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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East
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1. The early degree of organization of communities in the Fertile Crescent and primarily in Egypt can be attributed to the need for ________.
Water
Women
Arameic
Gilgamesh
2. Sumerian relationship with their gods was ___________. Humans were created to do the manual labor for the gods.
Hittites
Subservient
Fertile Crescent
Semites
3. Major contributor to the spread of culture.
Matrilocal
Osiris
Ma'at
War
4. 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.
Natufian Complex
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Aten
Priests
5. 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.
Nefertiti
Cheops or Khufu
Kush
Pre-dynastic Period
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
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Set
Animism
Aten
7. _____________religion inspired confidence and optimism in the external order and stability of the world.
Egyptian
Kush
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Mesopotamian
8. Recent archeological studies show that there were at least _____ early civilizations.
6
Nebuchanezzar
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Judah and Israel
9. The life of the _____________ was filled with anxiety and pessimism because the gods themselves were unstable and the idea of an afterlife was unknown
Ra
Patriarchal
Sumerian
Gilgamesh
10. 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.
Priests
Phoenicians
Mythopoeic
Arameic
11. 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.
Ziggurat
Hyksos
Yahweh or Jehovah
City-states
12. Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 BC - collapsed due to foreign invasian.
Pastoralism
Fertile Crescent
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Babylonian Empire
13. A technological advance invented c. 6000 BC encourage higher quality ceramic pottery production.
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14. 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.
City-states
Aten
Matrilocal
Mythopoeic
15. Ancient view of the world based on myth rather than science or rationality.
Amenhotep III
Human
Mythopoeic
Hatshepsut
16. 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
Indus Valley Civilizations
Divine Right
Bronze Age
Human
17. 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.
Shifting Cultivation
Hammurabi
Babylonian Empire
Papyrus
18. Ancient Sumerian economies were ___________ with Priests charged with caring for the gods and goddesses and then providing for the community.
Ten Commandments
Old Testament
Redistributive
Ptolemies
19. Founded by Cyrus the Great who expanded the empire across vast lands using a system of local administrators to maintain control.
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Persians
Patriarchal
8 -000 BC
20. A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies.
Divine Right
Phoenicians
Pastoralism
Obelisks
21. The Great Pyramid is the tomb of the Pharaoh ________.
Set
Military
Fertile Crescent
Cheops or Khufu
22. 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.
Pharaoh
8 -000 BC
Narmer or Menes
Iron
23. 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
Potter's Wheel
Tuthmosis III
Jerusalem
Hittites
24. 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.
Pharaoh
Set
Phoenicians
City-states
25. Dating to 3500 BC - this civilization is one of the few cases of a civilization that started from scratch
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Monotheism
Yahweh or Jehovah
Animals
26. A combination of pictograms and phonograms that the Eqyptians used for writing.
Shifting Cultivation
Cuneiform
8 -000 BC
Hieroglyphics
27. The first economic class not responsible for producing their own food and shelter.
River-Valley Civilizations
Old Kingdom
Nebuchanezzar
Priests and Magicians
28. From the Latin term for 'city.' Characterized by formal states - writing - cities - and monuments.
Animism
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Civilization
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.
Neanderthals
Amenhotep III
Sumerians
Divination
30. A cultural practice in which young men upon marriage must live with their bride's family.
Women
Middle Kingdom
Matrilocal
Shifting Cultivation
31. People of Akkad who overruled the Sumerians and assimilated their culture. Simplified the Sumerian cuneiform.
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Semites
Tutankhamen
Ziggurat
32. The end of the Bronze Age saw the rise of great __________ power.
Military
Animals
Cuneiform
Gilgamesh
33. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.
Hatshepsut
Papyrus
River-Valley Civilizations
Potter's Wheel
34. The first tools were made of ___________ approximately 2.5 Million years ago.
Papyrus
Cheops or Khufu
Flint
Pastoralism
35. 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
Narmer
Nile River
Ramesses II
Arameic
36. 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.
Narmer
Ten Commandments
Arameic
Nile River
37. The moral code divined to Moses by the Hebrew god. Unlike the Code of Hammurabi - rich and poor were treated equally.
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Nebuchanezzar
Ten Commandments
Sumerian
38. Following the Bronze Age - in the 2nd Millenium - crafters began to smelt tools from _______.
Iron
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Fertile Crescent
Flint
39. Three main rivers of the Fertile Crescent.
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Middle Kingdom
Ancient Egyptians
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
40. Mesopotamian ____ was designed to persuade the good divine elements to side with practitioners.
Ziggurat
Nebuchanezzar
Art
Narmer or Menes
41. 'Soldiers of God'
Israelites
Ra
Jericho
Cuneiform
42. 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
Hammurabi
Middle Kingdom
Patriarchal
43. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.
Cuneiform
Middle East
Mesopotamians
Narmer
44. City built by the Israelite King David in order to honor God.
Persians
Jerusalem
Egyptian
Ramesses II
45. Cradle of Civilization located in the area between Mesopotamia and Syria.
Fertile Crescent
Israelites
Papyrus
Sumerians
46. In contrast to the isolated Egyptians - these people were warriors and traders - they were highly unpredictable and abstract thinkers.
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Nebuchanezzar
Yahweh or Jehovah
Mesopotamians
47. Early walled urban culture site based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern Israeli-occupied West Bank near Jordan River.
Ancient Egyptians
Egyptian
Priests and Magicians
Jericho
48. 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
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Sumerians
Mesopotamians
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
49. Following the defeat of the foreign Hyksos rulers - this period was the most prosperous time of Ancient Egyptian history. It saw the expansion of the Egyptian Empire to Nubia in the south as well as to the near east through warfare gaining riches and
Babylonian Empire
New Kingdom
Set
Animism
50. ___________ sacrifice was common among all religions during the late neolithic period.
Semites
Water
Human
Sargon I