Ancient Civ exam study 23

This object is called the Olduvai hand axe and was used during the Paleolithic era

Most recent period of the stone age during which people began to settle into homes and domesticate animals:

Who is thought of as the first Emperor?

A cylinder seal is a small inscribed object used to roll an image onto a clay tablet, verifying its authenticity

After being discovered in a basket along the Euphrates, Sargon was raised as a member of the King's household in Kish

Hieroglyphics was Egypt's first writing form, used throughout Egyptian history for ceremonial and sacred writing

Which of the following was a Mesopotamian Emperor?

All of the following are characteristics of empires except:

New Kingdom Pharaoh who moved Egypt toward monotheism, centered around the god Aten:

A primary source is a written source from the time period being studied

All of the following are elements of Mesopotamian government as it developed during the Early Dynastic Period EXCEPT:

In foraging cultures, the people who were considered spiritual leaders commonly called what by anthropologists?

On what continent is it believed homo sapiens first evolved and from there spread to the rest of the Earth?

Located in central Egypt, this city was the capital of Egypt for much of the Middle and New Kingdoms

Which of the following was an Egyptian Emperor?

The time period before written records appear is called "before common era"

The Great Pyramids of Giza were constructed during which of the following Egyptian eras?

Stable periods in Egyptian history are generally referred to as intermediate periods

What is the name of this object?

Menes was the historical first king of Egypt, depicted on a pallete with symbols marking the unification of Egypt

In hunter-gathering cultures, there was less time for liesure activities than in agricultural civilizations

During the second intermediate period, the Hittites were one of three groups controlling Egypt

A primary source is removed from the time period being studied

This statue represents the Egyptian ruler Enheduanna

Gender roles were relatively equal in hunter-gathering cultures

Egyptian golden age considered the "classical age" because of achievements in art and literature

Egypt's Golden Age most associated with the construction of the pyramids at Giza

The laborers who built the pyramids were likely not slave laborers

Time period in Egypt where the first three dynasties ruled, working to consolidate upper and lower Egypt.

Which of the following is the oldest year listed?

What is the name of this object?

The world's first form of writing was cuneiform and it was developed in Egypt

The spiritual practices of prehistoric people included written sacred texts describing the worship of many gods

Significant architectural achievement of Sumer, a tiered building made of mud-bricks dedicated to the city's deity:

The Hebrew Bible contains a flood story but the Epic of Gilgamesh does not

This is the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin which comes from the Egyptian Early dynastic period

A patriarchy is a term used to describe a male-dominated society

in stratigraphy, the oldest artifacts are found deeper in the strata

In the Early dynastic period, Mesopotamia did not feature government by a single Emperor ruling multiple city-states

To manage religion in the Akkadian Empire, Sargon forced all 65 cities to worship Enlil as their city deity

Egyptian golden era best known for the development of Egypt's empire

Imhotep was the architect who constructed Egypt's first stepped pyramid for King Djoser

The law code of Hammurabi is older than the law code of Ur-Nammu