question

The Egyptian Pyramids were

answer

concieved and built as tombs for a city of the dead

question

The first modern Homo sapiens

answer

first appeared in Africa between 200,000 and 15,000 years ago

question

in comparison to Mesopotamian society, Egyptian society was

answer

more rural

question

the hykos

answer

were a semitic-speaking people who infiltrated Egypt in the seventeenth century B.C.

question

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

answer

Sargon

question

The most prominent structure in a Sumerian city was a temple called the ziggurat

answer

true

question

Hieroglyphics means "mystery"

answer

false

question

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

answer

nile river and the pharaohs

question

Sumerian kings derived their authority from

answer

the gods

question

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

answer

megalithic observatories

question

the word "paleolithic" means "old stone"

answer

true

question

Mesopotamian religion was

answer

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

question

the word "theocracy" means "rule by the strongest"

answer

false

question

which of the following Egyptians gods was most closely associated with the mummification of the dead?

answer

Osiris

question

The sumerian government

answer

came to view kings and agents of their gods

question

the written script of Sumer is known as

answer

cuneiform

question

the great literary epic of the ancient Sumerians was known as the BOOK OF THE DEAD

answer

false

question

Amenhotep IV is best known for

answer

the temporary installment of the god of the sun disk in egyptian culture

question

which of the following statements best applies to the status of women in mesopotamian society

answer

the womans role was to be in the home and subservient to her husband

question

the Hittites played an important role in the history of middle east because they

answer

transmitted mesopotamian culture to the west, especially to the Mycenaean greeks

question

the medes and the persians were both semitic speakers

answer

false

question

most biblical scholars claim that most of the early books of the hebrew bible accurately reflect the historical events of the israelites

answer

false

question

the hebrew religion

answer

was an ethical religion centered around the law of God

question

all of the following helped make assyria an efficient military machine except for

answer

humane treatment of prisoners

question

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

answer

loyalty

question

zoroastrianism was

answer

monotheist (one god)

question

the first five books of the hebrew bible are known as the zend avesta

answer

false

question

which of the following statements best describe the assyrian government

answer

the king's power was absolute; they were vicars of the assyrain god ashur

question

the greeks and the romans, indo-european speakers, derived their alphabet from the semitic-speaking phoenicians

answer

true

question

moses united the israelites after the egyptian bondage by putting them under the protection of a new national god named

answer

Yahweh

question

the decline of the hittites and egyptians around 1200 B.C.

answer

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

question

the historian of the persian wars was thucydides

answer

false

question

which of the following was not part of the hebrew religious tradition

answer

the revelation

question

Nebuchadnezzar II accomplished all of the following except

answer

the revision of the persian law

question

cyrus the great, the founder of the persian empire, was a member of the achaemenid dynasty

answer

true

question

the persian king cyrus the great was succeeded by his son

answer

Cambyses II

question

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

answer

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

question

The weakening of the persian empire was largely attributed to

answer

NOT the constant erosion and diminshment of its standing army

question

Darius accomplished all of the following EXCEPT

answer

NOT built a new persian captial at persepolis

question

Assyrian kings organized their empire more effectively by

answer

hierarchy of local officals directly responsible to the king

question

Which greek philosopher said, with regard to the polis, "we must rather regard every citizen as belonging to the state?"

answer

Aristotle

question

the sophists

answer

were professional teachers who seemingly questioned the traditional values of their societies

question

the rise of tyrants in the poleis in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C.

answer

often encouraged the economic and cultural process of the cities

question

The first of great writers of tragedy whose plays survive was Aeschylus

answer

true

question

Typical of greek culture in the archaic age was

answer

lyric poetry as found in the works of Sappho

question

The greek philosopher who proposed the concept of a higher world of eternal and unchanging ideal forms was aristotle

answer

false

question

all of the following are prominent features of greece's topography EXCEPT

answer

extensive open plains

question

the development of the polis had a negative impact on greek society by

answer

dividing greece into fiercely competitive states

question

the lycurgan reforms resulted in

answer

the establishment of a permanent military state in sparta

question

which of the following is true of greece from the eighth century B.C.?

