Final Exam Review (Spring 2022)

The first book ever printed by a printing press was:

Most of the scrolls created by Egyptian scribes were created on what material?

Which of the answers below is NOT a reason we believe cave paintings were created?

The fertile ground in which they settled made it possible for Sumerians to:

Gutenberg chose to make his movable type out of which material?

A master copy of a letter to be made into movable type is called a:

The Sumerians have been credited with creating the first written language know as:

Marcelino Sautuola later discovered that the lack of soot inside his cave painting site could be due to fire from:

The invention of the printing press is related to the beginning of what cultural period?

Which Sumerian King created the first set of written laws for his people to know and learn?

Why did ancient Egyptians stop using Egyptian hieroglyphics?

What was Marcelino Sans De Sautuola accused of with regard to the Altamira cave painting site?

Being able to go quickly to any point in a book is referred to as what kind of access?

Which computer listed below was NOT part of the first generation of personal computers?

Champollion proved that Egyptian hieroglyphics contained:

During the Dark Ages, to whom were books only available?

Gutenberg and his investor, Johann Fust, agreed to have all 200 Bibles completed within:

Because it is where the first written language was created, Sumer is known as the:

Which of the following was NOT a result of the invention of the printing press?

It is believed that the Sumerians settled in the Fertile Crescent around:

Which civilization is credited with inventing the book industry?

Though they were a nomadic tribe, the Sumerians chose to settle in Mesopotamia because of the:

Printing system that uses individual letters and punctuations to produce elements on a page:

Johann Gutenberg invented his printing press by converting what type of machine?

Before settling in Mesopotamia, Sumerians were a __________ tribe moving from region to region:

What does UNIVAC stand for?

The cave painting site at Lascaux was discovered by whom?

Though many scholars tried for years, who is credited with deciphering the Rosetta Stone?

What is a Codex?

GUI stands for:

The cave paintings at Altamira have a red hue due to what material used in the paint?

Who created most illuminated manuscripts?

The written language Cuneiform has characters in the shape of:

In 1962, computer scientist Steve Russell and MIT created the first computer game called:

It was the name of which Pharaoh, inside a cartouche, that helped Champollion decipher the text on the Rosetta Stone?

In 1954, American engineer and inventor Douglas Englebart invented this user-friendly tool:

The first internet, developed to protect information between military computers was called:

Sets of scrolls commissioned by Ancient Egyptians to help guide them through the afterlife are known as:

Hieroglyphics symbols surrounded by a rounded rectangle that might contain the name of an important Egyptian is called:

The act of hammering the punch into a piece of metal to make a mold for a letter is known as:

What system of writing is believed to have influenced the creation of Egyptian Hieroglyphics?

The age of cave paintings can be determined through which scientific process?

To date, how many cave painting sites have been discovered?

In 1971, IBM introduced this first data storage device called:

The beginnings of the modern computer date back as far as:

Which cave painting site discussed in class has paintings that have a red hue to them?

Most cave painting sites had to be closed to the public due to?

Who invaded Egypt in 1798 to secure trade routes to the East but instead ended up helping to discover the Rosetta Stone?

What missing material in the Altamira cave made some experts believe the paintings were fake?

The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is commonly referred to as the:

It is believed that the spread of the Codex is associated with the rise which religion?

At the top of the Code of Hammurabi is a sculpture showing:

How old do historians and archeologists believe the oldest cave painting site to be?

The Sumerians were a Theocratic culture meaning they were ruled by a:

After the Lisa, Apple launched this more affordable computer which had a better GUI in 1984:

The text on the Rosetta Stone refers to which ancient Egyptian Pharaoh?

Which of the statements below best describes why it was named The Rosetta Stone?

What motivated Gutenberg to find a better way to produce books?

As Sumerian culture grew and prospered, Cuneiform was created out of a need to:

In the race to decipher The Rosetta Stone, who was Champollion's main competition?

What ancient artifact made it possible for historians and archeologists to be able to read Egyptian Hieroglyphics?

In 1981, Bill Gates introduced this operating system and offered to license it to IBM:

What type of tool did the Sumerians use to write Cuneiform?

By whom were the Mark Series of computers used?

Having to go through the entire text to find a certain passage is known as what kind of access?

The Code of Hammurabi contained how many laws written on it?

The world's first programmable computer was invented in 1936 by:

The Rosetta Stone remained undeciphered for many years for what reason?

What was major drawback to using scrolls?

Gutenberg created the letter E in different widths to help create what type of text alignment?

Which of the following is an advantage of a book over a scroll?

To compete with Macintosh, Bill Gates and Microsoft introduced which operating system for PCs?

What was the first book Gutenberg printed with his new printing press?

The text inscribed on the Rosetta Stone is written in which three languages?

In 1983, Apple Computer introduced this computer, the first to use a GUI: