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What was the darkest moments in the history of the Hebrews?
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The Babylonian captivity
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The authors define all o the following as characteristics of early civilization except
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cave paintings
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Which group invented the first alphabet?
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Phoenicians
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The name of the Hebrew god is
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Yahweh
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The central force of the Hebrews' life was
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monotheism, the belief in one God
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Who were the Jewish patriarchs, fathers of the Hebrew nation?
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Abraham, Issac, and Jacob
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What are the characteristics of the Hebrew god Yahweh
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1. Fully sovereign
2. Eternal 3. He is omnipotent |
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The Egyptian pharaoh of the New Kingdom who practiced a form of monotheism was
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Akhenaten
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Cuneiform may be described as
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the instrument used for writing on parchment
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What were the achievements of the Egyptians
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pyramid building, superb engineering skills, and invention of the solar calendar
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The neolithic age included
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the domestication of animals and agriculture
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The first civilizations
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arose about five thousand years ago in the near east
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The enviorment of early Mesopotamia was characterized by
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swamps that had to be drained before they could be cultivated
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In mesopotamia, all human activity was subordinated to religion
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and human beings believed that the people were given life in order to serve the gods
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the Mesopotamian gods
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reflect the sense of insecurity and apprehension felt among the Mosopotamian people
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In Hummurabi's code of law
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crimes against nobles were pnished more severely than crimes against commoners
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The environment of ancient Egypt was
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favorable for development of human civilization in a number of ways
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Ancient Egpytian pharaos
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were believed to be living gods with supernatural authority
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the Assyrians
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relied on terror and deportation to keep subject peoples under control
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The religious teachings of the prophet Zoroaster
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were dualistic, asserting the existence of both a good go and an evil god
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Near Eastern civilizations
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contributed to the development of the wheeled vehicle, the plow, mathmatics, and medicine
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____ doctors were more capable than those of nearby civilizations
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Egyptian. These doctors had some knowledge of anatomy and performed operations
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The Egyptian new kingdom began with the war of liberation against the
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Hyksos
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Egypt lost its independence to the _______ in the fourth century BC
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Greeks
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THe Hittites rejected most aspects of Mesopotamian civilization
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False. The Hittites borrowed many features of Mesopotamian civilization
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The Phoenicians built their economy around the sea.
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True
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Assyrian rulers were absolute monarchs
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True. The Assyrian king was the representative of the go Ashur
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Persian kings took great pains to limit local autonomy.
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True.
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Paleolithic religious beliefs
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centered around the idea that human beings needed to appease the forces of nature
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During the Neolithic age
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religion grew more formal and structured. As society became more structured, so did religion.
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Sumerians and the Egyptians were able to build the first civilizations because
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they developed systems for administration, cooperation, and record keeping
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Sargon the Great
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contributed to the spread of Sumerian culture beyond the boundaries of Mesopotamia. He led the people of Akkad
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Sumerian ziggurats
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reinforced the idea that the real ruler and owner of a city was the city's god
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The kings in ancient Mesopotamia
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were hereditary rulers thought to have been selected by the gods to represent them on earth
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The economy of the Mesopotamian cities
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depended heavily on foreign and domestic trade
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Egyptian religion
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inspired the creation of the great pyramids
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The Hittites
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ruled Asia Minor and northern Syria.
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THe Persian empire
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ruled over a vast territory by developing an effective administrative system of twenty provinces
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Compared to a rational of scientific view of the world, a mytopeic, or mythico-religious view
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appeals primarily to the emotions rather than reason and tends to be more subjective than objective.
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The _________ Age is also known as the stone age
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Paleolithic
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Which of the following civilizations rose first?
a. Phoenician b. Assyrian c. Hittite d. Sumerian |
Sumerian
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The Epic of Gilgamesh depicts the Mesopotamian's mood of
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pessimism and despair
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Kingship was the central institution in Mesopotamian societ
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True
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Who were the Phoenicians decendants of?
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Canaanites
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The fall of Assyria made possible the rise of the Chaldean empire.
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True
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