Deck 2: The Ancient Near East

Question 1

"The one who saw the abyss." refers to

A)Inanna.
B)Achilles.
C)Enki.
D)Gilgamesh.
E)Abu.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Sumerian art is characterized by

A)symmetry when seen from the front.
B)clasped hands.
C)large eyes in upturned faces.
D)All these answers are correct.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The staring,wide eyes of the Tell Asmar statues are believed to indicate that the figures are

A)apotropaic.
B)praying.
C)in the presence of a god.
D)terrified by evil spirits.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The oldest planned town excavated so far is located at

A)Çatal Hüyük.
B)Jerusalem.
C)Jericho.
D)Babylon.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a Mesopotamian god?

A)Anu
B)Isis
C)Ishtar
D)Inanna

Question 6

The oldest fortified city,and a place of continuous habitation,is

A)Malta.
B)Çatal Hüyük.
C)Stonehenge.
D)Jericho.

Question 7

Plastered Neolithic skulls were found in

A)Uruk.
B)Jericho.
C)Ur.
D)Tell Asmar.

Question 8

The Mesopotamians believed in

A)a heavenly afterlife.
B)a gloomy afterlife.
C)a joyous afterlife.
D)a materialistic afterlife.

Question 9

The largest Neolithic site so far discovered in the ancient Near East is located in modern

A)Iraq.
B)Iran.
C)Turkey.
D)Jordan.

Question 10

The first recorded epic is about

A)Noah.
B)Odysseus.
C)Abraham.
D)Gilgamesh.
E)Inanna.

Question 11

The beards of the Tell Asmar statues are best described as

A)red and stylized.
B)naturalistic and black.
C)stylized and curvilinear.
D)black and stylized.
E)black and curvilinear.

Question 12

Nergal and Ereshkigal are the

A)king and queen of the underworld.
B)king and queen of the sky.
C)king and queen of nature.
D)king and queen of the sea.

Question 13

Ziggurats are

A)symbolic temples.
B)symbolic rivers.
C)symbolic sculptures.
D)symbolic mountains.

Question 14

A ziggurat is a

A)pyramid.
B)fort.
C)building made by Gudea.
D)Mesopotamian temple platform.

Question 15

Which of the following was found at Uruk?

A)the White Temple
B)the Abu Temple
C)the Ur Temple
D)the Stele of Urnammu

Question 16

The earliest known writing is called

A)cuneiform.
B)hieroglyphics.
C)the alphabet.
D)Akkadian.

Question 17

Ziggurats are an example of

A)post-and-lintel construction.
B)arcuated construction.
C)load-bearing construction.
D)cantilever construction.

Question 18

Shamash is the Akkadian

A)moon god.
B)lightning god.
C)sun god.
D)supreme god.

Question 19

The hieros gamos refers to

A)a festival of the new year.
B)a fertility ceremony.
C)a sacred marriage.
D)a holy game.

Question 20

Neolithic cultures in the Near East developed about ________ years earlier than in Europe.

A)1,000
B)2,000
C)3,000
D)4,000
E)5,000

Question 21

A stele is

A)a knife.
B)a weapon.
C)a boundary marker.
D)a clay tablet.
E)a city wall.

Question 22

The statues of Gudea are best described as

A)of diorite, stylized and organic.
B)of marble and naturalistic.
C)idealized and naturalistic.
D)naturalistic and organic.
E)of gold, and with long, flowing hair.

Question 23

Lions were traditional guardians because

A)they were kings of the animals.
B)they were thought never to sleep.
C)they were powerful enough to keep enemies away.
D)they symbolized the human king.
E)they protect their cubs.

Question 24

The figure of Naram-Sin is shown

A)with frontal shoulders and profile legs.
B)with a frontal head and shoulders.
C)with frontal legs and a profile head.
D)with frontal shoulders and legs.
E)holding a rod and scepter.

Question 25

Rahotep and Nofret are NOT A.a prince and a princess.
B)two seated sculptures.
C)a king and a queen.
D)depicted in high relief.
E)seated in rigid poses.

