Question 1

What colossal statue stands next to the pyramids at Giza?

Accepted Answer

A) The Stele of Aton-rah 
B) The Sphinx 
C) Demeter 
D) Gilgamesh 
A) The Stele of Aton-rah 
B) The Sphinx 
C) Demeter 
D) Gilgamesh B

Question 2

What was Sumerian religion based upon?

Accepted Answer

A) animal worship 
B) spirits of ancestors 
C) natural phenomena 
D) monotheism 
A) animal worship 
B) spirits of ancestors 
C) natural phenomena 
D) monotheism C

Question 3

What do archaeologists believe the Venus of Willendorf depicts?

Accepted Answer

A) a Greek goddess 
B) a female fertility figure 
C) a famous queen 
D) a child 
A) a Greek goddess 
B) a female fertility figure 
C) a famous queen 
D) a child B

Question 4

_______________________ Family of languages including Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ Family of languages including Arabic, Hebrew,...

Question 5

How did the focus of Mycenaean art and architecture differ from that of the Minoans?

Accepted Answer

Mycenaean art, unlike that of the Minoan

Question 6

_______________________ A river in ancient Mesopotamia.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ A river in ancient Mesopotamia....

Question 7

What was the most important new religious figure of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt?

Accepted Answer

A) Aton 
B) Isis 
C) Minos 
D) Knossos 
A) Aton 
B) Isis 
C) Minos 
D) Knossos

Question 8

_______________________ Assyrian king of ancient Mesopotamia.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ Assyrian king of ancient Mesopotamia....

Question 9

What artifacts from Jericho are considered an indication that they practiced ancestor worship?

Accepted Answer

A) fertility figures 
B) burial statues 
C) restored skulls 
D) stone shrines 
A) fertility figures 
B) burial statues 
C) restored skulls 
D) stone shrines

Question 10

How do scholars traditionally divide the history of ancient Egypt?

Accepted Answer

A) into two major periods 
B) into three major periods 
C) into four major periods 
D) Into six major periods 
A) into two major periods 
B) into three major periods 
C) into four major periods 
D) Into six major periods

Question 11

What are two Semitic languages?

Accepted Answer

A) Arabic and Hebrew 
B) Urdu and Hindi 
C) Persian and Arabic 
D) Greek and Maltese 
A) Arabic and Hebrew 
B) Urdu and Hindi 
C) Persian and Arabic 
D) Greek and Maltese

Question 12

Who succeeded the Minoans?

Accepted Answer

A) the Sumerians 
B) the Persians 
C) the Mycenaeans 
D) the Kassites 
A) the Sumerians 
B) the Persians 
C) the Mycenaeans 
D) the Kassites

Question 13

_______________________ Center of the Minoan civilization.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ Center of the Minoan civilization....

Question 14

Which civilization succeeded in uniting Mesopotamia in 1800 B.C.E.?

Accepted Answer

A) Assyrians 
B) Kassites 
C) Babylonians 
D) Sumerians 
A) Assyrians 
B) Kassites 
C) Babylonians 
D) Sumerians

Question 15

Who was the first great architect known to history?

Accepted Answer

A) Khafre 
B) Djoser 
C) Babur 
D) Imhotep 
A) Khafre 
B) Djoser 
C) Babur 
D) Imhotep

Question 16

What was the most common medium of the art of the Cyclades islands?

Accepted Answer

A) Marble statues 
B) Pottery 
C) Wall-painting 
D) Wood-caring 
A) Marble statues 
B) Pottery 
C) Wall-painting 
D) Wood-caring

Question 17

According to the text, what have archaeologists posited that Stonehenge was?

Accepted Answer

A) an ancient temple 
B) a storage facility for weapons 
C) a monument to a great leader 
D) a solar calendar and observatory 
A) an ancient temple 
B) a storage facility for weapons 
C) a monument to a great leader 
D) a solar calendar and observatory

Question 18

In general terms, what is most striking about Egyptian culture over the centuries?

