Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The Hyksos were a group of people who in

Question 2

The reputation of Nefertiti rests on

Accepted Answer

A)  her inscriptions made while a court poet. 
B)  her rank as a temple priestess under Tutankhamen. 
C)  the prominence of her role at the court of Akhenaten. 
D)  the belief that as a goddess she helped to guard the underworld. 
E)  her role as guardian of the temple. 
A)  her inscriptions made while a court poet. 
B)  her rank as a temple priestess under Tutankhamen. 
C)  the prominence of her role at the court of Akhenaten. 
D)  the belief that as a goddess she helped to guard the underworld. 
E)  her role as guardian of the temple.

Question 3

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).
  
-Contrast the religious attitudes of the Egyptians and the Mesopotamians. Explain why the differences between the two civilizations developed.

Accepted Answer

The religious attitudes of the Egyptians

Question 4

Humankind during the Paleolithic Age illustrated each of the following developments except

Accepted Answer

A)  improvements through natural selection. 
B)  ability to form abstractions. 
C)  evidence that they could analyze and problem solve difficulties relating to hunting. 
D)  concern for providing for the weak members of the community. 
E)  groups of families formed bands and learned to plan, organize, cooperate, trust, and share. 
A)  improvements through natural selection. 
B)  ability to form abstractions. 
C)  evidence that they could analyze and problem solve difficulties relating to hunting. 
D)  concern for providing for the weak members of the community. 
E)  groups of families formed bands and learned to plan, organize, cooperate, trust, and share.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Akkad was an ancient city located in Mes

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

The Aramaeans were a Semitic people who

Question 7

Which religion became the counterpart to Persian political and cultural universalism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Worship of the god Marduk 
B)  Zoroastrianism 
C)  Judaism 
D)  The monotheism of Akhenaten 
E)  Janism 
A)  Worship of the god Marduk 
B)  Zoroastrianism 
C)  Judaism 
D)  The monotheism of Akhenaten 
E)  Janism

Question 8

Egyptian physicians understood all of the following except

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A)  the anatomy of a person. 
B)  trepanning. 
C)  the importance of cleanliness in avoiding contagious diseases. 
D)  how to drain an abscessed tooth. 
E)  circumcision. 
A)  the anatomy of a person. 
B)  trepanning. 
C)  the importance of cleanliness in avoiding contagious diseases. 
D)  how to drain an abscessed tooth. 
E)  circumcision.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

The Nile is a major north-flowing river

Question 10

The result of changing from a hunter way of life to a village and farming sedentary life impacted on the population in all of the following ways EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  the creation of artisans. 
B)  the emergence of classes. 
C)  the development of personal independence. 
D)  the evolution of minted coins. 
E)  a life that was more routine-oriented. 
A)  the creation of artisans. 
B)  the emergence of classes. 
C)  the development of personal independence. 
D)  the evolution of minted coins. 
E)  a life that was more routine-oriented.

Question 11

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).
  
-What factors contributed to the development of Egyptian civilization? What was their impact on the nature of the Egyptian monarchy?

Accepted Answer

The development of Egyptian civilization

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Who?
Hammurabi was the sixth king of the

Question 13

​Life in Mesopotamia could be dangerous because of all of the following reasons except​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​river dikes could break 
B)  ​water shortage could cause crops to fail 
C)  ​lack of natural barriers to prevent invasions 
D)  ​disease 
E)  ​lack of record keeping 
A)  ​river dikes could break 
B)  ​water shortage could cause crops to fail 
C)  ​lack of natural barriers to prevent invasions 
D)  ​disease 
E)  ​lack of record keeping

Question 14

​Historians have debated whether Akhenaten's religious reforms may have influenced

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Moses 
B)  ​Aristotle 
C)  ​Hammurabi 
D)  ​Gilgamesh 
E)  ​Nero 
A)  ​Moses 
B)  ​Aristotle 
C)  ​Hammurabi 
D)  ​Gilgamesh 
E)  ​Nero

Question 15

All the following were achievements of the Egyptians except

Accepted Answer

A)  pyramid building. 
B)  superb engineering skills. 
C)  the invention of the solar calendar. 
D)  advancement in medicine. 
E)  the invention of the lunar calendar. 
A)  pyramid building. 
B)  superb engineering skills. 
C)  the invention of the solar calendar. 
D)  advancement in medicine. 
E)  the invention of the lunar calendar.

Question 16

Mesopotamian mathematicians made advancements in math except​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​creation of multiplication tables 
B)  ​inventing cubes and cube roots 
C)  ​determining the area of a triangle 
D)  ​development of mathematical proofs 
E)  ​division of a circle into 360 degrees 
A)  ​creation of multiplication tables 
B)  ​inventing cubes and cube roots 
C)  ​determining the area of a triangle 
D)  ​development of mathematical proofs 
E)  ​division of a circle into 360 degrees

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

Ma'at is a key concept in ancient Egypti

Question 18

Discuss what can be learned about Mesopotamian society from the code of Hammurabi.

Accepted Answer

The Code of Hammurabi provides valuable

Question 19

​How did development of villages change patterns of life?

Accepted Answer

The development of villages marked a sig

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

The term "mythopoeic" refers to the crea

Exam 1: The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

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

The reputation of Nefertiti rests on

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). -Contrast the religious attitudes of the Egyptians and the Mesopotamians. Explain why the differences between the two civilizations developed.

Humankind during the Paleolithic Age illustrated each of the following developments except

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

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

Which religion became the counterpart to Persian political and cultural universalism?

Egyptian physicians understood all of the following except

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

The result of changing from a hunter way of life to a village and farming sedentary life impacted on the population in all of the following ways EXCEPT

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). -What factors contributed to the development of Egyptian civilization? What was their impact on the nature of the Egyptian monarchy?

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

​Life in Mesopotamia could be dangerous because of all of the following reasons except​

​Historians have debated whether Akhenaten's religious reforms may have influenced

All the following were achievements of the Egyptians except

Mesopotamian mathematicians made advancements in math except​

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

Discuss what can be learned about Mesopotamian society from the code of Hammurabi.

​How did development of villages change patterns of life?

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

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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Life in Mesopotamia could be dangerous because of all of the following reasons except

Historians have debated whether Akhenaten's religious reforms may have influenced

Mesopotamian mathematicians made advancements in math except

How did development of villages change patterns of life?