Western Civ Quizzes (1-3) – Flashcards
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Ancient Egypt history is divided into ______ major periods.
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Three.
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T/F The word "theocracy" means rule bu the strongest
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False.
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According to Egyptian theology, the pharaoh derived his authority from ...
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The fact that he was perceived as a divine instrument of order and harmony.
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The physical environment of the Mesopotamian generally led to...
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A pessimistic outlook with an emphasis on satisfying their angry gods.
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Hominids split off from the great apes around six million years ago in what continent?
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Africa.
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Egypt's Old Kingdom ended for all of the following except: A) foreign invasion B) a drought caused by low levels of the Nile C) a decline in rainfall D) economic troubles E) decline of centralized authority
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A) foreign invasion.
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The Sumerian government
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Came to view kings as agents of their gods.
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The term "civilization" refers to human societies which, amongst other features
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Have an urban focus and a distinct religious culture.
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The Hyksos
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Were a Semitic-speaking people who infiltrated Egypt in the seventeenth century B.C.
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T/F Like the people of Mesopotamia, the Egyptians had a very negative attitude toward daily life.
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False.
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The first modern Homo sapiens
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First Appeared in Africa between 200,000 and 150,000 years ago.
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The original Indo-Europeans possible came from
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The Steppe region north of the Black Sea.
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All of the following are believed to be developments of the Paleolithic Age except: A) the utilization of tools B) origins of religious and decorative art C) a social system with rough equality between the sexes D) the controlled use of fire E) the regular production of food through agriculture
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E) the regular production of food through agriculture.
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The term Ma'at expresses the Egyptian belief in
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Truth, justice, and order in the universe.
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Sumerian kings derived their authority from
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The gods.
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The economy of ancient Egypt relied most heavily on
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Agriculture.
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T/F The most prominent structure in a Sumerian city was a temple called a ziggurat.
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True.
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T/F The earliest Mesopotamian Empire was founded by Gilgamesh
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False.
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Punishments for crimes under the Code of Hammurabi
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Were more severe for the lower classes.
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Mesopotamia is located in the valley of the
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Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
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The Hittites played an important role in the history of the Middle East because they
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Transmitted Mesopotamian culture to the west, especially to the Mycenaen Greeks.
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Akhenaten is best known for his unsuccessful attempt to reform Egypt's
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Religion.
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Unlike the rivers in Mesopotamia, the Nile river
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Floods periodically at the same time every year.
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The Hittites were
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An Indo-European speaking people that made weapons of war.
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Mesopotamian religion was
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One in which no one god reigned supreme and deities were closely related to cities.
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The early Neolithic era saw
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A slow transition from hunting and gathering to an agricultural society.
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The focal points and sources of life for the ancient Egyptians were the
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Nile River and the pharaohs.
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The Egyptian Pyramids were
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Conceived and built as tombs for a city of the dead.
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Originally the Osiris cult was reserved for
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The wealthy who could afford preservation of the body.
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Which of the Egyptian gods was most closely associated with the mummification of the dead.
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Osiris.
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The basic unit of early Mesopotamian civilization was the
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City-state.
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Amenhotep IV is best known for
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The temporary installation of the god of the sun disk in Egyptian culture.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh teaches that
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Human life is difficult and immortality is only for the gods.
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In comparison to Mesopotamian society, Egyptian society was
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More rural.
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Gilgamesh was
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The Hero of a Sumerian epic poem.
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The tradition of the Hebrews states that they were descendant of the patriarch _________ who had migrated from Mesopotamia to the land of Palestine.
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Abraham.
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Scholars agree that between _____ and _____ BCE, the Israelites emerged as a distinct group of people who established a united kingdom known as Israel.
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1200 and 1400
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Moses united the Israelites after the Egyptian bondage by putting them under the protection of a new national god named ______.
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YHWH.
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The founder of the Kingdom of Israel (1000-970 BCE) was the military hero
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David.
