1st Exam (Chapter 1)

Question 1

The first Stage of Human Culture… Marked by simple social organization, the discovery of fire, and basic techniques for hunting and gathering.

Answer 1

Paleolithic ( or stone age)

Question 2

A word meaning “all the Gods”

Answer 2

Pantheon

Question 3

The Sumerian writing system, consisting of wedge marks pressed into damp clay

Answer 3

Cuneiform

Question 4

The Egyptian burial tomb of great size and scale

Answer 4

Pyramid

Question 5

The first stage of human culture dates back before______ years BCE

Answer 5

1 million

Question 6

Refers to the second stage of human life, characterized by planting crops instead of traveling.

Answer 6

Neolithic

Question 7

Domestication of animals began during the ______

Answer 7

New stone age period or Neolithic age

Question 8

The land between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.

Answer 8

Mesopotamia.

Question 9

The first civilization to emerge in the Fertile Crescent.

Answer 9

‘Sumer”

Question 10

The capital of the ruler Hammurabi was

Answer 10

Babylon

Question 11

Two of the main cities of the babylonian empire were:

Answer 11

Nimrud and Ninivah

Question 12

Invention appearing around 3000 BCE in Sumer

Answer 12

Wheel

Question 13

First civilization to use the potters wheel

Answer 13

Sumerians

Question 14

A king who was a direct link between the royal family and the creator sun god.

Answer 14

Son of Ra

Question 15

Most important part of Egyptian achitechture

Answer 15

Mortuary buildings

Question 16

Egyptians believed that life continued for the dead as long s the corpse or some _____ survived

Answer 16

Material Possession

Question 17

Among other things, writings served as a tool of

Answer 17

Control and Power

Question 18

The ___ was based on the notion of “an eye for an eye”

Answer 18

Code of Hammurabi

Question 19

Hammurabi believed his authority came from

Answer 19

the gods

Question 20

16-14000 BCE

Answer 20

16-14k bce

Question 21

Art made for the rituals of death

Answer 21

Funerary art

Question 22

The major art form of the Egyptians

Answer 22

Sculpture

Question 23

Egyptian sculpture typically represents

Answer 23

Kings

Question 24

Egyptian royal headdress seen in the funerary mask is called an

Answer 24

Nemes

Question 25

The basic instrument in Mesopotamia and in Egypt was the

Answer 25

Harp

Question 26

The oldest known story in the world is the epic of

Answer 26

Giglamesh