CH 02 CHAPTER QUIZ HISTORY – Flashcards
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The Eighteenth Dynasty in Egypt produced many strong pharaohs, among them
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Hatshepsut.
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The Late Bronze Age
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was an age of superpowers.
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In Phoenicia's overseas colonies
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power was wielded by a small number of elite families.
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The accomplishments of King Darius of Persia included
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building roads for transport and postal service.
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A belief that other Western religions took from Zoroastrianism is the idea
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of an ultimate battle between the forces of good and those of evil. of a Last Day or a Day of Judgment. that one ought to live a life of helping others. of a rewarding afterlife for believers. ALL OF THE ABOVE.
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Two of the foremost Hebrew prophets who emphasized the ethical demands God makes on humans were
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Amos and Hosea.
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The system of writing developed by the citizens of Ugarit
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used an alphabet of about thirty symbols for the consonants.
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By 1500 B.C.E.
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huge Mycenaean citadels were scattered across some of Greece.
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A mysterious wave of invasions entered the Mediterranean world and destroyed almost all of the preexisting civilizations
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around 1200 B.C.E
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The culture of the Hittites was
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strongly militaristic, prone to attacks on other peoples.
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The Minoans
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wrote tablets in Linear A to record their economic transactions
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"Indo-European," as used in historical or anthropological texts, refers to
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linguistic and cultural patterns found widely distributed from Ireland to India.
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The New Kingdom, particularly the Eighteenth Dynasty, was marked by
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the rise of a wealthy aristocracy.
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In the 1100s B.C.E. a wave of destruction swept across the Near East and the Mediterranean world as a result of the invasions of the
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Sea Peoples.
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The Babylonian Captivity of the Hebrews affected Judaism by
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enabling the Hebrews to sustain an identity outside of a Hebrew kingdom.
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The Phoenicians's greatest contribution to civilization was
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their alphabet.
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Akhenaten represents one of the earliest moves, in Western history, toward
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monotheism in religious practices.
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By the fourteenth century B.C.E., international relations were marked by
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diplomatic standards, polite forms of address, gifts, and alliances.
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The Hebrew cult of Yahweh
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was significantly advanced by the Levites.
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The Mitannians introduced lighter chariots to carry archers, but
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their opponents soon copied them and used protective armor.
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The division of property and wealth in New Kingdom Egypt
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favored the pharaoh, the officer class, and the temples of the gods.
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Philistine power was based in
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the Pentapolis.
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In the Book of Judges, the Hebrew people
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begin to settle and organize themselves into twelve tribes.
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The division of the ancient kingdom of Israel was
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provoked by Solomon's oppressive regime.
