Chapter 1 - Pre-history/Ancient Near East

Question 0

Anthropomorphic

Answer 0

Gods with human characteristics

Question 1

In times of crisis, Sumerians would elect a ______ to lead.

Answer 1

Lugal

Question 2

Ziggurats

Answer 2

Sumerian temples

Question 3

Sargon the Great

Answer 3

Akkadian King considered the world’s first empire builder.

Question 4

The main architect of the Amorite empire

Answer 4

Hammurabi

Question 5

First Indo-European speaking people who moved into the Ancient Near East

Answer 5

Hittites

Question 6

Contribution of the Hittites to the Ancient Near East

Answer 6

Introduction of diplomacy in foreign relations.

Question 7

Phoenicians

Answer 7

Great sailors who transmitted Afro-asian culture throughout the Mediterranean.

Question 8

Ethical monotheism was pioneered by

Answer 8

Hebrews

Question 9

Yahweh

Answer 9

God

Question 10

Anthropologist designate early human cultures by their

Answer 10

Tools

Question 11

Neolithic revolution

Answer 11

The period of human history when man goes from hunter/gatherer to food-producers

Question 12

Development of writing first occurred in the

Answer 12

Bronze Age

Question 13

Paleolithic

Answer 13

Old Stone Age

Question 14

Sumerians developed a form of writing called

Answer 14

Cuneiform

Question 15

The people who created the first Mesopotamian civilization were the

Answer 15

Sumerians

Question 16

First to unify much of Mesopotamia and create a true empire

Answer 16

Akkadians

Question 17

Replaced the Sumerians and Akkadians as rulers of Mesopotamia

Answer 17

The Amorites under the leadership of Sargon the Great.

Question 18

Which continent did humans originate on

Answer 18

African

Question 19

In Babylonian belief, Hammurabi received his laws from

Answer 19

The Sun God Shamash

Question 20

The modern country of ____ occupies much of the region once known as Mesopotamia

Answer 20

Iraq

Question 21

The Chaldean King who rebuild Babylonia

Answer 21

Nemchadnezzer

Question 22

Cyrus the Great created a great _____ empire

Answer 22

Persian

Question 23

Zoroastrianism was founded by the Persian Prophet

Answer 23

Zoroaster