Deck 1: Early Civilization in West Africa, the Aegean, and the Western Hemisphere

Question 1

Identification
Nineveh

Answer 1

not answer

Question 2

Identification
cuneiform

Answer 2

not answer

Question 3

What percentage of the population of a typical Sumerian city-state was engaged in farm work?

A)less than 20 percent
B)20-30 percent
C)40-50 percent
D)60-70 percent
E)80-90 percent

Answer 3

80-90 percent

Question 4

Identification
Sumerians

Question 5

Identification
Marduk

Question 6

Identification
Assyrians

Question 7

Identification
ziggurat

Question 8

Identification
Euphrates

Question 9

Among the specialized occupations to be found in an ancient Sumerian city were all of the following except

A)metal workers.
B)weavers.
C)potters.
D)bakers.
E)none of these choices

Question 10

Identification
Chaldeans

Question 11

Identification
Babylon

Question 12

Identification
Tigris

Question 13

Identification
Neo-Babylonian

Question 14

Identification
Nebuchadnezzar

Question 15

The Sumerians began to construct an urban civilization in Mesopotamia not long after

A)10,000 B.C.E.
B)7000 B.C.E.
C)3500 B.C.E.
D)1350 B.C.E.
E)350 B.C.E.

Question 16

Identification
Kassites

Question 17

Identification
Gilgamesh

Question 18

Identification
Sargonid rulers

Question 19

Identification
anthropomorphic

Question 20

Identification
Hammurabi

Question 21

The most famous Neo-Babylonian king was

A)Nebuchadnezzar.
B)Sargon I.
C)Sargon II.
D)Tiglath-Pileser.
E)Hammurabi.

Question 22

Characterize the Chaldean contributions to civilization in Mesopotamia.

Question 23

Sumerian religion featured

A)anthropomorphic personifications of natural forces.
B)anthropomorphic personifications of stars and planets.
C)animal-shaped gods.
D)impersonal abstractions.
E)monotheistic tendencies.

Question 24

Hammurabi's reign was

A)2971-2952 B.C.E.
B)1997-1978 B.C.E.
C)1792-1750 B.C.E.
D)1279-1250 B.C.E.
E)667-612 B.C.E.

Question 25

Discuss the sorts of occupations pursued by inhabitants of Sumerian cities.

Question 26

Cuneiform records show that the Sumerians had evolved a system of mathematics

A)very similar to that of ancient Rome.
B)featuring a twelve-base system of numerical calculation.
C)featuring a decimal system of numerical calculation.
D)employing Arabic numerals something like our own.
E)that enabled them to devise the first accurate solar calendar.

Question 27

Give a brief account of the contributions made by Mesopotamian cultures to mathematics and astronomy.

Question 28

Identification
Akhenaton

Question 29

Identification
Abu Simbel

Question 30

A distinguishing characteristic of Chaldean religion was ____.

A)a belief in the kindness of the gods.
B)the equating of the gods with the planets.
C)a belief in a single, all powerful deity.
D)the absolute determination of all human actions by radiations from the sun and the moon.
E)none of these choices

Question 31

Describe the physical make-up of a typical Sumerian city.

Question 32

Discuss the content and tenor of the law code of Hammurabi.

Question 33

This was not part of the Fertile Crescent.

A)Assyria
B)Akkad
C)Bablylon
D)Sumer
E)Lower Egypt

Question 34

Identification
Champollion

Question 35

Hammurabi was a famous lawgiver of

A)the Old Babylonian Empire.
B)ancient Sumeria.
C)the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
D)Assyria.
E)Egypt.

Question 36

Identification
Giza

Question 37

The Assyrians at one time or another before the seventh century B.C.E. brought all of the following under their domination except

A)Asia Minor.
B)Mesopotamia.
C)Palestine.
D)India.
E)Egypt.

Question 38

The Assyrians are best remembered for their

A)religious innovations.
B)scientific advances.
C)ruthless militarism.
D)long-lasting, peaceful imperial government.
E)none of these choices

Question 39

The Assyrian capital of Nineveh was destroyed by the Medes and Babylonians in

A)1612 B.C.E.
B)1216 B.C.E.
C)712 B.C.E.
D)612 B.C.E.
E)338 B.C.E.

