I. Multiple Choice (1 point each)
1. What artifacts from Jericho are considered an indication that they practiced ancestor
worship?
a) fertility figures
b) burial statues
c) restored skulls
d) stone shrines
2. Where are some of the oldest paintings of humankind found?
a) Sub-Saharan Africa
b) Lascaux
c) Amarna
d) Egypt
3. What development during the Neolithic period made possible the growth of communities
and villages?
a) agriculture
b) writing
c) tool-making
d) masonry
4. According to the text, what have archaeologists posited that Stonehenge was?
a) an ancient temple
b) a storage facility for weapons
c) a monument to a great leader
d) a solar calendar and observatory
5. What do archaeologists believe the Venus of Willendorf depicts?
a) a Greek goddess
b) a female fertility figure
, c) a famous queen
d) a child
6. Where did the Sumerians first settle?
a) The Upper Nile
b) The Fertile Crescent
c) The Mediterranean Islands
d) Western Africa
7. What are two Semitic languages?
a) Arabic and Hebrew
b) Urdu and Hindi
c) Persian and Arabic
d) Greek and Maltese
8. What was Sumerian religion based upon?
a) animal worship
b) spirits of ancestors
c) natural phenomena
d) monotheism
9. What was the first great literary work of ancient Mesopotamia?
a) Ashurbanipal
b) Book of the Dead
c) Epic of Gilgamesh
d) Tutankhamen’s autobiography
10. According to legend, who dictated to King Hammurabi the laws which he would later
include in the Law Code of Hammurabi?
a) Enlil
b) Shamash
c) Aton
d) Osiris
, 11. Which civilization succeeded in uniting Mesopotamia in 1800 B.C.E.?
a) Assyrians
b) Kassites
c) Babylonians
d) Sumerians
12. How do scholars traditionally divide the history of ancient Egypt?
a) into two major periods
b) into three major periods
c) into four major periods
d) Into six major periods
13. In general terms, what is most striking about Egyptian culture over the centuries?
a) The evolution of its writing system
b) Its unity and consistency
c) Its ever-changing, highly diverse nature
d) Its unjust social system
14. Who was the first great architect known to history?
a) Khafre
b) Djoser
c) Babur
d) Imhotep
15. What was the most important new religious figure of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt?
a) Aton
b) Isis
c) Minos
d) Knossos
16. How did the art of Amarna differ from conventional Egyptian art?
a) It employed a stylized, artificial quality.
b) It was highly formal, apparently intended only for somber occasions.
c) It had greater lightness and naturalism.
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