Question 1

The earliest of the Mesopotamian empires was founded by Gilgamesh.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Who was one of the few female pharaohs of Egypt?

Accepted Answer

A) Ramses 
B) Hatshepsut 
C) Menes 
D) Amenhotep 
E) Isis 
A) Ramses 
B) Hatshepsut 
C) Menes 
D) Amenhotep 
E) Isis

Question 3

What made Sumerians feel a deep sense of despair?

Accepted Answer

A) The conquest of Sargon and the end of his empire 
B) Religious beliefs that focused on the anger of the gods 
C) Ongoing wars and the burning of cities 
D) Flooding of nearby rivers that put food supplies at risk 
E) Harshness of the legal code established by Hammurabi 
A) The conquest of Sargon and the end of his empire 
B) Religious beliefs that focused on the anger of the gods 
C) Ongoing wars and the burning of cities 
D) Flooding of nearby rivers that put food supplies at risk 
E) Harshness of the legal code established by Hammurabi

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

How was Egyptian society organized and structured during the Old and Middle Kingdoms?

Accepted Answer

A) It was a hierarchy that had kings at the top, followed by nobles and priests, merchants and artisans, and landless workers. 
B) It was a plutocracy with kings at the top, sharing power with nobles and the aristocracy. 
C) It was organized around the king, who retained his power based on the will of the people. 
D) It was a military dictatorship with the king's power maintained by a cadre of warriors. 
E) It was organized around religious authority, with priests selecting and empowering the king. 
A) It was a hierarchy that had kings at the top, followed by nobles and priests, merchants and artisans, and landless workers. 
B) It was a plutocracy with kings at the top, sharing power with nobles and the aristocracy. 
C) It was organized around the king, who retained his power based on the will of the people. 
D) It was a military dictatorship with the king's power maintained by a cadre of warriors. 
E) It was organized around religious authority, with priests selecting and empowering the king.

Question 6

The word "theocracy" means "rule by the strongest."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

When did systematic agriculture most likely develop?

Accepted Answer

A) Between 10,000 and 4000 B.C.E. 
B) Between 9000 and 8000 B.C.E. 
C) Between 8000 and 7000 C.E. 
D) Between 6000 and 5000 C.E. 
E) Between 8000 and 7000 B.C.E. 
A) Between 10,000 and 4000 B.C.E. 
B) Between 9000 and 8000 B.C.E. 
C) Between 8000 and 7000 C.E. 
D) Between 6000 and 5000 C.E. 
E) Between 8000 and 7000 B.C.E.

Question 8

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Menes

Accepted Answer

Menes is a figure from ancient Egyptian

Question 9

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Sea Peoples

Accepted Answer

The Sea Peoples were a group of mysterio

Question 10

What did The Epic of Gilgamesh teach?

Accepted Answer

A) The gods are benevolent and care greatly for their people. 
B) A wish fulfilled is not always a good thing. 
C) Human life is fleeting; people are powerless against the supernatural. 
D) A periodic flood is necessary to cleanse the world. 
E) Immortality is guaranteed for the believing worshippers. 
A) The gods are benevolent and care greatly for their people. 
B) A wish fulfilled is not always a good thing. 
C) Human life is fleeting; people are powerless against the supernatural. 
D) A periodic flood is necessary to cleanse the world. 
E) Immortality is guaranteed for the believing worshippers.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The word "Paleolithic" means "old stone."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What happened to the Sumerian states and city-states as they expanded?

Accepted Answer

A) They defeated the Hittites in 2600 B.C.E. 
B) They were plagued by wars as they fought for control of land and water. 
C) They developed a complicated religion with a sophisticated belief in life after death. 
D) They became warriors who instituted totalitarian government. 
E) They built damns and irrigation canals along the Indus River. 
A) They defeated the Hittites in 2600 B.C.E. 
B) They were plagued by wars as they fought for control of land and water. 
C) They developed a complicated religion with a sophisticated belief in life after death. 
D) They became warriors who instituted totalitarian government. 
E) They built damns and irrigation canals along the Indus River.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
The Epic of Gilgamesh

Accepted Answer

The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient Meso

Question 16

The most prominent structure in a Sumerian city was a temple called a ziggurat.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Discuss the importance of rivers and water to the development of civilization in general, and specifically to the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Accepted Answer

Rivers and water have played a crucial r

Question 18

Which of these developments emerged during the Paleolithic Age?

Accepted Answer

A) The ability to grow crops 
B) The knowledge of how to raise animals for farming 
C) The invention of such tools as the spear and bow and arrow 
D) The rise of patriarchy 
E) The regular production of food through agriculture 
A) The ability to grow crops 
B) The knowledge of how to raise animals for farming 
C) The invention of such tools as the spear and bow and arrow 
D) The rise of patriarchy 
E) The regular production of food through agriculture

Question 19

Which cave in southern France, discovered in 1994, contains three hundred paintings of animals?

Accepted Answer

A) Lascaux 
B) Chauvet 
C) Andalusia 
D) Pyrenees 
E) Poitiers 
A) Lascaux 
B) Chauvet 
C) Andalusia 
D) Pyrenees 
E) Poitiers

Question 20

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.

Exam 1: The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The earliest of the Mesopotamian empires was founded by Gilgamesh.

Who was one of the few female pharaohs of Egypt?

What made Sumerians feel a deep sense of despair?

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

How was Egyptian society organized and structured during the Old and Middle Kingdoms?

The word "theocracy" means "rule by the strongest."

When did systematic agriculture most likely develop?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Menes

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Sea Peoples

What did The Epic of Gilgamesh teach?

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

The word "Paleolithic" means "old stone."

What happened to the Sumerian states and city-states as they expanded?

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

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. The Epic of Gilgamesh

The most prominent structure in a Sumerian city was a temple called a ziggurat.

Discuss the importance of rivers and water to the development of civilization in general, and specifically to the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Which of these developments emerged during the Paleolithic Age?

Which cave in southern France, discovered in 1994, contains three hundred paintings of animals?

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

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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