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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East
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1. Passive - Stable - Predictable - and Conformist are adjectives that the describe the _____________ people and explain why their civilization was able to survive for an extraordinary 3 -000 years.
Ancient Egyptians
Flint
Mythopoeic
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
2. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Papyrus
Nebuchanezzar
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
3. Mesopotamian ____ was designed to persuade the good divine elements to side with practitioners.
Fertile Crescent
City-states
Human
Art
4. Sumerian relationship with their gods was ___________. Humans were created to do the manual labor for the gods.
Sargon I
Ancient Egyptians
Subservient
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
5. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.
Narmer
Judah and Israel
Animals
Gilgamesh
6. Early societies were ____________ - or run by men.
Persians
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Osiris
Patriarchal
7. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.
Military
Pyramids
Pharaoh
Old Kingdom
8. The African state that developed along the upper reached of the Nile circa 1000 BC; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries.
Kush
Art
Mythopoeic
Osiris
9. Recent archeological studies show that there were at least _____ early civilizations.
Jericho
6
Set
Divination
10. 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
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Cuneiform
Tuthmosis III
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
11. A technological advance invented c. 6000 BC encourage higher quality ceramic pottery production.
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12. 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.
Pyramids
Hyksos
Indus Valley Civilizations
Cuneiform
13. 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
Phoenicians
Tutankhamen
Osiris
Hieroglyphics
14. Brother to the Ancient Egyptian god - Osiris - and credited with his death - _______ stands for all things unpleasant - disorder and warfare.
Animism
Set
Mesopotamians
Pyramids
15. Ancient Sumerian economies were ___________ with Priests charged with caring for the gods and goddesses and then providing for the community.
Obelisks
Thebes
Middle Kingdom
Redistributive
16. Ancient view of the world based on myth rather than science or rationality.
Ziggurat
Aten
Mythopoeic
Neanderthals
17. The early degree of organization of communities in the Fertile Crescent and primarily in Egypt can be attributed to the need for ________.
Water
Women
Phoenicians
Priests and Magicians
18. 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.
War
Women
Cheops or Khufu
Priests
19. The position of _________ was less free and equal in agricultural societies than in hunting societies.
Women
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Babylonian Empire
Middle East
20. Following the defeat of the foreign Hyksos rulers - this period was the most prosperous time of Ancient Egyptian history. It saw the expansion of the Egyptian Empire to Nubia in the south as well as to the near east through warfare gaining riches and
Shifting Cultivation
Gilgamesh
Ma'at
New Kingdom
21. Cunning woman who became Pharaoh during the New Kingdom. She relied heavily on propoganda claimed to be the daughter of the God Amen - often presented herself with a male body and false beard in statues and imagery. Her stepson - whom she had usurped
Pre-dynastic Period
Hatshepsut
Amenhotep III
Priests
22. Wife of Akenhaten - died during his celebration. After which Akenhaten became intolerant of any other gods - obsessively erasing them from history and neglecting his kingdom in the process.
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Nefertiti
Tuthmosis III
Patriarchal
23. Name for the Hebrew god.
Yahweh or Jehovah
Amenhotep III
Civilization
New Kingdom
24. 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
Shifting Cultivation
Sargon I
Egyptian
25. Indo-European people who entered Mesopotamia in 1750 BC - destroying the Babylonian Empire; partnered with the Egyptians to destroy Syria - then turned on the Egyptians conquering them and ruling for several centuries; played a major role in transmit
Hieroglyphics
Nefertiti
Judah and Israel
Hittites
26. The first civilizations - they created a basic set of tools - intellectual concepts such as writing and mathematics - and political forms that would persist and spread to other parts of Europe - Asia - and Africa. Most were in decline by 1000 BC.
River-Valley Civilizations
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Persians
Patriarchal
27. The life of the _____________ was filled with anxiety and pessimism because the gods themselves were unstable and the idea of an afterlife was unknown
Sumerian
Arameic
Neanderthals
Bronze Age
28. Cradle of Civilization located in the area between Mesopotamia and Syria.
Gilgamesh
Indus Valley Civilizations
Fertile Crescent
Sumerians
29. 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
Nile River
Pyramids
Pastoralism
30. Egyptian Pharaoh of the New Kingdom - attempted to reduce the power of the priests by establishing a monotheistic religion dedicated to Aten - the sun-god - replacing the tradition Egyptian pantheon of gods. He established himself as the sole priest
Hittites
Priests and Magicians
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
31. 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.
Obelisks
Ziggurat
Pharaoh
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
32. The moral code divined to Moses by the Hebrew god. Unlike the Code of Hammurabi - rich and poor were treated equally.
Animism
Animals
Semites
Ten Commandments
33. The first economic class not responsible for producing their own food and shelter.
Phoenicians
Priests and Magicians
Sargon I
River-Valley Civilizations
34. Founded by Cyrus the Great who expanded the empire across vast lands using a system of local administrators to maintain control.
Natufian Complex
Persians
Old Kingdom
Sargon I
35. 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.
Military
Divination
Hebrews
Judah and Israel
36. During this young Pharaoh's reign - the priests and military leaders who has lost power during the reign of his predecessor - Akenhaten - seized the opportunity to use the boy as their puppet and return Egypt to its traditional religion.
Middle East
Priests and Magicians
Tutankhamen
War
37. 'Soldiers of God'
Hatshepsut
Israelites
Arameic
Sargon I
38. Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 BC - collapsed due to foreign invasian.
Divination
Pastoralism
Babylonian Empire
Gilgamesh
39. A cultural practice in which young men upon marriage must live with their bride's family.
Egyptian
Neanderthals
Hieroglyphics
Matrilocal
40. City built by the Israelite King David in order to honor God.
Phoenicians
Jerusalem
War
Art
41. Following the Bronze Age - in the 2nd Millenium - crafters began to smelt tools from _______.
Pyramids
River-Valley Civilizations
Sumerians
Iron
42. A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies.
Pastoralism
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Art
Civilization
43. Period of Ancient Egyptian history during which the great pyramids were built - Declined following the reign on Pepi II because of the rise in power of regional nomarchs and the dissolution of a centralized Egyptian government. This period was follow
Amenhotep III
Ra
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Old Kingdom
44. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.
Human
Thebes
Middle East
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
45. Between 3000 and 1500 BC - the civilization flourished over the region that extended hundreds of miles from the Himalaya Mountains to the coast of the Arabian Sea. At the heart of the civilization were Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Both cities had popula
Hittites
Indus Valley Civilizations
Subservient
Potter's Wheel
46. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.
Gilgamesh
Animals
Middle East
Babylonian Empire
47. Beginning of the Neolithic Period or 'New Stone Age'. Saw the adaptation of sedentary agriculture and the domestication of plants and animals.
Nebuchanezzar
Natufian Complex
8 -000 BC
Hittites
48. The New Babylonian king who destroyed the Hebrew kingdom of Judah and enslaved the Jews.
Yahweh or Jehovah
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Jericho
Nebuchanezzar
49. 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.
8 -000 BC
Ziggurat
Jerusalem
Old Testament
50. Dating to 3500 BC - this civilization is one of the few cases of a civilization that started from scratch
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Divine Right
8 -000 BC
Jerusalem