answer

the polis evolved into the central instistution in greek life

question

Cleisthenes' constitution established the athenian government as

answer

a democracy

question

the spartans made the army the center of their society because

answer

NOT the feared a naval attack from athens

question

what were the chief characteristics of the greek dark age?

answer

it was a period of migrations and declining food production

question

Mycenaean kings used the title

answer

wanax

question

the english archeologist who discovered and named minoan civilization of Crete was Sir Arthur Evans

answer

true

question

the "great expedition" by athens against crete dominated much of the second phasae of the Peloponnesian War

answer

false

question

in classical athens, male homosexuality

answer

was practiced and tolerated in part as means by which mature men instructed young males about the masculine wold of politics and patronage

question

the greek historian Thucydides differed from Heredotus in that the former

answer

was unconcernd with spiritual forces as a factor in history

question

which of the following was not a characteristic of the typical greek polis

answer

each polis had a population of between 90,000 and 100,000 citizens

question

The civilization of Minoan Crete

answer

a and c

question

the hellenistic dynasty that lasted the longest was

answer

ptolemaic

question

the famous Indian ruler who sent Buddhist missionaries to greek rulers was

answer

Asoka

question

by the 1st century B.C.E. which of the following was the largest city in the Mediterranean

answer

Alexandria

question

An especially important cultural center with the largest library in ancient times was

answer

Alexandria

question

Slavery was viewed as abnormal throughout the Hellenistic world

answer

False

question

Alexander the Great's troops rebelled when he made the decision to invade and capture

answer

India

question

All of the following are true about the cult of Isis except

answer

it originated in the eastern persian empire, an outgrowth of Zoroastrianism

question

Which of the following statements best describe Hellenistic cities

answer

important centers of administration, most of which were dominated by Greeks, and Greek culture

question

in Philippics, Demosthenes

answer

portrayed Philip II are a looming threat to greek freedom

question

which of the following was not a major source of slaves in the hellenistic world

answer

citizens who could not pay their debts were sold into slavery

question

the best example of Hellenistic "New Comedy was the Athenian playwright

answer

Menander

question

Alexander's military success against the persians was in part attrubutable to

answer

the role of alexander's cavalry as a strike force

question

Unlike the Epicureans, the stoics believed that complete withdrawl from the public world of politics and society was necessary in the quest for a passive and unattached life

answer

false

question

in establishing his empire, Alexander the Great

answer

a, b, and c

question

Because of the enlightening philosophies of Epicureanism and Stoicism, female infanticide disappeared during the Hellenistic era

answer

false

question

Philip II planned to defeat the greek cities by

answer

breaking up their hoplite formations with cavalry

question

the greek god of healing, thought responsible for miraculous cures in the Hellenistic period was

answer

Asclepius

question

Stoicism

answer

maintained that people could gain inner peace by seeking virtue and living according to nature

question

improvements in trade and commerce in the hellenistic world were greatly aided by all of the following except

answer

revolutionary innovations in agriculture

question

Which of the following statements in untrue concerning Hellenistic culture

answer

NOT it was a great period of literature, especially in drama, history, and biography

question

The great christian scholar of late antiquity cassidorus, divided the seven liberal arts into the trivium and the quadrivium. According to Cassiodorus, the trivium includes

answer

grammar, rhethoric, and dialectic or logic

question

guilt under Germanic customary law was determined by

answer

compurgation and ordeal

question

by the second half of the fourth century, german tribes known as "federates" were incorperated into the Roman army

answer

true

question

muslims regard Muhammad as a prophet of god but not as himself devine

answer

true

question

Justinian's military conquests under the general, Belisarius

answer

were short lived

question

the "apostle to the germans" and the most famous churchman in Europe in the eight century was

