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1Anthropologists separate early human cultures by their:
- AWriting
- BClothing
- CTools
- DFood
2The Paleolithic Age is characterized by:
- ADomestication of animals
- BThe beginning of agriculture
- CA hunting and gathering existence
- DThe invention of writing
3In the Paleolithic Age's division of labor by gender, it was probably women who were responsible for:
- AGathering of wild grains and berries
- BMaking tools
- CHunting and Fishing
- DProtecting the family with their war skills
4The Neolithic Revolution is characterized by:
- AThe development of urban based civilizations
- BThe domestication of animals and the start of agriculture
- CDependence on hunting and gathering techniques
- DThe manufacture and use of iron tools
5The first metal developed to replace stone in the making of tools was:
- ABronze
- BIron
- CAluminum
- DTin
6The development of writing first occurred during the:
- APaleolithic Age
- BBronze Age
- CNeolithic Age
- DIron Age
7The Early Dynastic Period of Sumerian city states occurred in:
- Aca. 3500 B.C.E.
- Bca. 2800-2370 B.C.E.
- Cca. 2000-1800 B.C.E.
- Dca. 1550 B.C.E.
8Who developed the form of writing called Cuneiform?
- AThe Assyrians
- BThe Egyptians
- CThe Nubians
- DThe Sumerians
9Which group was the first to unify much of Mesopotamia and create a true empire?
- AThe Akkadians
- BThe Egyptians
- CThe Sumerians
- DThe Eridu
10Whose name and reputation was identified with being the first great conqueror in history?
- ABabylon
- BNaram-Sin
- CSargon
- DKish
11The Mesopotamians constructed lofty towers with several stages or levels, called:
- APyramids
- BZiggurats
- CBasilicas
- DTemples
12According to the Code of Hammurabi, women in Babylonian society:
- AWere primarily equal to men legally
- BWere less equal to men legally
- CHad more rights than men
- DHad no rights at all
13In the Mesopotamian Religion, gods:
- ALived in temples that were run like houses
- BDid not resemble humans in their appearance or actions
- CRepresented ideas such as evil, hope, and envy
- DAll options
14Slavery in Mesopotamia took the forms of:
- ADebt Slavery and Labor Slavery
- BChattel Slavery and Labor Slavery
- CChattel Slavery and Debt Slavery
- DDebt Slavery, labor slavery, and Chattel Slavery
15Egypt's "black land" was:
- AThe dark fertile fields along the Nile
- BThe highlands
- CFound only in the south
- DAnother term for Lower Egypt
16When the old Kingdom of Egypt collapsed:
- AEgypt immediately entered a period of great pyramid constuction
- BIt was a result of the invading Hyksos
- CIt occurred due to a drought
- DEgypt entered the 1st Intermediate Period which was unstable and disordered
17The New Kingdom was different from earlier periods of Egyptian history because:
- AEgypt was ruled by foreign born Pharoahs
- BEgypt shrank in size and was limited to mainly Upper Egypt
- CEgyptian rulers pursued foreign expansion and created a large empire through war
- DEgyptians abandoned their old gods for new ones from Greece
18In ancient Egypt, Maat was:
- AThe legendary creator god who had blessed Egypt
- BThe Pharoah's chief advisor
- CThe highest virtue combining the ideas of truth, justice, and order
- DThe name for all areas outside of Egypt
19Slaves in Ancient Egypt:
- AWere always taken from the poor classes within Egyptian society
- BCould hope to be accepted into the general population if freed
- CPerformed society's household labors only
- DAll of the above
20The Hittites:
- AWere innovators and helped bridge culture
- BWere isolated from other peoples
- CLacked strong central government
- DWere pacifists
21The Assyrians were famous for their:
- AFierce and well disciplined military
- BDelicate bronze and copper artwork
- CMathematical and astronomical skills
- DLimitations on the power of their kings
22The Neolithic Revolution shows dramatic changes in settlement, etc. [blank_start](Date)[blank_end]
- A10,000 Years ago
- B2370 BCE
- C30 BCE
- D3100-1200BCE
23The Bronze Age [blank_start](Date)[blank_end]
- A1792-1750 BCE
- B3100-1200 BCE
- C671 BCE
- D1400-1200 BCE
24The Old Kingdom of Egypt [blank_start](date)[blank_end]
- A2700-2200 BCE
