Deck 3: The Mediterranean and Middle East

Question 1

The two divisions within the population of Mesopotamia were

A)Assyrians and Sumerians.
B)Sumerians and Babylonians.
C)Assyrians and Babylonians.
D)Sargonians and Ninevans.
E)Phoenicians and Kassites.

Answer 1

Assyrians and Babylonians.

Question 2

Kamose and expelled the Hyksos from Egypt.

A)Thebes
B)Ahmose
C)Hatshepsut
D)Akhenaten
E)Tutankhamun

Answer 2

Ahmose

Question 3

The pharaoh Akhenaten is credited by some scholars with

A)the invention of monotheism.
B)implementing political reforms that harmed the majority of Egyptians.
C)linking his wealth to the traditional system.
D)damaging the economy beyond repair.
E)permanently reforming corrupt temple priests in Egypt.

Answer 3

the invention of monotheism.

Question 4

What did German businessman Heinrich Schliemann discover at Mycenae in 1876?

A)shaft graves
B)preserved ships
C)stone writing tablets
D)minoan frescoes
E)wine jugs

Question 5

What resource did the Aegean lands need most?

A)amber
B)grain
C)ivory
D)metal
E)wood

Question 6

The epic poem of Homer, The Iliad , related the story of a war between the Greeks and the Hittites, based on the ten- year siege and eventual destruction of the city of

A)Athens.
B)Lydia.
C)Hattusha.
D)Çatal Hüyük.
E)Troy.

Question 7

Which of the following was not part of the fall of Late Bronze Age civilizations?

A)the sacking of the Hittite capital
B)Egyptian loss of Syria-Palestine
C)the fall of Ugarit
D)the collapse of the Minoans
E)the destruction of Mycenan palaces

Question 8

The Hittites were the first to develop a technique for making tools and weapons of

A)stone.
B)bronze.
C)silver.
D)iron.
E)gold.

Question 9

Ramesses II fought the Hittites to a draw at the battle of

A)Amarna.
B)Memphis.
C)Marathon.
D)Kadesh.
E)Jerusalem.

Question 10

The Late Bronze Age in the Middle East was a "cosmopolitan era" because

A)elements of culture were widely shared.
B)it was primarily an urban-based society.
C)lifestyles were radically different from all that had gone before.
D)different groups of people remained isolated.
E)most civilizations adopted identical religions, laws, and social structures.

Question 11

The language of diplomacy and government correspondence in the Mesopotamian regions was

A)Aramaic.
B)Egyptian.
C)Kassite.
D)Akkadian.
E)Babylonian.

Question 12

Transportation in western Asia was revolutionized in the Later Bronze Age by the introduction of

A)zebra.
B)ox.
C)horses.
D)elephants.
E)wheel.

Question 13

Which woman held the throne of the New Kingdom of Egypt?

A)Nefertiti
B)Cleopatra
C)Amon
D)Hatshepsut
E)Ramesses II

Question 14

The prosperous civilization on the Aegean island of Crete in the second millennium BCE was

A)Greek.
B)Macedonia.
C)Minoan.
D)Mycanae.
E)Anatolian.

Question 15

Which of the following were common to Assyrian artwork?

A)deportations
B)military conquest
C)lion hunting
D)torture
E)All of these are correct.

Question 16

What resources did southern Greece and the Aegean have most?

A)grapes, olives, and some grains
B)flax, dates, and fish
C)gold, copper, and reeds
D)corn, squash, and potatoes
E)fish, meat, and grain

Question 17

Writing in Mycenaean Greece was done in what form?

A)linear B
B)ogam
C)runes
D)cuneiform
E)oracle bones

Question 18

The Assyrian ruler was

A)a king.
B)a god.
C)the strongest warrior of the tribe.
D)both A and B.
E)we don't know how he was chosen.

Question 19

The era of the New Kingdom in Egypt is characterized by restoration of Egyptian rule and

A)a return to isolationism.
B)a military alliance with the Hittites.
C)expansion north into Syria and south into Nubia.
D)a return to democracy.
E)Nubian rebellion.

