Question 1

Who was the creator of the earliest civilization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hittites and Egyptians 
B)  Sumerians and Assyrians 
C)  Sumerians 
D)  Persians and Egyptians 
E)  Akkadians 
A)  Hittites and Egyptians 
B)  Sumerians and Assyrians 
C)  Sumerians 
D)  Persians and Egyptians 
E)  Akkadians

Question 2

To which of the following did Egypt finally lose its independence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Libyans 
B)  Nubians 
C)  Assyrians 
D)  Greeks 
E)  Persians 
A)  Libyans 
B)  Nubians 
C)  Assyrians 
D)  Greeks 
E)  Persians

Question 3

The use of the Phoenician alphabet and the Aramaic language provided which of the following civilizations with a centralizing force?

Accepted Answer

A)  Egyptian 
B)  Persian Empire 
C)  Anatolian 
D)  Mycenaean 
E)  Assyrian Empire 
A)  Egyptian 
B)  Persian Empire 
C)  Anatolian 
D)  Mycenaean 
E)  Assyrian Empire

Question 4

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-satrap

Accepted Answer

A satrap was a provincial governor in th

Question 5

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).
  
-Explain why one may refer to the mythopoeic (myth-making) mind of the people of the ancient Near East.

Accepted Answer

The people of the ancient Near East may

Question 6

The term mythopoeic relates best to

Accepted Answer

A)  the recording of myth in poetic form. 
B)  a myth-making view of the world. 
C)  the collection of ancient myths. 
D)  an early appeal to reason to explain nature. 
E)  a monotheistic religion. 
A)  the recording of myth in poetic form. 
B)  a myth-making view of the world. 
C)  the collection of ancient myths. 
D)  an early appeal to reason to explain nature. 
E)  a monotheistic religion.

Question 7

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-"The Sea Peoples"

Accepted Answer

The Sea Peoples were a group of mysterio

Question 8

Significant features of the Paleolithic Age include each of the following except that

Accepted Answer

A)  there was toolmaking. 
B)  scavenging for food was no longer necessary. 
C)  they discovered how to cook their meat. 
D)  they used fire as a protection against predators. 
E)  language enabled individuals to acquire and share with one another knowledge, experiences, and feelings. 
A)  there was toolmaking. 
B)  scavenging for food was no longer necessary. 
C)  they discovered how to cook their meat. 
D)  they used fire as a protection against predators. 
E)  language enabled individuals to acquire and share with one another knowledge, experiences, and feelings.

Question 9

Iron weapons and tools largely replaced bronze weapons and tools after 1000 B.C. in the ancient Near East because

Accepted Answer

A)  ​iron is stronger and more flexible than bronze. 
B)  ​iron ore was more common in the area than copper tin. 
C)  ​iron was more suitable for ritual purposes. 
D)  ​following the collapse of Minoan civilization, techniques for the manufacture of bronze were forgotten. 
E)  ​bronze weapons were no longer used. 
A)  ​iron is stronger and more flexible than bronze. 
B)  ​iron ore was more common in the area than copper tin. 
C)  ​iron was more suitable for ritual purposes. 
D)  ​following the collapse of Minoan civilization, techniques for the manufacture of bronze were forgotten. 
E)  ​bronze weapons were no longer used.

Question 10

Please use this outline map of the Near East to answer the question(s).
  
-On the map of the Near East, use different colors to sketch in the areas where the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations were found.

Accepted Answer

The Mesopotamian civilization was locate

Question 11

​The introduction of Indo-European people lead to the emergence of all of the following languages except

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Greek 
B)  ​Latin 
C)  ​Magyar 
D)  ​Slavic 
E)  ​Sanskrit 
A)  ​Greek 
B)  ​Latin 
C)  ​Magyar 
D)  ​Slavic 
E)  ​Sanskrit

Question 12

Compared to Assyrian rule, Persian rule over the Near East was

Accepted Answer

A)  more tolerant of different religions. 
B)  larger in area. 
C)  less terrorist. 
D)  more respectful of local traditions. 
E)  All of these 
A)  more tolerant of different religions. 
B)  larger in area. 
C)  less terrorist. 
D)  more respectful of local traditions. 
E)  All of these