- B671 BCE
- C1400-1200 BCE
- D30 BCE
25The Reign of Sargon who unified all of Mesopotamia as conqueror [blank_start](Date)[blank_end]
- A2370 BCE
- B1550-1075 BCE
- C671 BCE
- D2700-2200 BCE
26The Reign of Hammurabi who created the first code of laws [blank_start](date)[blank_end]
- A1792-1750 BCE
- B3100-1200 BCE
- C671 BCE
- D30 BCE
27The New Kingdom in Egypt ([blank_start]Date[blank_end])
- A1,550-1075 BCE
- B10,000 years ago
- C2370 BCE
- D30 BCE
28The Span of the Hittite Empire [blank_start]date[blank_end]
- A1,400-1,200 BCE
- B3,100-1,200 BCE
- C612-539 BCE
- D2370 BCE
29The Second Assyrian Empire conquers Egypt [blank_start]date[blank_end]
- A671 BCE
- B30 BCE
- C2370 BCE
- D10,000 years ago
30Ethical Monotheism was pioneered by the:
- ABabylonians
- BEgyptians
- CIsraelites
- DChinese
31Called the "Father of the Faithful," many consider him to be the symbolic founder of three of the world's largest religions-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam:
- AMoses
- BMohammad
- CSocrates
- DAbraham
32The HEBREWS saw their God as:
- AThe only god in existence
- BThe same god that the Mesopotamians call Marduk
- CThe chosen diety among many gods who might be worshipped
- DThe same God that the Egyptians called Aten
33For the Hebrew's the shift to the exclusive worship of a single god occurred:
- AWith Abraham's journey from Mesopotamia to Canaan
- BDuring the Exodus from Egypt under the leadership of Moses
- CWhen Solomon built the great temple in Jerusalem
- DWith the start of the teachings of Jesus
34The Torah is:
- AThe primary religious text for the Persians
- BThe code of ethics among Ionian Greeks
- CGod's holy law as part of Hebrew Scripture
- DSpartan training committing soldiers to the polis
35The first Israelite prophets contributed to allow the following except:
- AThe campaign to turn people against false gods and toward Yaweh
- BThe purification of Jewish faith by demanding righteousness of its followers
- CThe enslavement by Jews in Egypt before Moses led them to freedom
- DThe religious notion of Israelite national success by following their god's "plan"
36The Span of the Neo-Babylonian Empire [blank_start]date[blank_end]
- A612-539 BCE
- B1550-1075 BCE
- C3100-1200 BCE
- D671 BCE
37The defeat of the Egyptians by the Roman Emperor Octavian [blank_start]date[blank_end]
- A30 BCE
- B671 BCE
- C2370 BCE
- D10,000 Years ago
38The [blank_start]Bronze Age[blank_end] marks the rise of metal tools, weapons, and Mesopotamia.
- ABronze Age
39[blank_start]Aten[blank_end] was declared the creator god by Amunhotep IV to gain power
- AAten
40In [blank_start]Chattel Slavery[blank_end], people were owned as property and had few if any rights
- AChattel Slavery
41The [blank_start]Euphrates[blank_end] "Naturally" aided Mesopotamia to survive and flourish
- AEuphrates
42[blank_start]Divination[blank_end] was chance observations or rituals to find your destiny that played a bit role in Mesopotamian religion as it revealed a person's destiny.
- ADivination
43[blank_start]Khufu[blank_end] was the pharaoh that created the largest pyramid ever
- AKhufu
44The [blank_start]Red Land[blank_end] was the desert cliffs and valleys bordering the Nile River
- ARed Land
45[blank_start]Sexagesimal[blank_end] was the Sumerian mathematical system based on the number 60.
- ASexagesimal
46[blank_start]Naram-Sin[blank_end] declared himself a god and was a powerful Akkadian ruler
- ANaram-Sin
47[blank_start]Manumission[blank_end] was the rare freeing of slaves in Egypt: they could rejoin society.
- AManumission
48The pharaohs were considered god kings during the [blank_start]Old Kingdom[blank_end]
- AOld Kingdom
49[blank_start]Jericho[blank_end] was the First Neolithic town with a massive stone wall for protection.
- AJericho
50[blank_start]Kish[blank_end] was large city in Babylonia with history's first kings
- AKish
51During the [blank_start]Middle Kingdom[blank_end], the pharaohs changed and became more "in touch" with their people.
- AMiddle Kingdom
52[blank_start]Assyria[blank_end] was the Northern ecological zone of Mesopotamia
- AAssyria
53According to the Jewish religion, how should man best serve God?
