Question 1

During the Late Bronze Age (1500-1200 B.C.E.)in the ancient Near East,the two great imperial powers were:

Accepted Answer

A)  New Kingdom Egypt and the Hittite empire. 
B)  New Kingdom Egypt and classical Greece. 
C)  the Sumerians and the Egyptians. 
D)  the Hebrews and the Canaanites. 
E)  the Canaanites and the Hittite empire. 
A)  New Kingdom Egypt and the Hittite empire. 
B)  New Kingdom Egypt and classical Greece. 
C)  the Sumerians and the Egyptians. 
D)  the Hebrews and the Canaanites. 
E)  the Canaanites and the Hittite empire.

Question 2

The people who settled in Anatolia around 2000 B.C.E.and built a powerful,militaristic kingdom there over the next four hundred years are known as the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Philistines. 
B)  Assyrians. 
C)  Babylonians. 
D)  Hittites. 
E)  Chaldeans. 
A)  Philistines. 
B)  Assyrians. 
C)  Babylonians. 
D)  Hittites. 
E)  Chaldeans.

Question 3

Zarathustra attempted to redefine religion:

Accepted Answer

A)  as a set of ritual practices centered on animal sacrifice. 
B)  so that it would be concerned more with dietary rules and ritual. 
C)  as the mystical insights achieved through fasting. 
D)  as ethical practices common to all people. 
E)  as practices centered on temple worship conducted by priests. 
A)  as a set of ritual practices centered on animal sacrifice. 
B)  so that it would be concerned more with dietary rules and ritual. 
C)  as the mystical insights achieved through fasting. 
D)  as ethical practices common to all people. 
E)  as practices centered on temple worship conducted by priests.

Question 4

Akhenaten represents one of the earliest moves,in Western history,toward:

Accepted Answer

A)  a centralized government with all authority resting with the ruler. 
B)  centralized planning of all aspects of the country's economy. 
C)  a regulated system of delivering messages throughout the country. 
D)  monotheistic religious practices. 
E)  a theocracy. 
A)  a centralized government with all authority resting with the ruler. 
B)  centralized planning of all aspects of the country's economy. 
C)  a regulated system of delivering messages throughout the country. 
D)  monotheistic religious practices. 
E)  a theocracy.

Question 5

Relations after 1500 B.C.E.are more appropriately referred to as "transnational" because:

Accepted Answer

A)  of the transcendence of Egypt during the Eighteenth Dynasty. 
B)  the superpowers of the Near East created the first multinational governing body. 
C)  the political and economic networks transcended national boundaries and identities. 
D)  of the emergence of the Persian Empire as the sole political entity in the region. 
E)  boundaries between kingdoms in this period were flexible and changed often. 
A)  of the transcendence of Egypt during the Eighteenth Dynasty. 
B)  the superpowers of the Near East created the first multinational governing body. 
C)  the political and economic networks transcended national boundaries and identities. 
D)  of the emergence of the Persian Empire as the sole political entity in the region. 
E)  boundaries between kingdoms in this period were flexible and changed often.

Question 6

The Mitannians introduced lighter chariots to carry archers,but:

Accepted Answer

A)  they were not strong enough to defeat Assyria. 
B)  their opponents soon copied them and their technological advantage was lost. 
C)  they could not negotiate effectively with Hittites and Egyptians. 
D)  the kingdom of Israel defeated them anyway. 
E)  such chariots could not be used on the rocky terrain of Egypt. 
A)  they were not strong enough to defeat Assyria. 
B)  their opponents soon copied them and their technological advantage was lost. 
C)  they could not negotiate effectively with Hittites and Egyptians. 
D)  the kingdom of Israel defeated them anyway. 
E)  such chariots could not be used on the rocky terrain of Egypt.

Question 7

In 1786,the scholar Sir William Jones suggested that:

Accepted Answer

A)  Mesopotamian civilization died out because of drought. 
B)  out of respect for the dead, ancient sites should not be excavated. 
C)  bones found in Anatolia matched those of an Egyptian mummy. 
D)  ancient Greek and Sanskrit descended from a common, Indo-European linguistic source. 
E)  the remains of the Trojan civilization could be found in northern Greece. 
A)  Mesopotamian civilization died out because of drought. 
B)  out of respect for the dead, ancient sites should not be excavated. 
C)  bones found in Anatolia matched those of an Egyptian mummy. 
D)  ancient Greek and Sanskrit descended from a common, Indo-European linguistic source. 
E)  the remains of the Trojan civilization could be found in northern Greece.