Question 20

Before making any decisions, the Assyrian king would do what?

A)consult the gods with ritual divination.
B)perform a ritual human sacrifice.
C)poll his military leaders.
D)take hallucinogens to commune with the divine forces.
E)take a democratic vote of all male citizens.

Question 21

The basic Israelite political structure before King Saul was

A)rule by chieftains of the tribes supposedly descended from Joseph and Jacob.
B)patriarchal rule by the leader at Shiloh.
C)rule by whoever ruled in Jerusalem.
D)an oligarchy of judges.
E)the interpretation of prophets.

Question 22

When was the Israelites' oral history first written down (in a script borrowed from the Phoenicians)?

A)tenth century BCE
B)fifth century BCE
C)first century BCE
D)first century CE
E)fifth century CE

Question 23

After Solomon's death, the kingdom of Israel was split into

A)Judah and Israel.
B)Syria and Jerusalem.
C)the Jordan River Valley and Lebanon.
D)Lebanon and Assyria.
E)Assyria and Egypt.

Question 24

The chief tactic that the Assyrians used to maintain tranquility in their empire was

A)force and terror.
B)cultural toleration of a heterogeneous population.
C)monotheism.
D)requiring every man to serve in the military.
E)requiring no taxes of newly conquered areas.

Question 25

The forcible removal and relocation of large numbers of people or entire populations is called

A)forced mass removal.
B)forced relocation.
C)mass relocation.
D)mass deportation.
E)mass immigration.

Question 26

Which of the following is not one of the reasons that the Assyrians were able to conquer vast territories?

A)They had a large army of half a million men.
B)They used iron weapons.
C)They created a corps of professional soldiers.
D)They had engineers who developed machines to besiege fortified towns.
E)They had accomplished and wily diplomats.

Question 27

A monumental sanctuary built in Jerusalem by King Solomon in the tenth century BCE to be the religious center for the Israelite god Yahweh was the

A)First Temple.
B)Temple Mount.
C)Knights Templar.
D)Holy Temple.
E)Second Temple.

Question 28

Information about ancient Israel can be found in the

A)chronicles of Abraham.
B)Rosetta stone.
C)Rig Veda.
D)poems of Saul.
E)Hebrew Bible.

Question 29

Solomon began an ambitious building project to create

A)the walled city of Jerusalem.
B)the Library of Alexandria.
C)the Wailing Wall.
D)the First Temple.
E)aqueducts and irrigation canals.

Question 30

Which of the following poses a problem for interpreting the history of the early Israelites from the Bible?

A)They were pastoralists who did not write down their history for nearly 1,000 years.
B)The Bible was written for religious, not historical, purposes.
C)The Hebrew Bible was written in several phases by different people.
D)Hebrew civilization was interrupted by conquest several times.
E)These are all problematic.

Question 31

At its peak the Assyrian state could mobilize how many soldiers?

A)10,000
B)100,000
C)500,000
D)1,000,000
E)5,000,000

Question 32

The mythical visit of the Queen of Sheba reflected the reality of trade between Israel and

A)Phoenicia.
B)Rome.
C)Egypt.
D)Saba.
E)Babylon.

Question 33

The "recollections" of the journey of Abraham .

A)are a proven accurate historical account of past events
B)indicate the polytheistic nature of Israelite religion
C)may compress the experiences of generations of pastoralists
D)accurately describe the feelings of Yahweh
E)focus on Assyrian kings

Question 34

When King Saul died, the throne passed to .

A)Solomon
B)Abraham
C)Jacob
D)David
E)Joseph

Question 35

The Library of was a large collection of writings drawn from the ancient literary, religious, and scientific traditions of Mesopotamia.

A)Ninevah
B)Ashurbanipal
C)Ashur
D)Crete
E)Alexandria

Question 36

The "Children of Israel" were divided into tribes.

