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Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
MULTIPLE
question.
1)Of the following Mesopotamian kings, who is the earliest? 1)
A)Sargon B) Gilgamesh C) Enlil D) Hammurabi
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2)Minoan civilization was influenced by its neighbors in its development of 2)
A)unregulated trade with its neighbors. B) state-regulated trade and agriculture.
CJdemocracy. DJ small-scale family farms.
3)ln what manner were oracle bones read to foretell the future? 3)
- changes were then
A)The bones were submerged in water until they changed shape. These
interpreted.
B)The bones were heated until cracks formed that were then read.
C)The bones were tossed onto the ground, and their arrangement was then interpreted.
D)The shape and quality of the bones were interpreted by experts.
4)A technology that was common to ancient Erypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China is 4)
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A)indoor plumbing. B) codified law.
C)standardized measurements. D) irrigation.
S)The Nile River provides
A)never
flooding.
Egptwith its rich agriculture by 5)
B)flooding its banks.
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C)supplying extra water for irrigation to supplement the annual rains.
D)providing easy transport for crops.
6)When the Hyksos conquered Egypg they 6)
A)replaced the Egyptian gods and government-with their own.
Bldestroyed Egptian culture and brought in a new language.
C)retained Egyptians as rulers and demanded only their tribute.
D)adopted the Egyptian religion and political system.
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7)For what reasons did Egptian civilization survive the general collapse of civilizations in the
Eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Bronze Age?
A) Geography
C) Nile River
B) Strong Military
D) Both A and B but not
C
B)The ancient Eryptians regarded their kings as 8)
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A)divine but not gods. B) living gods.
C)strong rulers only in times of crisis or war. D) powerful rulers, but not divine.
9)How did the ecology of the Nile River Valley civilization compare with the Mesopotamian?
were random
A) They were exactly the same
C) The Nile floods
B) The Nile was very unpredictable
D) Mesopotamia was not as predictable as the Nile
10) The Gerzean Period in Eglpt flourished in:
BCE
A) Upper Erypt
C) 3300-2500
B) Lower Erypt
D) 4000-3300 BCE
E) A and D
11) KingAnkhentaten was also known as
A) Thutmoses III
C)
B) Mentuhotep I
D) Amonhotep IV
Amonhotep III
12)A key factor in Egypt's decline around 1300 B.C.E. was 12)
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A)invasions by the "Sea Peoples."
B)attacks by the Nubians in the south.
C)failure of the Nile to flood adequately in successive years.
D)invasions by the Hyksos.
13)Which of the following are roles that Mesopotamian kings were expected to play? 13)
A)interpreters of prophecy, redistributors of food, and irrigation organizers
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B)war leaders, religious leaders, and enforceii of public morals
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C)religious leaders, temple builders, and living gods
D)redistributors of food, men destined for eternal life, and mediators with the gods
l4)Hammurabi was king of Babylon around 14)
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AJ2050 B.C.E. B) 1950 B.C.E. C) 1850 B.C.E. D) 1750 B.C.E.
15)The decline of the Egyptian kingdom affected what sub-saharan civilization the most? 15)
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A)Bantu B) Niger C) Garamantes D) Nubia
l6JWhich of the following is not a shared characteristic of all of the early river valley civilizations?
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B)sacred kingship
A)social hierarchies
C)participation by citizens in
decision-making
D)inhabitants at the disposal of the state
17)The Hittite Empire was 17)
A)agriculturally rich because of-its mild
CJvery peaceful and seldom at
war.
climate.
B)treated as a state of equal power by Eglpt
D)largely isolated from its neighbors.
l8)Egrpt became interested in Nubia because of its trade in 18)
A)ivory, agricultural goods, and timber. B) gold, ivory, and incense.
C)agricultural goods, gold, and copper. D) gold, incense, and basalt.
19)ln ancient Eg;yptian depictions of the weighing of the souls of the dead, the human soul is
weighed against 19)
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A)a loafofbread. B) a feather.
C)the soul of a good man. D) a lump of gold.
20.)Hammurabi was king of Babylon around 1)
4)2050 B.C.E. B) 1es0 B.C.E.
c)1850 B.C.E. D) 1750 B.C.E.
21.)In ancient Egptian depictions of the weighing of the souls of the dead, the human soul is
weighed against 2)
A)a loaf of bread. B) a feather.
