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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East
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1. ___________ sacrifice was common among all religions during the late neolithic period.
Middle East
Old Testament
Papyrus
Human
2. Stepson of Hatshepsut - he lead the military expeditions during her reign. When he became Pharaoh - he enlisted thousands of men to help him capture more land than any other Pharaoh before him. At the time - he ruled the largest empire ever ruled by
Babylonian Empire
Semites
Tuthmosis III
Patriarchal
3. Ancient Sumerian economies were ___________ with Priests charged with caring for the gods and goddesses and then providing for the community.
Redistributive
Monotheism
Hammurabi
Matrilocal
4. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.
Fertile Crescent
Animals
Iron
Nefertiti
5. Beginning of the Neolithic Period or 'New Stone Age'. Saw the adaptation of sedentary agriculture and the domestication of plants and animals.
8 -000 BC
Bronze Age
Hatshepsut
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
6. Homo Species that disappeared at the end of the Paleolithic period.
Art
Jerusalem
Ramesses II
Neanderthals
7. Ruler of Akkad - he established the first empire in Mesopotamian civilization conquering and uniting the Sumerian city-states under a centralized bureaucratic government. Installed himself as the mediator between the gods and man - above the priests.
Ptolemies
Animism
Sargon I
Water
8. Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 BC - collapsed due to foreign invasian.
Papyrus
Babylonian Empire
Women
Gilgamesh
9. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.
Sumerians
Pyramids
Pastoralism
Papyrus
10. Early walled urban culture site based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern Israeli-occupied West Bank near Jordan River.
Ten Commandments
Jericho
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Persians
11. The end of the Bronze Age saw the rise of great __________ power.
Water
Military
Old Kingdom
Hebrews
12. The life of the _____________ was filled with anxiety and pessimism because the gods themselves were unstable and the idea of an afterlife was unknown
Set
Sumerian
Ma'at
Ra
13. The term given to the development of agricultural societies. This revolution in economic - political - and social organization began in the Middle East as early as 10 -000 B.C.E. and gradually spread to other centers - including parts of India - Nort
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
Hatshepsut
Human
Aten
14. 'wedge-shaped.' A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that consisted of wedge-shaped impressions made by a reed stylus on clay tablets.
6
Arameic
Pharaoh
Cuneiform
15. A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies.
Mesopotamians
6
Pastoralism
Hittites
16. Successor to Ra as the king of the gods of Ancient Egypt - ______ is credited with teaching men to be civilized and to farm - and for teaching mankind to worship the gods and to build temples. Isis was also a wise and good ruler who taught men how to
8 -000 BC
Military
Osiris
Patriarchal
17. Cradle of Civilization located in the area between Mesopotamia and Syria.
Jericho
Pastoralism
Hyksos
Fertile Crescent
18. First common language used for trading amongst people of different groups - replaced Hebrew in religious texts - and was probably spoken by Jesus and his disciples.
Arameic
Yahweh or Jehovah
Pre-dynastic Period
Shifting Cultivation
19. Achievements of the ___________ civilization include the construction of irrigation ditches - introduction of the plow - and wheel made pottery.
Ma'at
Mesopotamian
Narmer or Menes
Nebuchanezzar
20. Egyptian sun-god that attained preeminence above other Egyptian deities. Briefly leading the Egyptians into monotheism prior to the reign of Tutankhamen which saw the restoration of the older religion and its promise of an afterlife.
Ten Commandments
Israelites
Aten
Divine Right
21. Mesopotamian ____ was designed to persuade the good divine elements to side with practitioners.
Military
Ten Commandments
Art
Hyksos
22. The moral code divined to Moses by the Hebrew god. Unlike the Code of Hammurabi - rich and poor were treated equally.
Old Kingdom
Ten Commandments
Mythopoeic
Hieroglyphics
23. The most important gods of Ancient Egypt - ________ was the sun and the begetter of the gods themselves. The myth that he was the first king on earth is the foundation on which the Pharoahs stake their claim of divinity.
