Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Cyrus and Cambyses were ancient Persian

Question 2

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 3

​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 4

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

Accepted Answer

The Code of Hammurabi provides valuable

Question 5

Which of the following best explains the Mesopotamian religious worldview about disease?

Accepted Answer

A)  They believed that diseases are caused by bacteria. 
B)  They believed that disease is caused by gods or demons. 
C)  They believed that enemy shamans are the cause of diseases. 
D)  They believed that disease is caused by humans themselves. 
E)  They believed that disease is caused by priest-physicians. 
A)  They believed that diseases are caused by bacteria. 
B)  They believed that disease is caused by gods or demons. 
C)  They believed that enemy shamans are the cause of diseases. 
D)  They believed that disease is caused by humans themselves. 
E)  They believed that disease is caused by priest-physicians.

Question 6

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).
  
-Discuss Mesopotamian contributions to two of the following fields: government,law,and science.

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia, located in the region of mo

Question 7

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).
  
-What were some of the negative consequences first of the agricultural revolution and later of the development of civilization?

Accepted Answer

The agricultural revolution and the deve

Question 8

The Egyptian writing system known as hieroglyphics was

Accepted Answer

A)  a wedged shaped writing system. 
B)  a form of picture writing in which figures such as crocodiles, sails, eyes, and so forth represented words or sounds that could be combined to form words. 
C)  the world's first writing system. 
D)  the only writing system of the earliest civilized societies. 
E)  borrowed by the Sumerians. 
A)  a wedged shaped writing system. 
B)  a form of picture writing in which figures such as crocodiles, sails, eyes, and so forth represented words or sounds that could be combined to form words. 
C)  the world's first writing system. 
D)  the only writing system of the earliest civilized societies. 
E)  borrowed by the Sumerians.

Question 9

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 10

Which of the following provided a basis for the Mesopotamian civilization?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

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 12

​From studying the Hammurabi Code,historians have learned that

Accepted Answer

A)  ​the Mesopotamian civilizations were compassionate and forgiving 
B)  ​men and women were treated equally 
C)  ​business transaction were not regulated 
D)  ​class distinctions were key to their legal code 
E)  ​slavery was outlawed 
A)  ​the Mesopotamian civilizations were compassionate and forgiving 
B)  ​men and women were treated equally 
C)  ​business transaction were not regulated 
D)  ​class distinctions were key to their legal code 
E)  ​slavery was outlawed

Question 13

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 14

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 15

Which group invented the first alphabet?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sumerians 
B)  Hittites 
C)  Phoenicians 
D)  Greeks 
E)  Egyptians 
A)  Sumerians 
B)  Hittites 
C)  Phoenicians 
D)  Greeks 
E)  Egyptians

Question 16

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 17

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

Accepted Answer

Atonism is a religious belief system cen

Question 18

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 19

Who may be best associated with forwarding monotheistic ideas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ramses 
B)  Tutankhamen 
C)  Maety 
D)  Akhenaten 
E)  Ahmose 
A)  Ramses 
B)  Tutankhamen 
C)  Maety 
D)  Akhenaten 
E)  Ahmose

Question 20

Egyptians demonstrated their belief in an afterlife by all of the following except​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​elaborate tombs 
B)  ​funerary art 
C)  ​mortuary priests 
D)  ​mummification 
E)  ​cremation 
A)  ​elaborate tombs 
B)  ​funerary art 
C)  ​mortuary priests 
D)  ​mummification 
E)  ​cremation

Exam 1: The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

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

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.

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

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

Which of the following best explains the Mesopotamian religious worldview about disease?

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). -Discuss Mesopotamian contributions to two of the following fields: government,law,and science.

Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). -What were some of the negative consequences first of the agricultural revolution and later of the development of civilization?

The Egyptian writing system known as hieroglyphics was

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

Which of the following provided a basis for the Mesopotamian civilization?

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

​From studying the Hammurabi Code,historians have learned that

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.

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

Which group invented the first alphabet?

Who was the creator of the earliest civilization?

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

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

Who may be best associated with forwarding monotheistic ideas?

Egyptians demonstrated their belief in an afterlife by all of the following except​

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 II: Western Civilization in the Balance

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

The Troubled Present

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

From studying the Hammurabi Code,historians have learned that

Egyptians demonstrated their belief in an afterlife by all of the following except