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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East
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1. 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
Ramesses II
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Natufian Complex
Arameic
2. A cultural practice in which young men upon marriage must live with their bride's family.
Papyrus
Ancient Egyptians
Ramesses II
Matrilocal
3. 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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4. A technological advance invented c. 6000 BC encourage higher quality ceramic pottery production.
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5. 'wedge-shaped.' A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that consisted of wedge-shaped impressions made by a reed stylus on clay tablets.
Narmer
Cuneiform
Judah and Israel
Human
6. Major contributor to the spread of culture.
Judah and Israel
Monotheism
War
New Kingdom
7. 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.
Human
Animism
New Kingdom
Sumerians
8. The Great Pyramid is the tomb of the Pharaoh ________.
Kush
Subservient
Obelisks
Cheops or Khufu
9. 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.
Water
Divination
Natufian Complex
Women
10. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.
Hieroglyphics
Old Kingdom
Gilgamesh
Narmer
11. Recent archeological studies show that there were at least _____ early civilizations.
Arameic
Mesopotamian
Hebrews
6
12. 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.
River-Valley Civilizations
Indus Valley Civilizations
Potter's Wheel
Arameic
13. Early Sumerian kingdoms began as theocracies - their kings established their authority through ____________.
Gilgamesh
Egyptian
Divination
Divine Right
14. The early degree of organization of communities in the Fertile Crescent and primarily in Egypt can be attributed to the need for ________.
Water
Sargon I
Egyptian
Thebes
15. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.
Animals
Pyramids
Mesopotamian
Human
16. Period from 4 -000 BC to 1 -500 BC (3rd Millenium) when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East.
Cheops or Khufu
Potter's Wheel
Bronze Age
Persians
17. Capital of Ancient Egypt during most of the New Kingdom.
Divine Right
Priests and Magicians
Copper
Thebes
18. A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies.
Military
Old Testament
Pastoralism
Civilization
19. The two Hebrew kingdoms of Canaan.
Ptolemies
Judah and Israel
Natufian Complex
Pharaoh
20. The moral code divined to Moses by the Hebrew god. Unlike the Code of Hammurabi - rich and poor were treated equally.
Ten Commandments
Gilgamesh
Cuneiform
Animism
21. 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.
Obelisks
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Natufian Complex
Hyksos
22. From the Latin term for 'city.' Characterized by formal states - writing - cities - and monuments.
Animism
Ra
Civilization
Hatshepsut
23. First to develop money - weights and measures - and hours.
War
Thebes
Sumerians
8 -000 BC
24. The period from 12 -000 BC to 8 -000 BC characterized by the gradual shift from hunter-gather societies to sedentary agricultural societies.
Phoenicians
Ra
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Thebes
25. A combination of pictograms and phonograms that the Eqyptians used for writing.
Ancient Egyptians
Amenhotep III
Hieroglyphics
Arameic
26. Mesopotamian ____ was designed to persuade the good divine elements to side with practitioners.
Ziggurat
Egyptian
Mesopotamian
Art
27. 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.
Hittites
Nile River
Kush
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
28. 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
Monotheism
Iron
Pastoralism
29. Tapered pillars carved of a single piece of granite 70 - 100 feet tall symbolizing man's aspirations to immortality.
Narmer or Menes
River-Valley Civilizations
Ancient Egyptians
Obelisks
30. 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
Nile River
Human
Aten
31. Prior to the Bronze Age - during the 4th Millenium - crafters smelted tools from ___________.
Animals
Priests
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
Copper
32. Unified Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom with the capital at Memphis around 3000 BC.
Narmer or Menes
Military
Cuneiform
Hammurabi
33. Name for the Hebrew god.
Yahweh or Jehovah
Tuthmosis III
Mesopotamian
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
34. 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
Redistributive
Neanderthals
Sumerians
Amenhotep III
35. A religious outlook that see god in many aspects of nature and propitiates them to help control and explain nature; typical of Mesopotamian religions.
Animism
Sumerian
Neanderthals
Semites
36. 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.
Old Testament
Ziggurat
Sumerians
Shifting Cultivation
37. _____________religion inspired confidence and optimism in the external order and stability of the world.
Hatshepsut
Egyptian
Ra
Divination
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.
Narmer or Menes
Pre-dynastic Period
Military
River-Valley Civilizations
39. Early walled urban culture site based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern Israeli-occupied West Bank near Jordan River.
Human
Hammurabi
Jericho
Cuneiform
40. 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
Ma'at
Hittites
Ziggurat
Ancient Egyptians
41. The first tools were made of ___________ approximately 2.5 Million years ago.
Matrilocal
Animals
Pastoralism
Flint
42. 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
Judah and Israel
Ziggurat
Indus Valley Civilizations
Hyksos
43. Homo Species that disappeared at the end of the Paleolithic period.
River-Valley Civilizations
Narmer
Neanderthals
Nile River
44. Successor to Ra as the king of the gods of Ancient Egypt - ______ is credited with teaching men to be civilized and to farm - and for teaching mankind to worship the gods and to build temples. Isis was also a wise and good ruler who taught men how to
City-states
New Kingdom
Osiris
Hatshepsut
45. Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 BC - collapsed due to foreign invasian.
Tutankhamen
Cheops or Khufu
Babylonian Empire
Osiris
46. 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
Sumerians
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
Semites
47. The end of the Bronze Age saw the rise of great __________ power.
Divine Right
Tutankhamen
Military
Ptolemies
48. Brother to the Ancient Egyptian god - Osiris - and credited with his death - _______ stands for all things unpleasant - disorder and warfare.
Ten Commandments
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Set
Hatshepsut
49. 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
Cuneiform
Jericho
Fertile Crescent
50. 'Soldiers of God'
Patriarchal
Civilization
Israelites
Sumerians
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