Exam 2: The Ancient World

The __________ of Hammurabi was based on the notion of "an eye for an eye."

In Sumer,the festival of the goddess of fertility,__________,involved drunken,orgiastic dancing involving self-mutilation with knives.

__________ was the first civilization to emerge in the Fertile Crescent.

Sumerian artists depicted actual individuals,usually __________.

What is one reason lifelike sculptures of humans were rare in the ancient period?

The caves at __________ have been sealed to protect them from atmospheric damage.

Paleolithic hunters were as fully human as we are.

Akhenaton was apparently the first individual to introduce monotheism.

__________ was the major art form of the Egyptians.

Large and expressive eyes are characteristic of __________ art.

The oldest known story in the world is the epic of __________.

Paleolithic humans herded sheep.

__________ sprang up around Sumer to house the sacrifices thought necessary to ensure good harvests.

__________ refers to the second stage in human culture.

__________ art refers to the art made for the rituals of death.

Domestication of animals began during the __________ period.

The facial features of the Great Sphinx were likely based on Pharaoh __________.

The __________ symbolizes the royal leadership of ancient Sumer,as well as masculine fertility.

The Egyptian __________ contains magic formulas placed in tombs to serve and protect the dead in the afterlife.

Neanderthal people seem to have had a religion.