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Test Bank For Culture and Values: A Survey of the Western HumanitiesChapter 1
1.
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
2.
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
3.
An upright stone slab decorated with relief carvings.
Correct Answer(s):
a. ​stele
4.
A river in ancient Mesopotamia.
Correct Answer(s):
a. Euphrates​
5.
Assyrian king of ancient Mesopotamia.
Correct Answer(s):
a. Ashurbanipal​
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6.
Center of the Minoan civilization.
Correct Answer(s):
a. Knossos​
7.
Egyptian god who was symbolic of death and rebirth.
Correct Answer(s):
a. Osiris​
8.
Egyptian pharaoh who built the Great Sphinx.
Correct Answer(s):
a. Khafre​
9.
Family of languages including Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic.
Correct Answer(s):
a. Semitic​
10.
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.
d. It depicted female figures exclusively.
11.
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How did the focus of Mycenaean art and architecture differ from that of the Minoans?
Correct Answer(s):
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.
How was national unity maintained in ancient Egypt despite the differences between the regions
of the Upper and Lower Nile?
Correct Answer(s):
14.
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
15.
Sumerian religious structure.
Correct Answer(s):
a. ziggurat
16.
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Tomb chamber in the shape of a beehive.
Correct Answer(s):
a. Tholos​
17.
Vertical shafts running down through Minoan palaces.
Correct Answer(s):
a. Light wells​
18.
What are the six characteristics of civilized societies and of civilization mentioned in the
textbook?
Correct Answer(s):
19.
What are three universal themes touched upon in the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Correct Answer(s):
20.
What are two Semitic languages?
Greek and Maltese
*a. Arabic and Hebrew
b. Urdu and Hindi
c. Persian and Arabic
d. Greek and Maltese
21.
What artifacts from Jericho are considered an indication that they practiced ancestor worship?
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