Midterm Flashcards
True or false: The ancient Egyptians, believe that, if a persons body was preserved on earth, the soul would have eternal life in the kingdom of Osiris they’re God
True
True or false: The Egyptians developed an embalming method, known as mummification
True
True or false: It took 40 days to mummify a body
False, 70
True false: Only wealthy Egyptians were buried, naked in shallow graves
False
True or false: At the funeral, the priest chanted prayers from the book of the dead
True
True or false: A person’s importance was judged by the number of mourners at the funeral
True
The center of intelligence
Heart
Remove to prevent decay
Internal organs
Special salt to prevent a body from drying out
Natron
Stone coffin
Sarcophagus
Brought back the senses of the deceased
Opening of the mouth ceremony
Made from ground up mummy
Medicine and brown paint
God of mummification
Anubis
Worn by Anubis
Jackal Mask
Social class: servants
Lower
Social class: vizier
Upper
Social class: priest
Upper
Social class: scribes
Upper
True or false: In the 19th century thousands of cat mummies were shipped from Egypt to England, where they were turned into fertilizer
True
Mummies were used for or to make
Brown paint, medicine, fuel
True or false: You could be put to death in ancient Egypt if you killed a cat
True
People settled along the Nile river instead of elsewhere in Egypt, because other areas were
Too dry
The majority of people in Egypt were
Peasants and slaves
Egyptians, who lived a good life, thought that after death they would
Continue living in the other world
The people who kept records and wrote letters were called
Scribes
The Nile river was very important to the early Egyptians, because it was used by the people for
Irrigation
A machine that lifted water out of the Nile to irrigate or water the lands
Shadoof
A belief in many gods
Polytheism
A ruling family of Egypt led by a pharaoh
Dynasty
Poor farmers, who paid rent and taxes with a share of their crops
Peasants
The sun, god of ancient Egypt
Re
A series of picture symbols used to write
Hieroglyphics
Nickname for Egypt
Gift of the Nile
Contained prayers that people studied so they could safely reach the other world
Book of the dead
True or false: the three seasons in Egypt were planting, pyramid building, and harvesting
False
True or false: the Egyptians developed a calendar with 365 days
True
How many months of the year were fields, covered by flood waters from the Nile
Three
It was made from a plant that grew along the Nile
Papyrus
Egyptians thought sickness was caused by
Gods
Egyptian doctors were the first to use
Splints and bandages
Boys were encouraged to steal. If they were caught stealing, why were they punished?
For getting caught
True or false: Athens was named after the Greek God Athena.
True
Children were considered adults at the age of what?
13
True or false: The Acropolis was built so people could retreat when the city of Athens was attacked.
True
Spartan boys were raised by their mothers until they were what age?
7
They were only eaten at or on special occasions and festivals
Pork and beef
Why did Spartans wear crimson or red tunics?
So their bloody wounds in battle wouldn’t show
The Agora was a place to meet and discuss ideas on what?
Philosophy and government
True or false: The biggest disgrace a soldier could suffer was to lose his aspis.
True
In an Agoge, Spartan boys were trained to
Read write and train to fight
True or false: When a child was born a father was always happy and would treat all of his children well.
False
True or false: Most chitins were made of linen and silk.
False
True or false: The term “Spartan” is used to describe something simple or without comfort.
True
True or false: The largest theater in Athens was the Theater of Dionysus. He was the God of Theater.
False
This building was dedicated to the goddess Athena
Parthenon
A kylix had what at the bottom as the Greek’s drank?
A picture
This was not ia Greek invention
Arch
True or false: A symposuim was a dinner party that included men, woman, but no children.
False
Why did Greek women wear their hair long?
So they would not be confused with slave women
True or false: The two most popular materials for clothes in ancient Greece were wool and linen.
True
The Greeks sometimes used this or these to wipe their hands
Bread
They were common fruits in Greece
Apples figs and grapes
The most popular type of jewelry in Greece was
Pins
True or false: Sometimes Greeks dyed their clothing using plants and lipstick.
False
They were the lowest class of people in Greece
Slave women
True or false: The Greeks used sugar and wine to sweeten their desserts.
False
True or false: Women were considered second class citizens to men.
False
Spartan Black Soup was made with salt, vinegar and what?
Pigs blood
Subject of instruction
Mathematics
Study of life
Biology
Study of maps
Cartography
Move water up a hill
Archimedes Screw
Zoology
Aristotle
First female mathematician
Hypatia
When a woman gave birth of a daughter
The baby girl was sometimes thrown out with the trash or They gave the baby away to become a slave
True or false: Spartan women had more rights than women in Athens.
True
The Greeks drank
Watered down wine kykeon and water barley and herbs
The period of time before 3,000 B.C. is known as what?
Prehistory
Which Stone Age : they lived in small groups
Old
Which Stone Age : man formed the first government and religion
New
Which Stone Age : fire is used for cooking
Old
Which Stone Age : the invention of the canoe
Middle
Which Stone Age : man develops spoken language
Old
Which Stone Age : man grows crops from seed
New
A small shovel archaeologist use to dig
Trowel
The method used to determine the age of some living thing that has died
Carbon dating
The society developed by a group of people
Civilization
The behaviors, beliefs, arts, of a particular group of people
Culture
Location where a dig is taking place
Site
Cuts made in the earth to determine the size of an archaeological site.
