Question 1

Which of the following characterizes the legacy of the Assyrian Empire?

Accepted Answer

A) It provided the model of enlightened rule for subsequent regimes throughout the ancient world. 
B) It was largely forgotten until nineteenth-century archeologists rediscovered the city of Nineveh. 
C) It served as an example of poor imperial rule throughout the ancient world because of its reliance on military power. 
D) It was ignored by its immediate successor but was studied by the Romans for ideas on imperial administration. 
A) It provided the model of enlightened rule for subsequent regimes throughout the ancient world. 
B) It was largely forgotten until nineteenth-century archeologists rediscovered the city of Nineveh. 
C) It served as an example of poor imperial rule throughout the ancient world because of its reliance on military power. 
D) It was ignored by its immediate successor but was studied by the Romans for ideas on imperial administration.

Question 2

How did the Chaldeans seek to present themselves as a rebirth of the Babylonian Empire?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include: The Chalde

Question 3

Compare the Jewish religion with Zoroastrianism. What are the key features of each? What distinguished these two religions from earlier Mesopotamian religion? How have these two religions influenced our own time?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include: Students s

Question 4

The most important difference between Yahweh and Mesopotamian gods was Yahweh's

Accepted Answer

A) indifference. 
B) promise to protect the Hebrews if they obeyed his commandments. 
C) immortality. 
D) lack of clarity regarding his wishes and needs. 
A) indifference. 
B) promise to protect the Hebrews if they obeyed his commandments. 
C) immortality. 
D) lack of clarity regarding his wishes and needs.

Question 5

Why did the Assyrians develop a fierce warrior society?

Accepted Answer

A) They were a nomadic people who had been driven out of central Asia and who desperately sought greater security. 
B) They lived in an open, exposed land in northern Mesopotamia that had been subjected to frequent attacks from the north, east, and south. 
C) Their religious system placed a singular importance on acts of military bravery and strength to secure the gods' favor. 
D) They developed extensive trade networks that could only be supported by creating a fearsome reputation. 
A) They were a nomadic people who had been driven out of central Asia and who desperately sought greater security. 
B) They lived in an open, exposed land in northern Mesopotamia that had been subjected to frequent attacks from the north, east, and south. 
C) Their religious system placed a singular importance on acts of military bravery and strength to secure the gods' favor. 
D) They developed extensive trade networks that could only be supported by creating a fearsome reputation.

Question 6

The Persians were descended from what groups of horseback-riding people from the steppes of Asia?

Accepted Answer

A) Nubians 
B) Akkadians 
C) Nomadic Indo-Europeans 
D) Hittites 
A) Nubians 
B) Akkadians 
C) Nomadic Indo-Europeans 
D) Hittites

Question 7

What were the key elements that allowed the Assyrians to become a dominant empire in the area of the Fertile Crescent?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include: Assyrian s

Question 8

Under the leadership of King Piye, the African kingdom of Kush in the eighth century

Accepted Answer

A) forged a land route across the Sahara Desert, linking trade from the Mediterranean to central Africa. 
B) united Egypt into a single empire and established a period of peace while they assimilated to Egyptian culture. 
C) allied with the Philistines and Phoenicians of the Near East to contain Egyptian power within the Nile Valley. 
D) established a slave-trade network to bring thousands of central African slaves to Egypt to work on royal building projects. 
A) forged a land route across the Sahara Desert, linking trade from the Mediterranean to central Africa. 
B) united Egypt into a single empire and established a period of peace while they assimilated to Egyptian culture. 
C) allied with the Philistines and Phoenicians of the Near East to contain Egyptian power within the Nile Valley. 
D) established a slave-trade network to bring thousands of central African slaves to Egypt to work on royal building projects.

