Midterm 1 T/F

Question 1

Tool making was one of the characteristics of the Paleolithic era

Answer 1

true

Question 2

Paleolithic people were not able to speak a language. Language development only occurred in the Neolithic periods.

Answer 2

false

Question 3

In terms of basic structures of life, such as creating a food supply and relationships between members of the community, there was little to no difference among humans during the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods.

Answer 3

false

Question 4

Paleolithic communities were the first civilizations.

Answer 4

false

Question 5

Social stratification, that is, a more highly organized society with various social ranks was more characteristic of Neolithic society than of Paleolithic society.

Answer 5

true

Question 6

During the year 2012, about 15% of homes in the US were not food secure.

Answer 6

true

Question 7

The region of Mesopotamia is located between the Nile and Zambezi rivers in North Africa.

Answer 7

false

Question 8

There are important similarities between Epic of Gilgamesh and Noah and the Ark.

Answer 8

true

Question 9

Although the Mesopotamians were tremendous builders, they made no advancements in mathematics.

Answer 9

false

Question 10

For most persons in Mesopotamia, the gods cared little for humanity and were very difficult to appease.

Answer 10

true

Question 11

In light of the source, “Hymn to the Nile” the Egyptians perceived the Nile River as a ravaging force that had to pleased so it would cease its damaging effects on the nation

Answer 11

false

Question 12

The pharaoh Akhenaton attempted to create a monotheist religion in Egypt

Answer 12

true

Question 13

The early Egyptians believed that Pharaoh was both a man and a god.

Answer 13

true

Question 14

The Hyksos were allies of the Egyptians.

Answer 14

false

Question 15

The Egyptians created a form of writing called cuneiform.

Answer 15

false

Question 16

During certain parts of Egyptian history, women could inherit land, distribute their property as they wished, take a court case to a judge and even sit on a jury

Answer 16

true

Question 17

As compared to their Mesopotamian neighbors, the Egyptians made little advance in the area of mathematics and medicine.

Answer 17

false

Question 18

People in the Middle East perceived natural phenomenon as a direct intervention of divine powers.

Answer 18

true

Question 19

Religion dominated all aspects of life of Near Eastern Society.

Answer 19

true

Question 20

The Phoenicians are credited with creating the first real alphabet.

Answer 20

true

Question 21

Although the Hebrew people lived in Mesopotamia, other cultures had little influence on their life and literature.

Answer 21

false

Question 22

The Hebrew exodus from Egypt happened after their Babylonian captivity.

Answer 22

false

Question 23

Saul led the Hebrew people out of Egypt

Answer 23

false

Question 24

After King Solomon the kingdom split and became two separate kingdoms: Judah and Israel

Answer 24

true

Question 25

The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah were able to withstand the attacks of the Assyrians and the Chaldeans (Babylonians).

Answer 25

false

Question 26

One of the great achievements of Solomon was the construction of the Temple in Jerusalem.

Answer 26

true

Question 27

The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures are called the Torah.

Answer 27

true

Question 28

Although the Hebrew people lived in the Middle East, their literature (sacred writings) did not incorporate any themes or stories from their Middle Eastern neighbors.

Answer 28

false

Question 29

According to the prophet Amos, ritual action was far more important than the care of the poor and outcast

Answer 29

false

Question 30

The people of Israel considered the individual to be the centerpiece and culmination of God’s creation.

Answer 30

true

Question 31

Besides being bold traders, the Mycenaeans were fierce warriors and great engineers who designed and built remarkable bridges, fortification walls, and beehive-shaped tombs—all employing Cyclopean masonry—and elaborate drainage and irrigation systems.

Answer 31

true

Question 32

Besides being bold traders, the Mycenaeans were fierce warriors and great engineers who designed and built remarkable bridges, fortification walls, and beehive-shaped tombs—all employing Cyclopean masonry—and elaborate drainage and irrigation systems.

Answer 32

false

Question 33

In the funeral oration given by Pericles, he addressed the problems and of Democracy and advocates for a strong leader elected for life.

Answer 33

false

Question 34

For Homer, a Greek should strive to attain arête.

Answer 34

true

Question 35

Cleisthenes was the author of the Iliad.

Answer 35

false

Question 36

The helots were the middle class merchants in Athens.

Answer 36

false

Question 37

Ostracism refers to the annual vote which enabled the voting citizens of Athens to identify one person that they thought was a risk to the city.

Answer 37

true

Question 38

Between Athens and Sparta, Sparta was better known for its democratic structures and participation in a greater number of persons in the political life of the city.

