Deck 2: From Village Community to City-State

Question 1

The "He-Goat and Flowering Tree" was a ________.

A) purely decorative object
B) fertility object
C) symbol of political power
D) weapon

Answer 1

fertility object

Question 2

Which of these was the city of Gilgamesh?

A) Çatal Hüyük
B) Sumer
C) Akkad
D) Uruk

Answer 2

Uruk

Question 3

Which of these first appeared in the Neolithic Age?

A) upright posture
B) hunting
C) speech
D) farming

Answer 3

farming

Question 4

Which of these were the temple mounds of ancient Mesopotamia?

A) mastabas
B) quipus
C) ziggurats
D) cuneiform

Question 5

Which of these men ruled Old Babylonia in the eighteenth century B.C.E.?

A) Gilgamesh
B) Hesiod
C) Hammurabi
D) Ashurbanipal

Question 6

Which of these was one of the first cultivated crops in India?

A) rice
B) yams
C) millet
D) manioc

Question 7

Andean quipu are used as ________.

A) artwork
B) farming tools
C) weapons
D) records

Question 8

Urbanization probably emerged independently in ________ place(s).

A) one
B) seven
C) hundreds of
D) dozens of

Question 9

Sargon was the ruler of ________ around 2350 B.C.E.

A) Akkad
B) Thebes
C) Persepolis
D) Mycenae

Question 10

Which of these is the wedge-shaped writing system of ancient Mesopotamia?

A) pictograms
B) cuneiform
C) alphabet
D) quipus

Question 11

Leonard Woolley is best known for excavations at ________.

A) Mycenae
B) Ur
C) Babylon
D) Nineveh

Question 12

Which of these is created by combining tin and copper?

A) silver
B) steel
C) bronze
D) brass

Question 13

The Natufian culture was found in what region?

A) India
B) eastern Mediterranean
C) China
D) sub-Saharan Africa

Question 14

At its farthest,the Sumerian trading network stretched from ________ to ________.

A) Greece; India
B) Italy; Arabia
C) Anatolia; Mesopotamia
D) Egypt; the Iranian plateau

Question 15

The time prior to the invention of writing is called ________.

A) prehistory
B) the ancient world
C) the Middle Ages
D) the Neolithic Age

Question 16

What were the first plants cultivated in the Fertile Crescent?

A) lettuces
B) squash
C) legumes
D) grains

Question 17

Neolithic villages ranged in population from ________ of residents.

A) thousands to hundreds of thousands
B) dozens to hundreds
C) hundreds to thousands
D) a few to dozens

Question 18

Which of these peoples launched the urban revolution in Mesopotamia?

A) Hittites
B) Akkadians
C) Persians
D) Sumerians

Question 19

The first farming villages date to around ________ B.C.E.

A) 1500
B) 150,000
C) 10,000
D) 375

Question 20

The Jomon culture emerged around 10,500 B.C.E.in what is today ________.

A) Syria
B) Russia
C) Japan
D) India

Question 21

The events of The Epic of Gilgamesh date to around ________ B.C.E.

A) 750
B) 17,000
C) 2600
D) 65

Question 22

The Natufian culture around 8000 B.C.E.was an example of a(n)________ culture.

A) hominid
B) Neolithic
C) hunting and gathering
D) urban

Question 23

In the Neolithic Age,trade items were usually ________.

A) small
B) manufactured tools
C) food items
D) wooden

Question 24

Higher densities of human habitation ________ rates of disease.

A) dramatically lowered
B) had no impact on
C) slightly lowered
D) increased rates

Question 25

The Fertile Crescent gets its name because it was good for ________.

A) major works of art
B) exchange of ideas
C) farming
D) human reproduction

Question 26

The "Map of Nippur,1500 B.C.E." provides evidence of the importance of ________ in ancient Mesopotamia.

A) irrigation
B) hunting
C) clans
D) recreation

Question 27

The earliest Mesopotamian law code dates to the ________ century B.C.E.

A) second
B) eleventh
C) twenty-first
D) eighteenth

Question 28

In the context of human history,innovation can be characterized as ________.

