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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East
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1. Unified Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom with the capital at Memphis around 3000 BC.
Animals
Patriarchal
Narmer or Menes
Papyrus
2. 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
Military
Indus Valley Civilizations
Ptolemies
Nefertiti
3. Mesopotamian ____ was designed to persuade the good divine elements to side with practitioners.
Narmer or Menes
City-states
Art
Narmer
4. Early societies were ____________ - or run by men.
Cheops or Khufu
Patriarchal
Animism
Hieroglyphics
5. From the Latin term for 'city.' Characterized by formal states - writing - cities - and monuments.
Israelites
War
Civilization
Patriarchal
6. 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
Ra
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Kush
7. 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
Divination
Old Kingdom
Tutankhamen
Patriarchal
8. Following the Bronze Age - in the 2nd Millenium - crafters began to smelt tools from _______.
War
Hieroglyphics
Priests
Iron
9. 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
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Ramesses II
Thebes
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
10. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.
Ramesses II
Phoenicians
Narmer
Natufian Complex
11. Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 BC - collapsed due to foreign invasian.
Bronze Age
Subservient
Babylonian Empire
Pastoralism
12. Capital of Ancient Egypt during most of the New Kingdom.
Phoenicians
Thebes
Potter's Wheel
Shifting Cultivation
13. ___________ sacrifice was common among all religions during the late neolithic period.
Human
Yahweh or Jehovah
Water
City-states
14. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.
Papyrus
Tuthmosis III
Jerusalem
Pharaoh
15. The Great Pyramid is the tomb of the Pharaoh ________.
Cheops or Khufu
Sumerians
Divine Right
Potter's Wheel
16. Ancient view of the world based on myth rather than science or rationality.
Human
Priests
Mythopoeic
Middle East
17. Early Sumerian kingdoms began as theocracies - their kings established their authority through ____________.
Obelisks
Hatshepsut
Aten
Divine Right
18. As the most influential of the smaller Middle Eastern regional cultures - the Jews were characterized most by ______________.
Monotheism
Judah and Israel
Jericho
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
19. The New Babylonian king who destroyed the Hebrew kingdom of Judah and enslaved the Jews.
Potter's Wheel
Judah and Israel
Nebuchanezzar
Military
20. The moral code divined to Moses by the Hebrew god. Unlike the Code of Hammurabi - rich and poor were treated equally.
War
Ten Commandments
Ramesses II
Indus Valley Civilizations
21. 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.
Mythopoeic
Tutankhamen
Hammurabi
Neanderthals
22. Major contributor to the spread of culture.
Matrilocal
Neanderthals
Jerusalem
War
23. Founded by Cyrus the Great who expanded the empire across vast lands using a system of local administrators to maintain control.
Pyramids
Persians
Natufian Complex
Tuthmosis III
24. The early degree of organization of communities in the Fertile Crescent and primarily in Egypt can be attributed to the need for ________.
Water
Pastoralism
Neanderthals
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
25. The period from 12 -000 BC to 8 -000 BC characterized by the gradual shift from hunter-gather societies to sedentary agricultural societies.
Thebes
Ziggurat
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Indus Valley Civilizations
26. 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.
Ziggurat
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Ancient Egyptians
Human
27. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Hieroglyphics
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Indus Valley Civilizations
28. 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
Jericho
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Hammurabi
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.
Sumerians
Animism
Ptolemies
Semites
30. 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
Divine Right
Amenhotep III
Old Testament
Yahweh or Jehovah
31. Ancient Sumerian economies were ___________ with Priests charged with caring for the gods and goddesses and then providing for the community.
Egyptian
Redistributive
Narmer or Menes
Indus Valley Civilizations
32. Achievements of the ___________ civilization include the construction of irrigation ditches - introduction of the plow - and wheel made pottery.
Flint
Osiris
Mesopotamian
Nile River
33. 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.
Jerusalem
Priests
8 -000 BC
Natufian Complex
34. 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
Natufian Complex
Aten
Ancient Egyptians
35. 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.
Hyksos
Sargon I
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
Nile River
36. The position of _________ was less free and equal in agricultural societies than in hunting societies.
Potter's Wheel
Women
Papyrus
Tutankhamen
37. Cradle of Civilization located in the area between Mesopotamia and Syria.
Fertile Crescent
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Redistributive
Monotheism
38. Recent archeological studies show that there were at least _____ early civilizations.
Mythopoeic
Ancient Egyptians
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Hittites
39. The end of the Bronze Age saw the rise of great __________ power.
Sumerians
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Military
Ptolemies
40. 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.
Divination
Iron
War
Aten
41. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.
Animals
Hieroglyphics
Priests
Cuneiform
42. Name for the Hebrew god.
Natufian Complex
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Yahweh or Jehovah
Potter's Wheel
43. The first tools were made of ___________ approximately 2.5 Million years ago.
Jerusalem
Flint
Semites
Ma'at
44. 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
War
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
Animism
Middle East
45. 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
Indus Valley Civilizations
Civilization
Priests and Magicians
Hittites
46. A technological advance invented c. 6000 BC encourage higher quality ceramic pottery production.
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47. The African state that developed along the upper reached of the Nile circa 1000 BC; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries.
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Kush
Hittites
Nile River
48. Period from 4 -000 BC to 1 -500 BC (3rd Millenium) when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East.
Ra
Bronze Age
Copper
Kush
49. Prior to the Bronze Age - during the 4th Millenium - crafters smelted tools from ___________.
Sumerians
Ma'at
Copper
Hatshepsut
50. 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
Kush
Ten Commandments
River-Valley Civilizations