Answer 38

false

Question 39

From 750 B.C. to the Death of Alexander the Great all of Greece was united under one monarch

Answer 39

false

Question 40

The great innovation in Greek thought concerning politics embraced the view that law did not emanate from gods, or divine rulers, but rather from human reason.

Answer 40

true

Question 41

Greek philosophers favored divine and spiritual explanations for physical occurrences.

Answer 41

false

Question 42

The first theoretical philosophers in human history emerged in the sixth century B.C. in the Greek cities of Ionia in Asia Minor.

Answer 42

true

Question 43

Democritus argued that creation of everything was the result of the gods.

Answer 43

false

Question 44

Pythagoras did not search for one physical thing as the basis of all creation; instead he argued that mathematical relationships were the underlying principle of all created things.

Answer 44

true

Question 45

Sophrosyne may be understood as the Greek idea of moderation and self-discipline.

Answer 45

true

Question 46

The Sophists argued in favor of the presence of universal truths and against the idea that truth and knowledge is relative.

Answer 46

false

Question 47

Socrates was more concerned about questions of morality and ethics than he was of questions dealing with the exact substance that was common for all matter.

Answer 47

true

Question 48

The “Allegory of the Cave” was created by Aristotle.

Answer 48

false

Question 49

Plato did not consider democracy the best form of government.

Answer 49

true

Question 50

Aristotle demonstrated a far greater interest in biology and the natural sciences than did Plato.

Answer 50

true

Question 51

The roots of Classical Greece lie in the Geometric period, a time of dramatic transformation that led to the establishment of primary Greek institutions.

Answer 51

true

Question 52

Greek dramatists saw an inner logic to the universe and called it Fate or Destiny. When people were stubborn or arrogant they were punished.

Answer 52

true

Question 53

Sappho was a poet

Answer 53

true

Question 54

Hubris was considered by the Greek playwrights as overweening pride or arrogance.

Answer 54

true

Question 55

According to Aeschylus, the Persians were successful in their military campaigns because they displayed arête.

Answer 55

false

Question 56

Sophocles was a great Athenian general who led the charge against the Persians.

Answer 56

false

Question 57

Aristophanes was a write of Comedies.

Answer 57

true

Question 58

In Lysistrata, the women of Athens attempt to stop the war by no longer working in the kitchen.

Answer 58

false

Question 59

The Greeks wrote history in a similar way as did the Egyptians and the Hebrews.The Greeks wrote history in a similar way as did the Egyptians and the Hebrews.

Answer 59

false

Question 60

Perikles (r. ca. 461–429 B.C.), the most creative and adroit statesman of the third quarter of the fifth century B.C., transformed the Akropolis into a lasting monument to Athen’s newfound political and economic power.

Answer 60

true

Question 61

The empire of Alexander the Great ended at the Persian Gulf.

Answer 61

false

Question 62

After the death Alexander, the Greek language became the common language of the Mediterranean and the territories conquered by Alexander.

Answer 62

true

Question 63

The second century Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy (a.d. 90-168) is credited with the creation of the elaborate mechanism by which he (and later astronomers) calculated the movements of the stars and planets and the moon around the earth.

Answer 63

true

Question 64

Most of the areas under Hellenistic control after the death of Alexander the Great were governed by democracies in imitation of the Greek city states. F

Answer 64

false

Question 65

The Ptolemaic, Seleucid, and Antigonid were all philosophical systems established in Athens during the time of Pericles.

Answer 65

false

Question 66

Hellenistic science resembled Platonic philosophy in that it favored abstract theory instead of investigation into the material world.

Answer 66

false

Question 67

Archimedes was a poet.

Answer 67

false

Question 68

Polybius sought to explain the rise of Rome to the status of a great power.

Answer 68

true

Question 69

According to Stoic philosophy, natural law provides human beings with an awareness of what is and is not correct behavior, especially when dealing with other human beings.

Answer 69

true

Question 70

Epicureanism is a philosophical system that is associated with the seeking of pleasure.

Answer 70

true

Question 71

The Etruscans learned much about architectural styles, road construction and sanitation from the Romans.

Answer 71

false

Question 72

The Etruscan civilization was located to the north of what is today the city of Rome.

Answer 72

true

Question 73

The Etruscan civilization had little effect on the Roman civilization.

Answer 73

false

Question 74

In the early years of the Roman Republic the plebeians controlled most of the land and exerted a strong influence on the army.

Answer 74

false

Question 75

The Struggle for Orders was a conflict between the patricians and the plebeians.

Answer 75

true

Question 76

Roman citizens, like the Jews, considered law to be given by the gods and its basis in divine inspiration.