Question 8

What was the effect of the Hyksos invasion on Egypt?

Accepted Answer

The conquest of Lower Egypt by the Hykso

Question 9

The division of property and wealth in New Kingdom Egypt:

Accepted Answer

A)  favored the pharaoh, the military aristocracy, and the temples of the gods. 
B)  guaranteed employment for all, from soldiers to peasants and artisans. 
C)  led to discontent among the masses and calls for reform. 
D)  was among the most generous of all ancient civilizations. 
E)  was equitable for all and represents the earliest communitarian society. 
A)  favored the pharaoh, the military aristocracy, and the temples of the gods. 
B)  guaranteed employment for all, from soldiers to peasants and artisans. 
C)  led to discontent among the masses and calls for reform. 
D)  was among the most generous of all ancient civilizations. 
E)  was equitable for all and represents the earliest communitarian society.

Question 10

Around 1200 B.C.E.,an inscription by Pharaoh Ramses III records:

Accepted Answer

A)  the end of the Late Bronze Age and the first use of iron. 
B)  an Egyptian victory over the "Sea Peoples," invaders from the north. 
C)  drastic measures because of overpopulation, food shortages, and war. 
D)  the terror felt by the kings of Ugarit and Alashiya. 
E)  his release of the Hebrew people from Egypt. 
A)  the end of the Late Bronze Age and the first use of iron. 
B)  an Egyptian victory over the "Sea Peoples," invaders from the north. 
C)  drastic measures because of overpopulation, food shortages, and war. 
D)  the terror felt by the kings of Ugarit and Alashiya. 
E)  his release of the Hebrew people from Egypt.

Question 11

Before the Persian empire could be formed,the Persian people had first to defeat their rulers,the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Babylonians. 
B)  Egyptians. 
C)  Lydians. 
D)  Assyrians. 
E)  Chaldeans. 
A)  Babylonians. 
B)  Egyptians. 
C)  Lydians. 
D)  Assyrians. 
E)  Chaldeans.

Question 12

The Hebrew people became unified in their worship of Yahweh due to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Moses forbidding the worship of false gods. 
B)  Saul outlawing all other activities of worship. 
C)  the kings of Judah imposing the worship of Yahweh on the kingdom of Israel. 
D)  prophetic insistence on the need for a united Hebrew identity under neo-Assyrian rule. 
E)  the destruction of the city of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. 
A)  Moses forbidding the worship of false gods. 
B)  Saul outlawing all other activities of worship. 
C)  the kings of Judah imposing the worship of Yahweh on the kingdom of Israel. 
D)  prophetic insistence on the need for a united Hebrew identity under neo-Assyrian rule. 
E)  the destruction of the city of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.

Question 13

Unlike other rulers,Cyrus of Persia (559-529 B.C.E.):

Accepted Answer

A)  introduced metallic coinage in Asia Minor. 
B)  took the Hebrew people into captivity in his capital city. 
C)  lost a great empire to the barbarian tribes of Central Asia. 
D)  granted self-rule and religious freedom to conquered peoples. 
E)  granted self-rule to conquered peoples who accepted the Persian religion. 
A)  introduced metallic coinage in Asia Minor. 
B)  took the Hebrew people into captivity in his capital city. 
C)  lost a great empire to the barbarian tribes of Central Asia. 
D)  granted self-rule and religious freedom to conquered peoples. 
E)  granted self-rule to conquered peoples who accepted the Persian religion.

Question 14

The culture of the Hittites was:

Accepted Answer

A)  hindered by their lack of writing. 
B)  preserved for posterity by the Kassittes. 
C)  based on ideas borrowed from the Hebrews. 
D)  strongly militaristic, prone to attacks on other peoples. 
E)  the source of all Middle Eastern cultures that followed them. 
A)  hindered by their lack of writing. 
B)  preserved for posterity by the Kassittes. 
C)  based on ideas borrowed from the Hebrews. 
D)  strongly militaristic, prone to attacks on other peoples. 
E)  the source of all Middle Eastern cultures that followed them.