C)a lump of gold. D)-the soul of a good man.
22.)Minoan civilization was influenced by its neighbors in its development of 3)
A)state-regulated trade and agriculture.
B)democracy.
C) small-scale family farms.
D)unregulated trade with its neighbors.
23.)The attacks on Egpt in the early thirteenth century B.C.E. caused 4)
A)a crisis that forced the reform of Egpt's religion.
B)a change in the aesthetic values of Egptian arL
C)the permanent collapse of Egptian civilization.
DJEgyptian civilization to retreat back into its traditional borders.
24.)The root causes of the crisis that many states faced at the end of the second millennium B.C.E.
were 5l
A)external invasions and unstable governments. B)unstable governments and ecological
fragility.-
C)migrations of foreigners and ecological fragility.
D)natural disasters and external invasions.
25.)The Hittite Empire was 6)
A)treated as a state of equal power by Egpt. B)agriculturally rich because of its mild climate.
C)largelyisolated from its neighbors. DJvery peaceful and seldom atwar.
26.)When the Hyksos conquered Egpt, they 7)
A)adopted the Egptian religion and political system,
B)retained Eryptians as rulers and demanded only their tribute.
C)destroyed Egptian culture and brought in a new language.
D)replaced the Egptian gods and governmentwith their own.
27.)Egrptbecame interested in Nubia because of its trade in B)
A)agricultural goods, gold, and copper. B)ivory, agricultural goods, and timber.
C)gold, ivory, and incense. D)gold, incense, and basalt
28.)Assyria's empire was held together by
B) love.
C)fear. D) good government.
A)generosity.
29.)The decline of the Eryptian kingdom affected what sub-Saharan civilization the most? 10)
A)Garamantes B) Nubia
C)Bantu D) Niger
30.)The ancient Eryptians regarded their kings as
A)strong rulers only in times of crisis or war. B)powerful rulers, but not divine.
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C)divine, but not
gods. D)living
gods.
31.)A key f;actor in Egpt's decline around 1300 B.C.E. was
A)invasions by the "Sea Peoples." B)failure of the Nile to flood adequately in successive years.
C)invasions by the Hyksos. D)attacks by the Nubians in the south.
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3Z.)Royal Egyptian women, particularly during the Eighteenth DynasW:
A)were not allowed to own and control property. B)wielded considerable influence.
C)wielded little to no influence. D)were never depicted in Egyptian arL
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33.)Royal Egrptian women, particularly during the Eighteenth Dynasff:
B)were not allowed to own and control property.
A)wielded little to no
D)wielded considerable influence.
C)were never depicted in Egyptian
influence.
art.
34.) The Eryptian B Primordial gods were called
C) Ennead
A) Aenead
D) Hudnial
B) Ogdoad
35.) This god was the horned god of Erypt:
C) Horus
A) Osiris
D) Seth
B) Amun
36.) The name of the pharaoh who is believed to have first unified Egpt?
A) Chisel Fish
C) Narmer E) All of the above
D) Menes
B) Scorpian King
37.) The name Herkeptah is the city known as?
C) Saqqara E) Noneoftheabove
A) Thebes
D) Zios
B) Memphis
38.) Imhotep builtthe first pyramid for king
A) Den
C) Kutu
B) Djoser
D) Snefru
39.) The king who had 50 sons and loved his wife, Nefertari more than any other king love his
wife?
A) Mentuhotep
C) Seti I
B) Ankhenaten
D) Ramsess II
40.) Expelled the foreigners and began the New Kingdom?
A) Kamose
C) Thutmoses
B) Ahmose
D) Ahmenhotep
41.) Thutmoses
A) Tigris
B) |ordan
III's expanded the Empire to this river?
C) Euphrates
D) Yarmuk
42.) The Canaanites who ruled Egpt?
A) Israelites
C) Philistines
B) Hyksos
D) None ofthe above
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Multiple Choice
Identifi the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.S points eoch.
1.
The Sumerians
a. defeated the Hittites in 2600 B.C.
b. were plagped !y incesqant warfare between their many city-states.
c. had a complicated religion with a sophisticated
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were- warriors w-ho instituted
belief in life after death.
tolatitarian governmelt.
