Humanities Chapter 1 Test

Question 1

Where have cave paintings been found?

Answer 1

Chauvet, France
Altamira, Spain
Lascaux, France
Cosquer, France

Question 2

What does the cave painting at Lascaux depict?

Answer 2

a human figure wearing a bird’s head mask

Question 3

Which river is associated with ancient India?

Answer 3

Indus River

Question 4

Which river is associated with ancient China?

Answer 4

Yellow River

Question 5

Where was the Willendorf Venus discovered?

Answer 5

Willendorf, Austria

Question 6

The _______ on the Willendorf is not carved, but is rather a natural indentation in the stone.

Answer 6

navel

Question 7

Agricultural society developed across the great river valleys of the _______ and _______ as the _______.

Answer 7

Middle East, Asia, climate warmed

Question 8

In 5000 BC the valleys of _______ and _______ supported agriculture

Answer 8

Spain, Southern France

Question 9

Not until about 4000 BC is there evidence of farming in the northern reaches of the _______ and _______.

Answer 9

European continent, England

Question 10

Where do the most remarkable Neolithic pottery come from? The largest of these is a/an…

Answer 10

Susa on the Iranian Plateau, ibex

Question 11

What term refers to the “big stones” used in the construction of stonehenge

Answer 11

Megalith

Question 12

Most famous type of Megalith structure

Answer 12

Cromlech

Question 13

The ________built their cliff-dwellings on the Northern American continent.

Answer 13

Anasazi

Question 14

What did the Anasazi use as a symbolic emergence of people in the underworld?

Answer 14

Kiva

Question 15

What is the kiva?

Answer 15

A partly underground ceremonial enclosure with a hole in the floor.

Question 16

what the Zuni Pueblo people consider defied spirits who manifest themselves in performance and death

Answer 16

Kachinas

Question 17

2 rivers associated with ancient Mesopotamia

Answer 17

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 18

god of the moon who is considered the resident god at Ur

Answer 18

Sin

Question 19

only monotheistic group

Answer 19

Hebrews

Question 20

a religion that includes many gods and goddesses often associated with nature forces and realms

Answer 20

theocracy

Question 21

the main panels of the Royal Standard of Ur is called _______ and _______

Answer 21

war, peace

Question 22

What does war and peace illustrate?

Answer 22

Military victory and subsequent banquet celebrating the event or cult ritual

Question 23

A pictorial convention in which the most important figures are represented in a larger size than the others.

Answer 23

Hierarchy of Scale

Question 24

Who named himself king of the four corners of the world when he conquered all of the other cities in Mesopotamia except the Akkadian Empire.

Answer 24

Sargon

Question 25

the _______ is considered the first existing monumental work made through the lost-wax casting technique

Answer 25

head of an akkadians

Question 26

Who is considered responsible for introducing the principle of talion to Mesopotamian culture?

Answer 26

Hammurabi

Question 27

Who is considered to be the original human author of the Hebrew Torah?

Answer 27

Moses

Question 28

Who built the temple in Jerusalem?

Answer 28

Solomon (son of King David)

Question 29

Who captured Jerusalem, destroyed the temple of Solomon, and deported many of the Hebrews back to Babylon?

Answer 29

Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians

Question 30

a state ruled by a god or a god’s representative

Answer 30

theocracy

Question 31

refers to a religion that includes many gods and goddesses often associated with natural forces and realms

Answer 31

polytheism

Question 32

the region of ancient Egypt, like that of Mesopotamia was

Answer 32

polytheists

Question 33

who ruled the underworld and was god of the dead?

Answer 33

Osiris

Question 34

Who was the child of Osiris and Isis?

Answer 34

Horus

Question 35

What ancient Egyptian leader is credited with unifying both upper and lower Egypt?

Answer 35

Narmer

Question 36

The _______ was comparable to an enduring soul or life force.

Answer 36

“ka”

Question 37

The stone of choice was made out of:

Answer 37

Diorite, Schist, and Granite

Question 38

What changes did Amenhotep IV make as pharaoh?

Answer 38

Changed his name to Akhenaten
Moved the capital of Egypt from Thebes to Akhenaten
Abolished the pantheon of Egyptian gods
Established a monotheistic religion

Question 39

What was the new style of art during this time?

Answer 39

Amarna style

Question 40

Tutankhamen’s accomplishments:

Answer 40

Moved the royal family to Memphis
Reaffirmed Thebes as the nation’s religious center
Changed his name from Tutankhamen
Returned to the more traditional gods

Question 41

What did Egyptians believe about the heart?

Answer 41

It contained emotions, intellect, and character, and we have good and bad aspects.

Question 42

What would happen if the heart did not balance with the feather?

Answer 42

The dead person was condemned to nonexistence to be eaten by a creature called an annit.

Question 43

What is an annit?

Answer 43

Eater of the dead, part crocodile, part lion, and part hippo

Question 44

What is the ritual jade disc or “Pi” decorated with?

Answer 44

dragon and phoenix

Question 45

Where did the book of changes and Yin Yang originate from?

Answer 45

Shang dynasty

Question 46

Who wrote down the book of changes and Yin Yang?

Answer 46

the Zhou

Question 47

Who is considered the author of the way and its power?

Answer 47

Lao Zi

Question 48

Chinese term for the unifying principle in nature

Answer 48

“qi”

Question 49

traditional Chinese values of the Zhou

Answer 49

self control
propriety
respect of one’s elders

Question 50

refers to good and righteous conduct reflecting the cosmic moral order that underlies all existence

Answer 50

dharma

Question 51

What is the seducing several of Vishnu’s devotees, that includes an entire band of milkmaids?

Answer 51

Vishnu Paranas