This Western Civ Reading Test for the First Semester explores key aspects of early civilizations, focusing on the Paleolithic Age, religious influences in primary civilizations, and the contributions of Egyptians and Sumerians. It assesses understanding of historical contexts like Mesopotamia and the use of organized armies in ancient times.
A longing for death
Pyramid tombs
Mummificaion of the dead
Funerary art
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Strong kings
Powerful judges
Monothesim and the belief in one god
The charismatic leadership of Moses
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Solomon's orders
The work of eighth century prophets
Writings of the Pharisees
The cause oMaccabees
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The Iliad and the Odyssey
Lysistrata and the frogs
Antigone and the bacchae
The symposium and the republic
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Loyalty to the family
Amassing enough wealth to live without fear
The polis
Devotion to the gods of their city
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Homer-Iliad
Solon-Spartan military leader
Draco-law code
Pesistratus-tyrant
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The Persian invasion of Greece just after 500 BC
A war between the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League
A war between Thebes and Sparta
The Macedonian invasion of Greece
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The home of the Greek gods
The area where the gods fought for supremacy
A shrine for those who died in the Poloponnesian Wars
Agamemnon’s home
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Agricultural slaves of the Spartans
Athenian light infantry
Oarsmen in the city-states’ fleets
Spartan hoplites
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Athenians dominated and abused other Greek states
States could withdraw from the League only after paying a crushing fine
Money from the League treasury was distributed equally to each member state
There was increased admiration and loyalty to Athens among the Greeks
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Hitties+Egytians
Egyptians+Sumerians
Sumerians+Assyrians
Persians+Egyptians
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The Hittie kingdom
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Persia
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Sumeria
Egypt
Greece
Anatolia
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Sumeria
Egypt
Greece
Anatolia
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The king was only the youngest of the gods
Kings in the ritual ceremonies tried to command floods to end
The king was selected by the gods to rule, but was responsible to them like everyone else
Kingship was not hereditary
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The first stage of planning for a pyramid
The instrument used for writing on parchment
The term for records that dealt with commercial transactions
The symbol writing on clay tablets
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There was tool making
Scavenging and hunting for food was no longer necessary
They discovered how to cook meat
They used fire as a protection against dangerous animals
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Irragation canals
Co-op planning for war
Religion
Exchange of goods beyond the tribe
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The Babylonian Captivity
The defeat by the Assyrians
The Persian Captivity
The Egyptian conquest
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Prophets
Kings
Judges
Teachers
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Solomon
Amos
Hosea
Isaiah
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Egypt
The Agean Islands
The Indus River Valley
Mesopotamia
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The application of reason to understanding the meaning of life
Hellenistic forgein policy
Increasing women’s political rights
Joining together religion and politics to derive Greek ethics
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The condition of the slaves
Civic freedom
Personal freedom
Both b and c
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Collect rents
Provide employment for many
Provide weapon storage
Employ scribes to keep records
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Old Testement
Epic of Gilgamesh
Code of Hammurabi
Epic of Akkad
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A wedge shaped writing system
A form of picture writing in which physical figures represented words or sounds that could be combined to form words
The worlds first writing system
The only writing system of the earliest civs
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Were really lacking in the Egtytian religion
Are associated with Ma'at
Were traditions Egyptians absorbed from the Hebrews during their captivity
Was the primary code of the Pharoh
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Ramses
Ahmose
Tutankhamen
Akhenaton
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The Exodus
The crossing of the Red Sea
The journey from Canaan to Egypt
The garden of Eden and the Flood
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Feast
Instruction
Tribe
Ritual
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The building of a mighty army
The deafeat of the Philistines
The defeat of the Chaldeans
The construction of a royal palace and temple
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Were considered equal to their husbands, but not their fathers
Were able to divorce their husbands for desertion
Never inherited property
Had lesser status in religious rituals
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Compassion for the poor
Ending slavery
Justice
Daily prayers
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Were pacifists
Were concered with the community but not with the inner person
Were usually anonymous individuals and there fore were free from responsibility for their words
Did not believe in war
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Ancient Egyptians
Ancient Hebrews
Summerians
Babylonians
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A demagogue who rallied Athens against Sparta
The father of Athenian democracy
The oracle at Delphy
A compiler of medical texts
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Menes
Ramses
Amenhotep
Tutankhamen
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Zoroaster
Moses
Akhenaton
Joshua
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After the Babylonian Captivity
At the start of the Diaspora
Upon the death of Rameses
And into a period of wandering in the Sinai
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Mothers of the ancient patriachs
Women who found baby Moses drifting on a raft in the Nile
Wives of foreign rulers who urged their husbands to let the Hebrews return to the promised land
Respected prophetesses
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Samuel
David
Solomon
Saul
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Assimilated with their conquerors
Moved to Athens
Became known as helots
Were trained as slave-warriors
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Macedonia
Athens
Sparta
Thebes
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Dramatized the story of Socrates' trial and execution
Praised Socrates for his positive influence on Athenian youth
Lampooned Athenian statesmen, intellectuals, and government policies
Accused Socrates of embezzling state funds
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Libyans
Nubians
Assyrians
Greeks
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Building the hanging gardens
Maintaining a large library of clay tablets
Furthering the ideas of Zoroaster
Restoring Nineveh
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Amos
Hosea
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
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