Question 15

We know very little about the Philistines because they left no written records.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Due to a period of captivity in Babylon,ancient Hebrews:

Accepted Answer

A)  rebelled against their Chaldean conquerors. 
B)  developed a religion that transcended local politics and geography. 
C)  adopted the worship of Assur. 
D)  established stringent purity laws. 
E)  turned to prophets to explain their fate. 
A)  rebelled against their Chaldean conquerors. 
B)  developed a religion that transcended local politics and geography. 
C)  adopted the worship of Assur. 
D)  established stringent purity laws. 
E)  turned to prophets to explain their fate.

Question 17

By the fourteenth century B.C.E.,international relations were marked by:

Accepted Answer

A)  suspicions and hostility: states wanted as little contact as possible. 
B)  strictly limited trade in essential goods only: grain, oil, wine, and salt. 
C)  feelings of brotherhood between the Hittites and the Assyrians. 
D)  diplomatic standards, polite forms of address, gifts, and alliances. 
E)  continual warfare between the regional powers. 
A)  suspicions and hostility: states wanted as little contact as possible. 
B)  strictly limited trade in essential goods only: grain, oil, wine, and salt. 
C)  feelings of brotherhood between the Hittites and the Assyrians. 
D)  diplomatic standards, polite forms of address, gifts, and alliances. 
E)  continual warfare between the regional powers.

Question 18

The center of Mycenaean society was the village,which gave a sense of family and responsibility to the people and encouraged loyalty to the king,who was depicted as a father to his people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Minoans:

Accepted Answer

A)  remained isolated politically and economically from the rest of the ancient world. 
B)  were civil servants in a redistributive economy, not warriors. 
C)  wrote tablets in Linear A to record their economic transactions. 
D)  can be identified as non-Greek allies of the Hittites and Egyptians. 
E)  were a warrior people who conquered most of the eastern Mediterranean. 
A)  remained isolated politically and economically from the rest of the ancient world. 
B)  were civil servants in a redistributive economy, not warriors. 
C)  wrote tablets in Linear A to record their economic transactions. 
D)  can be identified as non-Greek allies of the Hittites and Egyptians. 
E)  were a warrior people who conquered most of the eastern Mediterranean.

Question 20

The term thalassocracy means "sea empire."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Peoples,Gods,and Empires: 1700–500 B.C.E

During the Late Bronze Age (1500-1200 B.C.E.)in the ancient Near East,the two great imperial powers were:

The people who settled in Anatolia around 2000 B.C.E.and built a powerful,militaristic kingdom there over the next four hundred years are known as the:

Zarathustra attempted to redefine religion:

Akhenaten represents one of the earliest moves,in Western history,toward:

Relations after 1500 B.C.E.are more appropriately referred to as "transnational" because:

The Mitannians introduced lighter chariots to carry archers,but:

In 1786,the scholar Sir William Jones suggested that:

What was the effect of the Hyksos invasion on Egypt?

The division of property and wealth in New Kingdom Egypt:

Around 1200 B.C.E.,an inscription by Pharaoh Ramses III records:

Before the Persian empire could be formed,the Persian people had first to defeat their rulers,the:

The Hebrew people became unified in their worship of Yahweh due to:

Unlike other rulers,Cyrus of Persia (559-529 B.C.E.):

The culture of the Hittites was:

We know very little about the Philistines because they left no written records.

Due to a period of captivity in Babylon,ancient Hebrews:

By the fourteenth century B.C.E.,international relations were marked by:

The center of Mycenaean society was the village,which gave a sense of family and responsibility to the people and encouraged loyalty to the king,who was depicted as a father to his people.

The Minoans:

The term thalassocracy means "sea empire."

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

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The Medieval World,1250–1350

Rebirth and Unrest,1350–1453

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Europe in the Atlantic World,1550–1660

European Monarchies and Absolutism,1660–1725

The New Science of the Seventeenth Century

Europe during the Enlightenment

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Revolutions and Nation Building,1848–1871

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