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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East
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1. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.
Sargon I
Middle Kingdom
Papyrus
Old Kingdom
2. 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
Egyptian
Flint
Shifting Cultivation
3. 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
Babylonian Empire
Nile River
Sumerians
4. 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.
Iron
Egyptian
Ancient Egyptians
Aten
5. In contrast to the isolated Egyptians - these people were warriors and traders - they were highly unpredictable and abstract thinkers.
Pastoralism
Sumerians
Mesopotamians
Pharaoh
6. Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 BC - collapsed due to foreign invasian.
Babylonian Empire
Animism
New Kingdom
Redistributive
7. Brother to the Ancient Egyptian god - Osiris - and credited with his death - _______ stands for all things unpleasant - disorder and warfare.
Narmer
Set
Matrilocal
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
8. 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
Obelisks
Nile River
Amenhotep III
9. Homo Species that disappeared at the end of the Paleolithic period.
Neanderthals
Mesopotamian
Pyramids
Obelisks
10. Following the Bronze Age - in the 2nd Millenium - crafters began to smelt tools from _______.
Nebuchanezzar
Iron
Sumerian
Judah and Israel
11. The first tools were made of ___________ approximately 2.5 Million years ago.
Flint
Potter's Wheel
Cuneiform
New Kingdom
12. The most important gods of Ancient Egypt - ________ was the sun and the begetter of the gods themselves. The myth that he was the first king on earth is the foundation on which the Pharoahs stake their claim of divinity.
Nefertiti
Ra
Women
Redistributive
13. Early Sumerian kingdoms began as theocracies - their kings established their authority through ____________.
Pharaoh
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
Divine Right
Nile River
14. 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
Ten Commandments
Hittites
Sumerians
Women
15. Capital of Ancient Egypt during most of the New Kingdom.
Nile River
Military
Thebes
Animism
16. 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
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Israelites
Iron
17. The African state that developed along the upper reached of the Nile circa 1000 BC; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries.
Mesopotamian
Kush
Cheops or Khufu
Pyramids
18. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.
Divination
Middle East
Sumerian
Tutankhamen
19. Ancient Sumerian economies were ___________ with Priests charged with caring for the gods and goddesses and then providing for the community.
Narmer or Menes
Ten Commandments
Semites
Redistributive
20. A cultural practice in which young men upon marriage must live with their bride's family.
Matrilocal
War
Set
Animals
21. The moral code divined to Moses by the Hebrew god. Unlike the Code of Hammurabi - rich and poor were treated equally.
Semites
Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamian
Ten Commandments
22. The Great Pyramid is the tomb of the Pharaoh ________.
Cheops or Khufu
Copper
Israelites
Natufian Complex
23. 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
Ziggurat
Fertile Crescent
Kush
Amenhotep III
24. 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.
Ptolemies
Hammurabi
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Nile River
25. The New Babylonian king who destroyed the Hebrew kingdom of Judah and enslaved the Jews.
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Nebuchanezzar
Hittites
Ramesses II
26. 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.
Persians
Iron
Flint
Pharaoh
27. A combination of pictograms and phonograms that the Eqyptians used for writing.
Ptolemies
Hyksos
Hieroglyphics
Hammurabi
28. 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
Narmer or Menes
Ziggurat
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Old Kingdom
29. 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
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
War
Persians
Hittites
30. 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.
Pre-dynastic Period
Hatshepsut
Shifting Cultivation
New Kingdom
31. Ancient view of the world based on myth rather than science or rationality.
Sumerians
Potter's Wheel
Nebuchanezzar
Mythopoeic
32. Pre-agricultural culture located in present day Israel - Jordan and Lebanon. Collected naturally present barley and wheat to supplement game. Characterized by large settlements.
Ra
Pharaoh
Monotheism
Natufian Complex
33. ___________ sacrifice was common among all religions during the late neolithic period.
Tutankhamen
Jericho
Human
Hatshepsut
34. Period from 4 -000 BC to 1 -500 BC (3rd Millenium) when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East.
Amenhotep III
Ra
City-states
Bronze Age
35. As the most influential of the smaller Middle Eastern regional cultures - the Jews were characterized most by ______________.
Monotheism
Military
Pyramids
Sargon I
36. First to develop money - weights and measures - and hours.
Cuneiform
Sumerians
Iron
Mythopoeic
37. 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
Hyksos
Shifting Cultivation
Obelisks
38. 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
Hammurabi
Civilization
Ziggurat
39. 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
Pyramids
Patriarchal
Tuthmosis III
8 -000 BC
40. 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.
Hieroglyphics
City-states
Sargon I
Patriarchal
41. Early societies were ____________ - or run by men.
Patriarchal
Tuthmosis III
Middle East
Redistributive
42. The first economic class not responsible for producing their own food and shelter.
Mesopotamian
Priests and Magicians
Women
Narmer
43. 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
Egyptian
Sargon I
Pyramids
44. 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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45. Prior to the Bronze Age - during the 4th Millenium - crafters smelted tools from ___________.
Persians
Narmer or Menes
Women
Copper
46. Founded by Cyrus the Great who expanded the empire across vast lands using a system of local administrators to maintain control.
Military
Osiris
Sumerian
Persians
47. 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.
Indus Valley Civilizations
Arameic
Water
Animals
48. Sumerian relationship with their gods was ___________. Humans were created to do the manual labor for the gods.
Obelisks
Sargon I
Subservient
Aten
49. 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.
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Tutankhamen
Nile River
Middle Kingdom
50. 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
Women
Animism
Ramesses II
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age