Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Ancient period 1
Western History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mesopotamia is located in the valley of the | Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
| The written script of Sumer is known as | cuneiform |
| The Assyrians' use of terror tactics and atrocities | especially targeted inhabitants of the empire who rebelled against Assyrian rule |
| The original Indo-Europeans possibly came from | the steppe region north of the Black Sea |
| Evidence indicates that the Sumerians were not the first peoples in ancient Mesopotamia inasmuch as a number of Sumerian agricultural and craft terms are not Sumerian in origin | true |
| In comparison to Mesopotamian society, Egyptian society was | more rural |
| In ancient civilizations, bronze would replace copper because | bronze was harder and more durable |
| Akhenaten is best known for his unsuccessful attempt to reform Egypt's | religion |
| The Greeks and the Romans, Indo-European speakers, derived their alphabet from the Semitic-speaking Phoenicians | True |
| Identify the location of the Ancient Civilizations according the map. River valley number 1 represents which civilization | Egyptian Civilization |
| Which of the following is in the correct order? | Prehistoric classical, ancient, Middle Ages |
| Hominids split off from the great apes around six million years ago in | Africa |
| The Persian king who undertook an invasion of the Greek mainland in the early fifth century was | Darius |
| The economy of ancient Egypt relied most heavily on | agriculture |
| The earliest of the Mesopotamian empires was founded by Gilgamesh | False |
| Hieroglyphics means "mystery." | False |
| Tunneling as a military tactic was implemented most effectively by the… | Assyrians |
| Which of the following Egyptian gods was most closely associated with the mummification of the dead | Osiris |
| The Neolithic Revolution refers to the great cultural advancement of mankind that results from | agriculture |
| Which civilization developed the alphabet? | pheonicians |
| Both the ancient Hebrews and Arabs trace their ancestry back to | Abraham |
| The great literary epic of the ancient Sumerians was known as the Book of the Dead | False |
| Judaism is the monotheistic faith first practiced by the ancient | Hebrews |
| In the Egyptian afterlife, they believed the deceased would stand before Abubis who was holding a feather. The heart of the dead would be weighed against the feather. What did the feather represent? | The concept of right order |
| Developed the bill of sale | Pheonicians |
| The Assyrians are important in history for their innovations in | empire building |
| Punishments for crimes under the Code of Hammurabi | were more severe for the lower class |
| Major Phoenician colony important to Roman civilization? | Carthage |
| The Hyksos | were a Semitic-speaking people who infiltrated Egypt in the seventeenth century B.C. |
| Solomon's most revered contribution to the Hebrew society was to | construct the Temple, the symbolic center of the Hebrew religion and society |
| Which one of the following is not considered part of the Judeo-Christian heritage in West Civilization? | revenge |
| Gilgamesh was | the hero of a Sumerian epic poem |
| The Egyptian Pyramids were | conceived and built as tombs for a city of the dead |
| The ruler of Akkad, who established the first empire in Sumer ca. 2340 B.C. was | Sargon |
| The Assyrian army was able to conquer and maintain an empire due to its | ability to use diversified military tactics |
| Ancient Egyptian history is divided into ____ major periods | Three |
| The word "Paleolithic" means "old stone." | True |
| What civilization added the letter “C” to the alphabet? | Romans |
| Like the peoples of Mesopotamia, the Egyptians had a very negative attitude toward daily life | False |
| During the Middle Kingdom of Egypt, the kings of Egypt dug a canal connecting the Nile river to.. | the Red Sea |
| The first hominid to leave Africa and move into Europe and Asia was Home sapiens | false |
| The oldest known form of writing developed by the Sumerians | cuneiform |
| The first king to unite all of Mesopotamia in 2300 BC | Sargon I |
| The founder of the Kingdom of Israel (1000-970 B.C.) was the military hero | David |
| The capital city of the Hittites | Hattusas |
| The cave in southern France, discovered in 1994 and that contains three hundred paintings of animals, is known as the ____ cave | Chauvet |
| The Hittites were | a and d |
| The Hittites played an important role in the history of the Middle East because they | transmitted Mesopotamian culture to the west, especially to the Mycenaean Greeks |
| In agrarian societies, an economic surplus is food which is | used to support a non-laboring elite |
| One of the few female pharaohs was | Hatshepsut |
| Growing appreciation of astronomy among European peoples after 4000 B.C. is best seen in | megalithic observations |
| In comparison to Mesopotamian society, Egyptian society was | more rural |
| The first Hebrew monarch was | Saul |
| developed the bill of sale | Hebrews |
| What was created in 1947 by the United Nations? | the nation of Israel |
| The Egyptian Pyramids were | Conceived and built as tombs for a city of the dead |
| Sumerian kings derived their authority from | the gods |
| Major Phoenician colony important to Roman civilization? | Carthage |
| The Persian Royal Road stretched from Sardis to the capital at | Susa |
Created by:
amsmith15
Popular History sets