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Question 1 2.5 points Save What general statement could you make about the laws regarding recompense for injuries in The Hammurabi Code?

People paid the same fine, regardless of the severity of injury.

The law code distinguished between intentional and unintentional injury.

Compensation differed depending on the worth of the person injured.

All of the above are true.

Question 2 2.5 points Save The most important architectural structure of Egypt’s Old Kingdom was the

ziggurat.

pyramid.

rock-cut temple.

palace.

Question 3 2.5 points Save In Book 6 of the Iliad, the Trojan Adrestos asks for mercy from Menelaos, and Agamemnon tells Menelaos that he should

ask for a larger ransom.

accept the ransom offered by Adrestos.

let no Trojan live for any reason.

let Adrestos live as an act of clemency.

Question 4 2.5 points Save During the period of history in which Egyptian culture flourished, known as the ______________ period, the sun god Aten was worshiped, and Egypt was very prosperous and powerful.

Theban

Kushite

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Amarna

Hyksos

Question 5 2.5 points Save What is known about the use of music in Sumerian society?

Professional musicians held frequent public concerts.

Music was used in daily temple rites and accompanied poetry readings.

Words as well as melodies were recorded in cuneiform writing.

There was a highly developed system of musical notation.

Question 6 2.5 points Save Which statement about Athenian society is correct?

Male and female citizens took part in government.

Many slaves lived and worked in the city.

The Assembly of the People was chosen by lot.

Citizens supervised slaves but did no work.

Question 7 2.5 points Save The consistent sentiment of the lyric poem could be broadly described as

enlightening.

improvisational.

colloquial.

emotional.

Question 8 2.5 points Save Under the Pharaoh ________________, the god Aten was elevated to new importance.

Amenophis IV

Hatshepsut

Tutankhamen

Akhenaton

Question 9 2.5 points Save After the Assyrian and Persian invasions during the seventh and sixth centuries B.C., the next foreign rulers of Egypt were the

Hyksos.

Babylonians.

Romans.

Greeks.

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Question 10 2.5 points Save The civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome are often referred to collectively as

symbolic.

lyrical.

romantic.

classical.

Question 11 2.5 points Save The Sumerian creation myth stated that

there was a single male creator god.

all people were given immortality by the gods.

the first people arrived on earth in magic boats.

the cosmic mountain arose from the primeval sea.

Question 12 2.5 points Save The New Kingdom began at the end of the Seventeenth Dynasty when

King Tutankhamen was crowned.

Queen Hatshepsut ruled.

the Greek historian, Herodotus, made his visit to Egypt.

the Hyksos invaders were finally expelled from Egypt.

Question 13 2.5 points Save During the Archaic period in Greece in which the political unit of the city-state, or polis, was formed, the government that evolved was called

a plutocracy.

a democracy.

an aristocracy.

an oligarchy.

Question 14 2.5 points Save In Homer’s Iliad, the heroes of the two opposing sides were

Memnon and Penthisilea.

Menelaos and Paris.

Agamemnon and Aeneas.

Achilles and Hektor.

Question 15 2.5 points Save The African people from the south of Egypt, who ruled during the Twenty-fifth Dynasty and are noted for bestowing great wealth and authority upon royal women, were the

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Ptolemies.

Libyans.

Nubians (Kushites).

Greeks.

Question 16 2.5 points Save The forms of government of Athens and Sparta were, respectively,

anarchy and democracy.

socialism and capitalism.

oligarchy and aristocracy.

democracy and oligarchy.

Question 17 2.5 points Save Where did the earliest Greek civilization develop?

on Crete

in Egypt

in Troy

in Macedonia

Question 18 2.5 points Save Which of the following most inspired Minoan art?

the Egyptians

the storm gods

nature

matriarchal figures

Question 19 2.5 points Save According to the Sumerians, human beings were created

to rule the earth.

to act as the god’s representatives on earth.

so that the gods would have servants.

by the moon in a moment of wild passion.

