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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East
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1. 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
Arameic
Priests
Set
2. 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.
Indus Valley Civilizations
Aten
Sargon I
Set
3. Recent archeological studies show that there were at least _____ early civilizations.
Civilization
Tutankhamen
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Phoenicians
4. Pre-agricultural culture located in present day Israel - Jordan and Lebanon. Collected naturally present barley and wheat to supplement game. Characterized by large settlements.
War
Redistributive
Natufian Complex
Priests and Magicians
5. The practice of seeking to foretell future events by interpreting divine signs - which could appear in various forms - such as in entrails of animals - in patterns in smoke - or in dreams.
Divination
Neanderthals
Old Testament
Indus Valley Civilizations
6. The end of the Bronze Age saw the rise of great __________ power.
Military
Water
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Nile River
7. A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies.
Pastoralism
Copper
Pre-dynastic Period
Ra
8. 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.
Semites
Pastoralism
Old Testament
Natufian Complex
9. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.
River-Valley Civilizations
Animals
Papyrus
Osiris
10. Cradle of Civilization located in the area between Mesopotamia and Syria.
Fertile Crescent
Hyksos
Ancient Egyptians
Women
11. 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
Hittites
Amenhotep III
Hieroglyphics
Old Kingdom
12. Brother to the Ancient Egyptian god - Osiris - and credited with his death - _______ stands for all things unpleasant - disorder and warfare.
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Set
Ptolemies
Narmer or Menes
13. Tapered pillars carved of a single piece of granite 70 - 100 feet tall symbolizing man's aspirations to immortality.
Hittites
Obelisks
Ten Commandments
Patriarchal
14. The moral code divined to Moses by the Hebrew god. Unlike the Code of Hammurabi - rich and poor were treated equally.
Narmer or Menes
Ten Commandments
Amenhotep III
Phoenicians
15. Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 BC - collapsed due to foreign invasian.
Babylonian Empire
Papyrus
Hittites
Nebuchanezzar
16. Homo Species that disappeared at the end of the Paleolithic period.
Fertile Crescent
Neanderthals
Jericho
Sumerians
17. Name for the Hebrew god.
Nile River
Shifting Cultivation
Yahweh or Jehovah
Animals
18. 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
New Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
Indus Valley Civilizations
Copper
19. The early degree of organization of communities in the Fertile Crescent and primarily in Egypt can be attributed to the need for ________.
Potter's Wheel
Water
Sumerian
Divination
20. 'wedge-shaped.' A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that consisted of wedge-shaped impressions made by a reed stylus on clay tablets.
Semites
Fertile Crescent
Cuneiform
Middle East
21. City built by the Israelite King David in order to honor God.
Animals
Patriarchal
Jerusalem
Tutankhamen
22. Dating to 3500 BC - this civilization is one of the few cases of a civilization that started from scratch
War
Phoenicians
Women
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
23. 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
Water
Semites
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
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.
Ancient Egyptians
Human
Ten Commandments
Hammurabi
25. Major contributor to the spread of culture.
Ramesses II
Animals
War
Ra
26. 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.
Divine Right
Fertile Crescent
Kush
Phoenicians
27. 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
Divination
Redistributive
Yahweh or Jehovah
28. 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.
Nile River
Hyksos
Mesopotamians
Priests
29. 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
Narmer
Nefertiti
Military
30. Early walled urban culture site based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern Israeli-occupied West Bank near Jordan River.
Jericho
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Sumerian
Water
31. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.
Sumerian
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Yahweh or Jehovah
Ancient Egyptians
32. The first tools were made of ___________ approximately 2.5 Million years ago.
Bronze Age
Jerusalem
Art
Flint
33. Following the Bronze Age - in the 2nd Millenium - crafters began to smelt tools from _______.
Civilization
Iron
Women
Nile River
34. 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.
Ziggurat
Matrilocal
Gilgamesh
City-states
35. 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.
Ma'at
Divination
Pre-dynastic Period
Civilization
36. 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.
Ziggurat
Papyrus
Fertile Crescent
Nefertiti
37. Period from 4 -000 BC to 1 -500 BC (3rd Millenium) when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East.
Nefertiti
Bronze Age
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Ma'at
38. 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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39. Capital of Ancient Egypt during most of the New Kingdom.
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Thebes
Obelisks
New Kingdom
40. People of Akkad who overruled the Sumerians and assimilated their culture. Simplified the Sumerian cuneiform.
Mesopotamians
Semites
Pharaoh
Copper
41. The African state that developed along the upper reached of the Nile circa 1000 BC; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries.
Nebuchanezzar
Kush
Cuneiform
Tutankhamen
42. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.
Cheops or Khufu
Pyramids
Papyrus
Neanderthals
43. 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.
Redistributive
New Kingdom
Gilgamesh
Art
44. The position of _________ was less free and equal in agricultural societies than in hunting societies.
New Kingdom
Semites
Women
Old Testament
45. ___________ sacrifice was common among all religions during the late neolithic period.
Human
City-states
Subservient
Monotheism
46. Early societies were ____________ - or run by men.
Patriarchal
Gilgamesh
Jerusalem
Iron
47. 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
Cheops or Khufu
Indus Valley Civilizations
Tuthmosis III
48. _____________religion inspired confidence and optimism in the external order and stability of the world.
Ramesses II
Ziggurat
Tuthmosis III
Egyptian
49. Achievements of the ___________ civilization include the construction of irrigation ditches - introduction of the plow - and wheel made pottery.
Sargon I
Amenhotep III
Iron
Mesopotamian
50. The period from 12 -000 BC to 8 -000 BC characterized by the gradual shift from hunter-gather societies to sedentary agricultural societies.
Sumerians
Pre-dynastic Period
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Persians