Question 1

The Chaldean empire reached its height under the rule of

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A) Cyrus. 
B) Esarhaddon. 
C) Darius. 
D) Nebuchadnezzar. 
E) Zarathustra. ​ 
A) Cyrus. 
B) Esarhaddon. 
C) Darius. 
D) Nebuchadnezzar. 
E) Zarathustra. ​

Question 2

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Neolithic Revolution

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The Neolithic Revolution was a significa

Question 3

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 code of Hammurabi

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The Code of Hammurabi was a set of laws

Question 4

The code of Hammurabi employs which of the following principles?

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A) Business transactions are beyond the concern of the law. 
B) Punishment depended on the status of both the victim and the perpetrator. 
C) Extenuating circumstances are never considered, and neither women nor children had any rights. 
D) Government officials are exempt from punishment. 
E) all of the above 
A) Business transactions are beyond the concern of the law. 
B) Punishment depended on the status of both the victim and the perpetrator. 
C) Extenuating circumstances are never considered, and neither women nor children had any rights. 
D) Government officials are exempt from punishment. 
E) all of the above

Question 5

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did the Persian emperors unite their vast and culturally diverse realm?

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The Persian emperors were able to unite

Question 6

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What were some of the negative consequences first of the agricultural revolution and later of the development of civilization?

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The agricultural revolution and the deve

Question 7

Çatal Hüyük, Jericho, and Jarmö are most remembered

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A) as sites of ​primitive cities. 
B) for containing numerous cave paintings. 
C) for producing an astounding number of fertility figures. 
D) as sites of well-preserved royal tombs of the Neolithic period. 
E) as founders of Sumerian civilization. 
A) as sites of ​primitive cities. 
B) for containing numerous cave paintings. 
C) for producing an astounding number of fertility figures. 
D) as sites of well-preserved royal tombs of the Neolithic period. 
E) as founders of Sumerian civilization.

Question 8

All of the following were features of Egyptian belief in the afterlife EXCEPT

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A) a renunciation of this life and a longing for death. 
B) the yearning for eternity that inspired the pyramids. 
C) mummification to preserve the dead. 
D) funerary art. 
E) a continuation of pleasures enjoyed on earth. 
A) a renunciation of this life and a longing for death. 
B) the yearning for eternity that inspired the pyramids. 
C) mummification to preserve the dead. 
D) funerary art. 
E) a continuation of pleasures enjoyed on earth.

Question 9

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Contrast the religious attitudes of the Egyptians and the Mesopotamians. Explain why beliefs systems of the two civilizations developed differently.

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The religious attitudes of the Egyptians

Question 10

In Mesopotamia, temple priests

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A) had no involvement in their city's economic activities. 
B) collected rents, operated businesses, and received contributions for festivals. 
C) forbid women to serve the temples. 
D) trained peasants to interpret the will of the gods. 
E) all of the above 
A) had no involvement in their city's economic activities. 
B) collected rents, operated businesses, and received contributions for festivals. 
C) forbid women to serve the temples. 
D) trained peasants to interpret the will of the gods. 
E) all of the above

Question 11

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Mesopotamia

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Mesopotamia was an ancient region locate

Question 12

The first alphabet was devised by the

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A) Hittites. 
B) Phoenicians. 
C) Aramaeans. 
D) Persians. 
E) Greeks. 
A) Hittites. 
B) Phoenicians. 
C) Aramaeans. 
D) Persians. 
E) Greeks.

Question 13

Paleolithic mythic-religious ideas included

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A) the belief that natural elements were spirits. 
B) the belief that the forces of nature could be influenced by rituals, trances, and chants. 
C) the belief in some existence after death. 
D) the importance of female figurines representing fertility. 
E) ​all of the above 
A) the belief that natural elements were spirits. 
B) the belief that the forces of nature could be influenced by rituals, trances, and chants. 
C) the belief in some existence after death. 
D) the importance of female figurines representing fertility. 
E) ​all of the above

Question 14

The first civilizations began in

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A) rural villages. 
B) mountainous regions. 
C) river valleys in the Near East. 
D) India and China. 
E) the deserts of northern Africa. 
A) rural villages. 
B) mountainous regions. 
C) river valleys in the Near East. 
D) India and China. 
E) the deserts of northern Africa.

