Chapter 1: The First Civilizations
The Sumerian government
came to view kings as agents of their gods
The Egyptian Pyramids were
conceived and built as tombs for a city of the dead
The written script of Sumer is known as
cuneiform
For administrative purposes in the Old Kingdom, Egypt was
divided into provinces called nomes and governed by nomarchs
The first hominid to leave Africa and move into Europe and Asia was Homo sapiens
false
Hieroglyphics means "mystery."
false; priest carvings or sacred writings
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 Epic of Gilgamesh teaches that
human life is difficult and immortality is only for the gods
In comparison to Mesopotamian society, Egyptian society was
more rural
Akhenaten is best known for his unsuccessful attempt to reform Egypt's
religion
According to Egyptian theology, the pharaoh derived his authority from
the fact that he was perceived as a divine instrument of order and harmony
Sumerian kings derived their authority from
the gods
All of the following are believed to be developments of the Paleolithic Age except
the regular production of food through agriculture
The original Indo-Europeans possibly came from
the steppe 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
Ancient Egyptian history is divided into ____ major periods
three
The word "Paleolithic" means "old stone."
true
The term Ma'at expresses the Egyptian belief in
truth, justice, and order in the universe
The Hyksos
were a Semitic-speaking people who infiltrated Egypt in the seventeenth century B.C.
The Sumerians
were plagued by incessant warfare between their many city-states
Which of the following is not an Indo-European language?
Babylonian
The great literary epic of the ancient Sumerians was known as the Book of the Dead
False
The word "theocracy" means "rule by the strongest."
False
Egypt's Old Kingdom ended for all of the following except
Foreign invasion
One of the few female pharaohs was
Hatshepsut
Which of the following is not true of 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
Mesopotamian religion was
One in which no one god reigned supreme and deities were closely related to cities
The ruler of Akkad, who established the first empire in Sumer ca. 2340 B.C. was
Sargon
The most famous of the megalithic constructions of Europe is
Stonehenge
Mesopotamia is located in the valley of the
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
The ancient city of Catal Huyuk was
a Neolithic walled community sustained by food surpluses
Civilization
a complex culture in which large numbers of humans share a variety of common elements
In general, during the imperialistic New Kingdom, Egyptian government changed by
a gradual lessening in the power of pharaohs over their neighbors
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
Women in Mesopotamian society
a woman's place was in the home and to be subservient to her husband
The economy of ancient Egypt relied most heavily on
agriculture
The Hittites were
an Indo-European speaking peoples AND made iron weapons of war
Hominids split off from the great apes around six million years ago in
Africa
