Deck 1: Beginnings

Question 1

What do archaeologists believe the Venus of Willendorf depicts?

A)a Greek goddess
B)a female fertility figure
C)a famous queen
D)a child

Answer 1

B

Question 2

How did the art of Amarna differ from conventional Egyptian art?

A)It employed a stylized, artificial quality.
B)It was highly formal, apparently intended only for somber occasions.
C)It had greater lightness and naturalism.
D)It depicted female figures exclusively.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What artifacts from Jericho are considered an indication that they practiced ancestor worship?

A)fertility figures
B)burial statues
C)restored skulls
D)stone shrines

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What development during the Neolithic period made possible the growth of communities and villages?

A)agriculture
B)writing
C)tool-making
D)masonry

Question 5

How do scholars traditionally divide the history of ancient Egypt?

A)into two major periods
B)into three major periods
C)into four major periods
D)Into six major periods

Question 6

What civilization conquered the Babylonian Empire?

A)The Semites
B)The Persians
C)The Kassites
D)The Sumerians

Question 7

In general terms, what is most striking about Egyptian culture over the centuries?

A)The evolution of its writing system
B)Its unity and consistency
C)Its ever-changing, highly diverse nature
D)Its unjust social system

Question 8

What was the most common medium of the art of the Cyclades islands?

A)Marble statues
B)Pottery
C)Wall-painting
D)Wood-caring

Question 9

What was the first great literary work of ancient Mesopotamia?

A)Ashurbanipal
B)Book of the Dead
C)Epic of Gilgamesh
D)Tutankhamen's autobiography

Question 10

Who was the central figure of Minoan religion?

A)a being that is half-man and half-wolf
B)a river god
C)a sun god
D)a fertility goddess

Question 11

According to the text, what have archaeologists posited that Stonehenge was?

A)an ancient temple
B)a storage facility for weapons
C)a monument to a great leader
D)a solar calendar and observatory

Question 12

Who was the first great architect known to history?

A)Khafre
B)Djoser
C)Babur
D)Imhotep

Question 13

Where did the Sumerians first settle?

A)The Upper Nile
B)The Fertile Crescent
C)The Mediterranean Islands
D)Western Africa

Question 14

According to legend, who dictated to King Hammurabi the laws which he would later include in the Law Code of Hammurabi?

A)Enlil
B)Shamash
C)Aton
D)Osiris

Question 15

Who discovered the civilization which predated the Mycenaeans?

A)Sir Arthur Evans
B)Lord Wilton Spiel
C)Heinrich Schliemann
D)Howard Carter

Question 16

Which civilization succeeded in uniting Mesopotamia in 1800 B.C.E.?

A)Assyrians
B)Kassites
C)Babylonians
D)Sumerians

Question 17

What was Sumerian religion based upon?

A)animal worship
B)spirits of ancestors
C)natural phenomena
D)monotheism

Question 18

Where are some of the oldest paintings of humankind found?

A)Sub-Saharan Africa
B)Lascaux
C)Amarna
D)Egypt

Question 19

What are two Semitic languages?

A)Arabic and Hebrew
B)Urdu and Hindi
C)Persian and Arabic
D)Greek and Maltese

Question 20

What was the most important new religious figure of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt?

A)Aton
B)Isis
C)Minos
D)Knossos

Question 21

What colossal statue stands next to the pyramids at Giza?

A)The Stele of Aton-rah
B)The Sphinx
C)Demeter
D)Gilgamesh
3 points each)

Question 22

Who succeeded the Minoans?

A)the Sumerians
B)the Persians
C)the Mycenaeans
D)the Kassites

Question 23

What are three universal themes touched upon in the Epic of Gilgamesh?

Question 24

What important archaeological discovery was made by Heinrich Schliemann?

A)Kingdom of Knossos
B)Tomb of Tutankhamen
C)Royal Grave Circle
D)Altar to Osiris

Question 25

_______________________ Sumerian religious structure.

Question 26

_______________________ Family of languages including Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic.

Question 27

What city was buried beneath the Roman city of Ilium?

A)Attica
B)Sparta
C)Athens
D)Troy

Question 28

How was national unity maintained in ancient Egypt despite the differences between the regions of the Upper and Lower Nile?

Question 29

What are the six characteristics of civilized societies and of civilization mentioned in the textbook?

Question 30

_______________________ A river in ancient Mesopotamia.

Question 31

_______________________ An upright stone slab decorated with relief carvings.

Question 32

What is the Greek myth of the Minotaur and the Labyrinth?

Question 33

_______________________ Assyrian king of ancient Mesopotamia.

Question 34

How did the focus of Mycenaean art and architecture differ from that of the Minoans?

Question 35

_______________________ Tomb chamber in the shape of a beehive

Question 36

_______________________ Egyptian pharaoh who built the Great Sphinx.

Question 37

_______________________ Egyptian god who was symbolic of death and rebirth.

Question 38

Which war provided the background for Homer's Iliad and Odyssey?

A)the Peloponnesian War
B)the Trojan War
C)the Persian War
D)the Babylonian War

Question 39

_______________________ Vertical shafts running down through Minoan palaces.

Question 40

_______________________ Center of the Minoan civilization.