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Humanities Unit 1
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1
This famous statue is said to guard the road to Khafre's pyramid
The Sphinx
Khufu
Imhotep
The Giza pyramid
2
How did the art of Amarna differ from conventional Egyptian art?
It employed a stylized, artificial quality.
It was highly formal, apparently intended only for somber occasions.
It had greater lightness and naturalism.
It depicted female figures exclusively.
3
Semitic languages include:
Hebrew and Arabic
Farsi and Marsi
Arabic and Farsi
Aramaic and English
4
The palace at Knossos
was a maze of rooms
could be called a labyrinth
none of the above
had paintings of bull leaping
5
Is this a Tholos?
Yes
No
6
Which city lies buried beneath the Roman city of Ilium?
Athens
Attica
Sparta
Troy
7
Minoan religion
Godesses were more important than gods
was polytheist
considered the bull as a sacred symbol
River God
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Sumerian religion was...
agnostic
atheistic
polytheistic
monotheistic
9
Ashurbanipal was a king from _____ who terrified his enemies and was an unkind ruler.
Assyria
Egypt
Sumeria
Babylon
10
Where would we find these cave paintings made by prehistoric man?
Madrid, Spain
Lascaux, France
Pompeii, Italy
Stonehenge, England
11
Paleolithic, Neolithic, or Both? Practiced systemic agriculture
Neolithic
Paleolithic
Both
12
The decorated skulls found in dwellings indicate that religious practices/rituals occured in Jericho.
False
True
13
The Fertile Crescent contains the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, known as Mesopotamia.
False
True
14
Who conquered the Minoans?
Dorians
Trojans
Myceneans
15
What was the most common medium of the art of the Cyclades islands?
wood-caring
pottery
wall-painting
marble statues
16
Ancient Egypt has how many different ‘Kingdom’ time periods?
2 Kingdom periods
5 Kingdom periods
4 Kingdom periods
3 Kingdom periods
17
Venus of Willendorf symbolized:
mythology
fertility
tranquility
unity
18
What was the name of the greatest architect in Egypt?
Hatshetsup
Khufu
Imhotep
Meret
19
Sumerians settled between
two lands
two trees
two rivers
two mountains
20
Which empire took over the Babylonians?
Sumerians
Persians
Semites
Assyrians
21
Stonehenge has a relationship with the solar calendar.
False
True
22
Author of The Odyssey and The Iliad (Trojan War)
Virgil
Homer
Euripides
Hesiod
23
What was the significance of the ziggurat in Mesopotamia?
Bazaar
Homes for the wealthy
Government officials
Temples built for local gods
24
Mesopotamians believed that the Code of Hammurabi was given to the king by ______, who was associated with justice.
Judeah
Shamesh (god)
Aphrodite (goddess)
Zeus (god)
25
Who is main archaeologists associated with the excavation of Troy?
Korfmann
Fiorelli
Schliemann
Lazer
26
Name that Egyptian! Tried to start a new religion worshiping the new got Aton...
Ramses
Tutankhamen
Amenhotep IV
Imhotep
27
The sequel to Homer's
Iliad
was:
2001
The Simpsons
Bayeux Tapestry
Odyssey
28
Epic of Gilgamesh
a poem from Ancient Egypt
a poem from Ancient Mesopotamia
regarded as the earliest surviving notable literature
a poem from Indus River Valley
29
pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, hieroglyphics, mummficiation
China
Mesopotamia
India
Egypt
30
In Egyptian myths, who brings Osiris back to life after he is killed by Set?
Isis
Shu
Horus
Nut
31
Who united all of Mesopotamia into the Babylonian Empire?
Cyrus
Darius
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
