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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East
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1. 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.
Aten
Indus Valley Civilizations
Ra
Narmer or Menes
2. Ancient Sumerian economies were ___________ with Priests charged with caring for the gods and goddesses and then providing for the community.
Tutankhamen
Hammurabi
Redistributive
Middle Kingdom
3. 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.
Subservient
Narmer
Priests
Neanderthals
4. 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.
Ma'at
Semites
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Arameic
5. 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.
Ra
Judah and Israel
Middle East
Ancient Egyptians
6. 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
Pharaoh
Ramesses II
Indus Valley Civilizations
Animals
7. The life of the _____________ was filled with anxiety and pessimism because the gods themselves were unstable and the idea of an afterlife was unknown
Egyptian
Sumerian
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Pyramids
8. 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
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
Hittites
Neanderthals
Military
9. Achievements of the ___________ civilization include the construction of irrigation ditches - introduction of the plow - and wheel made pottery.
Mesopotamian
Ramesses II
River-Valley Civilizations
Arameic
10. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.
Ptolemies
Narmer
Nefertiti
Matrilocal
11. 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.
Israelites
Persians
Nefertiti
Neanderthals
12. The early degree of organization of communities in the Fertile Crescent and primarily in Egypt can be attributed to the need for ________.
Obelisks
Set
Sumerians
Water
13. Early Sumerian kingdoms began as theocracies - their kings established their authority through ____________.
Human
Jerusalem
Divine Right
Civilization
14. The period from 12 -000 BC to 8 -000 BC characterized by the gradual shift from hunter-gather societies to sedentary agricultural societies.
Egyptian
Pre-dynastic Period
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Ramesses II
15. 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
Pastoralism
Animals
Nile River
16. Mesopotamian ____ was designed to persuade the good divine elements to side with practitioners.
8 -000 BC
Mesopotamians
Art
Hatshepsut
17. From the Latin term for 'city.' Characterized by formal states - writing - cities - and monuments.
Military
Gilgamesh
Ziggurat
Civilization
18. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.
River-Valley Civilizations
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Middle East
Hittites
19. The first tools were made of ___________ approximately 2.5 Million years ago.
Indus Valley Civilizations
Flint
Mythopoeic
Amenhotep III
20. Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 BC - collapsed due to foreign invasian.
Babylonian Empire
Nile River
Ra
Sumerians
21. A sea-faring civilization located on the shores on the Eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean and devised a simplified alphabet that greatly influenced the Greek and Latin writing systems.
Phoenicians
Art
Neanderthals
Human
22. Cradle of Civilization located in the area between Mesopotamia and Syria.
Babylonian Empire
Fertile Crescent
Nefertiti
Obelisks
23. Following the Bronze Age - in the 2nd Millenium - crafters began to smelt tools from _______.
Hieroglyphics
Hatshepsut
Ten Commandments
Iron
24. 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
Persians
Hatshepsut
Amenhotep III
Human
25. 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.
City-states
Jerusalem
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Women
26. A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies.
Matrilocal
Ptolemies
Pastoralism
Hatshepsut
27. The New Babylonian king who destroyed the Hebrew kingdom of Judah and enslaved the Jews.
Patriarchal
Nebuchanezzar
Animism
Aten
28. Sumerian relationship with their gods was ___________. Humans were created to do the manual labor for the gods.
Subservient
Matrilocal
Pharaoh
Ma'at
29. 'Soldiers of God'
Matrilocal
8 -000 BC
Fertile Crescent
Israelites
30. Capital of Ancient Egypt during most of the New Kingdom.
Thebes
Kush
Semites
Phoenicians
31. 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.
Water
Mesopotamian
Fertile Crescent
Pre-dynastic Period
32. 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.
Sumerians
Ramesses II
Iron
Middle Kingdom
33. First to develop money - weights and measures - and hours.
Yahweh or Jehovah
Divination
Priests and Magicians
Sumerians
34. A technological advance invented c. 6000 BC encourage higher quality ceramic pottery production.
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35. 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
Ramesses II
Sumerians
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
36. 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
Narmer or Menes
New Kingdom
Hebrews
Nebuchanezzar
37. 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.
Women
Obelisks
Middle Kingdom
Tutankhamen
38. 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
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Thebes
8 -000 BC
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
39. Recent archeological studies show that there were at least _____ early civilizations.
Semites
6
Women
Persians
40. Pre-agricultural culture located in present day Israel - Jordan and Lebanon. Collected naturally present barley and wheat to supplement game. Characterized by large settlements.
Sumerian
Cheops or Khufu
Natufian Complex
Pastoralism
41. Founded by Cyrus the Great who expanded the empire across vast lands using a system of local administrators to maintain control.
Divination
Persians
Copper
Papyrus
42. Early walled urban culture site based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern Israeli-occupied West Bank near Jordan River.
Jericho
Tutankhamen
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Flint
43. As the most influential of the smaller Middle Eastern regional cultures - the Jews were characterized most by ______________.
Monotheism
Narmer
Ra
Mesopotamian
44. A cultural practice in which young men upon marriage must live with their bride's family.
Matrilocal
Monotheism
Nile River
Subservient
45. 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
Neanderthals
Narmer or Menes
Tuthmosis III
46. Unified Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom with the capital at Memphis around 3000 BC.
Babylonian Empire
Shifting Cultivation
Narmer or Menes
Flint
47. Ancient Sumerian king - ruled 2700 BC. Credited with having been a demigod of superhuman strength who built a great city wall to defend his people from external threats. Influence of his epic stories are seen in the Hebrew story of the Great Flood.
Priests and Magicians
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Gilgamesh
Israelites
48. 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.
Nebuchanezzar
Persians
Ziggurat
Set
49. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.
Animals
Yahweh or Jehovah
Hammurabi
Pharaoh
50. The end of the Bronze Age saw the rise of great __________ power.
Divination
Iron
Jericho
Military