Question 9

What was the role of women in Hebrew society? How and why did the adoption of a settled lifestyle affect women?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include: The essay

Question 10

The Phoenicians spread their trade and customs by

Accepted Answer

A) requiring local communities to send male children to the local temple to be trained in Phoenician religious rituals. 
B) requiring that taxes be paid in Phoenicians coins, thus forcing local people to engage in commercial exchange. 
C) establishing small trading posts from which local peoples could learn and adopt whatever they found desirable. 
D) building large markets throughout their lands and requiring all trade to occur within the market walls. 
A) requiring local communities to send male children to the local temple to be trained in Phoenician religious rituals. 
B) requiring that taxes be paid in Phoenicians coins, thus forcing local people to engage in commercial exchange. 
C) establishing small trading posts from which local peoples could learn and adopt whatever they found desirable. 
D) building large markets throughout their lands and requiring all trade to occur within the market walls.

Question 11

The library of which Assyrian king in the city of Nineveh held extensive records, chronicles, and texts of medicine, astronomy, religion, mythology, prophecies, and practicing magic?

Accepted Answer

A) Ashurbanipal 
B) Cyrus 
C) Piye 
D) Hezekiah 
A) Ashurbanipal 
B) Cyrus 
C) Piye 
D) Hezekiah

Question 12

Zoroaster taught that

Accepted Answer

A) it was the individual's responsibility to choose between good and evil. 
B) humans are mere pawns, manipulated by the gods. 
C) priests should have power over political leaders. 
D) there is only one god. 
A) it was the individual's responsibility to choose between good and evil. 
B) humans are mere pawns, manipulated by the gods. 
C) priests should have power over political leaders. 
D) there is only one god.

Question 13

Which of the following best describes the Hebrew attitude toward sex?

Accepted Answer

A) Sex was basically good because it was part of Yahweh's creation. 
B) Sex was basically evil but was tolerated within marriage. 
C) Sex was the highest form of human endeavor. 
D) Sex was something never to be spoken of. 
A) Sex was basically good because it was part of Yahweh's creation. 
B) Sex was basically evil but was tolerated within marriage. 
C) Sex was the highest form of human endeavor. 
D) Sex was something never to be spoken of.

Question 14

What is the name of the Phoenician colonial trade city established on the North African Coast in what is now modern Tunisia?

Accepted Answer

A) Nineveh 
B) Carthage 
C) Persepolis 
D) Thebes 
A) Nineveh 
B) Carthage 
C) Persepolis 
D) Thebes

Question 15

The key to the Assyrians' success in conquering and controlling their empire was their

Accepted Answer

A) sophisticated military organization. 
B) shrewd diplomacy. 
C) brutality. 
D) acceptance of other cultures. 
A) sophisticated military organization. 
B) shrewd diplomacy. 
C) brutality. 
D) acceptance of other cultures.

Question 16

How did the Assyrians carve out their extensive empire?

Accepted Answer

A) They remained almost constantly at war, fighting and conquering opponents in every direction. 
B) They established trade monopolies that forced neighboring states to submit to them politically. 
C) They bribed local nobles and elites to betray their rulers and accept Assyrian domination. 
D) They allied with local religious minorities and offered them protection in return for supporting Assyrian rule. 
A) They remained almost constantly at war, fighting and conquering opponents in every direction. 
B) They established trade monopolies that forced neighboring states to submit to them politically. 
C) They bribed local nobles and elites to betray their rulers and accept Assyrian domination. 
D) They allied with local religious minorities and offered them protection in return for supporting Assyrian rule.

Question 17

"Now do I, Mahseiah, say to you, Build and equip that site . . . and dwell theron with your wife. But you may not sell that house or give it as a present to others; only your children by my daughter Mibtahiah shall have power over it after you two." In this quote from Evaluating the Evidence 2.2: A Jewish Family Contract, Mahseiah is attempting to accomplish what goal in this contract?

Accepted Answer

A) To exhibit control over his son-in-law 
B) To provide economic security for his daughter and grandchildren 
C) To influence his daughter's choices 
D) To encourage his family to be independent 
A) To exhibit control over his son-in-law 
B) To provide economic security for his daughter and grandchildren 
C) To influence his daughter's choices 
D) To encourage his family to be independent

Question 18

A fundamental concept of the Jewish religion, the Covenant

Accepted Answer

A) recorded the story of creation. 
B) recognized the diversity of the gods. 
C) implied an agreement between the Hebrews and their god. 
D) recognized that Yahweh was the chief god of the Hebrews. 
A) recorded the story of creation. 
B) recognized the diversity of the gods. 
C) implied an agreement between the Hebrews and their god. 
D) recognized that Yahweh was the chief god of the Hebrews.