Sumerian kings derived their authority from
the will of the people,
the parliamentary councils ofthe city-states.
success in athletic tournaments.
the gods.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The Sumerian economy
a. although primarily agricultural, did include a mix of induslry and commerce.
included imported luxury items.
went through cycles like modern economies.
b.
c.
d. allthe above
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e.
aandb
4. Mesopotamian religion
played a limited role in its culture.
was monotheistic in nature.
,,c: was reinforced by the intensrty of the region's environment.
d,. ,em.pto.yed divination-to maintain people's uncertainties about the gods'behavior.
believed that the world was conffolled by two competing gods.
a.
b.
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5.
The Epic of Gilgameshwas
a.
b,
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d.
e.
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the formal title of the Osiris myth.
an epic poem from Mesopotamia dealing with the search for immortality.
,a creation myth developed by early Phoenician thinkers.
the first Egyptian literary masterpiece.
a code of laws established by the Babylonian ruler, Gilgamesh.
1- The central aspect of the Neolithic Revolution was the
a. first development of hunter-gatherer cultures.
b. successful invasion of northwestern Africa by Turkish nomads from central Asia.
c. emergence of systematic food production techniques capable of regularly growing grains and
vege-tabt,es and breeding,
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working and eating domesticated animals.
d. use of fire and the cooking of food.
e. development of writing.
Scholars have found a larger, highly significant Neolithic urban center at
a. Nairobi.
b. Mumbai.
c.
d.
e.
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Machu Picchu.
Catal Huyuk,
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22. Which of the following
was not a society of the ancient Near East:
a. Egyptian.
b. ,Sumerian.
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c. lndus Valley.
d. Babylonian.
The early Neolithic era saw
a. u ilo* ttansitioo from hunting and gatheringto an agiculturat
b. the rise of settled villages and towns.
c. the gradual do._lpgsticatfon of qnimdls,.
d. all of the above
society.
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L. the iwention of writing.
b. the use of metal tools.
c.
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b
d.
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the weavilg ofcloth.
the use of wind-mills for power.
The ancient city of Catal Huyukwas
a fqrnln-g commuqity located in Greerce.
aNeolithic walled community sustained by food surpluses enabling
a,
b.
t to emerge.
c.
d:
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27.
new
a large .ity *itn an elaborate water and sewer system.
,an aulocracy in which ruling religious elders-e*ereise all political po-wer.
The p..hysical envir,onmenl of the Mesopotamians gcrterally led to
an op-timisllg ggtlook,e_mpt1q- lzing the secular
:a pessimlstic gltfook and loathing of
leligion.
pesqimistic
with
emp_hasis oq qqtlsffing their angry gods.
outlook
an
,a
d.o. an op,limislic outlook with a belief in providing for benevolent gods.
a.
b:
c:
lif",
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Mesopotamian religious practices included 1ll of the follo-wing e,xqept
arts of divination.
:b, prayer.s.-to the gods, .
baplisql of true. believqrs,
cultic spells.
L.
9,
d.
28. Sumerian writing
a. ,:was origlg4llyp-i_clog1p-hlc b.g bgcqrq gureiform.
b. ,could o{y- be used folsimple r.ecord keep_ing,
i..go-ul{no-t_expressgdgcatio4a!c-onqepl-:
,corrld not be used for epic poetry
,d.
cultural practices
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29.
The earliest hominids
lived in Asia.
b. lived in efrica.
c. used iron tools.
d: *" kno*, as Homo sapiens.
e. elolved 1?0001000 years ago.
a.
30.
Paleoiithic proples
a: engaged in artistic activities, as indicated by surviving cave paintings.
r$. Iacfced the uqe o__f-fire, which signifigq$-ly.retarded their pace
of development.
c. perfected techniques that allowed them to hunt very large dinosaurs with total success.
d. livgd in brick structures.
usedbronze fortoolsandweaponsrbqtnotcopper.
e.
n
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firstdevelopmentof hunter-gatherer-cultures.
b. successful invasion of northwestern Africa by Turkish nomads from central Asia.
c. .r"tg"o"i of systematic food production techniques capable of regularly growing grains and
vegetables- and bregding,.rygrling and eating domesticated animals.
d. uqe o{fir9 an{-the
-cookrng of food.
e. deyelop:nent of wrlting,
a.
32. Which of the following were among the basic characteristics ofthe
a.
b.
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a.
Sumerians.
b.
atUAians..
