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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East
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1. 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
Osiris
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Natufian Complex
Semites
2. 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
Nebuchanezzar
Animism
Narmer or Menes
3. _____________religion inspired confidence and optimism in the external order and stability of the world.
Ramesses II
Egyptian
Priests
Set
4. Major contributor to the spread of culture.
War
Women
Indus Valley Civilizations
Papyrus
5. Period from 4 -000 BC to 1 -500 BC (3rd Millenium) when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East.
Hieroglyphics
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Bronze Age
Patriarchal
6. Early societies were ____________ - or run by men.
Divine Right
Tutankhamen
Ziggurat
Patriarchal
7. The first tools were made of ___________ approximately 2.5 Million years ago.
Human
Flint
Hammurabi
Yahweh or Jehovah
8. 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
Iron
Mythopoeic
New Kingdom
Hyksos
9. Cradle of Civilization located in the area between Mesopotamia and Syria.
Jericho
Fertile Crescent
Aten
Ptolemies
10. The first economic class not responsible for producing their own food and shelter.
Priests and Magicians
Ziggurat
Pastoralism
Kush
11. From the Latin term for 'city.' Characterized by formal states - writing - cities - and monuments.
Osiris
Civilization
Hyksos
Thebes
12. Cunning woman who became Pharaoh during the New Kingdom. She relied heavily on propoganda claimed to be the daughter of the God Amen - often presented herself with a male body and false beard in statues and imagery. Her stepson - whom she had usurped
Water
Arameic
Hatshepsut
Mesopotamians
13. The position of _________ was less free and equal in agricultural societies than in hunting societies.
Thebes
Women
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
Semites
14. 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.
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Mythopoeic
8 -000 BC
Art
15. 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.
Shifting Cultivation
Yahweh or Jehovah
Tuthmosis III
Osiris
16. 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
Matrilocal
Tuthmosis III
Phoenicians
Nile River
17. 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.
Egyptian
Middle East
Aten
Ziggurat
18. A combination of pictograms and phonograms that the Eqyptians used for writing.
Sumerians
Ra
Hieroglyphics
Ptolemies
19. 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.
Jericho
Hieroglyphics
Old Kingdom
Hyksos
20. The period from 12 -000 BC to 8 -000 BC characterized by the gradual shift from hunter-gather societies to sedentary agricultural societies.
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Kush
Tutankhamen
Neanderthals
21. ___________ sacrifice was common among all religions during the late neolithic period.
Women
Human
Cheops or Khufu
Animism
22. Ancient view of the world based on myth rather than science or rationality.
Potter's Wheel
Mythopoeic
Natufian Complex
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
23. Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 BC - collapsed due to foreign invasian.
Ten Commandments
Babylonian Empire
Art
Sumerian
24. 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
Narmer or Menes
Babylonian Empire
Phoenicians
Indus Valley Civilizations
25. 'Soldiers of God'
Military
Amenhotep III
River-Valley Civilizations
Israelites
26. A cultural practice in which young men upon marriage must live with their bride's family.
Gilgamesh
Osiris
Matrilocal
Babylonian Empire
27. Recent archeological studies show that there were at least _____ early civilizations.
Priests
Fertile Crescent
6
Divination
28. Dating to 3500 BC - this civilization is one of the few cases of a civilization that started from scratch
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
New Kingdom
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
Priests
29. 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.
Hatshepsut
Pre-dynastic Period
Yahweh or Jehovah
Water
30. 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
Hittites
Fertile Crescent
Semites
31. The early degree of organization of communities in the Fertile Crescent and primarily in Egypt can be attributed to the need for ________.
Obelisks
Water
Old Kingdom
Jericho
32. Homo Species that disappeared at the end of the Paleolithic period.
Neanderthals
Babylonian Empire
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Monotheism
33. 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.
Middle East
Obelisks
Ra
Iron
34. 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.
Amenhotep III
Babylonian Empire
Ancient Egyptians
Sargon I
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
Ramesses II
Semites
Shifting Cultivation
Natufian Complex
36. The moral code divined to Moses by the Hebrew god. Unlike the Code of Hammurabi - rich and poor were treated equally.
Ten Commandments
Cheops or Khufu
Iron
Hieroglyphics
37. 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.
Pastoralism
Ptolemies
Nile River
Nefertiti
38. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.
Flint
War
Narmer or Menes
Pyramids
39. In contrast to the isolated Egyptians - these people were warriors and traders - they were highly unpredictable and abstract thinkers.
Mesopotamians
Subservient
Israelites
Arameic
40. Early Sumerian kingdoms began as theocracies - their kings established their authority through ____________.
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
Divine Right
Yahweh or Jehovah
Iron
41. Name for the Hebrew god.
Civilization
Thebes
Yahweh or Jehovah
Israelites
42. 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
River-Valley Civilizations
Hittites
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
City-states
43. 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
Human
Hieroglyphics
Old Kingdom
Nefertiti
44. 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
Nefertiti
Indus Valley Civilizations
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
45. People of Akkad who overruled the Sumerians and assimilated their culture. Simplified the Sumerian cuneiform.
Semites
Hatshepsut
Shifting Cultivation
Aten
46. Mesopotamian ____ was designed to persuade the good divine elements to side with practitioners.
Nebuchanezzar
Art
Monotheism
8 -000 BC
47. The end of the Bronze Age saw the rise of great __________ power.
Hieroglyphics
Military
Human
Babylonian Empire
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
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
Gilgamesh
Hatshepsut
Obelisks
49. Prior to the Bronze Age - during the 4th Millenium - crafters smelted tools from ___________.
Ten Commandments
Set
Potter's Wheel
Copper
50. Egyptian gods were often represented by ____________.
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Animals
Jericho
Priests