Question 1

Egyptian society:

Accepted Answer

A)  was highly stratified, with an influential middle class. 
B)  consisted of a tiny minority of royalty and nobility and a majority class of the poor, including peasants and artisans. 
C)  was dependent on a large and heavily oppressed slave class. 
D)  was a powerful patriarchy in which women had little participation. 
E)  was a matriarchal society as evidenced by powerful queens. 
A)  was highly stratified, with an influential middle class. 
B)  consisted of a tiny minority of royalty and nobility and a majority class of the poor, including peasants and artisans. 
C)  was dependent on a large and heavily oppressed slave class. 
D)  was a powerful patriarchy in which women had little participation. 
E)  was a matriarchal society as evidenced by powerful queens.

Question 2

Before 11,000 B.C.E.,virtually all human societies were:

Accepted Answer

A)  engaged in settled agriculture to produce crop surpluses for the gods. 
B)  able to use metal tools for arts, crafts, and building. 
C)  using men to do the hunting and women the gathering. 
D)  nomadic, moving incessantly in search of limited food. 
E)  settled in agricultural communities. 
A)  engaged in settled agriculture to produce crop surpluses for the gods. 
B)  able to use metal tools for arts, crafts, and building. 
C)  using men to do the hunting and women the gathering. 
D)  nomadic, moving incessantly in search of limited food. 
E)  settled in agricultural communities.

Question 3

The great Pyramids of Giza,built in the Fourth Dynasty,were:

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A)  used for athletic events, concerts, and political rallies. 
B)  lost in the desert sands and unknown to the Greeks. 
C)  a good supply of building stone for Rome and Carthage. 
D)  temples used for worship by the priestly class. 
E)  constructed by thousands of peasant workers who were not slaves. 
A)  used for athletic events, concerts, and political rallies. 
B)  lost in the desert sands and unknown to the Greeks. 
C)  a good supply of building stone for Rome and Carthage. 
D)  temples used for worship by the priestly class. 
E)  constructed by thousands of peasant workers who were not slaves.

Question 4

In what ways can Hammurabi's rule be described as innovative?

Accepted Answer

He used political strategy and his under

Question 5

The Epic of Gilgamesh is considered the world's first great literary masterpiece,and:

Accepted Answer

A)  historians have an exact version of the story as it was read in ancient Sumer. 
B)  the work relates the adventures of a king of Uruk in ancient Sumer. 
C)  the story tells us more about ancient Persian society than it does about ancient Sumer. 
D)  the epic is largely derived from stories in the Hebrew Bible. 
E)  The work tells the story of a simple Akkadian farmer. 
A)  historians have an exact version of the story as it was read in ancient Sumer. 
B)  the work relates the adventures of a king of Uruk in ancient Sumer. 
C)  the story tells us more about ancient Persian society than it does about ancient Sumer. 
D)  the epic is largely derived from stories in the Hebrew Bible. 
E)  The work tells the story of a simple Akkadian farmer.

Question 6

Hierarchical structures of leadership were uncommon in early societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Akkadian rulers of Sargon and Naram-Sin:

Accepted Answer

A)  presided over the "Dark Age," when foreigners dominated Akkad. 
B)  were glorified bandits who had little interest in culture. 
C)  wiped out the Sumerian religion and replaced it with their own. 
D)  led their country to a series of disastrous defeats ending in the destruction of Akkad. 
E)  ruled from cities and kept their empires through conquest and commerce. 
A)  presided over the "Dark Age," when foreigners dominated Akkad. 
B)  were glorified bandits who had little interest in culture. 
C)  wiped out the Sumerian religion and replaced it with their own. 
D)  led their country to a series of disastrous defeats ending in the destruction of Akkad. 
E)  ruled from cities and kept their empires through conquest and commerce.

Question 8

Why was Sumer an uninviting environment for the first cities?

Accepted Answer

A)  The area has no natural defenses. 
B)  The soil is infertile and the rivers flood unpredictably. 
C)  The marshy land between the rivers was fertile breeding ground for malaria and other deadly diseases. 
D)  The rivers are largely unnavigable during long periods of the year, making trade difficult. 
E)  The region has no forests for timber or usable stone to quarry for building materials. 
A)  The area has no natural defenses. 
B)  The soil is infertile and the rivers flood unpredictably. 
C)  The marshy land between the rivers was fertile breeding ground for malaria and other deadly diseases. 
D)  The rivers are largely unnavigable during long periods of the year, making trade difficult. 
E)  The region has no forests for timber or usable stone to quarry for building materials.

