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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East
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1. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.
Hatshepsut
Judah and Israel
Pastoralism
Human
2. The African state that developed along the upper reached of the Nile circa 1000 BC; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries.
Amenhotep III
Old Kingdom
Kush
Art
3. 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.
Sargon I
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
Ramesses II
Ten Commandments
4. 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.
Matrilocal
Aten
Hieroglyphics
Water
5. 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.
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Priests
Nebuchanezzar
Tuthmosis III
6. The Great Pyramid is the tomb of the Pharaoh ________.
Papyrus
Cheops or Khufu
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Narmer or Menes
7. The moral code divined to Moses by the Hebrew god. Unlike the Code of Hammurabi - rich and poor were treated equally.
Ten Commandments
Jericho
Kush
Osiris
8. 'wedge-shaped.' A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that consisted of wedge-shaped impressions made by a reed stylus on clay tablets.
Cuneiform
Arameic
Narmer or Menes
Human
9. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.
Ma'at
Narmer or Menes
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
River-Valley Civilizations
10. Early walled urban culture site based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern Israeli-occupied West Bank near Jordan River.
Jericho
Semites
Natufian Complex
8 -000 BC
11. 'Soldiers of God'
Sumerian
Pyramids
Nefertiti
Israelites
12. The first economic class not responsible for producing their own food and shelter.
Nile River
Priests and Magicians
Mythopoeic
Iron
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
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Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
Hieroglyphics
Set
14. 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.
Egyptian
Sumerians
Hyksos
Thebes
15. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.
8 -000 BC
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Papyrus
Shifting Cultivation
16. 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
Priests and Magicians
Semites
Shifting Cultivation
17. Capital of Ancient Egypt during most of the New Kingdom.
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Egyptian
Thebes
Ziggurat
18. Major contributor to the spread of culture.
Human
War
8 -000 BC
Jericho
19. 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
Middle East
Indus Valley Civilizations
Priests
Osiris
20. 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.
Ten Commandments
River-Valley Civilizations
Ma'at
Divine Right
21. ___________ sacrifice was common among all religions during the late neolithic period.
Human
Kush
Fertile Crescent
Sumerian
22. Early Sumerian kingdoms began as theocracies - their kings established their authority through ____________.
Divine Right
Animism
Ramesses II
Narmer
23. 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
Pre-dynastic Period
Ma'at
Military
24. Tapered pillars carved of a single piece of granite 70 - 100 feet tall symbolizing man's aspirations to immortality.
Obelisks
Nefertiti
Ramesses II
Osiris
25. City built by the Israelite King David in order to honor God.
Cheops or Khufu
Hittites
Jerusalem
Shifting Cultivation
26. In contrast to the isolated Egyptians - these people were warriors and traders - they were highly unpredictable and abstract thinkers.
Osiris
Mesopotamian
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
Mesopotamians
27. 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.
Pre-dynastic Period
Ziggurat
Animals
Middle Kingdom
28. 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
Amenhotep III
Aten
Copper
Ra
29. Cradle of Civilization located in the area between Mesopotamia and Syria.
Divine Right
Nebuchanezzar
Potter's Wheel
Fertile Crescent
30. Egyptian civilization sprang up in northern Africa - along the ______________; this river played a crucial role in the ability of the Egyptians to produce an abundant harvest.
Nebuchanezzar
Egyptian
Nile River
Persians
31. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.
Ramesses II
Animals
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
Ra
32. Following the Bronze Age - in the 2nd Millenium - crafters began to smelt tools from _______.
Nile River
Iron
Cuneiform
Animism
33. 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
Phoenicians
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Divination
War
34. Dating to 3500 BC - this civilization is one of the few cases of a civilization that started from scratch
Priests and Magicians
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Art
Gilgamesh
35. First to develop money - weights and measures - and hours.
Sumerians
Mesopotamians
Nile River
Old Kingdom
36. 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
Tutankhamen
Ten Commandments
Nile River
Hittites
37. Intermediate form of ecological adaptation in which temporary forms of cultivation are carried out with little impact on the natural ecology; typical of rainforest cultivators.
Priests and Magicians
Animism
Indus Valley Civilizations
Shifting Cultivation
38. 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.
Ziggurat
River-Valley Civilizations
Pre-dynastic Period
Women
39. A combination of pictograms and phonograms that the Eqyptians used for writing.
Ten Commandments
Hieroglyphics
Amenhotep III
Divination
40. 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.
Papyrus
Ziggurat
Yahweh or Jehovah
Gilgamesh
41. 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
Mythopoeic
Hittites
Aten
Old Kingdom
42. People of Akkad who overruled the Sumerians and assimilated their culture. Simplified the Sumerian cuneiform.
Pharaoh
Animism
Hittites
Semites
43. 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.
Civilization
Tuthmosis III
Middle Kingdom
Ten Commandments
44. The period prior to 12 -000 BC typified by the use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence; describes the majority of 2 million plus years of the existence of homo species.
Hatshepsut
Nefertiti
Copper
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
45. Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 BC - collapsed due to foreign invasian.
Babylonian Empire
Ancient Egyptians
Obelisks
Cuneiform
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
Persians
Thebes
Ramesses II
Hieroglyphics
47. Pre-agricultural culture located in present day Israel - Jordan and Lebanon. Collected naturally present barley and wheat to supplement game. Characterized by large settlements.
Matrilocal
Cheops or Khufu
Natufian Complex
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
48. The period from 12 -000 BC to 8 -000 BC characterized by the gradual shift from hunter-gather societies to sedentary agricultural societies.
Thebes
Sumerian
Natufian Complex
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
49. Mesopotamian ____ was designed to persuade the good divine elements to side with practitioners.
Flint
Shifting Cultivation
Art
Hittites
50. 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.
Gilgamesh
City-states
Jericho
Pastoralism