- AThrough rituals and prayer
- BThrough heroic deeds
- CThrough ethical responsibility following God's divine plan
- DThrough fasting and other forms of self discipline or denial
54The so called ten lost tribes originally lived in:
- AJudah
- BTurkey
- CJerusalem
- DIsrael
55The Babylonian captivity began on this date:
- A961 BCE
- B722 BCE
- C586 BCE
- D539 BCE
56The reign of King Solomon who built the great temple in Jerusalem lasted from:
- A1000-961 BCE
- B987-924 BCE
- C961-922 BCE
- D722-685 BCE
57In the end, the Messiah would do what in the Jewish faith:
- AConvert all polytheists to monotheism
- BSave sinners from the Day of Judgment
- CWould re-instruct the Jews in the lessons of God's divine plan
- DWould establish the kingdom of God on earth
58Some primary characteristics of Greek society that CONNECTED them to other civilizations included:
- AMagic, incantation, and polytheistic divinity in their lives and laws
- BBelief in the need for a strong, authoritarian government
- CConcern with personal salvation through supernatural union with God.
- DRaising questions concerning the nature of the world around them
59Thales is regarded as the first Greek philosopher because he...
- ADemonstrated the existence of gods scientifically
- BCompared Egyptian and Mesopotamian religions with those of Greece
- CExplained the origins of the world in naturalistic terms
- DArgued the importance of ethical behavior
60Protagoras of Abdera utilized a naturalistic philosophy of the divine by stating:
- AThe size and beauty of nature meant gods existed and created the world
- BHe couldn't agree or disagree with he existence of gods because he had no real proof either way
- CThrough philosophy man can become close to the divine by examining his own actions
- DThere was a god for each of the elements of the world
61The first people to recognize Greek beliefs were not universally accepted were:
- AThe Sophists
- BThe Athenians
- CThe Ionians
- DThe Macedonians
62The atomists believed the world was made of "atoms" and these two men founded the school:
- ALeucippus of Colophon and Heraclitus of Ephesus
- BParmenides of Elea and his pupil Zeno
- CAnaximander and Democritus of Athens
- DLeucippus of Miletus and Democritus of Abdera
63The Cynics would MOST LIKELY believe:
- AIn material progress
- BThe concept of the polis
- CThat a person's character was a matter of knowledge gained through free experience
- DNone of these
64The Sophists valued which following of the techniques and were paid to teach them:
- AObservation, Dialectic, Analysis
- BRhetoric, Argumentation, Calculation
- CDialectic, Argumentation, Rhetoric
- DObservation, Calculation, Analysis
65The polis AKA Greek city state, provided the following for it's citizens:
- APolitical Organization
- BCultural characteristics like religion and common practices
- CTheoretical belief that they all came from common ancestry
- DAll of these
66Which of the following philosophers wanted people to seek "the greatest improvement of the soul?
- ASocrates
- BPlato
- CXenophon
- DAristotle
67A [blank_start]covenant[blank_end] is a solemn and formal pledge between 2 or more parties
- Acovenant
68[blank_start]Anaximander[blank_end] believed in an undefined and unlimited element that the world emerged from
- AAnaximander
69[blank_start]Thucydides[blank_end] explained history strictly through human nature and chance
- AThucydides
70[blank_start]Critias[blank_end] was a Sophist who believed the gods were invented by "clever men" to control others
- ACritias
71[blank_start]Aristotle[blank_end] lived from 429-347 BCE
- AAristotle
72[blank_start]Hippocrates[blank_end] looked to diagnose and cure disease without aid from the supernatural
- AHippocrates
73An [blank_start]Episteme[blank_end] was a body of true and unchanging wisdom
- AEpisteme
74[blank_start]Socrates[blank_end] lived from 469-399 BCE
- ASocrates
75[blank_start]Achaemenids[blank_end] freed the Jews from Babylonian captivity and let them go home
- AAchaemenids
76[blank_start]Logos[blank_end] was the guiding principle of the world meaning "word, language, speech, and reason."
- ALogos
77[blank_start]Empedocles[blank_end] thought that reality was four basic elements shaped by Love and Strife
- AEmpedocles
78[blank_start]Diogenes[blank_end] abandoned the idea of the polis completely
- ADiogenes
79[blank_start]Plato[blank_end] lived from 429-347 BCE
- APlato
80The [blank_start]patriarch[blank_end] was the male leader of a group or family
- Apatriarch
81The [blank_start]Assyrians[blank_end] destroyed Israel and scattered the Israelites in 722 BCE
- AAssyrians
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