Question 15

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the Near East to answer the question(s). 
   Clearly mark the location of Lower and Upper Egypt. Locate and label the Nile. Locate and label the body of water into which the Nile flows.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 16

The deliberate planting and cultivation of crops   and the domestication of animals directly led to all of the following EXCEPT

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A) a shift of population to larger, more permanent villages. 
B) an awareness of private property and the rise of a ruling elite that possessed wealth and wielded power. 
C) increasingly egalitarian and isolated communities. 
D) technological inventions such as pottery, copper and bronze implements, the wheel, and the sail. 
E) a new tempo of life including considerable toil, routine, and loss of personal freedom. 
A) a shift of population to larger, more permanent villages. 
B) an awareness of private property and the rise of a ruling elite that possessed wealth and wielded power. 
C) increasingly egalitarian and isolated communities. 
D) technological inventions such as pottery, copper and bronze implements, the wheel, and the sail. 
E) a new tempo of life including considerable toil, routine, and loss of personal freedom.

Question 17

With their simple but useful tools, Paleolithic people were able to do all of the following EXCEPT

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A) making clothing. 
B) using draft animals for agriculture. 
C) trapping, killing, and skinning animals. 
D) fashioning fish nets. 
E) digging up roots . 
A) making clothing. 
B) using draft animals for agriculture. 
C) trapping, killing, and skinning animals. 
D) fashioning fish nets. 
E) digging up roots .

Question 18

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 cuneiform

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Cuneiform is a system of writing that wa

Question 19

In the passage from the "Lament for Ur" presented in the text, the god Enlil punished the people of Ur through

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A) storms. 
B) earthquake. 
C) fire. 
D) flood. 
E) all of the above 
A) storms. 
B) earthquake. 
C) fire. 
D) flood. 
E) all of the above

Question 20

In the first civilizations, religion

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A) challenged traditional rules of morality. 
B) failed to provide explanations for the working of nature. 
C) justified the law and the power of rulers. 
D) provoked disunity among the people. 
E) all of the above 
A) challenged traditional rules of morality. 
B) failed to provide explanations for the working of nature. 
C) justified the law and the power of rulers. 
D) provoked disunity among the people. 
E) all of the above

The Chaldean empire reached its height under the rule of

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Neolithic Revolution

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? code of Hammurabi

The code of Hammurabi employs which of the following principles?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did the Persian emperors unite their vast and culturally diverse realm?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What were some of the negative consequences first of the agricultural revolution and later of the development of civilization?

Çatal Hüyük, Jericho, and Jarmö are most remembered

All of the following were features of Egyptian belief in the afterlife EXCEPT

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Contrast the religious attitudes of the Egyptians and the Mesopotamians. Explain why beliefs systems of the two civilizations developed differently.

In Mesopotamia, temple priests

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Mesopotamia

The first alphabet was devised by the

Paleolithic mythic-religious ideas included

The first civilizations began in

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the Near East to answer the question(s). Clearly mark the location of Lower and Upper Egypt. Locate and label the Nile. Locate and label the body of water into which the Nile flows.

The deliberate planting and cultivation of crops and the domestication of animals directly led to all of the following EXCEPT

With their simple but useful tools, Paleolithic people were able to do all of the following EXCEPT

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? cuneiform

In the passage from the "Lament for Ur" presented in the text, the god Enlil punished the people of Ur through

In the first civilizations, religion

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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Exam 1: The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Chaldean empire reached its height under the rule of

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Neolithic Revolution

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? code of Hammurabi

The code of Hammurabi employs which of the following principles?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did the Persian emperors unite their vast and culturally diverse realm?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What were some of the negative consequences first of the agricultural revolution and later of the development of civilization?

Çatal Hüyük, Jericho, and Jarmö are most remembered

All of the following were features of Egyptian belief in the afterlife EXCEPT

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Contrast the religious attitudes of the Egyptians and the Mesopotamians. Explain why beliefs systems of the two civilizations developed differently.

In Mesopotamia, temple priests

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Mesopotamia

The first alphabet was devised by the

Paleolithic mythic-religious ideas included

The first civilizations began in

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the Near East to answer the question(s). Clearly mark the location of Lower and Upper Egypt. Locate and label the Nile. Locate and label the body of water into which the Nile flows.

The deliberate planting and cultivation of crops and the domestication of animals directly led to all of the following EXCEPT

With their simple but useful tools, Paleolithic people were able to do all of the following EXCEPT

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? cuneiform

In the passage from the "Lament for Ur" presented in the text, the god Enlil punished the people of Ur through

In the first civilizations, religion

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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