western civilization: semester 1 final
ancient egyptian history is divided into...major periods
3
alliance of greek city states
Delian League
the hoplite phalynx was
a greek military orginization of heavily armed infantry
the physical environment of the Mesopotamians generally led to..
a pessimistic outlook with an emphasis on satisfying their angry gods
the tradition of the hebrews states that they were descendant of the partiarch _____ who had migrated from mesopotamia to the land of palestine
abraham
the words of hebrew prophets..
advocated social justice by condemning the rich for mistreating the poor
in zoroastrianism the evil spritit was known as...
ahriman
an especially imprtant cultural center with the largest library in ancient times was
alexandria
the nile river provided ancient egyptians with
an excellent artery of transportation
the continues pursuit of excellence
arete
ankenaten wanted egyptians to focus soleley on the worship of which destiny?
aten
the immediate cause of the persian war was...
athenian support of a revolt of the ionian greek colonies
all of the following are themses represented in hellenistic mystery religions that may have paved the way for all except
broad exceptance of all peoples regardless of gender or social class
the destruction of jereusalem in 586BC and the babylonian captivity of the hebrews occured at the hands of the....
caldeans
the Mesopotamian government..
came to view their kings as absolute representatives of their god
egyptians famously had a high instance of toteism or animal worship. One animal in particular was mummified and honored more than other. what animal was this?
cats
the cave in southern france, discovered in 1994, and that 300 hundred paintings of animals is known as the...
chauvet cave
what were the first and second great inventions of the southern mesopotamia?
cities and writing
the cynic diogenes used his unique and crude behavior to mock..
civilizations and societies values and institutions
the egyptian pyramids were..
conceived and built as tombs for a city of the dead
Soloman's most revered contribution to the Hebrew society was to
construct the temple, the symbolic center of the hebrew religion and society
socrates was condemned for death for
corrupting the youth of athens
ancient mesopotamian written language is known as..
cuneiform
which jewish king is reponsible for conquering the city of jerusalem making it the hebrew capitol city
david
the plilllipics were a series of orations in which
demosthenes attempted to convince the athenians to fight against philip
the first domesticated animal was the...
dog
the early neolithic revolution saw all of the following technical developments except the..
domestication of animals
Why was Egypt more politically stable, confident, and self-sufficient than Mesopotamia?
egypts geography left it isolated and protected from frequent turmoil
the assyrian and babylolian attacks makred the beginning of the diaspora or
emigration of hebrews from isreal to other lands
five leaders of ancient sparta who shared power with the two spartan kings
ephors
the philisophocal school that stresses happiness through freeing oneself from political life to persue please and happiness was
epicuranism
which of the following statements concerning zoroastrianism is false?
eventually it regress into a type of polytheism
Egypt's Old Kingdom ended for all of the following except
foreign invasion
what was the primary and most significant differance between the philosphy of the greek classical period and the philiosphy during the hellenistic period?
hellenistic philospy dealth with more human happiness dissasociated with the issues of the rulers of the polis
agricultural slaves in ancient sparta made military based society possible
helots
the original egyptian script is known as ...
hieroglyphics
alexander kept two items under his pillow, what were they?
his dagger and the iliad
mosain law due to all its excompasing nature can be cahrecterized as a ____ law code
holistic
dark age poet responsible for the iliad and the oddysey, tmeplate for greek values
homer
a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient greece
hoplite
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 efffeciant military machine accept for..
humane treatment of prisoners
Ultimately, alexander's expansion ended when he encountered heavy resistance fighting in...
india
hellenisitic scientist were able to accomplish all of the following except
invent a crude telescope
After the death of Solomon, tensions between the northern and southern tribes led to the establishment of two kingdoms, the kingdom of ____ and the kingdom of ____.
isreal and judah
what was the major impact of the hyskos conquest and rule on egyptian history?
it prompted the rulers of egypts new kingdom to create an empire
which of the following best explains the porpose of an acropolis
it was a fortified hill in an acient greek city state, oftentimes people would retreat her during an attack, also housed the temple to the patron god of the polis
All of the following are correct about babylos except...
it was a persian commercial center
which of the following statements best charecterizes the "Lost tribes of Isreal"
jews held in babylonian captivity
the largest and so-called "great pyramid" of Egypt was named for the king it was built for. who is it?
khufuf
temple structure in archain crete which housed evidenve of a wealthy trading society
knossos
which of the following was not a part of the hebrew mosaic law?
kosher law
in sparta
life resembled that of military camp
stoicism
maintained that people could gain inner peace by seeking virtue and living according to nature.
which of the following egyptian gods was most closely associated with the mummification of the dead
osiris
temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state
ostracism
which of these would be charecterized as the closest to gender qualtiy during this time period?
paleolithic era
the neighborhoods of the spartans who were free inhabitants and required to pay taxes and perform military services but who were not citizens of sparta were called
perikoi
the most religiosly tolerant and effeciant in the near eastern empires was the ...
persians
a body of troops standing or moving in close formation
phalynx
the hillside upon which the ancient athenians practiced direct democracy
pnyx
a city state in ancient greece considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes
polis
the early egyptian pharaohs ruled and derived their authority from the..
principle of Ma'at
most historians and egyptologists beleive that the spyinxs purpose was to...
protect the dead in giza from evil sprits and gods
the Egyptians believed that the sun was protected by the god..
ra
which of the following were not contained in the ark of the covenant
sacred wine
Zoroastrianism
stressed free will and the power of humans to choose between good and evil
The Alexandrian scholar Euclid's most famous achievement was
sytematizing the study of geometry
at the battle of gaugamela
the Greeks under Alexander were able to break the center of the Persian line and with boldness turn the battle into a rout.
according to lefors the most indexial or central idea(most importatn) in judiasm next to monotheism is the concept of....
the covenant
the hellenistic era describes an age that saw
the extension and imitation of Greek culture throughout the ancient Near East.
syncretism in the hellenistic world can be best described as
the grouping or unifying of different essentially as the same
the exodus in the old testament refers to...
the hebrews flight from egypt under the guidance of moses
all of the following are beleived to be developements of the paleolithic age except...
the regular production of food through agriculture
phillip of macedonia developed his love from greek culture while being held hostage in
thebes
the phonecians contributions to the ancient near east included all but...
their defeat and destruction of the hebrews twelve tribes
The narrow pass where 9000 Greek hoplites under the leadership of Spartan king Leonidas held a Persian army
thermpopylae
which of the following best describes why spartans feared contact with other cultures
they beleived that this contact would lead to new ideas that would weaken their culture and government
Why did the Hebrew civilization endure and remain largely immune to assimilation, unlike the other civilizations of the early ancient world?
they developed a singular religios identity and core beleifs
athens superior naval vessel enhanced by a third set of rower
trireme
the neolithic period connotes the move to what kind of society?
urban
the most famous scientist of his era archimededs of syracuse was responsible for all but
using vivesection to better understand human anatomy
hellenistic sculpture
was more emotional and realistic than classical Greek sculpture.
In general, separate early Greek communities
were isolated and became fierce rivals fighting so often as to threaten Greek civilization itself
The scientific foundations of medicine made by Alexandrian physicians
were made possible thorugh the use of disection and vivesection
Punishments for crimes under the Code of Hammurabi
were more severe for the lower classes
all of the following are prominent features of greeces topography except..
wide open plains throughout the peninsula
Prehistory is normally thought of as that period before the invention of
writing
rememberance of the maccabean revolt is celabrated during the jewish holida y of
Hanukkah
upon the death of alexander
He left his empire to "the best"
the greatest interantional sea traders(merchants) of the ancient near east were the
Phoenicians