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HUM 1020
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Matching. Choose the best answer for each selection. Place the capital letter in the
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a) Egypt’s greatest pharaoh; builder of first
transcontinental empire during Golden Age
34) ____Megalith
b) upright walking man
35) ____ Dolmen
c) builder of Step Pyramid; world’s first known artist
36) ____Theocracy
d) government ruled by religious authority
37) ____ Polytheism
e) ruler (king) of Egypt
38) ____Cuneiform
f) Egyptian sacred picture writing
39) ____monarchy
g) handy man, first tool maker, opposable thumb
40) ____Monotheism
h) Sumerian writing script
41) ____Hieroglyphics
i) large stone monument
42)____Hierarchic Scale
j) belief in many gods
43)____Pharaoh
k) single upright standing megalith
44)____Thutmoses III
l) two upright stones with one on top of them
45)____Imhotep
m) belief in one god
46)____homo habilis
n) a government ruled by one person, usually a king
47)____homo erectus
o) the more important a person/object the larger it is
33) ____ Menhir
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Multiple Choice and short answer (circle complete answer NOT just the letter).
48) When were the earliest known cave paintings created?
a) 15,000 BCE b) 10,000 BCE c) 40,000 BCE d) 28,000 BCE
49)Which of these is NOT a location where cave painting can be found?
a) Ariege b) Lascaux c) Chauvet d) Altamira
50 – 52) What are the names for the 3 eras of prehistory?
53-54) What were 2 Sumerian innovations/inventions?
55) Which of these was NOT a Sumerian god?
a) Anu
b) Ahriman c) Enki d) Ishtar e) Ea
56) Which artwork is considered the masterpiece of the Ancient Near East?
a) Bust of Nefertiti b) Standard of Ur c) Hunting Reliefs d) Mona Lisa
57) Which artwork is considered the masterpieces of the Sumerians?
a) Bust of Nefertiti b) Standard of Ur c) Hunting Reliefs d) Mona Lisa
58) Who wrote the first complete set of laws?
a) Ur-Nammu b) Napoleon c) Justinian d) Hammurabi
59) Who was the first known artist?
a) Michelangelo b) Imhotep c) Djoser d) Ramesses II
60-62) List the 3 major periods of Egyptian history
63) What is the oldest stone structure in history?
a) Ziggurat of Ur b) Great Pyramid c) Step Pyramid d) Mastaba
64) What is the largest stone structure in history?
a) Ziggurat of Ur b) Great Pyramid c) Step Pyramid d) Mastaba
65)What were pyramids mainly used for?
a) Observing the heavens b) Alien landing platforms c) Tombs for pharaohs
66) Who wrote the first code of laws (incomplete)?
a) Hammurabi b) Moses, c) Ur-Nammu d) Justinian
67) What was the greatest/most important Sumerian invention?
a) boats b) schools c) religion d) writing
68) What is the oldest work of written literature?
a) Epic of Gilgamesh b) The Iliad c) The Bible d) Book of the Dead
69) Why is Hatshepsut important historically?
a) Builder of many temples b) first peace treaty c) first woman pharaoh
70) What was unique about the discovery of Tutankhamen’s (King Tut’s) tomb?
71-73) Name 3 Egyptian gods.
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74-75) Which of these was NOT a Persian god?
a) Ahura-mazda b) Anu c) Ahriman
76) What was the Egyptian scientific innovation that we still use today?
a) Solar calendar b) Boats c) the Wheel d) Astronomy
77) Name the world’s first nation state.
a) Sumer b) Assyria c) Egypt d) Babylonia
78) Which of these was not one of the 4 ancient river valley civilizations?
a) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers b) Songhai River c) Nile River d) Yang Tze River
e) Indus River
79) Which civilization created the world’s first empire?
a) Assyrian b) Neo-Sumerian c) Akkadian d) Babylonian
80) What is the name of the event in which Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem
and placed the Jews in slavery?
a) Babylonian Captivity b) Exodus c) Armageddon d) Captivity of the Jews
81) Which culture was the first to use iron weapons?
a) Kassites b) Elamites c) Hittites d) Babylonian
Place title and style (type) of art and period for the following:
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84) Which discovery separates Paleolithic from the Neolithic period?
a) writing b) domestication of animals c) agriculture d) both b and c
85) What is the oldest city in the world?
a) Catal Huyok b) Jericho c) Jerusalem d) Rome
86) What is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world?
a) Catal Huyok b) Jericho c) Jerusalem d) Rome
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List 2 Art characteristics for each era below:
87-88) Akkadian
89-90) Assyrian
91-92) Amarna period (within the Egyptian period)
93-94) Egyptian
95-96) Sumerian
97-98) Neolithic
99-100) Paleolithic
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