Western Civ Reading Test First Semister
- 1.Significant features of the Paleolithic Age include each of the following EXCEPT
- A.
There was tool making
- B.
Scavenging and hunting for food was no longer necessary
- C.
They discovered how to cook meat
- D.
They used fire as a protection against dangerous animals
- 2.Your text refers to which of the following as the central force in "primary" civ
- A.
Irragation canals
- B.
Co-op planning for war
- C.
Religion
- D.
Exchange of goods beyond the tribe
- 3.Who were the creators of the earliest civs
- A.
Hitties+Egytians
- B.
Egyptians+Sumerians
- C.
Sumerians+Assyrians
- D.
Persians+Egyptians
- 4.Sargon the Great may be said to have been
- A.
One of a kind, a benevolent ruler
- B.
Aware of the need to centralize authority through appointed officials
- C.
Reluctant to make demands of tribute from conquered peoples
- D.
Able to utilize an organized army when danger appeared
- 5.The "land between the rivers" is
- A.
The Hittie kingdom
- B.
Mesopotamia
- C.
Egypt
- D.
Persia
- 6.Which of the following civs provided a basis for Mesopatamian Civ
- A.
Sumeria
- B.
Egypt
- C.
Greece
- D.
Anatolia
- 7.Cunieform was found in ancient
- A.
Sumeria
- B.
Egypt
- C.
Greece
- D.
Anatolia
- 8.In Mesopotamian Civ, the temple administration functioned in the following ways EXCEPT to
- A.
Collect rents
- B.
Provide employment for many
- C.
Provide weapon storage
- D.
Employ scribes to keep records
- 9.Which factor BEST accounts for the fact that a Mesopotamian King was not seen as an all-powrfull ruler
- A.
The king was only the youngest of the gods
- B.
Kings in the ritual ceremonies tried to command floods to end
- C.
The king was selected by the gods to rule, but was responsible to them like everyone else
- D.
Kingship was not hereditary
- 10.Cunieform can be described as
- A.
The first stage of planning for a pyramid
- B.
The instrument used for writing on parchment
- C.
The term for records that dealt with commercial transactions
- D.
The symbol writing on clay tablets
- 11.The "finest work of Mesopotamian lit" was the
- A.
Old Testement
- B.
Epic of Gilgamesh
- C.
Code of Hammurabi
- D.
Epic of Akkad
- 12.It is said that Pharoh
- A.
Could never fail in a millitary undertaking
- B.
Was a god
- C.
Was a human with divine inspiration
- D.
Ruled as the "alter-ego" of the Nile God
- 13.Which ruler of Upper Egypt conquered the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt
- A.
Menes
- B.
Ramses
- C.
Amenhotep
- D.
Tutankhamen
- 14.All of the following are features of Egyptian belief in the afterlife EXCEPT
- A.
A longing for death
- B.
Pyramid tombs
- C.
Mummificaion of the dead
- D.
Funerary art
- 15.The Egyptian writing system known as hieroglyphics was
- A.
A wedge shaped writing system
- B.
A form of picture writing in which physical figures represented words or sounds that could be combined to form words
- C.
The worlds first writing system
- D.
The only writing system of the earliest civs
- 16.Qualities of truth and justice
- A.
Were really lacking in the Egtytian religion
- B.
Are associated with Ma'at
- C.
Were traditions Egyptians absorbed from the Hebrews during their captivity
- D.
Was the primary code of the Pharoh
- 17.All of the following were achievements of the Egyptians EXCEPT
- A.
Pyramid building
- B.
The invention of the solar calander
- C.
Superb engineering skills
- D.
The invention of the lunar calander
- 18.Who is most associated with promoting monotheistic ideas
- A.
Ramses
- B.
Ahmose
- C.
Tutankhamen
- D.
Akhenaton
- 19.Which of the following groups ended Egyptian independence
- A.
Libyans
- B.
Nubians
- C.
Assyrians
- D.
Greeks
- 20.The Hittites are best associated with
- A.
Early development of iron
- B.
Early bone tools
- C.
Bronze weapons
- D.
The first war chariots
- 21.One can credit Ashurbanipal with
- A.
Building the hanging gardens
- B.
Maintaining a large library of clay tablets
- C.
Furthering the ideas of Zoroaster
- D.
Restoring Nineveh
- 22.Which religion came to be associated with Persian Rulers
- A.
Worship of Marduk
- B.
Judaism
- C.
Zoroastrianism
- D.
The monotheism of Akhenaten
- 23.The term strap relates to
- A.
A flat bottomed sailboat that moved heavy goods
- B.
A type of sandal that distinguished slaves from free peasants in Persia
- C.
A governor in the Persian Empire
- D.
A collection of cunniforms tablets
- 24.Who founded a dualistic religion in the Near East
- A.
Zoroaster
- B.
Moses
- C.
Akhenaton
- D.
Joshua
- 25.Which term is best associated with the "Wise Lord' or the god of light and justice
- A.
Ahriman
- B.
Ma'at
- C.
Ahura Mazda
- D.
Isis
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