

Nimrud is an ancient Assyrian city locat

Question 14

The Assyrians lacked an effective military machine to develop and expand their empire.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Persian Royal Road stretched from Sardis to

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A) Byblos. 
B) Nineveh. 
C) Ashur. 
D) Jerusalem. 
E) Susa. 
A) Byblos. 
B) Nineveh. 
C) Ashur. 
D) Jerusalem. 
E) Susa.

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-Babylonian captivity of the Jews

Accepted Answer

The Babylonian Captivity of the Jews, al

Question 17

What do historians mean when they describe Assyria as a "polyglot society"?

Accepted Answer

A) That Assyria was ethnically diverse and differences were regarded as unimportant 
B) That Assyrian society and culture were built around the idea of racial purity 
C) That Assyrian society was not hierarchical and had little economic inequality 
D) That Assyrians were hostile to ideas and customs they viewed as "foreign" 
E) That the Assyrians did not have a language of their own 
A) That Assyria was ethnically diverse and differences were regarded as unimportant 
B) That Assyrian society and culture were built around the idea of racial purity 
C) That Assyrian society was not hierarchical and had little economic inequality 
D) That Assyrians were hostile to ideas and customs they viewed as "foreign" 
E) That the Assyrians did not have a language of their own

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-the Royal Road

Accepted Answer

The Royal Road was an ancient highway th

Question 19

What was the central, sacred text of Zoroastrianism?

Accepted Answer

A) The Talmud 
B) The Vedas 
C) The Zend Avesta 
D) The prayers of Ashur 
E) The Bhagavad Gita 
A) The Talmud 
B) The Vedas 
C) The Zend Avesta 
D) The prayers of Ashur 
E) The Bhagavad Gita

Question 20

Which of these trade items was closely associated with the Phoenicians?

Accepted Answer

A) Fine leather 
B) Grain 
C) Iron ore 
D) Salt 
E) Purple dye 
A) Fine leather 
B) Grain 
C) Iron ore 
D) Salt 
E) Purple dye

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

Please define the following key terms. -David

Please define the following key terms. -satrap

Please define the following key terms. -Philistines

Please define the following key terms. -Hebrew Bible

Please define the following key terms. -Byblos

The Greeks and the Romans, Indo-European speakers, derived their alphabet from the Semitic-speaking Phoenicians.

Please define the following key terms. -Ashur

Please define the following key terms. -Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Please define the following key terms. -the Immortals

Please define the following key terms. -Cyrus the Great

The Hanging Gardens were intended to resemble

Who was the Persian king who undertook an invasion of the Greek mainland in the early fifth century?

Please define the following key terms. -Nimrud

The Assyrians lacked an effective military machine to develop and expand their empire.

The Persian Royal Road stretched from Sardis to

Please define the following key terms. -Babylonian captivity of the Jews

What do historians mean when they describe Assyria as a "polyglot society"?

Please define the following key terms. -the Royal Road

What was the central, sacred text of Zoroastrianism?

Which of these trade items was closely associated with the Phoenicians?

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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