Question 40

Hammurabi was

A)a Kassite.
B)the first ruler of ancient Sumer.
C)concerned with regulating commerce.
D)all of these choices
E)none of these choices

Question 41

Identification
Rosetta Stone

Question 42

Identification
Isis

Question 43

Identification
Nile Valley

Question 44

Identification
Memphis

Question 45

Identification
King Shabako

Question 46

Identification
Khufu

Question 47

Identification
hieroglyphics

Question 48

Identification
Saqqara

Question 49

Identification
Thebes

Question 50

Identification
Napata

Question 51

Identification
Osiris

Question 52

Identification
Kush

Question 53

Identification
Hyksos

Question 54

Identification
Nefertiti

Question 55

Identification
Sphinx

Question 56

Identification
Horus

Question 57

Identification
Meroë

Question 58

Identification
Menes

Question 59

Identification
Tel el-Amarna

Question 60

Identification
Tutankhamon

Question 61

The Kushites of Meroë had indirect trade relations with

A)China.
B)India.
C)Arabia.
D)all of these choices
E)none of these choices

Question 62

The massive blocks used to assemble the Great Pyramid at Egypt were likely moved into position by means of

A)earthen ramps.
B)sophisticated hoisting machinery.
C)barges during the Nile's flood stage.
D)elephants trained for construction work.
E)none of these choices

Question 63

Kushite rule in Egypt was ended by the conquests of the

A)Assyrians.
B)Persians.
C)Macedonians.
D)Romans.
E)Byzantines.

Question 64

The king traditionally credited with the unification of upper and lower Egypt is

A)Zoser.
B)Amenhotep III.
C)Amenhotep IV.
D)Akhenaton.
E)Menes.

Question 65

Which of the following was farthest north?

A)Thebes (Karnak)
B)Giza
C)Valley of the Kings
D)Nubia
E)Kush

Question 66

An example of an Egyptian dying and reborn god was

A)Set.
B)Isis.
C)Osiris.
D)Enlil.
E)Astarte.

Question 67

The Kushite kingdom emerged as a significant independent power by

A)1700 B.C.E.
B)1200 B.C.E.
C)700 B.C.E.
D)700 C.E.
E)1200 C.E.

Question 68

The "First Intermediate" period in Egyptian history was

A)2950-2850 B.C.E.
B)2150-2050 B.C.E.
C)1150-1050 B.C.E.
D)950-850 B.C.E.
E)750-550 B.C.E.

Question 69

Evidence shows that the Kushites of Meroë

A)were illiterate.
B)had virtually no class distinctions.
C)may have had a matrilineal society.
D)developed without influence from either Hellenistic or sub-Saharan culture.
E)none of these choices

Question 70

Hieroglyphic Egyptian was deciphered by

A)Jean François Champollion.
B)Michael Ventris.
C)Heinrich Schliemann.
D)Arnold Toynbee.
E)Napoleon.

Question 71

In the history of ancient Egypt, the "Great Humiliation" refers to its conquest by the

A)Hyksos.
B)Persians.
C)Macedonians.
D)Romans.
E)Arabs.

Question 72

Compared with Mesopotamian civilization, ancient Egypt was

A)much less homogeneous.
B)more urbanized.
C)much earlier in origins.
D)all of these choices
E)none of these choices

Question 73

Meroë was well known as a center for the production of

A)textiles.
B)papyrus.
C)parchment.
D)iron.
E)silver.

Question 74

The "Rosetta Stone" bears an inscription in hieroglyphic Egyptian and in

A)demotic Egyptian and Latin.
B)demotic Egyptian and Greek.
C)Latin and Greek.
D)Coptic and Latin.
E)proto-Indo-European and Latin.

Question 75

In ancient Egypt, most people

A)worked for the government.
B)lived far from the Nile.
C)lived in small villages.
D)had a fairly high standard of living.
E)none of these choices

Question 76

During the last millennium B.C.E., Egypt was subjugated by all of the following except the

A)Kushites.
B)Assyrians.
C)Persians.
D)Macedonians.
E)Arabs.

Question 77

The Kushites began to have close relations with Greeks after

A)1200 B.C.E.
B)800 B.C.E.
C)500 B.C.E.
D)332 B.C.E.
E)30 B.C.E.

Question 78

Which of the following statements about Akhenaton is not true?

A)He was married to Nefertiti.
B)His capital city was at Tel el-Amarna.
C)His religious reforms was long-lasting.
D)He worshipped the solar disk.
E)He changed his name from Amenhotep IV.

Question 79

Approximately what percentage of the population of Egypt--both ancient and modern--has lived in the Nile Valley?

A)less than 25 percent
B)40 percent
C)60 percent
D)75 percent
E)95 percent

Question 80

The temple complex of Amon at Karnak was built by pharaohs of the

A)Old Kingdom.
B)Middle Kingdom.
C)New Kingdom.
D)Third Dynasty.
E)none of these choices