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CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East
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1. 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
Amenhotep III
Sargon I
Yahweh or Jehovah
2. Ancient view of the world based on myth rather than science or rationality.
Mythopoeic
Copper
Priests and Magicians
Sumerian
3. 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
Amenhotep III
Patriarchal
Pyramids
4. 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
Ramesses II
Nebuchanezzar
8 -000 BC
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
5. A religious outlook that see god in many aspects of nature and propitiates them to help control and explain nature; typical of Mesopotamian religions.
Nile River
Animism
Pharaoh
Civilization
6. City built by the Israelite King David in order to honor God.
Jerusalem
Patriarchal
Persians
Priests
7. The position of _________ was less free and equal in agricultural societies than in hunting societies.
Mesopotamians
Women
Pre-dynastic Period
Tigris - Euphrates - and Nile
8. 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.
Military
Nefertiti
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
Shifting Cultivation
9. Capital of Ancient Egypt during most of the New Kingdom.
Thebes
Military
Cuneiform
Narmer
10. Period of Ancient Egyptian history during which the Pharaohs regained powers over the priests but with somewhat less authority during which laws began to be written down.
Middle Kingdom
Nebuchanezzar
Jerusalem
8 -000 BC
11. During this young Pharaoh's reign - the priests and military leaders who has lost power during the reign of his predecessor - Akenhaten - seized the opportunity to use the boy as their puppet and return Egypt to its traditional religion.
Natufian Complex
Mythopoeic
Tutankhamen
Water
12. 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
Bronze Age
Semites
Cuneiform
Old Kingdom
13. In contrast to the isolated Egyptians - these people were warriors and traders - they were highly unpredictable and abstract thinkers.
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamians
Tuthmosis III
14. 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.
Sumerians
Pyramids
Ten Commandments
City-states
15. Achievements of the ___________ civilization include the construction of irrigation ditches - introduction of the plow - and wheel made pottery.
Mythopoeic
Nebuchanezzar
6
Mesopotamian
16. Prior to the Bronze Age - during the 4th Millenium - crafters smelted tools from ___________.
Nile River
Israelites
Old Testament
Copper
17. Pre-agricultural culture located in present day Israel - Jordan and Lebanon. Collected naturally present barley and wheat to supplement game. Characterized by large settlements.
Natufian Complex
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Neanderthals
Ancient Egyptians
18. The Great Pyramid is the tomb of the Pharaoh ________.
Bronze Age
Narmer
Cheops or Khufu
Old Kingdom
19. 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
Pre-dynastic Period
Mesopotamian
Iron
Tuthmosis III
20. 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.
New Kingdom
Monotheism
Water
Gilgamesh
21. Early societies were ____________ - or run by men.
Narmer
Amenhotep III
Patriarchal
Iron
22. ___________ sacrifice was common among all religions during the late neolithic period.
Human
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Phoenicians
River-Valley Civilizations
23. 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.
Priests and Magicians
Jericho
Ziggurat
Thebes
24. Mesopotamian ____ was designed to persuade the good divine elements to side with practitioners.
War
City-states
Ma'at
Art
25. 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.
Obelisks
Ancient Egyptians
Divine Right
Women
26. A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies.
Pastoralism
Sumerians
Tutankhamen
Narmer
27. Recent archeological studies show that there were at least _____ early civilizations.
City-states
6
Israelites
Priests
28. 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.
Divination
Shifting Cultivation
Art
Nefertiti
29. As the most influential of the smaller Middle Eastern regional cultures - the Jews were characterized most by ______________.
Monotheism
Set
Subservient
Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age
30. 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
Aten
Hittites
Divination
Tuthmosis III
31. Brother to the Ancient Egyptian god - Osiris - and credited with his death - _______ stands for all things unpleasant - disorder and warfare.
Middle Kingdom
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
Set
Natufian Complex
32. 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.
Yahweh or Jehovah
Arameic
Sargon I
Pharaoh
33. Early Sumerian kingdoms began as theocracies - their kings established their authority through ____________.
Matrilocal
Pre-dynastic Period
Divine Right
Nefertiti
34. The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the _____________.
Babylonian Empire
Animism
Middle East
Cuneiform
35. Cradle of Civilization located in the area between Mesopotamia and Syria.
New Kingdom
Israelites
Fertile Crescent
Aten
36. Monotheistic - Semitic-speaking people of Mesopotamia. Enslaved by the Egyptians - their leader Moses eventually led them out of captivity. Their religion opened the door for awareness of the self with moral autonomy - man had the choice between good
Narmer
Hebrews
6
War
37. Beginning of the Neolithic Period or 'New Stone Age'. Saw the adaptation of sedentary agriculture and the domestication of plants and animals.
Amenhotep III
8 -000 BC
Iron
Flint
38. First Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.
Ptolemies
Aten
Narmer
New Kingdom
39. 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
Flint
Ziggurat
Ramesses II
Fertile Crescent
40. 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
Redistributive
Akhenaton or Ahmenhotep IV
Nefertiti
New Kingdom
41. Tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs.
Amenhotep III
Civilization
Jerusalem
Pyramids
42. Founded by Cyrus the Great who expanded the empire across vast lands using a system of local administrators to maintain control.
Animals
Indus Valley Civilizations
Semites
Persians
43. 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.
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
New Kingdom
Ptolemies
44. Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 BC - collapsed due to foreign invasian.
Tuthmosis III
Babylonian Empire
Ma'at
Neanderthals
45. Period from 4 -000 BC to 1 -500 BC (3rd Millenium) when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East.
Subservient
Divine Right
Bronze Age
Ptolemies
46. A cultural practice in which young men upon marriage must live with their bride's family.
Old Kingdom
Matrilocal
Papyrus
Mythopoeic
47. 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
Jericho
Indus Valley Civilizations
Redistributive
Priests and Magicians
48. A technological advance invented c. 6000 BC encourage higher quality ceramic pottery production.
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49. Ancient Egyptians used ___________ for writing on.
Persians
Papyrus
River-Valley Civilizations
Pastoralism
50. 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.
Hammurabi
Animism
Indus Valley Civilizations
Priests
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