A)two
B)six
C)twelve
D)eighteen
E)twenty

Question 37

Israel is important partly because

A)it is the site of religious shrines to Medianites.
B)it is a crossroads to the Near East, Egypt, and Arabia.
C)it is the only access to the Mediterranean.
D)it is the site of perfect center under the North Star.
E)it had access to the murex snail, which produced purple dye.

Question 38

The book that Christians call the Old Testament was written in what language?

A)Linear B
B)Phoenician
C)Hebrew
D)Aramaic
E)Assyrian

Question 39

A collection of sacred books containing diverse materials concerning the origins, experiences, beliefs, and practices of the Israelites is the

A)New Testament.
B)Hebrew Bible.
C)Book of Prophecies.
D)Tablet of Gilgemesh.
E)Iliad.

Question 40

What was the Ark of the Covenant?

A)the ship on which Noah saved all animals and his family during the Great Flood
B)the graphic symbol of a broken circle on the Torah, symbolizing the Jewish diaspora
C)a sacred box containing the tablets of law given to Moses
D)a transcription of Abraham's promise of monotheism in exchange for "a land of milk and honey"
E)the pact of government from which Samuel asked Saul to be the first king

Question 41

The foreign policy of the Carthaginian state

A)was neglected by the Phoenician Empire.
B)was restricted by its more powerful neighbors.
C)reflected an interest in protecting its sea trade.
D)was constantly overturned by Greek powers.
E)was based on Assyrian models.

Question 42

Which of the following rituals did not aid the Jews in maintaining a strong cultural identity after the loss of their state?

A)dietary rules
B)keeping the Sabbath
C)ritual baths
D)banning marriage with non-Jews
E)the requirement that men grow beards

Question 43

Carthage was founded by peoples migrating from

A)Rome.
B)Phoenicia.
C)Greece.
D)Egypt.
E)Arabia.

Question 44

the Carthaginian sailed along the west African coast.

A)Hanno
B)Byblos
C)Dido
D)Noah
E)Amos

Question 45

Carthage's power in the Mediterranean Sea rested with its .

A)navy
B)merchant class
C)elite
D)priests

Question 46

Trace the migrations of the people ultimately known as Israelites, noting the causes and consequences of those migrations.

Question 47

Describe the practice of mass deportation as used by the Assyrians.

Question 48

What is meant by the description of Carthage as a commercial "empire"?

Question 49

The site of a fortified palace complex in southern Greece that controlled a Late Bronze Age kingdom was

A)Athens.
B)Macedonia.
C)Crete.
D)Mycanae.
E)Thebes.

Question 50

What made certain Phoenician textiles unique?

A)Man-made fibers
B)Blind stitching
C)The combination of silk and cotton fabric
D)Purple dye
E)Their expense

Question 51

The exile of Hebrews to Babylon in 587 BCE occurred under

A)Cyrus the Great.
B)Nebuchadnezzar.
C)Ashurbanipal.
D)Darius of Persia.
E)a Chaldean revolt.

Question 52

Describe the nature and extent of Phoenician expansion in the Mediterranean.

Question 53

Instructions: Answer the following question(s).
Why does the text call the Late Bronze Age in the Middle East a "cosmopolitan" era?

Question 54

Diaspora means refers to the Jews being taken from their homeland to .

A)Egypt
B)Jordan
C)Syria
D)Anatolia
E)Babylon

Question 55

Which group were the first to learn how to make weapons from iron?

Question 56

What factors led to Egypt losing its isolationist perspective in the Near East?

Question 57

What were the significant consequences of Assyrian power in the Middle East after 721 BCE?

Question 58

The Phoenicians developed a system of writing based on

A)vowels.
B)consonants.
C)cuneiform.
D)hand signals.
E)hieroglyphics.

Question 59

Which boy-king became famous solely because his was the only royal tomb not plundered by grave robbers?

Question 60

How did the Hittites become the foremost power in Anatolia from 1700 to 1200 BCE?

Question 61

What is the name given to the first advanced civilization in Greece?