Accepted Answer

A) The evolution of its writing system 
B) Its unity and consistency 
C) Its ever-changing, highly diverse nature 
D) Its unjust social system 
A) The evolution of its writing system 
B) Its unity and consistency 
C) Its ever-changing, highly diverse nature 
D) Its unjust social system

Question 19

_______________________ An upright stone slab decorated with relief carvings.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ An upright stone slab decorated with...

Question 20

Which war provided the background for Homer's Iliad and Odyssey?

Accepted Answer

A) the Peloponnesian War 
B) the Trojan War 
C) the Persian War 
D) the Babylonian War 
A) the Peloponnesian War 
B) the Trojan War 
C) the Persian War 
D) the Babylonian War

What colossal statue stands next to the pyramids at Giza?

What was Sumerian religion based upon?

What do archaeologists believe the Venus of Willendorf depicts?

_______________________ Family of languages including Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic.

How did the focus of Mycenaean art and architecture differ from that of the Minoans?

_______________________ A river in ancient Mesopotamia.

What was the most important new religious figure of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt?

_______________________ Assyrian king of ancient Mesopotamia.

What artifacts from Jericho are considered an indication that they practiced ancestor worship?

How do scholars traditionally divide the history of ancient Egypt?

What are two Semitic languages?

Who succeeded the Minoans?

_______________________ Center of the Minoan civilization.

Which civilization succeeded in uniting Mesopotamia in 1800 B.C.E.?

Who was the first great architect known to history?

What was the most common medium of the art of the Cyclades islands?

According to the text, what have archaeologists posited that Stonehenge was?

In general terms, what is most striking about Egyptian culture over the centuries?

_______________________ An upright stone slab decorated with relief carvings.

Which war provided the background for Homer's Iliad and Odyssey?

The Rise of Greece

Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Period

Rome

Ancient Civilizations of India and China

The Rise of the Biblical Tradition

Early Christianity: Ravenna and Byzantium

Islam

The Rise of Medieval Culture

The High Middle Ages

The Fourteenth Century: a Time of Transition

The Renaissance in the Fifteenth Century

The High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy

The High Renaissance in the North

The Seventeenth Century: the Baroque Era

The Eighteenth Century

Romanticism, Realism, and Photography

Toward the Modern Era: 1870-1914

India, China, and Japan: From Medieval to Modern Times

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Exam 1: Beginnings

What colossal statue stands next to the pyramids at Giza?

What was Sumerian religion based upon?

What do archaeologists believe the Venus of Willendorf depicts?

_______________________ Family of languages including Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic.

How did the focus of Mycenaean art and architecture differ from that of the Minoans?

_______________________ A river in ancient Mesopotamia.

What was the most important new religious figure of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt?

_______________________ Assyrian king of ancient Mesopotamia.

What artifacts from Jericho are considered an indication that they practiced ancestor worship?

How do scholars traditionally divide the history of ancient Egypt?

What are two Semitic languages?

Who succeeded the Minoans?

_______________________ Center of the Minoan civilization.

Which civilization succeeded in uniting Mesopotamia in 1800 B.C.E.?

Who was the first great architect known to history?

What was the most common medium of the art of the Cyclades islands?

According to the text, what have archaeologists posited that Stonehenge was?

In general terms, what is most striking about Egyptian culture over the centuries?

_______________________ An upright stone slab decorated with relief carvings.

Which war provided the background for Homer's Iliad and Odyssey?

The Rise of Greece

Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Period

Rome

Ancient Civilizations of India and China

The Rise of the Biblical Tradition

Early Christianity: Ravenna and Byzantium

Islam

The Rise of Medieval Culture

The High Middle Ages

The Fourteenth Century: a Time of Transition

The Renaissance in the Fifteenth Century

The High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy

The High Renaissance in the North

The Seventeenth Century: the Baroque Era

The Eighteenth Century

Romanticism, Realism, and Photography

Toward the Modern Era: 1870-1914

India, China, and Japan: From Medieval to Modern Times

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