Final Test Bank Flashcards
According to prevailing scientific accounts, hominids or “human-like” creatures first appeared on the Earth around ________________ years ago.
3-4 million
According to prevailing scientific accounts, hominids or “human-like” creatures first appeared in:
Africa
Until about 40,000 years ago, Homo sapiens sapiens, or “wise human beings,” shared the planet with which human-like species?
Neanderthals
The Paleolithic Age (2,500,000-10,000 BCE) was characterized by
Hunting and Gathering
The Neolithic Revolution (10,000-4,000 BCE) saw
The domestication of animals and the start of agriculture
Around 4,000 to 3,000 BCE, what happened?
First Civilizations
Writing, monumental architecture, urban living, formed religious outlooks, governing institutions and laws are all characteristic of which stage in human development?
Civilization
Çatal Hüyük, one of the world’s oldest permanent human settlements, with walls that enclosed 32 acres, and with a population of around 6,000, is located in the modern nation of:
Turkey
This metal was used for making tools starting after 4000 BCE. It proved harder and more durable than its predecessor, copper. Historians are in the habit of naming an entire age, approximately 3000-1200 BCE, after its use.
Bronze
The Greeks knew this part of the world as “the land between the rivers.” It was the home to some of the oldest civilizations on the planet. Today, much of it is located in the modern-day nation of:
Iraq
Around 2340 BCE, the Sumerian speaking city-states located in the southern reaches of the Tigris-Euphrates River valley were overrun by the Semitic-speaking peoples of this city-state:
Akkad
According to a textbook, this Babylonian monarch “employed a well-disciplined army of foot soldiers who carried axes, spears and copper or bronze daggers. He learned how to divide his opponents and subdue them one by one.” Around 1770 BC, he left an enduring law code that was based on the principle that punishment should fit the crime.
Hammurabi
A system of writing that employed the use of a reed stylus to make wedge-shaped impressions on clay tables was known as:
Cuneiform
Which of the following is true and made ancient Egyptian civilization distinct from its near contemporary counterparts in Mesopotamia?
The Egyptians for most of their history knew political unity.
The pyramids at Giza were built during which period in Egyptian history?
Old Kingdom
Around 1650 BCE, this group of invaders brought the Middle Kingdom period in Egyptian history to an end.
Hyksos
Which of the following does not belong to the Indo-European language family?
Hebrew
These people might best be known historically for their versatile alphabet. They were also sea traders who established commercial contacts as far north as Britain and as far south as the west coast of Africa. The Romans and Greeks knew them as the “purple people” because of their monopoly on a precious dye used to make royal clothing.
Phoenicians
In 587/586 BCE, this city fell to Nebuchadnezzar and its inhabitants were subject to the Babylonian captivity.
Jerusalem
Their capital was Nineveh. They sacked Babylon. They put an end to the Kingdom of Israel. They also conquered Egypt. Their kings seemed to take pride in acts that we would now consider war atrocities. Who were these people?
Assyrians
Ahura-Mazda, Ahriman, the Zend Avesta, and “judgment day” are all features of which religion?
Zoroastrianism
In the context of Hebrew monotheism, transcendent theology meant that
Yahweh stood entirely outside of nature
Why is 586 BCE significant?
a) Judaism as a religion survived even though its temple and national home had been destroyed
b) From this point forward, Jewish teachings would be presented increasingly in ethical terms
c) Both “a” and “b”
In the Hebrew Bible, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Songs are best described as
Wisdom Literature

