Question 1

define the following term:
-Amon-Re

Accepted Answer

Amon-Re is a combination of two ancient

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following is not true of Egyptian art?

Accepted Answer

A) It was largely individually expressive, illustrated by many identifiable artists. 
B) It was primarily functional and not intended to add beauty. 
C) It was highly stylized. 
D) It followed strict formulas governing form and presentation. 
E) It often glorified the pharaohs. 
A) It was largely individually expressive, illustrated by many identifiable artists. 
B) It was primarily functional and not intended to add beauty. 
C) It was highly stylized. 
D) It followed strict formulas governing form and presentation. 
E) It often glorified the pharaohs.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The ancient city of Çatal Hüyük was

Accepted Answer

A) a farming community located in Greece. 
B) a Neolithic walled community sustained by food surpluses. 
C) a large city with an elaborate water and sewer system. 
D) an autocracy in which ruling religious elders exercise all political power. 
E) the capitol of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. 
A) a farming community located in Greece. 
B) a Neolithic walled community sustained by food surpluses. 
C) a large city with an elaborate water and sewer system. 
D) an autocracy in which ruling religious elders exercise all political power. 
E) the capitol of Egypt during the Old Kingdom.

Question 6

Which of the following Egyptian gods was most closely associated with the mummification of the dead?

Accepted Answer

A) Horus 
B) Re 
C) Osiris 
D) Isis 
E) Aten 
A) Horus 
B) Re 
C) Osiris 
D) Isis 
E) Aten

Question 7

Egypt's Old Kingdom ended for all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) foreign invasion. 
B) a drought caused by low levels of the Nile. 
C) a decline in rainfall. 
D) economic troubles. 
E) decline of centralized authority. 
A) foreign invasion. 
B) a drought caused by low levels of the Nile. 
C) a decline in rainfall. 
D) economic troubles. 
E) decline of centralized authority.

Question 8

define the following term:
-Çatal Hüyük

Accepted Answer

Çatal Hüyük is an ancient Neolithic site

Question 9

What were the causes and the consequences of the migration of Indo-European speakers into the Near East during the second millennium B.C.E.?

Accepted Answer

The migration of Indo-European speakers

Question 10

The Epic of Gilgamesh teaches that

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 difficult and immortality is only for the gods. 
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 difficult and immortality is only for the gods. 
D) a periodic flood is necessary to cleanse the world. 
E) immortality is guaranteed for the believing worshippers.

Question 11

The great literary epic of the ancient Sumerians was known as the Book of the Dead .

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Define the differences between the terms "society" and "civilization."

Accepted Answer

The terms "society" and "civilization" a

Question 13

In ancient civilizations, bronze would replace copper because

Accepted Answer

A) bronze was harder and more durable. 
B) it was prettier and therefore made prettier jewelry. 
C) bronze took less time to smelt. 
D) bronze ore was easier to find. 
E) copper tools and weapons became too soft because of the hot weather of the Middle East. 
A) bronze was harder and more durable. 
B) it was prettier and therefore made prettier jewelry. 
C) bronze took less time to smelt. 
D) bronze ore was easier to find. 
E) copper tools and weapons became too soft because of the hot weather of the Middle East.

Question 14

define the following term:
-cave paintings at Chauvet

Accepted Answer

The cave paintings at Chauvet are some o

Question 15

The term "civilization" refers to human societies which, amongst other features,

Accepted Answer

A) have an urban focus and a distinct religious structure. 
B) have art and music. 
C) support themselves mainly by trading and manufacturing. 
D) have learned to live in peace with their neighbors. 
E) have given up religion and adopted rational thinking. 
A) have an urban focus and a distinct religious structure. 
B) have art and music. 
C) support themselves mainly by trading and manufacturing. 
D) have learned to live in peace with their neighbors. 
E) have given up religion and adopted rational thinking.

Question 16

Gilgamesh was

Accepted Answer

A) a thick barley porridge eaten by peasants. 
B) the hero of a Sumerian epic poem. 
C) the Sumerian god of storms. 
D) the dwelling-place of the Sumerian gods. 
E) the first ruler to unite Mesopotamia. 
A) a thick barley porridge eaten by peasants. 
B) the hero of a Sumerian epic poem. 
C) the Sumerian god of storms. 
D) the dwelling-place of the Sumerian gods. 
E) the first ruler to unite Mesopotamia.

Question 17

Ancient Egyptian history is divided into ____ major periods.

Accepted Answer

A) two 
B) three 
C) four 
D) six 
E) eight 
A) two 
B) three 
C) four 
D) six 
E) eight

Question 18

Punishments for crimes under the Code of Hammurabi

Accepted Answer

A) were more severe for the lower classes. 
B) did not apply to domestic family concerns. 
C) stressed reform rather than retribution. 
D) were not for the upper class at all. 
E) stressed the importance of confession and forgiveness. 
A) were more severe for the lower classes. 
B) did not apply to domestic family concerns. 
C) stressed reform rather than retribution. 
D) were not for the upper class at all. 
E) stressed the importance of confession and forgiveness.

Question 19

The ruler of Akkad, who established the first empire in Sumeria ca. 2340 B.C.E. was

Accepted Answer

A) Cyrus. 
B) Naram-Sin. 
C) Hammurabi. 
D) Uruk. 
E) Sargon. 
A) Cyrus. 
B) Naram-Sin. 
C) Hammurabi. 
D) Uruk. 
E) Sargon.

Question 20

The term Indo-European refers to people whose language derived from a single parent tongue.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

define the following term: -Amon-Re

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

Which of the following is not true of Egyptian art?

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

The ancient city of Çatal Hüyük was

Which of the following Egyptian gods was most closely associated with the mummification of the dead?

Egypt's Old Kingdom ended for all of the following except

define the following term: -Çatal Hüyük

What were the causes and the consequences of the migration of Indo-European speakers into the Near East during the second millennium B.C.E.?

The Epic of Gilgamesh teaches that

The great literary epic of the ancient Sumerians was known as the Book of the Dead .

Define the differences between the terms "society" and "civilization."

In ancient civilizations, bronze would replace copper because

define the following term: -cave paintings at Chauvet

The term "civilization" refers to human societies which, amongst other features,

Gilgamesh was

Ancient Egyptian history is divided into ____ major periods.

Punishments for crimes under the Code of Hammurabi

The ruler of Akkad, who established the first empire in Sumeria ca. 2340 B.C.E. was

The term Indo-European refers to people whose language derived from a single parent tongue.

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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