Western Civ 1

The Sumerian government

came to view kings as agents of their gods.

The basic unit of easy Mesopotamian civilization was the

city-state

The Egyptian pyramids were

conceived and built as tombs for a city of the dead

Solomon's most revered contribution to the Hebrew society was to

construct the Temple, the symbolic center of the Hebrew religion and society.

The decline of the Hittites and Egyptians around 1200 B.C.

created a power vacuum which allowed several small states to emerge and temporarily flourish

The written script of Sumer is known as

cuneiform

The assyrians are more important in history for their inovations in

empire building

The Assyrians use of terror tactics and atrocities

especially targeted inhabitants of the empire who rebelled against Assyrian rule

The first modern homo sapiens

first appeared in Africa between 200,000 and 150,000 years ago.

Unlike the rivers in Mesopotamia, the Nile River

floods predictably at the same time every year,

The Hebrew bible

focuses on the basic theme of the necessity of the Hebrews to obey their god

Egypt's Old Kingdom ended for all of the following except

foreign invasion

Assyrian art was primarily concerned with

glorifying the king, hunting, and war

The term "civilization" refers to human societies which, among other features,

have an urban focus and a distinct religious structure

The epic of Gilgamesh teaches that

human life is difficult and immortality is only for the gods.

All of the following helped make Assyria an efficient military machine except for

humane treatment of prisoners

Which of the following statements are NOT true about the Chaldean Empire?

it was the longest-lasting of the great Near Eastern empires

The relationship between the assyrian king and his officials was based on

loyalty

Growing appreciation of astronomy among European peoples after 4000 B.C. is best seen in

megalithic observatories

In comparison to Mesopotamian society, Egyptian society was

more rural

Mesopotamian religion was

one in which no one god reigned supreme and deities were closely related to the cities.

Assyrian kings organized their empire more effectively by

reducing the number of royal officials

Akhenaten is best known for his unsuccessful attempt to reform Egypt's

religion

According to the video "Quest for the Phoenicians" the, "Ship of reconciliation",:

represents an attempt to use ancient history as a way to address contemporary political and social tensions

The most famous of the megalithic constructions of Europe is

stonehenge

Sumerian kings derived their authority from

the gods

Gilgamesh was

the hero of a Sumerian poem

Which of the following statements BEST describes Assyrian government

the kings' power was absolute; they were vicars of the Assyrian god Ashur

All of the following are believed to be developments of the Paleolithic Age except

the regular production of food through agriculture

Which of the following was not a part of the Hebrew religious tradition?

the revelation

Nebuchadnezzar II accomplished all of the following EXCEPT

the revision of the Persian law code

The original Indo-Europeans possibly came from

the steepe region north of the Black Sea

Amenhotep IV is best known for

the temporary installation of the god of the sun disk in Egyptian culture

Originally the Osiris cult was reserved for

the wealthy who could afford preservation of the body.

The Phoenicians' contributions to the ancient Near East included all but

their defeat and destruction of the Hebrew's 12 tribes

All the following are true of the hebrew conception of God except

there was no room for personal relationships with him, as his word was law.

Ancient Egyptian history is dived into _______ major periods.

three

The Hittites played an important role in the history of the Middle East because they

transmitted Mesopotamian culture to the west, especially to the Mycenaean Greeks

The term Ma'at expresses the Egyptian belief in

truth, justice, and order in the universe

In agrarian societies, an economic surplus is food which is

used to support a non-laboring elite

The Hebrew religion

was an ethical religion centered around the law of god.

The Hyksos

were a Semetic-speaking people who infiltrated Egypt in the 17th century B.C.

The Hebrew prophets

were considered by the Hebrews to be the voice of Yahweh

The Sumerians

were plagued by incessant warfare between their many city-states

All of the following were Assaryian Kings EXCEPT for

Ashur

Which of the following is not an Indo-European language?

Babylonian

The destruction of jerusalem in 586 B.C. and the Babylonian captivity of the Hebrews occurred at the hands of the

Chaldeans

The cave in southern France, discovered in 1994 and that contains three hundred paintings of animals, is known as the ________ cave.

Chauvet

The founder of the Kingdom of Israel (1000-970 B.C.) was the military hero

David

For administrative purposes in the Old Kingdom, Egypt was

Divided into provinces called nomes and governed by nomarchy.

One of the few female pharaohs was

Hatshepsut

The way(s) in which the Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans viewed the Phoenicians and Carthaginians

Illustrates how historical records can be slanted or biased

The Hittites were

Indo-European speaking peoples

After the death of Solomon, tensions between the northern and southern tried led to the establishment of two kingdoms, the kingdom of _____ and the kingdom of _______.

Israel and Judah

All of the following are correct about Byblos except

It was an Egyptian commercial center

Which of the following is not true about Egyptian art

It was largely individually expressive, illustrated by many identifiable artists.

One of the oldest known agricultural villages, located in Palestine, was

Jericho

Which of the following is not true of Egyptian social life

Marriages were based on love and personal attraction.

The focal points and sources of life for the ancient Egyptians were the

Nile River and the pharaohs

Which of the following Egyptian gods was most closely associated with the mummification of the dead

Osiris

The greatest international sea traders of the ancient Near East were the

Phoenicians

In the first century B.C., Egypt became a colony of

Rome

The ruler of Akkad, who established the first empire in Sumer ca. 2340 B.C was

Sargon

King taunt best exemplifies the:

The "Chameleon-like nature" of the Phoenicians

According to Egyptian theology, the pharaoh derived his authority from

The fact that he was perceived as a divine instrument of order and harmony

Which of the following statements best applies to the status of women in Mesopotamian society?

The woman's role was to be in the home and subservient to her husband.

Mesopotamia is located in the valley of the

Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Punishments for crimes under the Code of Hammurabi

Were more severe for the lower classes

Moses united the Israelites after the Egyptian bondage by putting them under the protection of a new national god named

Yahweh

The ancient city of Catal Huyuk was

a Neolithic walled community sustained by food surpluses

The physical environment of the Mesopotamians generally led to

a pessimistic outlook with an emphasis on satisfying their angry gods.

The early Neolithic era saw

a slow transition from hunting and gathering to an agricultural society

The Assyrian army was able to conquer and maintain an empire due to its

ability to use diversified military tactics

The economy of ancient Egypt relied most heavily on

agriculture

the principle economic basis of Assyrian society was

agriculture based on farming villages

The words of the Hebrew prophets

all of the above

Assyrian society was well known for its

assimilation of other cultures and development of polyglot society

The Ishtar gate sat outside the city of

babylon

In ancient civilizations, bronze would replace copper because

bronze was harder and more durable

In the 13th century the Egyptians were driven out of Palestine and back to their original frontiers by the

"Sea Peoples"

In general, during the imperialistic New Kingdom, Egyptian government changed by

A gradual lessening in the power of pharaohs over their neighbors

The tradition of the hebrews states that they were descendants of the patriarch ________ who had migrated from Mesopotamia to the land of Palestine.

Abraham

Hominids split off from the great apes around six million years ago in

Africa