Redistributive
Ramesses II
Matrilocal
Ra
24. Name for the Hebrew god.
Yahweh or Jehovah
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Mesopotamian
Ancient Egyptians
25. Unified Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom with the capital at Memphis around 3000 BC.
Divine Right
Military
Fertile Crescent
Narmer or Menes
26. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Hittites
Middle Kingdom
Ptolemies
27. Capital of Ancient Egypt during most of the New Kingdom.
Hittites
Hammurabi
Patriarchal
Thebes
28. Founded by Cyrus the Great who expanded the empire across vast lands using a system of local administrators to maintain control.
Persians
Neanderthals
Women
Tutankhamen
29. Migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 BC; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states; established the first form of writing - cuneiform.
Ptolemies
Human
Sumerians
Pharaoh
30. The practice of seeking to foretell future events by interpreting divine signs - which could appear in various forms - such as in entrails of animals - in patterns in smoke - or in dreams.
Divination
Ziggurat
Iron
Military
31. The smaller size of the pyramids during the 5th and 6th dynasties is reflective of the declining power of the Pharaoh and the rise in power of ____________ in an economy of increasing size.
Priests
Indus Valley Civilizations
Jericho
Iron
32. In contrast to the isolated Egyptians - these people were warriors and traders - they were highly unpredictable and abstract thinkers.
Semites
Mesopotamians
Babylonian Empire
Priests and Magicians
33. The Egyptian concept of harmony and order - justice and truth. Implied a divine force for harmony and stability which emanated from the beginning of time itself. Good rule by pharaoh signified its presence
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34. People of Akkad who overruled the Sumerians and assimilated their culture. Simplified the Sumerian cuneiform.
6
Semites
Civilization
Mythopoeic
35. The Greek leaders of Egypt after it was conquered by Alexander the Great. These leaders took on much of the Egyptian culture - even calling themselves Pharaoh.
Ptolemies
Persians
Sumerians
Yahweh or Jehovah
36. Early societies were ____________ - or run by men.
Narmer
Patriarchal
Ancient Egyptians
City-states
37. A combination of pictograms and phonograms that the Eqyptians used for writing.
Flint
Hieroglyphics
Persians
Animism
38. Located at the center of each Sumerian city-state - this was a massive stepped tower upon which a temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of the city-state.
Narmer
Ziggurat
Divination
River-Valley Civilizations
39. Monotheistic - Semitic-speaking people of Mesopotamia. Enslaved by the Egyptians - their leader Moses eventually led them out of captivity. Their religion opened the door for awareness of the self with moral autonomy - man had the choice between good
Hebrews
Shifting Cultivation
River-Valley Civilizations
Neanderthals
40. Recent archeological studies show that there were at least _____ early civilizations.
6
Subservient
Matrilocal
Yahweh or Jehovah
41. Period from 4 -000 BC to 1 -500 BC (3rd Millenium) when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East.
Kush
Bronze Age
Judah and Israel
Sumerians
42. A technological advance invented c. 6000 BC encourage higher quality ceramic pottery production.
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43. Part god and part king - the __________ was the leader of the Ancient of Egyptians. It was his job to raise the sun - the crops - and the coming of the Nile. He held absolute power over the Egyptians in the present life and in the hereafter.
Pharaoh
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Persians
44. From the Latin term for 'city.' Characterized by formal states - writing - cities - and monuments.
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Tutankhamen
Babylonian Empire
Civilization
45. Major contributor to the spread of culture.
Ten Commandments
Phoenicians
Military
War
46. Born a commoner - this Pharaoh rose to power at the age of 15 on the coat tails of his family's military prowess and reigned until his death at age 93. As one of Egypt's greatest kings - he relied heavily on propaganda and diplomacy - building temple
Ramesses II
Judah and Israel
Narmer
Pyramids
47. A cultural practice in which young men upon marriage must live with their bride's family.
Obelisks
Divine Right
Hyksos
Matrilocal
48. First foreigners to conquer and rule Egypt during the 15th and 16th dynasties. Later defeated by Egyptian Soldiers opening the door for the New Kingdom.
Tuthmosis III
Mesopotamians
Obelisks
Hyksos
49. The most important ruler in Babylonian history. Responsible for the codification of law. Ruled over public and private life; business - financial - and criminal law. Judgements were often harsh.
Hammurabi
Set
Babylonian Empire
Shifting Cultivation
50. Ancient view of the world based on myth rather than science or rationality.
Ziggurat
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Mythopoeic
Patriarchal