Question 1

The Hittites played an important role in the history of the Middle East because they

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A) defeated the Egyptians, thus ending Egypt's New Kingdom. 
B) were conquered by the Assyrians, paving the way for the Assyrian Empire. 
C) invented the alphabet. 
D) drove the Sea Peoples back into the sea. 
E) transmitted Mesopotamian culture to the west, especially to the Mycenaean Greeks. 
A) defeated the Egyptians, thus ending Egypt's New Kingdom. 
B) were conquered by the Assyrians, paving the way for the Assyrian Empire. 
C) invented the alphabet. 
D) drove the Sea Peoples back into the sea. 
E) transmitted Mesopotamian culture to the west, especially to the Mycenaean Greeks.

Question 2

What historians refer to as an agricultural revolution

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A) occurred prior to 10,000 B.C.E. 
B) began in Asia and then spread to other regions. 
C) developed independently in seven different areas of the world. 
D) encouraged the continuation of a nomadic way of life in the Near East. 
E) included the growing of crops and the taming of food-producing animals. 
A) occurred prior to 10,000 B.C.E. 
B) began in Asia and then spread to other regions. 
C) developed independently in seven different areas of the world. 
D) encouraged the continuation of a nomadic way of life in the Near East. 
E) included the growing of crops and the taming of food-producing animals.

Question 3

define the following term:
-Australopithecine

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Australopithecines were a group of early

Question 4

define the following term:
-epic of Enuma elish

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The Epic of Enuma Elish is an ancient Ba

Question 5

The written script of the Sumerians is known as

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A) cuneiform. 
B) alphabetic. 
C) phonogram. 
D) hieroglyphs. 
E) Cyrillic. 
A) cuneiform. 
B) alphabetic. 
C) phonogram. 
D) hieroglyphs. 
E) Cyrillic.

Question 6

The vast majority of the population in Sumerian city-states worked as

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A) farmers. 
B) merchants. 
C) textile-makers. 
D) royal officials. 
E) priests. 
A) farmers. 
B) merchants. 
C) textile-makers. 
D) royal officials. 
E) priests.

Question 7

define the following term:
-Akhenaten

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Akhenaten was an ancient Egyptian pharao

Question 8

define the following term:
-Sea Peoples

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The Sea Peoples were a group of mysterio

Question 9

The cave in southern France, discovered in 1994 and that contains three hundred paintings of animals, is known as the ____ cave.

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

Question 10

define the following term:
-Hittites

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The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian p

Question 11

Unlike the rivers in Mesopotamia, the Nile River

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

Question 12

Invasions in the twelfth century by which of the following people ended Egyptian power in Canaan?

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A) Sumerians 
B) "Sea Peoples" 
C) Babylonians 
D) Hyksos 
E) Assyrians 
A) Sumerians 
B) "Sea Peoples" 
C) Babylonians 
D) Hyksos 
E) Assyrians

Question 13

define the following term:
-Code of Hammurabi

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The Code of Hammurabi is one of the olde

Question 14

Why begin the history of Western Civilization with a study of ancient societies in Mesopotamia and Egypt?

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The history of Western Civilization is o

Question 15

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?

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The distinction between religion and sec

Question 16

define the following term:
-Eridu, Ur, Uruk, and Lagash

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Eridu, Ur, Uruk, and Lagash are all anci

Question 17

Which of the following statements best applies to the status of women in Mesopotamian society?

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A) Women exclusively controlled offices in the priesthood. 
B) Divorce laws applied equally to men and women. 
C) Punishments for adultery were light compared to those for men. 
D) Woman had political but no religious rights. 
E) The woman's role was to be in the home and subservient to her husband. 
A) Women exclusively controlled offices in the priesthood. 
B) Divorce laws applied equally to men and women. 
C) Punishments for adultery were light compared to those for men. 
D) Woman had political but no religious rights. 
E) The woman's role was to be in the home and subservient to her husband.

Question 18

define the following term:
-bronze and iron

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Bronze and iron are two important metals

Question 19

define the following term:
-Southwest Asia

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Southwest Asia is a region typically con

Question 20

define the following term:
-Indo-Europeans

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The Indo-Europeans were a group of peopl

Exam 1: The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hittites played an important role in the history of the Middle East because they

What historians refer to as an agricultural revolution

define the following term: -Australopithecine

define the following term: -epic of Enuma elish

The written script of the Sumerians is known as

The vast majority of the population in Sumerian city-states worked as

define the following term: -Akhenaten

define the following term: -Sea Peoples

The cave in southern France, discovered in 1994 and that contains three hundred paintings of animals, is known as the ____ cave.

define the following term: -Hittites

Unlike the rivers in Mesopotamia, the Nile River

Invasions in the twelfth century by which of the following people ended Egyptian power in Canaan?

define the following term: -Code of Hammurabi

Why begin the history of Western Civilization with a study of ancient societies in Mesopotamia and Egypt?

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?

define the following term: -Eridu, Ur, Uruk, and Lagash

Which of the following statements best applies to the status of women in Mesopotamian society?

define the following term: -bronze and iron

define the following term: -Southwest Asia

define the following term: -Indo-Europeans

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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