Question 9

Tens of thousands of Sumerian clay tablets have survived:

Accepted Answer

A)  but unfortunately the key to the language has not. 
B)  documenting the United Sumerian empire, which lasted from 2900 to 2500 B.C.E. 
C)  telling us more about Sumer than we know about any other human society at the time. 
D)  probably because the Sumerians kept them in special underground archives. 
E)  but all deal with priestly class and reveal nothing about Sumerian society. 
A)  but unfortunately the key to the language has not. 
B)  documenting the United Sumerian empire, which lasted from 2900 to 2500 B.C.E. 
C)  telling us more about Sumer than we know about any other human society at the time. 
D)  probably because the Sumerians kept them in special underground archives. 
E)  but all deal with priestly class and reveal nothing about Sumerian society.

Question 10

The Egyptian "Book of the Dead" contains:

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A)  lists of prominent persons who died each year. 
B)  funeral regulations for members of the royal family. 
C)  evidence of the culture's obsession with gloom and doom and death. 
D)  magic spells, formulae, and incantations needed in the afterlife. 
E)  lamentations and consoling writings to aid the bereaved in their time of sorrow. 
A)  lists of prominent persons who died each year. 
B)  funeral regulations for members of the royal family. 
C)  evidence of the culture's obsession with gloom and doom and death. 
D)  magic spells, formulae, and incantations needed in the afterlife. 
E)  lamentations and consoling writings to aid the bereaved in their time of sorrow.

Question 11

Shortly before 3000 B.C.E.,people in the Near East discovered that bronze could be produced by:

Accepted Answer

A)  applying advances in Sumerian mathematics and astronomy. 
B)  heating copper to extremely high temperatures in pottery furnaces. 
C)  combining copper with iron. 
D)  combining copper metal with arsenic or tin. 
E)  combining iron and tin or arsenic. 
A)  applying advances in Sumerian mathematics and astronomy. 
B)  heating copper to extremely high temperatures in pottery furnaces. 
C)  combining copper with iron. 
D)  combining copper metal with arsenic or tin. 
E)  combining iron and tin or arsenic.

Question 12

Since human beings in the Paleolithic period had no domestic animals:

Accepted Answer

A)  great disparities developed in individual wealth. 
B)  they could be easily ruled by tribal kings. 
C)  they practiced a policy of "divide, defeat, and conquer." 
D)  they had no significant wealth beyond what they could carry. 
E)  they used wild animals as beasts of burden. 
A)  great disparities developed in individual wealth. 
B)  they could be easily ruled by tribal kings. 
C)  they practiced a policy of "divide, defeat, and conquer." 
D)  they had no significant wealth beyond what they could carry. 
E)  they used wild animals as beasts of burden.

Question 13

Hammurabi's Code is the first law code that exacted equal punishment for crimes across the social spectrum.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The method of numbering Egyptian dynasties begins with the _________ Dynasty:

Accepted Answer

A)  Zero 
B)  First 
C)  Initial 
D)  Primary 
E)  Scorpion 
A)  Zero 
B)  First 
C)  Initial 
D)  Primary 
E)  Scorpion

Question 15

Slavery in Sumerian society was:

Accepted Answer

A)  based on the color of a person's skin. 
B)  strictly forbidden by the Code of Hammurabi. 
C)  unknown. 
D)  perpetual, with no chance for the slaves to gain their freedom. 
E)  usually the result of capture during war and limited in some ways. 
A)  based on the color of a person's skin. 
B)  strictly forbidden by the Code of Hammurabi. 
C)  unknown. 
D)  perpetual, with no chance for the slaves to gain their freedom. 
E)  usually the result of capture during war and limited in some ways.

Question 16

Historians typically divide ancient Egyptian history into _________ to facilitate the discussion of Egyptian politics and culture.