Question 13

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Nubia

Accepted Answer

Nubia is a region located in present-day

Question 14

Which term is best associated with the "Wise Lord" or the god of light and justice?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ahriman 
B)  Ma'at 
C)  Ahura Mazda 
D)  Isis 
E)  Osiris 
A)  Ahriman 
B)  Ma'at 
C)  Ahura Mazda 
D)  Isis 
E)  Osiris

Question 15

Which of the following is least applicable to the approach of ancient civilizations towards nature?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nature is inanimate. 
B)  Lightning might be a god. 
C)  Floods were a punishment of the gods. 
D)  Gods might dwell in rivers and mountains. 
E)  The wind might be a god. 
A)  Nature is inanimate. 
B)  Lightning might be a god. 
C)  Floods were a punishment of the gods. 
D)  Gods might dwell in rivers and mountains. 
E)  The wind might be a god.

Question 16

According to the authors, ancient Egyptians

Accepted Answer

A)  believed that nature was a malignant force. 
B)  were pantheists. 
C)  feared the yearly Nile flood. 
D)  believed that nature was a benevolent force. 
E)  were monotheistic. 
A)  believed that nature was a malignant force. 
B)  were pantheists. 
C)  feared the yearly Nile flood. 
D)  believed that nature was a benevolent force. 
E)  were monotheistic.

Question 17

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Bull of Heaven

Accepted Answer

The Bull of Heaven is a key term from an

Question 18

Qualities of truth and justice were

Accepted Answer

A)  deficiencies of the Egyptian religion. 
B)  associated with the universal, divinely ordained order of Ma'at. 
C)  traditions that Egyptians absorbed from the Hebrews during their captivity. 
D)  the primary code of loyalty to pharaoh. 
E)  associated with the Book of the Dead. 
A)  deficiencies of the Egyptian religion. 
B)  associated with the universal, divinely ordained order of Ma'at. 
C)  traditions that Egyptians absorbed from the Hebrews during their captivity. 
D)  the primary code of loyalty to pharaoh. 
E)  associated with the Book of the Dead.

Question 19

​How did the system of satrap and satrapies aid the Persian empire?

Accepted Answer

The system of satraps and satrapies was

Question 20

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).
  
-On the map of the world, color in those areas of the world that scholars consider to have been civilized early in the Third Millennium B.C. and then early in the Second Millennium B.C. What areas did civilization expand into during these thousand years?

Accepted Answer

In the Third Millennium B.C., scholars c

Exam 1: The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

Who was the creator of the earliest civilization?

To which of the following did Egypt finally lose its independence?

The use of the Phoenician alphabet and the Aramaic language provided which of the following civilizations with a centralizing force?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -satrap

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). -Explain why one may refer to the mythopoeic (myth-making) mind of the people of the ancient Near East.

The term mythopoeic relates best to

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -"The Sea Peoples"

Significant features of the Paleolithic Age include each of the following except that

Iron weapons and tools largely replaced bronze weapons and tools after 1000 B.C. in the ancient Near East because

Please use this outline map of the Near East to answer the question(s). -On the map of the Near East, use different colors to sketch in the areas where the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations were found.

​The introduction of Indo-European people lead to the emergence of all of the following languages except

Compared to Assyrian rule, Persian rule over the Near East was

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Nubia

Which term is best associated with the "Wise Lord" or the god of light and justice?

Which of the following is least applicable to the approach of ancient civilizations towards nature?

According to the authors, ancient Egyptians

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Bull of Heaven

Qualities of truth and justice were

​How did the system of satrap and satrapies aid the Persian empire?

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greeks: From Myth to Reason

Rome: From City-State to World Empire

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Rise of Europe: Fusion of Classical, Christian, and Germanic Traditions

The Flowering and Dissolution of Medieval Civilization

Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation

Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution

Intellectual Transformation: the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

The Era of the French Revolution: Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: the Transformation of Society

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Surge of Liberalism and Nationalism: Revolution, Counterrevolution, and Unification

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism, Positivism, Darwinism, and Social Criticism

Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century: Modernization, Nationalism, Imperialism

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

World War 2: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War 2: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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