Western Civilizations: Ancient Near East Study Guide

Question 1

This powerful ruler created the Ancient Persian Empire.

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Cyrus the Great

Question 2

The twenty areas or regions of the Ancient Persian Empire.

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Satrapy

Question 3

The Persians used this system to correct tribute based on the area's productive capacity.

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Satrapy System

Question 4

Amenhotep IV tried to install the god_________ as the only god in Egyptian society.

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Aten

Question 5

This is structure was constructed by a Indo-European people in what is today southern england.

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Stonehenge

Question 6

A family where the husband dominates wife and children.

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Patriarchl

Question 7

The period of history when humans used simple stone tools (2,500,000 B.C.E to 10,000 B.C.E)

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Paleolithic Age

Question 8

The shift from hunting animals and gathering plants for sustenance to producing food by farming

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Neolithic Revolution

Question 9

Under the Code of Hammurabi, this class or people received harsher penalties for offenses.

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Slaves and Farmers

Question 10

The Pyramids served as

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Tombs for a city of the dead

Question 11

A massive steppe tower in a Sumerian city dedicated to the city's chief god or goddess.

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Ziggurat

Question 12

In Ancient Egyptian society, the pharaoh was seen as a

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a divine instrument and or order and harmony

Question 13

A society in which the father is supreme in the clan or family.

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Patriarchy

Question 14

To be considered a civilization, human societies must have which of the following features

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Cities and Religion

Question 15

In Ancient Sumerian, the deities were closely related to the

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Cities

Question 16

The first five books of the Hebrew Bible (Genesis, Exodus, etc.)

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Pentateuch

Question 17

Which of the following is part of the Judeo-Christian heritage in Western Civilization.

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Rule of Law, Morality, and a yearning for social justice

Question 18

The Hittities made iron weapons of war and were:

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Indo-Europeans

Question 19

A pictorial system of writing used in Ancient Egypt.

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Hieroglyphics

Question 20

The doctrine or belief that there is only one God.

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Monotheism

Question 21

_________ and __________are the two most important features of Ancient Egyptian civilization.

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The Nile River and the Pharaohs

Question 22

This empire destroyed Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E and began the Babylonian Captivity

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Chaldean Empire

Question 23

The practice of seeking to foretell future events by interpreting divine signs.

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Divination

Question 24

This empire was the most tolerant of the all of the empires of the Ancient Near East

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Persian Empire

Question 25

A government ruled by a divine authority.

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Theocracy

Question 26

A religion founded by the Persian Zoroaster in the seventh century B.C.E.

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Zoroastrianism

Question 27

The scattering of Jews throughout the Ancient World after the Babylonian captivity.

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Diaspora

Question 28

The Hebrew bible stresses to Hebrews that God must be_________

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Obeyed

Question 29

Believing in or worshiping more than one god.

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Polytheistic

Question 30

The greatest contribution of the Phoenicians to the beginnings of Western Civilization was:

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Simplified Alphabet and Writing

Question 31

A wedge-shaped system of writing developed by the Sumerians

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Cuneiform

Question 32

The earliest signs of Hominids were found here.

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Africa

Question 33

During the Neolithic Revolution, there appears have been a division of labor created between_

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Men and Women

Question 34

The body of law in Hebrew Scripture, contained in the Pentateuch.

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Torah

Question 35

In the Ancient Near East, most people were

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Farmers

Question 36

The earliest human-like creatures that flourished in East and South Africa.

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Hominds

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Judaism ethics centers around

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the law of God

Question 38

This Egyptian belief is critical to understanding their ancient civilization.

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Ma'at

Question 39

The valley between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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Mesopotamia

Question 40

A governor with both civil and military duties in the Ancient Persian Empire.

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Satrap

Question 41

There are ______ major periods of Ancient Egyptian History

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Three

Question 42

The Assyrians were innovative in building

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Empires

Question 43

Which of the following languages is not Indo-European?

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Hebrew

Question 44

A covenant is a

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contract

Question 45

These people were considered by Hebrews to be the voice of God.

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Prophets

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a complex culture where humans share a variety of common elements including cities and religion

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Civilization

Question 47

For Hebrews, their relationship with God is___________

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personal with protection if they follow his laws.

Question 48

In Ancient Sumeria, the kings were viewed as :

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Divine agents of their god and goddess

Question 49

The man who created the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and ruled the Ancient Near East as ruler was

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Nebuchadnezzar II

Question 50

The Nile River valley is an ideal place for a civilization because it:

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Floods predictably

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Zoroastrianism stresses the struggle between

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Good and Evil

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Western Civilizations: Ancient Near East Study Guide

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