Trial trenches
An item from the past
Relic
True or false: The period of recorded history began in 2,000 B.C.
False
True or false: People bought and sold goods through a system called barter in the old stoneage.
False
True or false: Archaeologists and anthropologists have learned about prehistoric man by studying diaries and old books and newspapers.
False
True or false: The very first weapons were poison darts and bows and arrows.
False
True or false: It is believed that early man crossed a land bridge from Asia to North America.
True
Another name for a buffalo
Bison
Prehistoric structure made of huge stones
Stonehenge
Volcanic ash used to make weapons
Obsidian
A blend of copper and tin
Bronze
One of the most important contributions of the Mesolitic period was what?
Fishing and a form of transportation
This was not a contribution in the Neolithic period
Bows and arrows
Neanderthal, Java and Cro-Magnon were types of man in the ______________ age
Paleolithic and old
Religions first came to be because
Man did not understand why droughts, famines, floods and plagues happened
As settlements grew, man was able to do what?
Form governments barter and become potters and weavers
Mesopotamia is located on which continent?
Asia
They kept written records for the Sumerians
Scribes
It was against the laws to tax widows and __________
Orphans
If these people were injured the fine was very low
Slaves
The Sumerians invented the
Plow and arch
The world’s first civilization began in southern Mesopotamia at a place called
Sumer
True or false; The Sumerians worshipped only one God
False
True or false: All chidren were allowed to attend school.
False
True or false: A ziggurat supported heavy walls over doorways.
False
True or false: Most of the people learned a living from manufacturing and trade.
False
True or false: The name Mesopotamia means land betweeen the rivers.
True
There are ___ Symbols in Sumerian writing
600
A large temple
Ziggurat
The number of city-states in Mesopotamia
12
The number of social classes in Mesopotamia
3
The name given to the writing in Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
Mesopotamian afterlife
Netherworld
Farmers were in the ______ social class
3rd
The nobles were in the _________ social class
1st
The Priests were in the ________ social class
1st
Merchants were in the ________ social class.
2nd
Little was known about what caused illness and disease. Medical problems were believed to be the work of
Demons
The greatest city in Mesopotamia was Babylon. Babylon means
Gate of the god
Priests were responsible for
Directing worship governed the city and taught school
A freedman was_____
A slave was that was freed
True or false: Ziggurats were built in each city to please the Gods.
True
True or false: The Sumerians were the first people on earth to invent a system of writing.
True
True or false: The Sumerians invented a vehicle with wheels
True
True or false: The Sumerians invented democracy, where important decisions were made by free adult men.
True
True or false: Writing tablets were made of bricks.
False
who was Harry Burton
a photographer
who was lord carnarvon
paid for tuts excavation
who was howard carter
discovered tuts tomb
who was theodore davis
an archaeologist
who was akhenaten
the pharaoh before tut
who was ramesses vi
his tomb was close to tuts
who was ay
he became pharaoh after tut
who was ankhesenamun
wife of king tut
to prepare a body for burial
embalming
a large and elaborate cemetery
necropolis
a salve or ointment with expensive perfume added
unguents
small statues that became the servants to the dead person in the afterlife
shawabty
sodium mineral with drying affect
natron
what happened to howard carters canary
it got killed by a cobra
canpopic jars contain__
internal organs of a body
what are similar to pectorals
amulets and unguents
true or false: amulets were stone carved to resemble beatles
faalse
who was related to king tut
akhenaten and akhesenamum
only women blessed by the mother goddess were permitted to do what
have children
in addition to a good food supply the minoans had an abundance of
timber and wool
what did the architect give ariadne a
magic ball of golden thread
who was the agean see named for
king ageaus
who did ariadne marry
dionysus
who was king minos
the ruler of crete
what did hercules do
killed a mad bull
who was helios
the sun god
who was posiedon
the king of the sea
who was king ageaus
father of theseus
who was dionysus
god of wwine
island where ariadne was left
naxos
the home of ariadne
athens
where the gods lived
mount olympis
location of an elaborate palace
knossos
an island in greece
crete
true or false: Hercules was jealous of his brother Zeus, and made the queen bear a hideous child, half man and half bull
false
true or false:Because the son of King Minos was killed, the Athenians had to send 14 young men and woman to crete every year to be eaten by the Minotaur
true
true or false:On his way back to Athens, Theseus forgot to change the sails from white to black
false
true or false:Arthur Evans was an archaeologist who found evidence of the palace in Knossos
true
minoan writing
linear a
covered doors and windows
parchment
painting on damp plaster
frescoes
island south of greece
crete
name given to the palace at knossos
house of the double axe
Continent where Greece is located
europe
Sea west of Greece
ionian
Sea east of Greece
aegean
Sea south of Greece
mediterranian
Island in southern Greece
crete
true or false:The first Olympics had only two events, including a foot race.
false
true or false:Women and slaves were not permitted to participate or view the Olympics.
true
true or false:According to the Greeks, ghosts enjoyed watching Olympic events.
true
true or false:The Pancratium had no weight or size restrictions.
false
