Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Babylonian captivity

Accepted Answer

The term "Babylonian captivity" historic

Question 2

Compare and contrast Neolithic society with the early civilizations in Mesopotamia and Egypt. What changed, and why?

Accepted Answer

Neolithic society, which emerged around

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Ramesses II

Accepted Answer

Ramesses II, also known as Ramesses the

Question 4

Compare and contrast the spiritual ideas of Zoroaster, the Hebrews, and Akhenaten. Were they more alike than different? How, and why?

Accepted Answer

Zoroaster, the Hebrews, and Akhenaten al

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Indo-Europeans

Accepted Answer

The term "Indo-Europeans" refers to a gr

Question 6

What was the name given to the Nile delta, about one hundred miles from the Mediterranean?

Accepted Answer

A)  Greater Egypt 
B)  Lower Egypt 
C)  Upper Egypt 
D)  Central Egypt 
E)  Axum 
A)  Greater Egypt 
B)  Lower Egypt 
C)  Upper Egypt 
D)  Central Egypt 
E)  Axum

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Phoenicians

Accepted Answer

The Phoenicians were an ancient Semitic-

Question 8

How did Nubia become the independent African state that emerged at the end of the second millennium B.C.E.?

Accepted Answer

A)  It conquered Egypt. 
B)  It signed a treaty with Mali. 
C)  It bought its freedom from former rulers. 
D)  It emerged from the disintegration of the Egyptian New Kingdom. 
E)  It seized control of Africa. 
A)  It conquered Egypt. 
B)  It signed a treaty with Mali. 
C)  It bought its freedom from former rulers. 
D)  It emerged from the disintegration of the Egyptian New Kingdom. 
E)  It seized control of Africa.

Question 9

Hammurabi took all of the following actions EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  becoming Pharaoh of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom. 
B)  "dividing and conquering" his enemies as he returned Mesopotamia to unified control. 
C)  establishing his new capital at Babylon. 
D)  working to stimulate economic revival and enhance the irrigation system. 
E)  establishing a major code of law. 
A)  becoming Pharaoh of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom. 
B)  "dividing and conquering" his enemies as he returned Mesopotamia to unified control. 
C)  establishing his new capital at Babylon. 
D)  working to stimulate economic revival and enhance the irrigation system. 
E)  establishing a major code of law.

Question 10

Most Neanderthal remains have been found in Africa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
ka

Accepted Answer

The term "ka" in various contexts can re

Question 12

Which of these technological developments were especially significant for Paleolithic people?

Accepted Answer

A)  New systems of writing 
B)  Fire and tool-making 
C)  Farming and herding 
D)  Drawing and painting 
E)  Building large structures 
A)  New systems of writing 
B)  Fire and tool-making 
C)  Farming and herding 
D)  Drawing and painting 
E)  Building large structures

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
hieroglyphics

Accepted Answer

Hieroglyphics, also known as hieroglyphs

Question 14

What was most significant about Australopithecines, one of the earliest hominids?

Accepted Answer

A)  They lived in Asia. 
B)  They may have been able to walk upright on two legs. 
C)  They were among the first to use iron tools. 
D)  They were in the class known as Homo sapiens . 
E)  They were primarily monogamous. 
A)  They lived in Asia. 
B)  They may have been able to walk upright on two legs. 
C)  They were among the first to use iron tools. 
D)  They were in the class known as Homo sapiens . 
E)  They were primarily monogamous.

Question 15

How did the development of writing change the societies of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, specifically, the lives of their peoples? Could those societies be described as "literate"? Why or why not? Which groups might have been most affected?

Accepted Answer

The development of writing had a profoun

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Sumerians

Accepted Answer

The Sumerians were an ancient people who

Exam 1: Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Babylonian captivity

Compare and contrast Neolithic society with the early civilizations in Mesopotamia and Egypt. What changed, and why?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Ramesses II

Compare and contrast the spiritual ideas of Zoroaster, the Hebrews, and Akhenaten. Were they more alike than different? How, and why?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Indo-Europeans

What was the name given to the Nile delta, about one hundred miles from the Mediterranean?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Phoenicians

How did Nubia become the independent African state that emerged at the end of the second millennium B.C.E.?

Hammurabi took all of the following actions EXCEPT

Most Neanderthal remains have been found in Africa.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). ka

Which of these technological developments were especially significant for Paleolithic people?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). hieroglyphics

What was most significant about Australopithecines, one of the earliest hominids?

How did the development of writing change the societies of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, specifically, the lives of their peoples? Could those societies be described as "literate"? Why or why not? Which groups might have been most affected?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Sumerians

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War Ii

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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