answer

Boniface

question

The byzantine emperor who initated the iconoclastic controversy in 725 was

answer

Leo III

question

the primary instrument of Pope Gregory for converting the Germanic peoples of Europe was

answer

NOT bribery

question

after the death of Theodoric, the Ostrogothic kingdom

answer

was defeated by the Byzantines, reducing Rome as a center of mediterranean culture

question

the best example of Hiberno-Saxon art is

answer

the Book of Kells

question

Theodoric, the Ostrogothic king who took control of Italy, was determined to

answer

maintain Roman customs and practices in Italy

question

The pope who supposedly caused Attila and the Huns to turn away from Rome was

answer

Leo I

question

The controversy of 730 that set the Latin and Greek Orthodox Christians apart was over

answer

inconoclasm, or the destruction of icons

question

the heresy of Arianism

answer

questioned the divinity of Jesus

question

In the late fourth century, the Visigoths and other Germanic tribes, were pushed into the Balkans region of the Eastern Roman Empire because of pressure from the

answer

Huns

question

the Edict of Milan

answer

was Constantine's document officially tolerating the existence of Christianity

question

The Council of Nicaea in 325

answer

defined Christ as being "of the same substance" as God

question

the basic rule for western monastic living was developed by

answer

Benedict

question

the Church of Hagia Sohia is recognizable by

answer

a large dome, symbolizing the sphere of heaven

question

the founder of the Frankish kingdom and the first monarchic, frankish defender of the Catholic faith was

answer

Clovis

question

the Slavic people of the Rus were best known for

answer

NOT their defeat of Rurik, head of the Swedish Vikings in 862

question

the expansion of the Carolingian Empire under Charlemagne

answer

was most successful against the german tribes to the east

question

in 987 the Western Frankish nobility met and elected _____ as their king, contributing to the formation of a new dynasty to rule France for centuries

answer

Hugh Capet

question

Which of the following statements were true of trade during the middle ages

answer

a and c

question

a comparison of Islam and Western Civilization in the eight and ninth centuries shows

answer

muslin creation of a brilliant and sophisticated urban culture while western society remained a world of petty and violent agricultural villages

question

manorialism

answer

was an economic system based upon laded estates

question

in the early middle ages, germanic tribes newly converted to Christianity still held pagan beliefs such as

answer

trees were sacred beings and could not be cut down

question

the german monarchy was restored in 919 when the German dukes elected Henry the Fowler, duke of

answer

Saxony

question

Who wrote the life of charlemagne written between 817 and 830

answer

Einhard

question

the most successful Muslim raids in the ninth century occurred in

answer

sicily

question

unlike in the earlier Germanic band, in teh Christian Middle Ages, a vassal's primary loyalty was to the local church bishop rather than his secular lord

answer

false

question

in 911 the french king granted the lands around the mouth of the River Seine to a band of vikings of norsemen and eventually that region became known as normady

answer

ture

question

the slavs

answer

were originally a single people in central Europe

question

in the early middle ages, the catholic church condemned infanticide as immoral and a sin, and because of the powerful position of the church in medieval society, the practice of killing infants disappeared

answer

false

question

the division of Europe into three kingdoms after the death of Louis the Pious led to

answer

an incessant struggle between Louis the German, Charles the Bald and their heirs over disputed territories

question

the missi dominici were officials that Charlemagne used to

answer

check on his courts

question

in western Europe the chief political repercussion of frequent viking raids was

answer

an increase in power of local aristocrats to whom threatened populations turned for effective protection

question

the swedish vikings tended to concentrate on conquests and trade in

answer

Russia

question

the Arabic name for spain was

answer

al-Andalus

question

in the early middle ages, the cultivation of new land was hard becuase

answer

a and c

Western Civ midterm – Flashcards

Unlock all answers in this set

Haven't found what you were looking for?

Search for samples, answers to your questions and flashcards