Answer 76

false

Question 77

The Punic Wars were fought between the Romans and the Macedonians.

Answer 77

true

Question 78

The Second Punic War came after the First Punic War.

Answer 78

true

Question 79

Hannibal fought on the side of the Romans

Answer 79

false

Question 80

Tiberius Gracchus worked for land reform.

Answer 80

true

Question 81

After Octavian’s forces defeated those of Antony and Cleopatra, there was a continuous round of assaults by various generals against Octavian which led to internal fighting for the next 40 years.

Answer 81

false

Question 82

Octavian Augustus removed all appearances of democracy from the Roman Government.

Answer 82

false

Question 83

The reign of Augustus signified the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire.

Answer 83

true

Question 84

To prevent a renewal of civil war and to safeguard the borders of the Empire, Augustus reformed the army.

Answer 84

true

Question 85

Octavian August’s brief reign was one of the reasons for the instability of Rome after his reign.

Answer 85

false

Question 86

In 70 A.D. the Jewish people led a successful revolt against the Romans.

Answer 86

false

Question 87

Ostia was the port city of Rome.

Answer 87

true

Question 88

Galen advanced methods of architecture and engineering, especially his use constructions of domes such as the Parthenon.

Answer 88

false

Question 89

Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius were all stoic philosophers

Answer 89

true

Question 90

According to Ptolemy, the sun revolved around the earth.

Answer 90

true

Question 91

At the death of Marcus Aurelius reign in 180 the Roman Empire was almost in a state of collapse.

Answer 91

false

Question 92

Immigrants were treated with high regard in the later years of the Roman Empire

Answer 92

false

Question 93

Around the year 212 very few persons were granted Roman citizenship.

Answer 93

true

Question 94

The Goths in what is today modern Germany were the allies of Rome.

Answer 94

false

Question 95

During the third century the Roman Empire witnessed a severe breakdown of the relationship between its core and periphery

Answer 95

true

Question 96

According to the Letter to the Galatians, Paul was in favor of maintaining certain Jewish practices for those persons who converted to Christianity

Answer 96

false

Question 97

Attila was an ally of Rome

Answer 97

false

Question 98

One of the reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire was a disenchantment with the government and a lack of desire for any public service.

Answer 98

true

Question 99

Paul traveled very little and relied on letters as a means of advancing his thoughts concerning Christianity.

Answer 99

false

Question 100

In all matters of Jewish practice and belief the Sadducees and the Pharisees were in complete agreement.

Answer 100

false

Question 101

Stressing the importance of the intellect and self-reliance, Greco-Roman thought did not provide for the emotional and spiritual needs of the general populace.

Answer 101

true

Question 102

Nero and Diocletian were responsible for organizing persecutions against the Christians.

Answer 102

true

Question 103

Because of the church councils, Christianity never incorporated Greek philosophy as a means of explaining the truths of the Christian faith.

Answer 103

false

Question 104

Arius denied that Jesus was both human and divine

Answer 104

true

Question 105

Basil established the rules for monastic life for the eastern part of the Roman Empire.

Answer 105

true

Question 106

The synoptic gospels are those written by Mathew, Mark, and Luke.

Answer 106

true

Question 107

The City of God was written by Benedict

Answer 107

false

Question 108

St. Augustine argued that all the truths of faith could be known by reason alone.

Answer 108

false

Question 109

In the classical world view, history had no ultimate end, no ultimate meaning. In this regard it differed substantially from the outlook of Christianity.

Answer 109

true

Question 110

The date of December 25 as the exact birth date of Jesus comes from the gospels. .

Answer 110

false

Question 111

John of Damascus considered Icons to be idolatry and argued for their removal from the churches.

Answer 111

false

Question 112

During the Early Middle Ages (500-1050), the Byzantine civilization was economically culturally far more advanced than the Latin West.

Answer 112

true

Question 113

There was little conflict between the church leadership in Rome and the church leadership in Constantinople after the year 500.

Answer 113

false

Question 114

The security of Constantinople was very important since it prohibited Muslims from moving into the Black Sea and up into Europe on the Danube river

Answer 114

true

Question 115

Emperor Justinian was known as a greater codifier of law.

Answer 115

true

Question 116

The prophet Mohamed is considered the person who first articulated and codified the Islamic faith.

Answer 116

true

Question 117

Muslims consider Jesus to be both human and divine.

Answer 117

false

Question 118

Within three hundred years after the death of Mohammad there was never any disagreement concerning the interpretation of the Koran or the practice of Islam among its members.

Answer 118

false

Question 119

At no time did Muslims ever control a portion of Western Europe.

Answer 119

false