Question 20 2.5 points Save The Greeks believed that the creation of the universe resulted from

a swirling sea.

God.

the Titans.

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chaos.

Question 21 2.5 points Save Kushite kings

established their capitals in Egypt.

ruled Egypt directly with an iron grip.

ruled Egypt through their daughters..

None of the above

Question 22 2.5 points Save The type of Greek column with the least decoration on the capital is the

Corinthian.

Doric.

Ionic.

Spartan.

Question 23 2.5 points Save Which statement about the Nubian kingdom of Kush is incorrect?

Queen mothers played an important role in selection of the king.

The kingdom founded by Kashta survived for over a thousand years.

A Nubian king conquered Egypt and ruled for fifty years.

Social class structure was based on occupation and education.

Question 24 2.5 points Save The Trojan War took place during which period of Greek history?

Cretan period

Mycenaean period

Dark Ages

Archaic period

Question 25 2.5 points Save The Egyptian goddess ______________ was a personification of the abstract concepts of truth and justice.

Osiris

Isis

Nephthys

Maat

Question 26 2.5 points Save

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Which enormous revolution did not take place in the ancient Near East between 9000 and 3000 B.C.?

the domestication of animals

the shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture

the birth of cities

industrialization

Question 27 2.5 points Save The Greeks enclosed the cult statue in the cella and surrounded this with rows of columns on all four sides to create

a lintel.

an altar.

a pronaos (porch).

a colonnade.

Question 28 2.5 points Save Nubia is a geographical term that refers to

the portion of the Nile valley below Thebes.

all of West Africa.

the area that is now modern Morocco.

the portion of the Nile Valley between the first and sixth cataracts.

Question 29 2.5 points Save Which statement about Egyptian religion is correct?

Most gods were fierce and warlike.

Beliefs evolved in a simple and logical way over time.

Gods were often adopted from other cultures or combined.

The goddess Maat represented the sun and had many temples.

Question 30 2.5 points Save In Athens, all policy decisions and laws were made by the

Assembly of the People.

Council of Five Hundred.

Council of Elders.

Assembly of the Just.

Question 31 2.5 points Save Which statement about Troy and the Trojan War is incorrect?

The war really happened, but it was fought for economic reasons.

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The war was fought around 1200 B.C.

Troy was located in Greece and was later renamed Athens.

The king of Troy was named Priam and his son was Paris.

Question 32 2.5 points Save The Greek perspective on life was

humanistic.

traditional.

mystical.

fatalistic.

Question 33 2.5 points Save Greek culture is important to us because the Greeks were the first people to

build and live in cities.

form armies and fight wars.

borrow cultural ideas from Mesopotamia.

develop a humanistic culture.

Question 34 2.5 points Save The Persian king Xerxes wanted to conquer the world. The Greek word for such arrogance and excessive ambition is

nemesis.

tragedy.

moira.

hubris.

Question 35 2.5 points Save The Parthenon was constructed after the Athenian victory over

Xerxes.

Sparta.

Crete.

Egypt.

Question 36 2.5 points Save In The Instruction of Ptah-hotep, the author instructs his son to avoid

arrogance.

greed.

lust.

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all of the above.

Question 37 2.5 points Save Which statement about the wives of citizens in classical Athens is correct?

They took an important part in politics.

They served as hostesses at dinner parties and learned to discuss philosophy.

They owned land and rode around to manage their distant farms.

They were expected to stay at home and manage their servants and children.

Question 38 2.5 points Save The term for a drawing of any building that shows in outline the walls, openings, and supports is a

blueprint.

ground plan.

layout.

sight line.

Question 39 2.5 points Save Which statement about the Homeric epics is correct?

Homer lived around 1200 B.C.

Homer‘s poems were meant to be recited by a chorus.

Homer‘s poetry used the simple language of common people.

Homer’s goal was to teach about the actions of great heroes.

Question 40 2.5 points Save Pericles’ Funeral Oration describes the superiority of

Sparta.

soldiers.

Athens.

philosophers.

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