Chapter 1

Question 1

Old Stone Age
weapons made out of stone, wood and bone
nomadic
clans
few possessions
drew cave paintings
returned to different regions seasonally
megaliths: stone monuments
population was 20000 at the end of the era

Answer 1

Paleolithic Age

Question 2

New stone Age
stayed in one place
crime increased due to increase of possession
sewage was dumped into river
success in agriculture lead to the solving of problems
main crops: barley, dates and wheat
domesticated animals
variety of plants and animals available
chose rules to carry out laws
wars increased

Answer 2

Neolithic Age

Question 3

a small country or nation set up as a centralized administration to organize the daily of people

Answer 3

city state

Question 4

most powerful ruler who rebuilt the city of Babylon and built the “hanging gardens” for his Persian wife

Answer 4

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 5

pictographs, lines and wedges (triangular)

Answer 5

cuneiform

Question 6

used for trading

Answer 6

barter system

Question 7

religious temples served as grain warehouses, storage areas for government documents, as city hall and social center
seven stories high and made out of dried clay brick
top platform made for sacrifices to the gods

Answer 7

ziggurats

Question 8

belief in more than one god

Answer 8

polytheistic

Question 9

belief in one god

Answer 9

monotheistic

Question 10

main language of mesopotamia

Answer 10

semetic

Question 11

ruler that unites Egypt and makes them powerful

first pharaoh

Answer 11

Menes

Question 12

code of behavior that Egyptians were to follow

Answer 12

ma’at

Question 13

capitals of the old kingdom

Answer 13

Memphis

Question 14

female ruler of the new kingdom
ruled for 22 years
conquered and took over Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Ethiopia

Answer 14

Hatshepsut

Question 15

built for pharaoh’s immortality
largest located in Giza
most famous belongs to King Tut

Answer 15

pyramids

Question 16

Became pharaoh at 9, died at 17
most famous pyramid belongs to him
grave robbers weren’t successful in robbing his tomb
discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter

Answer 16

King Tutankhamum

Question 17

slim shafted monument with pyramid on top

Answer 17

obelisks

Question 18

capital of the new and middle kingdom

Answer 18

Thebes

Question 19

once known as Amenhotep lV 
changed name because he was monotheistic
worshiped the sun god Anton
closed all other temples and made people worship Anton
co ruled with Nefertiti

Answer 19

Akhenaton

Question 20

co-ruled with Akhenaton

Answer 20

Nefertiti

Question 21

pictographs, phonograms and ideograms

Answer 21

hieroglyphics

Question 22

1799 CE French linguist Jean Champollion discovered this key to deciphering writing

Answer 22

The Rosetta Stone

Question 23

book on religion and afterlife

Answer 23

The Book of the Dead

Question 24

Asia Minor (Turkey)
farmers
raised horses, cattle, sheep and goats
made iron weapons and tools
military had most power
traded with other civilizations to simulate ideas
strict system of laws
capital- Ankara
tried to control too much territory so the empire ended

Answer 24

Hitties

Question 25

Israel
small desert country located on eastern end of Mediterranean Sea
shepherds

Answer 25

Palestine

Question 26

exile of the Jews until return to Jerusalem

Answer 26

The Diaspora

Question 27

chief priest

Answer 27

rabbi

Question 28

first 5 books of the old testament

Answer 28

Torah

Question 29

black sea in caucus mountains region
light skin, light hair
may have been start of Aryan race
ruled by a warrior elite class (Battle Axe)
buried with possessions in elaborate graves and ceremonies
family traveled with during war
language served as a basis for all European languages

Answer 29

Indo-Europeans

Question 30

Sumeria
built irrgiation system along Tigris and Euphrates River
city state development
gave orders to chief priest

Answer 30

Mesopotamia

Question 31

oldest city

Answer 31

Ur

Question 32

most famous ruler of Babylon

created first written “code of laws”

Answer 32

Hammurabi

Question 33

schools in Mesopotamia where classes lasted from sunrise to sunset.

Answer 33

tablet houses

Question 34

animal intestines predict the future

Answer 34

augury

Question 35

civilizations along Nile River
“Gift of the Nile”
divided into three parts after Menes’ death

Answer 35

Egypt

Question 36

when the Jews left Egypt

Answer 36

the Exodus

Question 37

type of paper

Answer 37

papyrus

Question 38

churches

Answer 38

synagogues

Question 39

Lebanon
land was poor and rocky
large amount of cedar
trading nation because of large fleet and good harbors
alphabet had 22 consonants which allowed people to read and write

Answer 39

Phoenicia

Question 40

Iran
led by Cyrus the Great
greatest ruler is Darius I

Answer 40

Persia

Question 41

government in Persia

Answer 41

satrap

Question 42

religion started by Zoroaster in 600 BCE
good vs evil
light vs darkness

Answer 42

Zoroasterianism