Question 19

Answer the following questions:
-Kush

Accepted Answer

A) Period beginning about 1100 B.C.E., when iron became the most important material for tools and weapons. 
B) Kingdom in Nubia that adopted hieroglyphics and pyramids, and later conquered Egypt. 
C) Seafaring people from Canaan who traded and founded colonies throughout the Mediterranean and spread the phonetic alphabet. 
D) The sole god in Hebrew monotheism; later Anglicized as Jehovah. 
E) The first five books of the Hebrew Bible, containing the most important legal and ethical Hebrew texts; later became part of the Christian Old Testament.
F)An agreement that the Hebrews believed to exist between themselves and Yahweh, in which he would consider them his chosen people if they worshiped him as their only god.
G)Administrators in the Persian Empire who controlled local government, collected taxes, heard legal cases, and maintained order.
H)Religion based on ideas that stressed devotion to the god Ahuramazda alone and emphasizing the individual's responsibility to choose between good and evil. 
A) Period beginning about 1100 B.C.E., when iron became the most important material for tools and weapons. 
B) Kingdom in Nubia that adopted hieroglyphics and pyramids, and later conquered Egypt. 
C) Seafaring people from Canaan who traded and founded colonies throughout the Mediterranean and spread the phonetic alphabet. 
D) The sole god in Hebrew monotheism; later Anglicized as Jehovah. 
E) The first five books of the Hebrew Bible, containing the most important legal and ethical Hebrew texts; later became part of the Christian Old Testament.
F)An agreement that the Hebrews believed to exist between themselves and Yahweh, in which he would consider them his chosen people if they worshiped him as their only god.
G)Administrators in the Persian Empire who controlled local government, collected taxes, heard legal cases, and maintained order.
H)Religion based on ideas that stressed devotion to the god Ahuramazda alone and emphasizing the individual's responsibility to choose between good and evil.

Question 20

How did Solomon transform the Hebrews into the nation of Israel?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include: Solomon di

Exam 2: Small Kingdoms and Mighty Empires in the Near East

Which of the following characterizes the legacy of the Assyrian Empire?

How did the Chaldeans seek to present themselves as a rebirth of the Babylonian Empire?

Compare the Jewish religion with Zoroastrianism. What are the key features of each? What distinguished these two religions from earlier Mesopotamian religion? How have these two religions influenced our own time?

The most important difference between Yahweh and Mesopotamian gods was Yahweh's

Why did the Assyrians develop a fierce warrior society?

The Persians were descended from what groups of horseback-riding people from the steppes of Asia?

What were the key elements that allowed the Assyrians to become a dominant empire in the area of the Fertile Crescent?

Under the leadership of King Piye, the African kingdom of Kush in the eighth century

What was the role of women in Hebrew society? How and why did the adoption of a settled lifestyle affect women?

The Phoenicians spread their trade and customs by

The library of which Assyrian king in the city of Nineveh held extensive records, chronicles, and texts of medicine, astronomy, religion, mythology, prophecies, and practicing magic?

Zoroaster taught that

Which of the following best describes the Hebrew attitude toward sex?

What is the name of the Phoenician colonial trade city established on the North African Coast in what is now modern Tunisia?

The key to the Assyrians' success in conquering and controlling their empire was their

How did the Assyrians carve out their extensive empire?

A fundamental concept of the Jewish religion, the Covenant

Answer the following questions: -Kush

How did Solomon transform the Hebrews into the nation of Israel?

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The Development of Greek Society and Culture

Life in the Hellenistic World 336-30 BCE

The Rise of Rome CA 1000-27 BCE

The Roman Empire 27 Bce-284 CE

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Life in Villages and Cities of the High Middle Ages 1000-1300

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European Society in the Age of the Renaissance 1350-1550

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