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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East
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1. First to develop money - weights and measures - and hours.
Hieroglyphics
Sumerians
Obelisks
Set
2. 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.
Kush
Hyksos
Middle Kingdom
Subservient
3. Ancient Sumerian economies were ___________ with Priests charged with caring for the gods and goddesses and then providing for the community.
Hieroglyphics
Divine Right
Redistributive
Sumerians
4. The moral code divined to Moses by the Hebrew god. Unlike the Code of Hammurabi - rich and poor were treated equally.
Priests and Magicians
Copper
Gilgamesh
Ten Commandments
5. Cradle of Civilization located in the area between Mesopotamia and Syria.
Middle East
Copper
Osiris
Fertile Crescent
6. Period of Ancient Egyptian history during which the Pharaohs regained powers over the priests but with somewhat less authority during which laws began to be written down.
Animals
Persians
Nile River
Middle Kingdom
7. 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
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Mesopotamians
Nebuchanezzar
New Kingdom
8. The position of _________ was less free and equal in agricultural societies than in hunting societies.
Indus Valley Civilizations
Women
Monotheism
Flint
9. 'Soldiers of God'
Middle Kingdom
War
Israelites
Ancient Egyptians
10. Recent archeological studies show that there were at least _____ early civilizations.
Jerusalem
6
Arameic
Ziggurat
11. A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies.
Pastoralism
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Pre-dynastic Period
Hatshepsut
12. 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.
Amenhotep III
Pharaoh
Thebes
Obelisks
13. A technological advance invented c. 6000 BC encourage higher quality ceramic pottery production.
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14. Ancient view of the world based on myth rather than science or rationality.
Mythopoeic
Civilization
Neanderthals
8 -000 BC
15. A combination of pictograms and phonograms that the Eqyptians used for writing.
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
Hieroglyphics
Persians
16. As the most influential of the smaller Middle Eastern regional cultures - the Jews were characterized most by ______________.
Hammurabi
Pharaoh
Monotheism
Hieroglyphics
17. Documents of the Hebrew god and his law. Rather than heroic tales of gods and goddesses - this book told takes of men and women both weak and strong.
Old Testament
Hatshepsut
Thebes
New Kingdom
18. Name for the Hebrew god.
Sumerian
Arameic
Yahweh or Jehovah
Divine Right
19. 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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20. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.
Animals
Papyrus
Obelisks
Sumerians
21. 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.
Pyramids
Egyptian
Persians
Aten
22. This successfully diplomatic Pharaoh of the New Kingdom avoided continued warfare - commissioned the construction of two huge temples in Nubia that were unusually dedicated to the gods of ancient Egypt - Chiefly Amen-Re - rather than to the Pharaoh a
Semites
Amenhotep III
Tuthmosis III
Cheops or Khufu
23. 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
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
Hatshepsut
Gilgamesh
Neanderthals
24. _____________religion inspired confidence and optimism in the external order and stability of the world.
Egyptian
Babylonian Empire
Mesopotamian
Human
25. Homo Species that disappeared at the end of the Paleolithic period.
Neanderthals
Pre-dynastic Period
Narmer or Menes
Sargon I
26. 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
Hatshepsut
Osiris
Narmer or Menes
Monotheism
27. The African state that developed along the upper reached of the Nile circa 1000 BC; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries.
Kush
Bronze Age
Middle Kingdom
Set
28. 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
Indus Valley Civilizations
Redistributive
Fertile Crescent
Pastoralism
29. 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.
Papyrus
Ten Commandments
River-Valley Civilizations
Priests and Magicians
30. Early societies were ____________ - or run by men.
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Tuthmosis III
Pyramids
Patriarchal
31. Mesopotamian ____ was designed to persuade the good divine elements to side with practitioners.
Redistributive
Thebes
Art
Animals
32. The end of the Bronze Age saw the rise of great __________ power.
Military
Redistributive
Narmer
Israelites
33. The early degree of organization of communities in the Fertile Crescent and primarily in Egypt can be attributed to the need for ________.
Set
Nile River
Water
River-Valley Civilizations
34. Period from 4 -000 BC to 1 -500 BC (3rd Millenium) when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East.
8 -000 BC
Narmer
Narmer or Menes
Bronze Age
35. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.
Jerusalem
Narmer
Civilization
Set
36. Prior to the Bronze Age - during the 4th Millenium - crafters smelted tools from ___________.
Hyksos
Copper
Gilgamesh
Nebuchanezzar
37. Founded by Cyrus the Great who expanded the empire across vast lands using a system of local administrators to maintain control.
Cheops or Khufu
Human
Persians
Sumerians
38. 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
Indus Valley Civilizations
Hebrews
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Iron
39. Capital of Ancient Egypt during most of the New Kingdom.
Thebes
Priests
Hatshepsut
Sumerians
40. The life of the _____________ was filled with anxiety and pessimism because the gods themselves were unstable and the idea of an afterlife was unknown
Sargon I
Sumerian
Ptolemies
Hittites
41. 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
6
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
42. 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
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Divine Right
Ramesses II
Divination
43. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.
Hatshepsut
Osiris
Middle Kingdom
Middle East
44. The loose collection of territorially small cities in Mesopotamia which lacked unity with one another due to geographic isolation. Each was dedicated to a particular god or goddess.
8 -000 BC
Nebuchanezzar
Sumerians
City-states
45. Period of Ancient Egyptian history during which permanent settlements were established - stone and crafts work developed - burial practices moved to the outer edges of the territories - and the beginnings of a belief in the afterlife became evident.
Amenhotep III
Sumerian
Civilization
Pre-dynastic Period
46. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.
Mesopotamian
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Monotheism
Sargon I
47. The first economic class not responsible for producing their own food and shelter.
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Middle East
Priests and Magicians
Military
48. Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 BC - collapsed due to foreign invasian.
Babylonian Empire
Egyptian
Judah and Israel
Iron
49. Pre-agricultural culture located in present day Israel - Jordan and Lebanon. Collected naturally present barley and wheat to supplement game. Characterized by large settlements.
Natufian Complex
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Divine Right
Yahweh or Jehovah
50. 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.
Ra
Sargon I
Women
Tutankhamen