A) creativity
B) isolated developments
C) using new technology
D) spreading ideas

Question 29

In the large cities of Mesopotamia,which of these appears to have been most closely related to the emergence of states?

A) irrigation
B) defense
C) trade
D) hunting

Question 30

On the map "The spread of civilizations," which of these regions represents the process of diffusion?

A) Indus valley civilization
B) ancient Egypt
C) Anasazi/Pueblo culture
D) Mesopotamia

Question 31

The Bronze Age is distinguished from earlier periods primarily for its ________.

A) technologies
B) villages
C) agriculture
D) artworks

Question 32

The phrase "from token to tablet" refers to the connection between ________.

A) religion and writing
B) urbanization and religion
C) writing and business
D) political power and ziggurats

Question 33

Comparison of world cultures indicates that village life ________ farming.

A) often leads to
B) requires
C) is usually associated with
D) discourages

Question 34

Which of these first appeared with sedentary life?

A) hunting
B) land-holding
C) families
D) artwork

Question 35

Which of these was the basic political form in ancient Mesopotamia?

A) empires
B) city-states
C) nation-states
D) village networks

Question 36

Looking at the map "The origins of agriculture and domestic animals," which of these was common to Europe and the Near East?

A) rice
B) peas
C) olives
D) barley

Question 37

Mesopotamian ziggurats were above all symbols of ________ power.

A) religious
B) political
C) family
D) financial

Question 38

The Ubaidian culture of Mesopotamia illustrates the ________ of farming culture.

A) persistence
B) emergence
C) flexibility
D) vulnerability

Question 39

Which of these is a figure representing an idea?

A) ideogram
B) pictogram
C) alphabetic character
D) quipus

Question 40

The Behistun monument was used by H.C.Rawlinson to ________.

A) uncover the history of Hammurabi
B) trace the great flood of the Bible
C) understand the urban revolution
D) decipher cuneiform

Question 41

The focus of patriotism for Sumerians was their ________.

A) home city
B) tribe
C) king
D) country

Question 42

Who ruled Mesopotamian cities? What modern political systems most resemble patterns seen in ancient Mesopotamian cities?

Question 43

In Mesopotamian city-states,the city was a place of ________,while the countryside was a place of ________.

A) peace; warfare
B) consumption; production
C) chaos; order
D) royal power; priestly power

Question 44

The essential distinction between prehistory and history lies in the development of ________.

A) human society
B) writing
C) specialized occupations
D) cities

Question 45

The tablet known as "The stele of vultures" can be used for writing the history of ________.

A) military technology
B) economic systems
C) gender relations
D) urbanization

Question 46

Looking at the map "Mesopotamian trade,c.2000 B.C.E.," which of these regions had the highest concentration of urban areas?

A) Anatolia
B) Mesopotamia
C) Greece
D) Egypt

Question 47

Which of these best characterizes the function of cylinder seals?

A) sending messages
B) recording quantities
C) certifying authenticity
D) recording a destination

Question 48

Do you consider writing a necessary part of the definition of "civilization"? Why or why not?

Question 49

How do we know what we know about the Sumerians? What are our sources for understanding the history of this culture?

Question 50

Why do historians differentiate between innovation and diffusion?

Question 51

Which of these gave ziggurats their distinction in Mesopotamian urban life?

A) their inclusiveness
B) costly materials
C) defensive position
D) their size

Question 52

The difference between villages and cities is primarily a difference of ________.

A) complexity
B) size
C) location
D) purpose

Question 53

Do villages and farming invariably go hand-in-hand? Consider the emergence of the first villages and agriculture,and consider possible variations on the close relationship between settled life and agriculture.

Question 54

Comparison of domesticated plants and animals in the Americas and Eurasia shows that the Neolithic Age in these two regions ________.

A) followed roughly the same pattern
B) was nearly identical
C) depended on very different crops and animals
D) followed a different process

Question 55

In The Epic of Gilgamesh,Enkidu represents ________.

A) the transition from wild to domesticated
B) savagery
C) the spiritual side of humanity
D) the nobility of Gilgamesh