Western Civ. I Midterm & Final Study Guide |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS |\ |\
Who were the first hominids to make simple stone tools? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Australopithecines
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Which group of Homo sapiens were the first early people
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to bury their dead? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Neanderthals
A complex culture in which large numbers of human
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beings share a variety of common elements. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔A Civilization |\ |\
The fertile valley located between the Tigris and
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Euphrates Rivers was known as - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Mesopotamia
Structures usually at the heart of a Mesopotamian city
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with a temple at the top - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Ziggurat
Who were the creators of Mesopotamian civilization? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Sumerians |\ |\
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,Hammurabi was the leader of what group of Semitic-
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speaking semi-nomads? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Amorites
The belief of more than one god is known as - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Polytheistic |\
Mesopotamian writing known as "wedge-shaped" writing. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cuneiform
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What is the most famous piece of Mesopotamian
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literature? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Epic of
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Gilgamesh
The Nile River was of paramount importance in the
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development of which civilization? - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Egyptian
Egyptian writing known as "priest-carvings" is called -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔hieroglyphics |\ |\
Pharaoh Amenhotep IV attempted to change Egyptian
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religion by making Aten, god of the sun disk, as the chief
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, god and changing his name to - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Akhenaten
Greek for "large stone." - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Megalith
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Greek, Latin, Persian and other similar languages belong
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to which language group? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Indo-
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European
Played an important role in transmitting Mesopotamian
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culture to the Mediterranean area - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Hittites
The origin and history of the Hebrews as it was written in
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the Hebrew Bible is known to Christians as the - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Old Testament
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A Semitic-speaking people who came to be known as the
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Israelites was known as - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Children
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of Israel
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Who led the Hebrews out of bondage in Egypt as
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described in Exodus? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Moses |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
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QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS |\ |\
Who were the first hominids to make simple stone tools? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Australopithecines
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Which group of Homo sapiens were the first early people
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to bury their dead? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Neanderthals
A complex culture in which large numbers of human
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beings share a variety of common elements. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔A Civilization |\ |\
The fertile valley located between the Tigris and
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Euphrates Rivers was known as - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Mesopotamia
Structures usually at the heart of a Mesopotamian city
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
with a temple at the top - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Ziggurat
Who were the creators of Mesopotamian civilization? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Sumerians |\ |\
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,Hammurabi was the leader of what group of Semitic-
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speaking semi-nomads? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Amorites
The belief of more than one god is known as - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Polytheistic |\
Mesopotamian writing known as "wedge-shaped" writing. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cuneiform
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What is the most famous piece of Mesopotamian
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
literature? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Epic of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Gilgamesh
The Nile River was of paramount importance in the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
development of which civilization? - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Egyptian
Egyptian writing known as "priest-carvings" is called -
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔hieroglyphics |\ |\
Pharaoh Amenhotep IV attempted to change Egyptian
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
religion by making Aten, god of the sun disk, as the chief
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, god and changing his name to - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Akhenaten
Greek for "large stone." - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Megalith
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Greek, Latin, Persian and other similar languages belong
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
to which language group? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Indo-
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
European
Played an important role in transmitting Mesopotamian
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
culture to the Mediterranean area - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Hittites
The origin and history of the Hebrews as it was written in
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the Hebrew Bible is known to Christians as the - CORRECT
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔Old Testament
|\ |\ |\
A Semitic-speaking people who came to be known as the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Israelites was known as - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Children
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
of Israel
|\ |\
Who led the Hebrews out of bondage in Egypt as
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
described in Exodus? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Moses |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
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