Accepted Answer

A)  intermediate eras 
B)  predynastic societies 
C)  pharaohs 
D)  kingdoms and periods 
E)  primary and secondary eras 
A)  intermediate eras 
B)  predynastic societies 
C)  pharaohs 
D)  kingdoms and periods 
E)  primary and secondary eras

Question 17

Although the Neolithic Revolution occurred over a period of several thousand years,it represents a revolutionary shift in the way human beings:

Accepted Answer

A)  conceived of and constructed their art. 
B)  migrated between the Near East and southern Europe. 
C)  disposed of their dead. 
D)  built religious shrines and worshiped their gods. 
E)  acquired the food necessary for their survival. 
A)  conceived of and constructed their art. 
B)  migrated between the Near East and southern Europe. 
C)  disposed of their dead. 
D)  built religious shrines and worshiped their gods. 
E)  acquired the food necessary for their survival.

Question 18

Which of the following is not true regarding women in Egyptian society during the Pharaonic period?

Accepted Answer

A)  They could assume pharaonic authority. 
B)  They could own property. 
C)  They could stand before the courts as individuals without male representation. 
D)  They could practice sexual freedom. 
E)  They were recognized as persons in their own right. 
A)  They could assume pharaonic authority. 
B)  They could own property. 
C)  They could stand before the courts as individuals without male representation. 
D)  They could practice sexual freedom. 
E)  They were recognized as persons in their own right.

Question 19

How did the image of the pharaoh change from the Archaic Period through the Middle Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

The Archaic Period was ruled by strongme

Question 20

Which period saw Egypt expand its borders,abandon its isolationism,and change its ideal of pharaoh from a god to a "good shepherd"?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Old Kingdom 
B)  the Middle Kingdom 
C)  the First Intermediate Period 
D)  the Second Intermediate Period 
E)  the New Kingdom 
A)  the Old Kingdom 
B)  the Middle Kingdom 
C)  the First Intermediate Period 
D)  the Second Intermediate Period 
E)  the New Kingdom

Exam 1: Early Civilizations

Egyptian society:

Before 11,000 B.C.E.,virtually all human societies were:

The great Pyramids of Giza,built in the Fourth Dynasty,were:

In what ways can Hammurabi's rule be described as innovative?

The Epic of Gilgamesh is considered the world's first great literary masterpiece,and:

Hierarchical structures of leadership were uncommon in early societies.

The Akkadian rulers of Sargon and Naram-Sin:

Why was Sumer an uninviting environment for the first cities?

Tens of thousands of Sumerian clay tablets have survived:

The Egyptian "Book of the Dead" contains:

Shortly before 3000 B.C.E.,people in the Near East discovered that bronze could be produced by:

Since human beings in the Paleolithic period had no domestic animals:

Hammurabi's Code is the first law code that exacted equal punishment for crimes across the social spectrum.

The method of numbering Egyptian dynasties begins with the _________ Dynasty:

Slavery in Sumerian society was:

Historians typically divide ancient Egyptian history into _________ to facilitate the discussion of Egyptian politics and culture.

Although the Neolithic Revolution occurred over a period of several thousand years,it represents a revolutionary shift in the way human beings:

Which of the following is not true regarding women in Egyptian society during the Pharaonic period?

How did the image of the pharaoh change from the Archaic Period through the Middle Kingdom?

Which period saw Egypt expand its borders,abandon its isolationism,and change its ideal of pharaoh from a god to a "good shepherd"?

Peoples,Gods,and Empires: 1700–500 B.C.E

The Civilization of Greece,1000–400 B.C.E

The Greek World Expands,400–150 B.C.E

The Civilization of Ancient Rome

The Transformation of Rome

Rome’s Three Heirs: 500–950

The Expansion of Europe,950–1100

The Consolidation of Europe,1100–1300

Crisis,Unrest,and Opportunity,1300–1500

Commerce,Conquest,and Colonization,1300–1600

Renaissance Ideals and Realities,c.1350–1550

The Age of Dissent and Division,1500–1600

Religion,Warfare,and Sovereignty: 1540–1660

Absolutism and Empire,1660–1789

The New Science of the Seventeenth Century

The Enlightenment

The French Revolution

The Industrial Revolution and Nineteenth-Century Society

From Restoration to Revolution,1815–1848

What Is a Nation? Territories,States,and Citizens,1848–1871

Imperialism and Colonialism,1870–1914

Modern Industry and Mass Politics,1870–1914

The First World War

Turmoil between the Wars

The Second World War

The Cold War World: Global Politics,Economic Recovery,and Cultural Change

Red Flags and Velvet Revolutions: The End of the Cold War,1960–1990

A World without Walls: Globalization and the West

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