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Egyptians,
d,
Bab-ylonianp,
e.
Nubians.
35. All
of the fofforring are true about the ancient Sumerian city-siates except that
the! potitical structure waq democr_atic in nature.
b. warfare betweep,them was common.
c, they were, pli4arily agrlcultura[ communities.
a.
d.
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the development ofthe Phoenician alphabet
the use of iron tools and weapons by 3500 B.C.E.
the developnent of cities
they mastered the use of bronze.
they engaged in monumental construction projects.
r_ o.
hf/ wni"n of !-h.e fgllowing. is a true statement?
a. The Akkadian Empire achieved 1o e4pansion, but endured for a thousand years.
b. UiproduceO totai Vfesopota*ian disintegration.
c.
d.
e.
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38.
The Amorites, under the leadership of Hammurabi, replaced the Sumerians and Akkadians as
rulers of Mesopotamia.
Hammurabi eliminated all aspects of Sumerian culture in Mesopotamian life.
Sumer was established by the Hyksos.
Which of the following is not true about cuneiform?
a. lt used the Cyrillic alphabet.
b. It was used for record keeping.
c. It was used for teaching.
d. It was used to record Mesopotamian
e. It was developed by the Sumerians.
Which of the following is tmtrue about the Code of Hammurabi?
a. Public officials had numerous responsibilities.
b. It incorporated a system of consumer protection.
c. The largest catsgory focused on marriage and the faryily.
d. Sexlal promiscuity was tolerated for men only.
e. Hammurabi's code did not mention women.
39- Hammurabi did all ofthe followingexcept
a. become ittaraot of fgypt during the Middle Kingdom.
"divide and conquer" his enemies as he returned Mesopotamia to unified control.
establish his new capital at Babylon.
b.
c.
d. work to stimulate economic revival and enhance the irrigation system.
e. establish a major code of law.
In addition to Mesopotamia and BgWt, other nearby areas in which significant human advances were
made included
a. the development of large urban centers in the Balkan peninsula by 9300 B.C.E.
b. probable independent development of animal domestication and limited farming in what is
now southern France by 10,000 B:C.E.
c. the establishment of large sheep ranches on the islands of Sicily and lreland.
d. the construction of a large megalithic complexes in the British lsles and in northwestern
France which revealed a surprising awareness of astronomical data.
e. the appearance of true cities in northern Gaul by 4000 B.C.E.
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41. Among the early Indo-European peoples were the
,a. Hyksos, who conquered Sumer in 3300 B.C.E.
Uighurs, who occupied Lower Egypt in 1700 g.C.p.
Romans, who first appeared in southern Palestine.
d. Hittites, who developed an empire in western Asia.
e. Arabs, wlrc conquered Mecca in 1700 B:C.E:.
b.
c.
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42.
The lndo-Europeans
a.
b.
c.
(--,
d.
e.
fought long and exhausting wars against the Hittites.
.originally lived in the western section of the Sahara.
spoke related languages, among which are Persian and Greek.
were the descendants of the Mongols and Turks.
never penetrated Europe or India.
43. The Phoenicians
were great builders of several long-lasting empires.
established numsrous Black Sea colonies.
a.
b.
.invgnte{
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alp-lqabet,
were skillgd mercenary warriorsbonquered the Sea Peoples gf Egypl.
44. Naram Sin's name means:
A.*like aBull"
B. "Beloved of Moon God"
C."Father of Nations"
D. "Beloved ofNarum"
45. Cult established to honorNaram
A. King
B. God
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C. Father
D. Creator
46. Stele of Naram Sin celebrates the conquering of this people:
A. Elamites
B. Amorites
C. Lullabi
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by a Sumerian coalition from Uruk.
With UTtII{EGAL
as its leader.
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-weric.d. Gutian
Amorites
will DEFEAT UTt I{EGAL for control of Mesopotamia.
a. Utuhegal
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b. Ur-Nammu
c. Hammarabi
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emphasize the ruter's piety and humility before the gods.
, b. Gudea
c. Gilgamesh
d. Sargon
51. After the fall of the Akkadians, we refer to southern and cenffal Mesopotamia as
a. Mesopotamia
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b. Aqad
c. Babylonia
d. Nippur
52. "The Curse of Akkad" describes the fall of the Akkadians, blaming
collapse.
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a. Ur-Nammu
b. Narim-Sin
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