Question 26

Sargon was

A)an Akkadian ruler.
B)a Sumerian ruler.
C)a Hittite ruler.
D)the ruler of Lagash.
E)the ruler of Ur.

Question 27

Hammurabi is known for

A)the Epic of Gilgamesh.
B)building the walls of Uruk.
C)worshipping the sun god.
D)making stelai.
E)a law code.

Question 28

The seated statue of Khafre dates to around A.3000 B.C.
B)2500 B.C.
C)2000 B.C.
D)3500 B.C.

Question 29

The Hittite civilization was located in

A)modern Israel.
B)modern Jordan.
C)modern Iraq.
D)modern Iran.
E)modern Turkey.

Question 30

Assurbanipal was known for

A)his cruelty and culture.
B)his cruelty and virtue.
C)his culture and learning.
D)his power and his generosity.
E)his charm and his diplomacy.

Question 31

Which of the following does a Lamassu NOT have?

A)five legs.
B)wings.
C)horned cap.
D)a sword.
E)a beard.

Question 32

The Ishtar Gate is from

A)Paris.
B)Babylon.
C)Akkad.
D)Persepolis.

Question 33

Gudea thought of himself mainly as a patron of

A)cuneiform tablets.
B)sculpture.
C)temples.
D)paintings.
E)poetry.

Question 34

Tigris and Euphrates are

A)Mesopotamian gods.
B)Hittite gods.
C)Mesopotamian rivers.
D)Mesopotamian mountains.
E)Mesopotamian rulers.

Question 35

Lamassu are

A)guardian lions.
B)guardian bulls.
C)guardian genii.
D)guardian kings.
E)guardian angels.

Question 36

________ ruled Akkad and waged war on his neighbors around 3000

A)Ashurnasirpal
B)Naram-Sin
B)C.
C)Narmer
D)Alexander the Great

Question 37

Palace reliefs are most likely to have been found in

A)Uruk.
B)Lagash.
C)Babylon.
D)Khorsabad.
E)Hattusas.

Question 38

Most Assyrian wall decoration included

A)domestic scenes.
B)war scenes.
C)royal hunting scenes.
D)both war scenes and royal hunting scenes.

Question 39

Sir Leonard Woolley discovered evidence of the richness of Early Dynastic culture at the site of

A)Ur.
B)Tell Asmar.
C)Uruk.
D)Persepolis.
E)Lagash.

Question 40

Lagash was

A)a Persian city.
B)an important city in Babylon.
C)the center of the Neolithic Anatolia.
D)an Assyrian city.

Question 41

A documented,excavated object is said to have a

A)provenance.
B)value.
C)provenience.
D)valuation.
E)meaning.

Question 42

Which of the following are most logically connected?

A)Darius, Gudea, Sargon, Hammurabi
B)Ishtar, Sargon, Woolley, Ur
C)Cyrus, Darius, Persepolis, Susa
D)Gilgamesh, Susa, Tell Asmar, Uruk
E)Urnammu, Abu, Inanna, Ishtar

Question 43

The Scythians are best known for

A)gold.
B)diorite.
C)pottery.
D)temples.
E)irrigation.

Question 44

A bull capital is most likely found at

A)Persepolis.
B)Lagash.
C)Babylon.
D)Anatolia.
E)Assyria.

Question 45

The Ishtar Gate was dedicated to

A)the god of war.
B)the goddess of fertility.
C)the goddess of the moon.
D)the god of the underworld.
E)the goddess of the hearth.

Question 46

Cuneiform literally means

A)cone-shaped.
B)cylindrical.
C)wedge-shaped.
D)rectangular.
E)triangular.

Question 47

The Ishtar Gate used

A)glazed brick.
B)a true arch.
C)patterns of horses.
D)both glazed brick and a true arch.

Question 48

Whereas early Mesopotamian figures are shown with twisted perspective,Persian human figures

A)show shoulders in profile.
B)have extremely large eyes.
C)have their hands clasped.
D)appear on bas-relief.

Question 49

The Apadana was

A)a gateway.
B)a storage room.
C)a sanctuary.
D)an audience hall.
E)an altar.